China’s National Internet ID: Increased Control and Strategic Competition
In the evolving cyber competition between great powers, technological shifts often lead geopolitical realignment. China’s latest policy initiative called the National Network Identity Authentication system (aka, Internet ...
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Weaponizing the Private Sector: A Cautionary Tale for Private Sector Risk and Global Norms
By now, it’s clear that the incoming cyber strategy crafted under President Donald Trump is poised to reshape not just how the ...
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Do Tariffs Solicit Cyber Attention? Escalating Risk in a Fractured Supply Chain
Regardless of criticisms of tariff imposition as a tool of foreign policy, it is clear that the United States’ use of them is viewed ...
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China’s 2026 Cybersecurity Law Amendments: A Risk for U.S. Organizations
The new amendments to China’s Cybersecurity Law (CSL), set to take effect on January 1, 2026, should register as a notable shift. The old CSL, which ...
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A recent October 22, 2025 article revealed that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will be laying off nearly all of its 95 employees within the Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED), effectively dismantling three of ...
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Law Firms Are Prime Targets for APT
When the suspected nation state hackers came for Williams & Connolly, they didn’t do it with a crowbar and a ransom note. They slipped through an unpatched crease in ...
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The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 has been the bedrock of the U.S. government’s formal mechanism for sharing cyber threat information with the private sector. As its sunset clause approaches (September 30, 2025), it’s not ...
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Cognitive Warfare in Cyberspace: A Brief Look at China, Russia, and the United States
Cognitive warfare has emerged as one of the most significant dimensions of modern conflict. Unlike traditional military operations aimed at seizing territory ...
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Google appears poised to engage in more proactive cyber operations to defend its interests, as well as other American entities, from hostile threat actors.
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What Does Restructuring State’s Cyber Program Mean for the U.S.’ Cyber Plan?
Recently, the United States’ Department of State restructured its Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP), letting go of some senior officials and restructuring ...
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