Selil

Admiral Mullen (Joint Chiefs of Staff) tweeted “Meant what I said: Mr. Assange & his source might already have on their hands the blood of our troops or that of our Afghan partners.” I have some issues with this comment. First, the Admiral was talking about Wikileaks release of secret information dealing with the Afghanistan [...]

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This quick quip is a simple mark in the sand for a new principle of software development and information technology implementation. Herosourcing unlike outsourcing often is an unintended consequence, but it can be a planned obsolesence practice.

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I have a chapter in a new book out. The Kindle edition was just released and the print edition will soon be released. With a bevy of top authors and edited by Dan Abbott this book is one of the first comprehensive looks at post fourth generation warfare. My chapter is based on unified theories [...]

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The following is a little thought experiment. It is not meant to answer any questions but to examine capabilities of cyber warfare from a metaphorical position (perhaps open). Using the principles of Schrodinger’s Cat (is the cat alive or dead) without harming any cats we ask a slightly different question. Is the electric light in [...]

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There is a lot of talk in the federal government about how hard/expensive it is to have good information security. That narrative is also part of the cyber warfare discussion currently seeking rampant funding. When the political machine finds a mechanism for building empires the actual solutions often are obscured by the blatant profiteering. Solving [...]

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Cyber warfare is just like…. Pick your poison or bias. Heck pick strategic air warfare, pick some nuclear disarmament, get yourself some armor strategies. Talk about the Maginot line like it is actually a meaningful strategy in a networked world. Totally ignore the reams of academic literature that says “hey this is a new domain” [...]

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The information technology sphere of solutions is filled with advocates, fans, and outright addicts. Whether the solutions choices are segregated by closed source and open source the debate continues. The lion-share of end-point (laptop, desktop) solution market belongs to Microsoft Windows. However, some of that is changing with the increasing sales of smart phones (already [...]

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When writing papers it is sometimes a good idea to know the structure of what you are writing before you start. The American Psychological Association 5th edition is the current requirement for classes on citation and style. There are a variety of templates out there to help your writing but as to writing an outline [...]

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It is interesting how we forget that information assurance and security is not always a technology problem. If you go to a major security conference there will be plenty of hardware vendors standing around but I’ve never seen psychologists or psychiatrists trotting out methods of determining insider threats. Sabotage, and destruction of company assets has [...]

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Where have we been? What are the effects of massive surveillance programs on society, but more importantly for our purposes on the enterprise? Companies use data mining and dataveillance technologies as techniques to increase profit share and that results in significant ethical and moral consequences. Beyond should we or shouldn’t we there is a question [...]

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