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Friday Sync-Up: How Worried Are You?
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Monday Brief for 26 April 2021
An endless frontier; A huge chip deal is on hold; and the EU takes action on AI
Friday Sync-Up: Do we need “endless frontiers?”
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Monday Brief for 19 April 2021
We've got a new Threat Assessment; The FBI is "hacking" Americans; & Chipmaker says shortages will last until 2022
Friday Sync-Up: Should we ban data sales to “unfriendly” governments?
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Monday Brief for 12 April 2021
The future is contested; China deploys its digital currency; and Russia throttles Twitter
Monday Brief for 5 April 2021
DHS plans "cyber sprints"; Biden wants billions for grid cybersecurity; & Russia targets cyber threat hunters
Friday Sync-Up: Securing Cyber Infrastructure
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Monday Brief for 29 March 2021
NSA has "blind spot"; INTEL wants to expand its foundry business; & The Navy unveils its unmanned campaign plan
Friday Sync-Up: NSA on US Networks?
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Monday Brief for 22 March 2021
5 Questions for "big tech"; Can we talk about "industrial policy?"; and 2020 was a very bad year for cybersecurity
Friday Sync-Up: Collecting “Faceprints”
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...
Deep Dive: Translating Chinese Data Assurances
Access to Americans’ data through apps like TikTok and companies like Huawei is a real problem.
Monday Brief for 15 March 2021
Hafnium Exchange attack goes to "11"; Moscow and Beijing plan to move in together; and the Pentagon wants to build Frankenbots!
Friday Sync-Up: Biden Signaling Cyber Retaliation
Every Friday, I present a topic or question for our merry band of thinkers, leaders, ...