The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), with roots in preventing the proliferation of international weapons, has morphed over the decades into what appears to be a policy to keep America first to the rest of the world. Today, American manufacturers see it as an obstacle to their business and…
The recent China-based cyber attacks on more than thirty Silicon Valley companies, including Google, are the beginning of a new stage in the evolution of cyber warfare. The attacks targeted and stole source code and user information from the companies’ servers. Based on the sophistication and scope of the attacks,…
The goal of the conference held by the Stevens Institute for Technology was to shape a sourcebook for Cybersecurity Policy.
Are recent events regarding US intelligence efforts indications that the intelligence agencies might be overloaded with work? The first-draft answer is Yes, and a re-balancing of cyberspace duties seems to be in order. In other words, is it possible that the core intelligence functions may deteriorate as intelligence work assignments…
Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, John Wheeler provides a very helpful overview to a very confusing and conflictual problem: what is the nature of the cyber security challenge and what concepts of operations do the US and allied governments need to shape to effectively meet…
