Analysis: Three Observations About the Rise of the State in Shaping Cyberspace
by Andrea Little LimbagoLast month commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. It was a time when states were so interdependent and borders so porous that some call it the first era...
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Time Series Analysis for Network Security
by Phil RothLast week, I had the opportunity to attend a conference that had been on my radar for a long time. I’ve been using scientific Python tools for about 10 years, so it was with great...
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Building Models for Time Series Analysis
by Phil RothIn my last post, I talked about the different Python projects I used to put together a pipeline for network security data. In this post, I’ll talk about how I used the scientific computing...
View ArticleReport Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach to a Cyber Security Framework
by Andrea Little LimbagoOn Monday, I attended the rollout event for former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig’s most recent report: “Surviving on a Diet of Poisoned Fruit: Reducing the National...
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Securing the eCampus: Ten Observations About Cyber Security in Academia
by Nate FickI recently gave the keynote address at “Securing the eCampus,” a gathering of university CIOs and CISOs hosted by Dartmouth College. Drawing on my fifteen years of experience in the kinetic...
View ArticleNew Internet Hot Spots? Neighborhood Effects and Internet Censorship
by Andrea Little LimbagoDuring the 2011 London riots, the local government called for a ban on BlackBerry Messenger Service, a key form of communication during these events. Following the riots, Prime...
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Black Hat Decomposed: Perspectives from a Social Scientist
by Andrea Little LimbagoThis week I attended my first-ever Black Hat conference. As a social scientist, I was very intrigued to actually experience the culture of the conference, but anticipated being...
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Hack Week The Endgame Way
by Andrea Little Limbago, Principal Social ScientistSeveral Endgamers attended Black Hat in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago. Some stayed and many more arrived for DEF CON. Keeping the theme alive, we...
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How We Win Hack Week
by John Herren, Director of Product DesignWith outstretched arms and a voice just a tad too loud, I shout, “Welcome to Hack Week!” As a fitting coda to Black Hat and DEF CON wrapping up in the previous...
View ArticleThe More Things Change...Espionage in the Digital Age
by Andrea Little LimbagoLast week, Der Spiegelreported that the BND – Germany’s foreign intelligence agency – had accidentally intercepted calls of U.S. government officials while collecting...
View ArticleWorking Across the Aisle: The Need for More Tech-Policy Convergence
by Andrea Little LimbagoLast week, the White House confirmed that Todd Park is stepping down from his position as the country’s second Chief Technology Officer to move back to Silicon Valley, though...
View ArticleCyber Defense: Four Lessons from the Field
by Casey GatelyIn cyberspace, as in more traditional domains, it’s essential to both understand your enemy as well as understand yourself. A comprehensive defensive strategy requires a better...
View ArticleArticle 5.0: A Cyber Attack on One is an Attack on All? (Part 1)
by Andrea Little Limbago & John HerrenNATO leaders gathered in Wales in early September to address a variety of security challenges, culminating on September 5th with the Wales Summit Declaration....
View ArticleArticle 5.0: A Cyber Attack on One is an Attack on All? (Part 2: Technical...
by Adam HarderMobile phone networks are prime targets for a cyber attack, and governments large and small are in a particularly powerful position to execute such an attack on another country. Given the...
View ArticleArticle 5.0: A Cyber Attack on One is an Attack on All? (Part 3: Why Private...
by Andrea Little LimbagoIn the month since our first post on NATO, the Sandworm virus’ extent and reach has become increasingly publicized. Sandworm is believed to be a Russian cyber-espionage campaign...
View ArticleFixing America’s Strategic Analysis Gap Without Creating Another Institution
by Andrea Little LimbagoIn his recent Washington Post article “America Needs a Council of International Strategy”, David Laitin accurately makes the case for “better analysis of data, trends, and...
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Malware with a Personal Touch
by Casey GatelyOver the summer, a friend sent me some malware samples that immediately grabbed my attention. The malware was intriguing because the literal file name of each binary was named after a...
View ArticleINSA Whitepaper: Operational Cyber Intelligence
by Andrea Little LimbagoEndgame Principal Social Scientist Andrea Little Limbago is a coauthor of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s (INSA) latest whitepaper, Operational Cyber...
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