2026-04-25 –, Track 1
A border-less war beyond the battlefield cost us beyond $600 billion dollars worth of damages. Is there an end in sight? Is a cyber letter of marque possible to minimize risk? The changing nature of the Department of Defense/Department of War, the switch to offensive policy when the US makes cyber strategy changes, at what cost to you and the nation?
Juxtapose eliciting a response with the concurrent education gap throughout the United States would be a grave mistake. 10% of companies are capable of ‘beyond defense’, the other 90% rely on human certifications to vet their employees.
Hackers routinely exploit private corporations as an entry point to lucrative private assets or national security vulnerabilities. The SolarWinds hackers launched attacks from systems run by Microsoft and Amazon. The National Security Agency, which has primary responsibility for protecting cyberspace, is legally barred from monitoring and collecting intelligence from U.S. entities. Tom Burt, Microsoft’s vice president for security, told the Journal in March: “This is a sophisticated actor that apparently took time to research legal authority. It knew that by operating from servers in the United States, it could evade some of the U.S. government’s best threat hunters.”
There’s a problem afoot Will Robinson.
I grew up with the mantra of 'those who talk, don't know; and those who know don't talk,' finding myself wading through the forests to climb outside routes. My climbing friends are astonished by the breadth and scope of the information security knowledge to defend our data and identity. Except, there is more to defend like civil liberties and civil infrastructure.