As @mashagessen has observed "In a totalitarian state, everything is political..." For decades, the post of CIO in most federal agencies has been reserved for career officials vs political appointees b/c of the technical nature of the job. Not any more.

A new @DARPA program aims at "revolutionary" security gains for data buses -- the connectivity workhorses of modern IT. Fmr @NSAGov head of weapons cybersecurity Pat Arvidson and @GeorgiaTech researcher Dan Genkin help DARPA PM Bernard McShea explain why.

The best thing about being a #journalist is the chance it offers to talk to the nation's top minds about the country's hardest challenges. @Raft_Tech staged this discussion on technology and national security, & I was privileged to ask the questions

The best thing about being a #journalist is the chance it offers to talk to the nation's top minds about the country's hardest challenges. @Raft_Tech staged this lunch discussion, and I was privileged to ask the questions of @HouseIntelComm veteran fmr Rep Chris Stewart & others

@usairforce is pushing back vs the Trump admin's #DEI purge. In a memo last week, officials point out that Equal Employment Opportunity programs operate pursuant to federal laws and regs prohibiting discrimination and harassment on the basis of race or sex

RT @HackingButLegal: 🗳 😰🌡Warning: Republicans plan to repeal the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). This would have significant impli…

OK Twitterz, who is going to volunteer to explain for my readers how hackers could attack data buses in vehicles or networking equipment and what they could do if they succeed? Answers on a postcard, or via DM, please

RT @BogochIsaac: To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public H…

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I interviewed two @HudsonInstitute scholars for the piece, @tshugart3 and @timothyawalton and looked at their research, which suggests that China is preparing for a surprise attack led by #missile strikes which would destroy US aircraft before they could get off the ground. 2/2

@WarOnTheRocks I wrote about this for @ASForcesMag. The imbalance in hardened aircraft shelters is destabilizing & dangerous because it creates a first mover advantage for the PLA in any war in the Wstn Pacific. I interviewed @tshugart3 and @timothyawalton for the story.

EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads and a #healthcare #cybersecurity support center to stop hospital hacks, after national government reported 309 significant cyber incidents in the health care sector in 2023 — more than in any other critical sector.

In the past decade, China's military has built 100's of hardened shelters for its aircraft in the Western Pacific. The US only dozens, a gap which creates a destabilizing first-mover advantage for the PLA, according to a report from the @HudsonInstitute

RT @Via_Satellite: Emerging technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence create new threats to defend against, as well a…

ICYMI #Smallbiz lobbyists @NSBAAdvocate & others are working w Congress on helping smaller innovative firms meet upfront costs of complying w new #cybersecurity rules for defense contractors so they can keep selling to DoD #CMMC My story for @ASForcesMag

RT @craiu: Have you been getting phone calls from long and seemingly random numbers like the ones below? Amnesty believes they could be sig…

@ScienceMagazine probes "mirror life," synthetic bacteria soon buildable in the lab, that could act like "an invasive species across many ecosystems, causing pervasive lethal infections in a substantial fraction of plant and animal species, incl humans"

Deputy @DoD_CIO for cybersecurity and Pentagon #CISO Dave McKeown told @AFCEANOVA's 2024 Air Force IT Day that some service secretaries had to be warned to make sure they were keeping up with Pentagon #CyberSecurity requirements. My story for @ASForcesMag