Cybersecurity

Real cybersecurity involves trade-offs in functional requirements.

Legislation moving through Congress on medical devices suggests broader lessons for how to improve the cybersecurity of essential products and critical infrastructure. The bill’s proposed system of regulation and oversight holds promise for meeting the competing criteria of certainty and flexibility, stability and adaptability, mandate and innovation. 

A recently published paper from three George Washington University students refutes a commonly cited statistic about ownership of critical infrastructure and offers a more accurate portrayal of public and private ownership.

Physical violence against personnel in lawless environments as an element of cyberattack is another dimension of cyber conflict, and its importance has been neglected for way too long.