Today I had the honor of presenting on the cyber threat landscape and its implications for civil organizations. The increased interconnectedness provides many opportunities, but at the same time, threat actors and their behavior can put individuals and organizations at risk.

The purpose was to:

• Minimize risks to staff, assets, and operations.
• Raise awareness of possible threats and related tactics, techniques, and procedures, and
• Present some cases to illustrate the impact of successful cyber attacks against companies.

The objective of the training was to raise staff awareness. After the presentation, staff can:

My latest article at the 19th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Towson University, raises the question what is the current state of digital geopolitics?

There is no technology that has transformed societies in the ways that information- and telecommunications technology (ITC) has. The increased pace of digitalization has opened opportunities to conduct e-commerce, e-governance, streamline processes, but also transformed intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and command and control of joint military operations.

My latest article at the 19th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Towson University, raises the question of what are offensive cyberspace operations for cyber security, and why now?

Offensive cyberspace operations are actions taken by an organized group of people with a defined purpose. The purpose is to take down an adversary’s devices, infrastructure, and tools. By taking the fight to the adversary, it may be possible to make them switch stance: from conducting attacks to defending themselves. These actions ensure cyber security.