Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland

While the homeland security discussion has focused on the Southern Border, there is more than 95,000 miles of expansive U.S. coastline and over 360 ports that are the backbone to $5.4 trillion in economic activity and over 10 million jobs.

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Renew — but improve — billion-dollar cyber grant program to states and locals, House witnesses say

The program faces a number of challenges before it is set to expire, during a time where state and local governments face a bevy of cyber risks and changes.

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Trump pauses on grants, aid leaves federal cyber programs in state of confusion

A series of moves from the president raises questions about what’s next for the federal government’s many cyber grant and aid initiatives.

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Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023

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Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers to farmers pretty much united behind the idea that owning an item should come with a plausible path to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023

Building a resilient cyber future

During the early days of the Cold War, American planners wrestled with the emerging challenge of deterring a Soviet nuclear strike. Recognizing the destructive potential of nuclear weapons, the U.S. opted to focus its efforts on ensuring that adversaries clearly understood the U.S. capacity to retaliate and impose costs. Defense and resilience was a secondary priority. We did not, for example, build our subway systems hundreds of feet underground to double as fallout shelters, as the Soviets did. We relied heavily on the concept of mutually assured destruction to dissuade adversaries. With the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, we have assessed that a strong offense does not convey the same deterrent in cyberspace as it does in nuclear or conventional war. While the ability to impose costs is important, a U.S. strategy to secure ourselves in cyberspace must prioritize defense, denying adversaries the opportunity and benefits brought by attacking us in this […]

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