Author Archive
Ideas
AI disinformation is a threat to elections
COMMENTARY | Learning to spot Russian, Chinese and Iranian meddling in other countries can help the US prepare for 2024.
Digital Government
AI could shore up democracy – here’s one way
Artificial intelligence could be a new solution to an old problem.
Ideas
Bots Are Destroying Political Discourse As We Know It
They’re mouthpieces for foreign actors, domestic political groups, even the candidates themselves. And soon you won’t be able to tell they’re bots.
Cybersecurity
The New Way Your Computer Can Be Attacked
Unprecedented computer-chip vulnerabilities exposed this month paint a grim picture of the future of cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Who Are the Shadow Brokers?
What is—and isn’t—known about the mysterious hackers leaking National Security Agency secrets
Cybersecurity
How Long Until Hackers Start Faking Leaked Documents?
There’s nothing stopping attackers from manipulating the data they make public.
Modernization
How the Internet of Things Limits Consumer Choice
A recent dustup over smart light bulbs illuminates a larger problem.
Modernization
Lesson From the Ashley Madison Hack: Cloud Makes Everyone Vulnerable
Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our emails weren't in the Ashley Madison database. But don’t get too comfortable.
Digital Government
Why US Officials Stopped Talking about 'Cyberwar'
A future awaits where countries share intelligence one minute, and hack and cyberattack each other the next.
Cybersecurity
We Still Don't Know Who Hacked Sony
Welcome to a world where it's impossible to tell the difference between random hackers and governments.
Cybersecurity
Did North Korea Really Attack Sony?
It's too early to take the U.S. government at its word.
Featured eBooks
Cybersecurity
Should U.S. Hackers Fix Cybersecurity Holes or Exploit Them?
Maybe someday we'll patch vulnerabilities faster than the enemy can use them in an attack, but we're not there yet.
Digital Government
Don’t Listen to Google and Facebook: The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership Is Still Going Strong
And real corporate security is still impossible.
Cybersecurity
Analysis: There's No Real Difference Between Online Espionage and Online Attack
You can't hack passively.
Cybersecurity
How NSA Uses Attack Servers Shows How It Thinks About Secrecy and Risk
First, the FOXACID basics.
Digital Government
Zero Sum: Americans Must Sacrifice Some Security to Reform the NSA
The nation can survive the occasional terrorist attack, but our freedoms can't survive an invulnerable leader like Keith Alexander operating within inadequate constraints.
Digital Government
Commentary: The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet
Technology companies have to fight for their users, or they'll eventually lose them.
Digital Government