This post was cowritten by Adam Elkus and Alex Olesker Our last post looked at the downside of how cyberpunk and digital dualism helped contribute to a distorted understanding of cyberspace and bad policy. Yes, it might seem a bit ridiculous at first glance: would we blame Jules Verne for faults wi...
This post is cowritten by AdamElkus and Alex Olesker. Before we begin, please understand just how hard it is for us to write this blog. I’ve read Neuromancer countless times, enthusiastically used Snow Crash in undergrad to talk about the future of international relations, and watched both G...
via Fierce Government IT Metaphors about cyberspace and cybersecurity have obscured as much as clarified, says a paper by Adriane Lapointe, a National Security Agency official currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In a paper published Sept. 9 by CSIS, Lap...
via MSNBC.com When a threat to the nation arises from cyberspace, who you should call isn’t always clear. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, years of bureaucratic battles among federal agencies over primacy in cybersecurity –mostly between the Department of Homeland Security an...
via Gov Info Security The Obama administration estimates the Defense Department will spend at least $3.2 billion on cybersecurity in fiscal year 2012, which begins Oct. 1, or so it thinks, according to an analysis by the Government Accountability Office issued Thursday. Reps. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas...
via The Hill The White House and Pentagon have yet to define what would constitute hostile acts in cyberspace — and how the military would respond, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday. A Pentagon cyberspace plan released last Thursday and a speech by Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn left ...
via Defense Systems The Defense and Homeland Security departments have been divvying up cyberspace responsibilities for awhile now, but the process is constant and fluid, according to a top official who acts as a cyber liaison. The directives on cybersecurity over the past few years are continually ...
via Techworld The new Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, issued by the US Department of Defense on Thursday, covers a collection of topics that have been discussed for years and leaves a number of important unanswered questions, critics said. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn unveiled the ...