Cyberattacks: Contests or War?
I think that one of the major unresolved issues in cyberspace is differentiating between competitive activities and cyberwarfare. In a March 17, 2021 post on Security Boulevard, with the title “Winning the Cybersecurity Contest,” available at Winning the Cybersecurity Contest – Security Boulevard, Charles Kolodgy states that “Cybersecurity is a competitive endeavor.” Indeed, it is. […]
Don’t Count on Cybersecurity Data
It is a common theme of mine, but one which bears repeating. We collect and disseminate all manner of data, but not so much of data which count. In an article by mathematician Hannah Fry in the March 29, 2021 edition of The New Yorker, she reviews two new books on data and statistics. The […]
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