Click on images to make them bigger Not quite cloud forensics but it’ll do Legal implications of cloud computing. Investigation into imperfect virtualization SaaS incident response Cloud stack forensics Evidence acquisition in the cloud OSCAR framework to…
Author: Samuel Liles
Posters: National Cyber Power
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Cyber as guerrilla or insurgency conflict (war)
These are some articles I’ve written on the topic. Liles, S., “ A unified generational warfare model”, The Handbook of 5th Generation Warfare, 2010 Liles, S., “The issues of non-state actors and the nation state”, Threats in the Age of Obama,…
The story on a PhD and should you could you
There are lots of doctoral programs in many different disciplines. The doctorate signifies your ability to engage in fundamental research and that you are preeminent expert on some topic. People often get into the game of getting a doctorate for…
Let’s talk about cyber warfare
Cyber is a short hand for something we don’t understand but we’ll lump it under the word cyber because it is sexy. Cyber can be networks, processing, storage of information, the information itself, cognition, social interaction, and so much more.…
A debacle: The myth of property rights
Just a debacle. Over the last two weeks I’ve watched quietly as a process played out here in my neighborhood. She drives a Cadillac, has blue hair, and wears expensive clothes. She doesn’t belong in the neighborhood though likely lives…
Spring commute to Purdue
Manhattan project for cyber security
Mr. Lewis Shepherd of Microsoft came to Purdue to give a talk for CERIAS awhile back and he talked about how equating the Manhattan Project to the world of cyber security is completely wrong. I liked his talk quite a…
The Iron Butt Rally Pizza Party: Vacation by 2 wheels
Vacation. It’s one of those words that caused me as a kid to tremble a bit. To understand you’d have to have a clue about how I grew up. From around junior high school through high school graduation I lived…
Cell phone warning: Deleted personal information often left behind
Warning: Professor in bow tie 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Cyber warfare: Huffingtonpost
Cyber warfare by Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr. at Huffpost World I spent a lifetime in the military and, while I love the officers and troops without reservation, I hate the greed and poor judgment that motivates certain segments of…
Drones both foreign and domestic
Currently the twitterverse, and mass media, is alight with the flames of drone war. What sparked this altercation between twitterarati and the rest of the world? It is as simple as the possible use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to…
Cyber weapons, weapons of mass discussion
When we talk about cyber weapons a point that often gets missed is that because cyber is a domain there are many forms weapons can take. There is an inherent tendency to focus on the muskets of cyber. The virus,…
Slippery when wet, especially at 20f
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Cycle Logic, Cycle Safety (USAF c. 1967)
The following is an Air Force film on motorcycle safety. The film is from 1967 and starts out with a doctor doing some kind of surgery on a motorcyclist. The doctor after the surgery engages the motorcycle traffic officer “Rocky…