Risky Bulletin

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss whether cyber operations are any good at deterrence. Tom thinks that attributes of the domain mean that it is just no good for deterrence. The Grugq, however, thinks that it can be, although perhaps not in a state vs state context.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about a report by CSC 2.0 that recommends the US government designate space systems as critical infrastructure. Lots of satellites systems are already covered under other critical infrastructure sectors such as communication or defence, but Tom agrees that there are some good reasons to carve out a space-specific critical infrastructure sector.

They also talk about the US State Department working on developing a portfolio of cyber diplomacy “offerings”, ranging from disaster relief funding, to technical capacity building, through to policy-level cyber education. This seems like a great idea.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss the UK’s National Cyber Force’s recently published “Responsible Cyber Power in Practice” document. The Grugq thinks he’s been plagiarised, while Tom wonders whether the NCF’s “doctrine of cognitive effects” highlights the limits of cyber operations. It’s a good document and will be influential in shaping how people discuss offensive operations (those that disrupt, degrade, destroy etc).

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq contrast between different cyber operations that occurred in 2016. In one, US Cyber Command used cyber operations to attack ISIS’ propaganda operations. In the other, Russian cyber operators interfered with US Presidential elections. US action was tightly scoped, measurable and an underwhelming success, whereas Russian activity was nebulous and hard to measure but could have changed the course of the election.