Why does China show up in the media about cyber espionage, war, and such so often? Other than the simplistic answer is they are hacking the living dawg puddle out of everybody there has to be a reason for the…
Motorcycles I’ve ridden
The new ride…
The new ride is a 2012 K1600GTL from BMW. This bike replaces my BMW K1200LTC I sold prior to going to Washington DC. In the fall prior to taking the job in Washington I knew I didn’t want to be…
An ode to Andy Marshall the strategist
He is an anachronism as the current longest-serving government leader. He is Andrew Marshall the strategist not the footballer and like a ghostly figment he haunts my studies and thoughts. As the head of the Office of a Net Assessment…
Academic with…
PhD in computer forensics, security clearance, and extensive experience in cyber warfare seeks US government partner in research and destabilization of hostile nations. -My advertisement for Plan X
Thinking about risk: Active defense
If we can agree… (e.g. Ryan and Ryan heuristic). Then most policy, mechanisms, and effort has in the past been at decreasing vulnerabilities. FISMA, IAVA’s, patches, etc. are all part of the mitigation of vulnerabilities. They are not countermeasures. This was…
Long Way Down: Episode 5
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman did a television show a few years back on riding around the world, “The long way around.” They then a few years after that rode from Scotland down to South Africa, “The long way down.”…
The reasons a “cyber attack” is NOT going to happen
In a thought exercise we can look at why something isn’t going to happen regardless of how we feel about it. The idea is to raise up some of the concerns about a concept and evaluate it from differing viewpoints.…
Decisions… Decisions… whackings and smackings
Need.
Cyber legislation isn’t an answer to the real question
First you have to understand that information security simply is not a priority in American society. I think this is not a technical or ideological issue. It is a question of assumption of resources and risks. Using Gartners numbers you’re…
Attention Shoppers! We have a lost adult on aisle 9…
I have come to realize in the past few weeks that I really like having a routine. I also like my grocery stores to be part of that routine. And I am a little lost without that routine. While I…
TIMN conceptual mapping
This is an early effort to start mapping the relationships of TIMN by David Ronfeldt. This is also my first attempt at crowd sourcing a solution to a problem. T+I+M+N relates to the concepts of how humans organize themselves. I…
Spaghetti Squash with Fire Roasted Marinara and Zucchini
It has been a while since I have posted. Life has this way of challenging even the best plans. Starting in July, our family did most of our eating out – as in Mom is not cooking, mostly because the…
Ancient stories of motorcycles past
This is what happens when you ride a KLT1200C on the Playa in Gerlach at high speeds. It takes a little playa home.
LinkedIN profile is toast….
I did away with another social media service. Buh bye LinkedIn. Why? In the what is becoming an old adage, if you aren’t paying for the product you are the product, I couldn’t figure out what LinkedIn was giving me.…