I’d say when the war in Ukraine ends, the chances are higher of Russia breaking apart --than Poland. Remember the ignominious end of the USSR.

Israel is showing Hezbollah how 'exquisite' their intelligence is: Gen. Jack Keane foxbusiness.com/video/63623504… #FoxBusiness

A bit more about our ammunition factory visit in Scranton together with my President.

Wanna have lunch with leading cyber experts today? Spend it with the Cyber Initiatives Group for our virtual fall summit kicking off at 12p ET. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matt Olsen National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice is joining us to talk about cyber threats from #China and

LMAO. Wake up, world.

Whoever wins the presidential election should plan to create an international coalition to lift the blockade of the Red Sea. If Israeli combat ops slow (which appears likely)  it could help. Allowing a terrorist group to close global shipping lanes is unacceptable.

A good weekend cyber & tech read for me is always the Cyber Initiatives Group Sunday newsletter. Almost everyone I've talked to since the election is focusing on ways in which the incoming administration might be thinking about organization and structure among the various

#Beijing is building its largest military since the 1930s and Matt Pottinger and his colleagues at Stanford University are deeply concerned. First as a former journalist, and then as former Deputy National Security Advisor in the first #Trump Administration, Pottinger has been watching

This is a chilling and precise timeline of the effective closure of the Red Sea by terrorists backed by Iran.  Time to shut these pirates down. gcaptain.com/red-sea-crisis…

The ‘New Middle East’ That Awaits Donald Trump Superb interview with ⁦Norman Roule⁩ and ⁦Suzanne Kelly⁩ in ⁦The Cipher Brief⁩ thecipherbrief.com/the-new-middle…

This is a big step towards changing Russian strategic calculations and behavior. Well done UK. UK Cracks Down on Russia’s Shadow Fleet with Largest Sanctions Package to Date gcaptain.com/uk-cracks-down…

I'm grateful for so many things this Thanksgiving weekend but above all, I'm grateful for the people in my life. Grateful for my family, friends, colleagues and for the incredible The Cipher Brief community. When we set out to launch a new media organization back in 2015, our

We’re tackling today’s top cyber issues during the Cyber Initiatives Group Winter Summit TODAY, Wednesday, December 11 from 12p – 4p ET. The event is open to everyone and is on-the-record. You can save a seat at: lnkd.in/eka3UvrC As we head into government transition,

“You can’t divorce geopolitics from cyber anymore. If something is popping in the world, it will have a cyber aspect.” – Frank Cilluffo McCrary Institute

“The next phase of artificial intelligence is the application phase… That also means the attack surface for other actors is going to grow exponentially… If we think that #AI is now slowing down, No, we are just now getting into things.” – Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, former

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director ARCHIVED: Jen Easterly “The big story from the last couple years that everyone should be paying attention to — businesses, large and small critical infrastructure owners and operators — is really about the actor that is known as Volt Typhoon, that has been working to

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director ARCHIVED: Jen Easterly “This is really about getting the American people to understand the basic things that they need to do to keep themselves safe, their family, small businesses. And it's these four things: Installing updates…complex, unique passwords for your

The honor was all ours ARCHIVED: Jen Easterly Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Thank you! I hope anyone who missed this great conversation catches it on The Cipher Brief's YouTube channel. From your comments on Salt Typhoon to progress on public-private collaboration, we're smarter for having you on!

The Dead Drop has learned that NSA Director General Timothy Haugh and NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble were unexpectedly told on Thursday that their services were no longer needed. Find out all we know in this week's Dead Drop: thecipherbrief.com/subscriber-plus

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