ICD Brief 137. 03.06.2019.-09.06.2019.   Greetings from Washington DC, Tallinn, Beijing, Brussels, Berlin, Teheran, Tel Aviv, Mons, Amsterdam, Oslo, Lisbon, Bucharest, Moscow, Singapore, London, Santa Clara County. This week’s news is hard and definitive; we hear about what IS or HAS … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 136. 27.05.2019.-02.06.2019. Welcome to another mega edition. Attack, counterattack and balancing strategies appear throughout this week’s ICD Brief from the heights of live coverage of the annual Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore to the ground level experience shared by a … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 135. 20.05.2019.-26.05.2019.   Greetings from Washington DC over Memorial Day. This week’s ICD Brief brings you updates from Canberra, Tallinn, Brasilia, Brussels, Tehran, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Kigali, Cape Town, London and Pittsburgh.   USA U.S. Senator Convening Meetings to … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 134. 13.05.2019.-19.05.2019. There’s an interesting dichotomy going on globally. The effects of tribalism, ideological extremism and nationalism help us to seek partners and to integrate participants within alliances.  Today’s ICD is riddled with examples.   Global U.S. Move to Isolate Huawei … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 133. 06.05.2019.-12.05.2019. The cyber-world is getting closer to an “elevator speech” as this week’s ICD 133 demonstrates with election watches, lessons from Estonia’s impeccable system, the first physical response to a cyber attack and cyber security training haikus. Featured is … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 132. 29.04.2019.-05.05.2019.   Some week’s it’s really difficult to keep it close to short! Today’s Brief echoes progress in defeating threats, decision-making, collaboration and some unexpected revelations on Brazilian pirates and US Artificial Intelligence researchers.   USA US … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 131. 22.04.2019.-28.04.2019. Greetings from Washington. From the Five Eyes in Glasgow to the Cyber Command in Washington DC, conferences this week bring significant updates from the Intelligence Community.   USA Election tech vendors say they’re securing their systems. Does … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 130. 15.04.2019.-21.04.2019. Greetings from New York City. Blessings and Joy to all celebrating the feasts of Passover and Easter this weekend. What a Week! From Notre Dame to Mueller, from des Gilets Jaune to MAGAS, we see how … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 129. 08.04.2019.-14.04.2019. Greetings from Washington DC, Brussels, Ottawa, Belgrade, Budapest, Tokyo, Mons, Pyongyang, Moscow, Singapore and London. It used to be when a light bulb went off intellectually, we cheered. Now, with clarity we have consequence, as this week’s … Continue reading →

ICD Brief 128. 01.04.2019.-07.04.2019.   Cybersecurity was on the agenda of NATO’s 70th anniversary foreign ministerial celebration in Washington DC and the G7 foreign ministers meet in France . While NATO Secretary General addresses historic Joint Meeting of the United States Congress, both meetings … Continue reading →