"You've got to read what this kid is writing out of his basement at the University of Vermont..." - recently retired CIA officer to intelligence and military colleagues in 1994 That kid was …
DHS Issues Three Warnings on Terrorist, Extremists, and Cyber Threats Relating to COVID-19
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a series of intelligence advisories associated with threat actors exploiting COVID-19 to engage in conventional and cyber attacks. The three separate …
A Perfect Storm forms as COVID-19 Meets Cyberspace
On Sunday, the US Department of Health and Human Services was hit by a cyber attack intended to disrupt its response to the COVID-19 virus. The ‘disruption and disinformation’ attack has illustrated …
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Covid19 Related Geopolitical Questions To Drive Your Strategic Planning
As we have written before, the number one goal of all of us in this pandemic is preservation of life, but we also have to protect our way of life, the system that should endure long into the future. …
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Living in the Future
I don’t consider myself a futurist, but thinking about the future has been an essential component of my career and supports a broad range of strategic thinking in the domains of cyber and geopolitical …
OODA Special Report: What You Need To Know About Iranian Cyber War Capabilities and Intentions
On January 3, 2020, Iran’s Qassem Suleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRCG-QF) was killed by a US drone strike. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared that “harsh …
Towards 2020 – The Most Popular Stories on OODA Loop for 2019
The top stories on OODA Loop provide good insight into what issues will be top of mind for executives and experts going into 2020. Here are the 20 most popular posts of the year. Quantum Supremacy …
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Senators introduce K-12 Cybersecurity Act
Two US senators asked the Department of Homeland Security for their support on a recent bill, the K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019, which aims to effectively manage the threat of ransomware and …
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11 Habits of Highly Effective CISOs
Over the past 25 years, I’ve consulted for hundreds of executives on cybersecurity issues including direct support to dozens of CISOs working to effectively manage cyber risk in a wide variety of …
How Commercial Bug Hunting Changed the Boutique Security Consultancy Landscape
It's been almost 10 years since the first commercial for-profit bug bounty program was launched. Bug bounty programs have transformed the information security sector, and its negative impacts have …