Last week I had the privilege to lecture on cyber security at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in National and International Security. What a great program they put together to address the issues of security in today’s global environment. Approximately eighty senior level executives from twenty countries attended. Not surprising, the […]
From the monthly archives:
August 2009
Well, Blackwater (Xe) is in the news again today. Seems as if they’ve been loading bombs onto CIA Predators in Afghanistan and Pakistan under contract and the anti-PMC crowd is in a tizzy. Based on conversations I’ve had with security contractors from a couple different companies, the CIA gigs — even the one where they […]
This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. The 2008 Russia/Georgia conflict has become a defining event in network warfare, with a new report released this week revealing even more details. For example, altered Microsoft Corp. software was fashioned into cyberweaponry and hackers collaborated on U.S.-based Twitter, Facebook, and other social-networking sites to […]
We posted a pretty interesting video over at DoD Buzz yesterday that I wanted to bring to your attention. It’s fairly detailed look at a Predator/Reaper strike simulated by what looks like company officials, though I’d bet this is what a CIA strike might look like. The video is both fascinating and at the same […]
From our boy Steve Trimble at Flight International, we’ve received the latest snap of a Lockheed F-35B looking all bad a$$ with a weapons loadout. While it looks all cool for the air show set, I’d have to wonder…stealth? (FIRE IN THE HOLE!) – Christian
