Cyberwarfare activities were always on the Internet. STUXNET, Google Aurora, and many other attacks were a fact of life. We had cyber attacks when Yugoslavia broke up. We have constant attacks in the Middle East. Cyberwar was part of a security practitioner’s threat model from the late ‘80s until the early 2000s. Then, cybercrime started Read More
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Welcome to CyberWar & LongTerm Ramification Unleashed by Russia’s War
Cyberwar is today’s reality. We’ve moved from a world of cyber-criminal threats to an interconnected arena where any malicious activity is feasible. Cyber-Kinetic attacks that destroy, kill, and massively disrupt civil society are part of our new security threat landscape reality. Geography will not help. The massively interconnected Internet means that you are a cyberwarrior’s
You are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace”
It is 2022 and you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace.” There is no escaping the “packets” flying through, at, and over your network. If you live on planet Earth, you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian cyber-battle space. What is a cyber warfare “battlespace?” A “battlespace” is the location of the warfighting. Read More
New Intelligence Squared debate – The CyberWar threat has been Grossly Exaggerated
Has the Cyber-War threat has been Grossly Exaggerated? Thanks to Intelligence Squared (I2) and Neustar for first – bring I2 outside of New York and second for setting up an Oxford-style debate to address the “market saturation” of the cyber-warfare threat. I’ve been a strong critic of the overhype, exaggeration, and fiction expounded by “individuals” Read More
The flaws with the 60 Minute Report on “Cyberwar: Sabotaging the System”
We need to expect more out the press, policymakers, and the pontificating “Cyberwarfare Experts” producing stacks of reports about the “Cyber-security threat.” Graham Messick, the CBS producer of this 60 minutes episode on “Cyberwar: Sabotaging the System,” did not do his due diligence as a reporter. A standard tool for building balance in a story Read More
The “Cyberwar” Dialog can be easily polluted …..
Watching discussions about cyberwar is a humorous diversion in the day. Take this New York Times article, “Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk.” It starts interesting, talking about a battle plan that was considered as a lead into the 2003 attack on Iraq. Good News! War planning is good. Evaluating collateral Read More
Conference Talks, Workshops, and Webinars
Barry frequently presents at conference talks, workshops, and webinars. Barry enjoys working with peers to share, empower, and entertain with live interactive sessions. Forty years of public speaking experience is reflected in the talks below. Crafted conference talks tuned to the organizer’s audience. The general theme for all the talks is to help people understand,
Three questions every CxO should ask their ISP
Here is a question for all the CxOs. Why, as an accountable CxO, are you not asking your ISPs for the security basics? This week, the industry has yet another reflection amplification Denial of Service Attack vulnerability. memcached on port 11211 UDP & TCP being exploited walks through the details of this week’s attack vector. As seen in Akamai Read More
If I say it over an over again, it must be true …
“Keeping to your message, repeat it many times, and ignore the criticism” are key principles of success in Washington DC policy work. If you say something over and over again, it must be true. It does not matter if the message is true, based on facts, or have any empirical data to support your assertion. Read More
Black Hats, White Hats, Grey Hats, and now Red Hats
We all know about White Hats (Cyber Good Guys), Black Hats (Cyber Bad Guys), and Grey Hats (White Hats who skirt the edge of legality). We’re missing a group. The three defined groups are all easily described by their economic motivations for doing what they do. But we have another group who are not easily Read More