List of Cyber Security & Hacking articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We need a cyber corps as a 5th service
At U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade last week, newly appointed Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that a new, independent branch is “one of the futures cyber might have.” He is right.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 CIA Director Paints a Gloomy Picture of the World, but a Rosy One of His Spy Agency
John Brennan said fighting terrorism today requires close relationships with foreign spies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Expert tips: How to follow cybersecurity
For those who are interested in keeping up-to-date on various goings-on in the cybersecurity realm, here’s a non-exhaustive list of interesting resources.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Latest Snowden Docs Reveal U.S. Govt. Obsession With Breaking Encryption
The CIA created software that may have been capable of turning millions of apps into surveillance tools.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Cyberspace to Africa, the CIA Looks to Fights of the Future
The agency has spent years struggling to balance its efforts to hunt down individual militants with its traditional focus on spying on foreign governments.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What does it mean that militarily we are living in a world of negative definitions?
Listening to people at the Future of War conference, I was struck by the proliferation of negative definitions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Future of War: Adios, Clausewitz
A Best Defense guest columnist reacts to the Future of War conference.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why hasn’t the Army’s regular acquisition process produced anything in decades?
Best Defense guest correspondent weighs in on the Future of War conference.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A very unequal dialogue: NA/ASU FoW conference and civ-mil relations
Best Defense Correspondent: Tom disagrees with my recent assessment that the recent New America Foundation/Arizona State University Future of War Conference underrepresented the uniformed military, resulting in a stunted, unbalanced product.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some Future of War thoughts in response to Matt Cavanaugh’s criticisms
Tom Ricks responds to Matt Cavanaugh's views on the Future of War conference.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Intel Official: U.S. Facing ‘Unprecedented’ Array of Threats
A senior Pentagon official warned that Washington can no longer take its technological advantages over its enemies for granted.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stop Drinking the Weak Sauce
Washington’s paranoia over weak and failing states is distracting it from the real national security threats looming on the horizon.
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