United States doctrine and force structure is built around the domains of air, sea, land, space and now cyber. Domains as defined create cylinders of capability that can be merged and fought within. The domain construct is as much a…
Embedded systems security
A few videos have hit Youtube recently. One references the content in the other. I really like to see the topic being discussed. Watch them in the order presented for the best impact. Dr. Fisher wherever you are, you are…
Just four rules
I’m no genius. I’m not the best at anything I do and as my recent foot races point out I can be the worst at a few things. Still I find some solace in simplicity of reasoning and my lifestyle.…
Privacy is a national security issue
This is not a call for some halcyon day of some spring of previous years. Nor, is this an abysmal call for the lower technology world so many profess to want unless it means giving up their BlackBerry. This is…
Electro magnetic spectrum or cyber in ascendency
There is a thread of discussion that rises about whether cyber or the electro magnetic spectrum define cyberspace. Other countries have defined their doctrine differently according to their cultural or business perceptions. This discussion is really more about rice-bowl politics…
Into the breach, and fire for effect
I’ve been a federal government employe for almost exactly 11 months. In that period of time I have been through shutdown scares, notified about the possible cessation of my program three times by senior leaders, and all of this while…
For fear and profit I give you cyber war
I make a lot of money talking about cyber security and cyber warfare so I most assuredly have a dog in the hunt over whether cyber warfare is a real or a made up threat. I try and be honest…
Cyber warfare and information security whimsy
Waging cyber warfare is seen as a technology problem by technologists, a policy problem by politicians, and a profit problem by businesses. This confluence of concerns is likely due to the prevalent nature of technology in our daily lives. The…
Today’s photo – January 30, 2012
The industrial devolution and disenfranchised knowledge worker
Higher education exists to terrorize and bankrupt students with tuition costs (double, triple, insert value here) the rate of inflation. It is a current meme in public policy and though higher education has its issues this is a crock and…
Today’s Photo – January 23, 2012
Dissertation – Defended
I have successfully defended my dissertation for a PhD from Purdue University. The title of the dissertation is “Cyber warfare as a form of conflict: Evaluation of models of cyber conflict as a prototype to conceptual analysis”, and my advisor…
Today’s Photo – January 16, 2012
Vegetarian – it’s not about finding a meat substitute
In our vegetarian experiment we have tried a number of meat substitutes. We have tried tofu, tempeh, and seitan. Now for the confession. We hate them all. No one in the family likes the texture or the taste. I have…