Army Aims To Scale NGC2 Across The Force Within Next 30 Months
The Army will look to scale its new Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) architecture across the active duty force within the next 30 months, senior officials said on Tuesday. […]
Cyber
Forget Guerrillas and IEDs – The Next Asymmetric War Will Be Engineered
OPINION — For most of modern history, asymmetric conflict conjured a familiar image: guerrillas in the hills, insurgents planting roadside bombs, or terrorists striking with crude weapons. The weak have traditionally offset the strong with mobility, s…
Lawmakers ‘Bullseye and Bait’ in AI-Driven Deepfake Campaigns
OPINION — Elected officials are both the bullseye and the bait for AI-driven influence campaigns launched by foreign adversaries. They are targeted with disinformation meant to sway their opinions and votes, while also serving as the raw material for …
Former U.S. Cyber Chief: Crowdsource Cyber Defense
EXPERT INTERVIEW — Riyadh’s Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF) in Saudi Arabia kicked off last week under the theme “Scaling Cohesive Advancement in Cyberspace.” The gathering came as researchers are increasingly discovering new malware and hacking camp…
Special Report: Nat Sec EDGE 2025
The Cipher Brief’s Special Report on Nat Sec EDGE 2025The Nat Sec EDGE 2025 conference took place June 5–6, 2025 in Austin, Texas.ForewordThe 2025 Nat Sec EDGE Conference brought together a diverse coalition of leaders from government, industry, inves…
Ukraine’s Great Cyber Heist
DEEP DIVE — For more than a decade, Moscow honed a shadow playbook — blending disinformation, ransomware, supply-chain sabotage, and quiet cyber theft to steal technology and weaken its rivals. That model once gave the Kremlin an edge. But today, in …
This Week in Deterrence (September 15-19, 2025)
We are seeing a shift of the forces reshaping deterrence across domains. Paramount is the urgency of integrating allied doctrine, accelerating resilient capabilities, and rigorously testing new systems to ensure credibility against adversaries. The future of deterrence will be secured not by isolated efforts, but by cohesive, rapid, and deliberate action. Bottom line: The center […]
This Week in Deterrence (September 15-19, 2025) was originally published on Global Security Review.
DoD to Examine Cyber Security Service Provider Consolidation
The Pentagon is to examine whether it can save funds and improve cybersecurity through consolidation of the 23 DoD cybersecurity service providers (CSSPs), which employ more than 3,200 personnel. “Since […]
China’s Gray War on America
OPINION — In early 2024, the American public received a stark warning from top U.S. security officials. Chinese state-sponsored hackers, known as “Volt Typhoon,” had penetrated not just data repositories but embedded themselves deep within the control…
Beyond Defense: Building a Strategic U.S.–Japan Cyber Partnership
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — As the U.S.–Japan alliance confronts an era where digital threats increasingly target economic stability and national security, integrating cyber strategy into the relationship is essential. The longstanding pillars of m…