* Remarks at ACD/EWI's April 9 briefing, "CyberThreats & The Economy." It's time we turned our cybersecurity efforts towards "Active Defense." Our current efforts, geared towards "passive" cyber defense, are fixated on continuously monitoring … [Read more...] about Passive Cyber Defense: The Laws of Diminishing and Negative Returns
U.S. Policy
The Cost of Refusing to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
The president of the United States is jeopardizing national security with his public and his executive team's cutting the umbilical cord of jihadist terrorism to Islam. By refusing to identify the terrorists as a part, however pernicious, of the … [Read more...] about The Cost of Refusing to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
Obama’s Seat on the Fence
The number of Syrians killed since 2011 is estimated between 70,000 and 100,000 by different sources. Most were innocent Syrian civilians who were slaughtered by Bashar Assad and his helpers, Iran and Hezbollah, as well as opposition al-Qaeda … [Read more...] about Obama’s Seat on the Fence
Defining ‘Rights’ in a Terror Case
The new arrests in Boston look like criminal cases. But why was the interrogation of the accused bomber handled like a criminal matter too? The three suspects arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing case appear to be considered accomplices … [Read more...] about Defining ‘Rights’ in a Terror Case
Limiting U.S. Influence
America's prostituted mainline media and supercilious celebrity culture are helping to facilitate the Obama administration's destruction of U.S. government credibility. The impression is growing that President Obama's pomposity on strategy and policy … [Read more...] about Limiting U.S. Influence
Cyber – Where Time Marches On and Progress Doesn’t
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY Remarks at ACD/EWI'S briefing "Cyberthreats and the Economy" April 9, 2013 I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I DRAFTED THESE REMARKS BEFORE I BECAME AWARE THAT CHAIRMAN ROGERS WOULD BE JOINING US TODAY, AND I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER EXAMPLE … [Read more...] about Cyber – Where Time Marches On and Progress Doesn’t
The Cyber Nervous Nellies
In the hands of the well trained, wireless digital devices have the potential to create many nightmare scenarios. Yet, the Federal Aviation Administration is considering more flexible rules to allow the use of e-readers during takeoff and landing, … [Read more...] about The Cyber Nervous Nellies
Cybersecurity: Engine for Growth or Economic Anchor
Mark Weatherford, Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Cybersecurity, Noted the following at ACD/EWI Briefing on CyberThreats & The Economy, George Mason University, April 9,2013: I focus today on two issues related to cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity: Engine for Growth or Economic Anchor
Cybersecurity and Economic, Financial, and Market Warfare
ACD/EWI briefing on CyberThreats & the Economy, April 9, 2013. The global financial markets are the virtual equivalent of the US power grid; each of these two networks - whether physical or virtual-may exhibit both the fragility and robustness … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity and Economic, Financial, and Market Warfare
CyberThreats & The Economy
On April 9, ACD/EWI held a briefing on CyberThreats and the Economy, which was hosted by George Mason University's Law School. These are preliminary notes from the meeting: Threats to the U.S. economy have been a longstanding concern of the … [Read more...] about CyberThreats & The Economy