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Information Warfare The New Frontline
Former NSA senior executive Mike Driscoll joins Cipher Brief's Brad Christian to dissect how America - and its allies - win or lose in the cognitive domain. From post-9/11 SIGINT dominance and its p…
Published on 3 hours ago
Lithuania's Foreign Minister: 'Western Restraint Invites Russian Aggression
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys joins Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly in Washington with a blunt warning: Western military restraint is encouraging, not deterring, the Kremlin. Budrys exp…
Published on 5 days, 21 hours ago
Two Generals and a Cyber Warning for America
Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly talks with two former directors of the National Security Agency and former Commanders of U.S. Cyber Command about the cyber threat from China, and just wha…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
White House Director: We Need a 'Kill Web' for Modern Warfare
Shawn Chenoweth has one of the most fascinating titles in government, Director of Cognitive Advantage at the National Security Council. Sean explains the concept of cognitive advantage, the challenge…
Published on 1 month ago
Steve Blank has Mapped the Pentagon
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Author and Stanford Professor Steve Blank has published a phone book of sorts for the Pentagon - at least when it comes to the trickier issue of understanding how the Pen…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
China's Gray War on America
As tensions rise globally, so does the risk of conflict. Poland's Prime Minister has recently warned that Poland is closer to war than at any time since WWII. And while Russia's war against Ukraine …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Drones, Deterrence, and Overplaying Putin's Hand: with Gen. David Petraeus
Former CIA Director General David Petraeus (Ret.) doesn't mince words: Russia's 19-drone incursion into Polish airspace was no accident — it was a deliberate test of NATO's resolve. Joining The State…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Secret U.S. Counter-Narcotics Mission
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited a warship off the coast of Puerto Rico this week, telling Marines and sailors that they are on the "front lines" of a critical counter-narcotics mission. Ex…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside Emerging Threats: Former CIA Leader Sheetal Patel on Drones, Tech, and America's Adversaries
In this wide-ranging conversation, former CIA senior leader Sheetal Patel warns about the vulnerabilities the U.S. faces from evolving drone threats, drawing lessons from Ukraine's successful deep-st…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Does the CIA Have a Trust Problem?
In a recent opinion piece published in The Cipher Brief, former senior CIA Executive Mark Kelton suggests that the country's leading intelligence organization has a trust problem both with policy mak…
Published on 4 months ago