Cybersecurity
Hack Global, Buy Local: The Inefficiencies of the Zero-Day Exploit Market
Max Smeets Mon, Jun 6, 2022, 10:43 AM
Why the market for zero-day exploits is less efficient and more local than you might think.
Max Smeets is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, director of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative, and author of “No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force”, published with Oxford University Press and Hurst in May 2022.
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Cyber & Technology
Going the Extra Mile: What It Takes to Be a Responsible Cyber Power
Max Smeets Wed, May 11, 2022, 8:01 AM
The United Kingdom is aspiring to become a responsible democratic cyber power, but this is not without cost.
Cybersecurity
The U.K. as a Responsible Cyber Power: Brilliant Branding or Empty Bluster?
James Shires, Max Smeets Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 8:01 AM
In March, the U.K. government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, setting out the U.K.’s position as a “responsible democratic cyber power.” This is unique and useful for a few key reasons.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Workshop Report: The Transatlantic Dialogue on Military Cyber Operations-Amsterdam
Robert Chesney, Max Smeets, Monica Kaminska Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 3:25 PM
The Strauss Center at UT-Austin has published a report summarizing the dialogue at the “Transatlantic Dialogue on Military Cyber Operations,” which occurred in Amsterdam in August 2019.
Cyber & Technology
NATO Allies Need to Come to Terms With Offensive Cyber Operations
Max Smeets Mon, Oct 14, 2019, 8:08 AM
In May 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense and the German Ministry of Defence signed a memorandum of understanding concerning “Cooperation on Information Assurance and Computer Network Defense.” Computer network defense (CND) refers to actions taken on computer networks to monitor and protect those networks. It is not the only memorandum the U.S. Department of Defense has signed with allies on cyber defense.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Cyber Command’s Strategy Risks Friction With Allies
Max Smeets Tue, May 28, 2019, 7:50 AM
Much has been written about the fundamental changes in U.S. cyber strategy. U.S.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
There Are Too Many Red Lines in Cyberspace
Max Smeets Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 8:00 AM
U.S. officials increasingly express old frustrations about the lack of standards for appropriate state behavior in cyberspace. As U.S.-China trade tensions soar, cybersecurity firms have reported that China is renewing its cyber-enabled economic espionage efforts against U.S. companies—if they ever ceased.