Cybersecurity and Deterrence
What to Make of Microsoft’s Year in Cybersecurity
Andrew J. Grotto Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 8:01 AM
Microsoft simultaneously combats, profits from and contributes to cybersecurity problems.
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Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Cyberspace Is Neither Just an Intelligence Contest, nor a Domain of Military Conflict; SolarWinds Shows Us Why It’s Both
Erica D. Lonergan Wed, May 12, 2021, 9:45 AM
Future conversation needs to move beyond the military versus intelligence contest binary construct to more meaningfully explore how states may seek to use cyberspace for multiple objectives, either in sequence or in parallel.
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In the Wake of SolarWinds, the U.S. Must Grapple With the Future and Not Just the Past
Melissa K. Griffith Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 10:58 AM
Given the wide range of strategic and tactical benefits for Russia, a cyber operation with SolarWinds’ scale and sophistication should never be understood as “just espionage.”
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Sanctioning Russia for SolarWinds: What Normative Line Did Russia Cross?
Robert Chesney Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 2:17 PM
The United States has just sanctioned various Russian entities in express response to the SolarWinds Orion exploit campaign. But what normative line, if any, is the U.S. saying that Russia crossed?
Cybersecurity
The U.S. Government Needs to Overhaul Cybersecurity. Here’s How.
Jonathan Reiber, Matt Glenn Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 12:05 PM
In advance of the new Biden administration cybersecurity executive order, it’s time for the federal government to get proactive about cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
What Would Happen If States Started Looking at Cyber Operations as a “Threat” to Use Force?
Duncan B. Hollis, Tsvetelina van Benthem Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:44 PM
States and other stakeholders can use Article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter to bar not just uses of force in cyberspace but also threats of such force by equal measure.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Understanding and Responding to the SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack: The Federal Perspective
Victoria Gallegos Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 10:07 AM
On Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 10:15 a.m., the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on understanding and responding to the SolarWinds supply chain attack.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
How Should the U.S. Respond to the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange Hacks?
Dmitri Alperovitch, Ian Ward Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:59 AM
If the SolarWinds/Holiday Bear campaign was a minimally invasive arthroscopic incision into vulnerable networks, the Microsoft Exchange hack was a full-limb amputation: untargeted, reckless and extremely dangerous.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Was SolarWinds a Different Type of Cyber Espionage?
Erica D. Lonergan Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 10:46 AM
There is a gap between how administration officials are framing the nature of the SolarWinds incident and what the available evidence indicates about it.
cyberespionage
Senate Intelligence Holds Hearing on the SolarWinds Breach
Tia Sewell Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:19 AM
On Tuesday, February 23, 2020, at 2:30 p.m., the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the recent hack of U.S. networks by a foreign adversary. The committee will hear testimony from Kevin Mandia, CEO of Fireye; Sudhakar Ramakrishna, CEO of SolarWinds; Brad Smith, president of Microsoft; and George Kurtz, president and CEO of Crowdstrike.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here or below: