Common Security Advisory Framework 2.0
OASIS is pleased to announce that Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0 from the OASIS Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) TC [1] has been approved as an OASIS Committee Specification.…
PART 3: A Third Sphere Model
Sitting at a National War College event in Colorado Springs recently, attending a forum of thought leaders addressing a Public-Private Partnership model for cyber resilience and national preparedness, there was…
PART 2: Fix the Cyber Market Disfunction
In Part 1, I asserted that the reverse market forces at play in the cyber landscape (i.e., unchecked monetization of cybercrime) would lead to a destabilized world unless structural changes…
PART 1: Existential Cyber Threats and the Risk of a Destabilized World
The cyber landscape presents an existential risk to the West! In labeling the cyber threat existential, my underlying premise must be stated: without structural change, former NSA Director General Alexander’s…
STIX 2.1 – Committee Specification 1.0 Finalized
OASIS is pleased to announce that STIX Version 2.1 from the OASIS Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) TC [1] has been approved as an OASIS Committee Specification.Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX)…
ENISA 2018 Threat Landscape Report Out
The Annual Report issued by the European Union’s (EU) Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has recently been released for patterns observed in 2018. The scope of the report included…
US & Turkey: Past and Future
It saddens me that the former friendly nations of the U.S. and Turkey have come to odds. I have great memories of my visit to Istanbul and other sites along…
Reprint: The New “Hot” War in Geopolitics
Editors Note: On occasion I go back and reread some of my earlier articles to guage how my own views are changing. Here is an article I originally posted in…
Fall 2017 Meetings
The information sharing communities of Europe and the United States will both be converging during two separate and concurrent meetings in Rome, Italy and Washington, D.C. in late October/early November.…
Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing: A Bill
H.R. 624 is currently being considered by Congress for enhancing Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing. The bill passed the House April 18, 2013, and was referred to the Senate. What is happening…