Jan Kallberg

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Demilitarize civilian cyber defense, and you’ll gain deterrence

By constantly flexing the military’s cyber muscles to defend the homeland from inbound criminal cyber activity, the public demand for a broad federal response to illegal cyber activity is satisfied. Still, over time, the potential adversary will understand our military’s offensive cyber operations’ tactics, techniques and procedures.

5 months ago

Inflation is the silent cyberthreat jeopardizing our workforce

The inflation expectations in 2022 are the highest in decades, which will directly impact the cost to attract and retain a cyber workforce.

6 months ago

In an evaporating OODA loop, time is of the essence

The time needed to observe and assess, direct resources, make decisions, and take action will be too long to be able to muster a successful cyber defense.

Augmented reality: Seeing the benefits is believing

Technical advancements bring us new options and abilities, and they increase mission success. But as with all uncharted territory, they also bring surprises and unanticipated outfalls.

For ethical artificial intelligence, security is pivotal

AI is a top priority in the United States and to our friendly foreign partners, but potential adversaries will make the pursuit of finding ways to compromise these systems a top priority of their own.

Warrant officers should be the next cyber operators

There is too much turnover among non-commissioned officer/enlisted cyber operators to match the expanding need for a highly qualified and technically cognizant cyber force. Here's what the Army should do instead.

What COVID-19 can teach us about cyber resilience

COVID-19 has created increased stress on our logistic, digital, public, and financial systems and this could in fact resemble what a major cyber conflict would mean to the general public.

Why Iran would avoid a major cyberwar

What's in it for Iran to launch a massive cyber engagement against the free world? What can they win and what would their regime lose?

A new mindset for the Army: silent running

The Army mindset must change to mirror the Navy’s tactic of “silent running” used to evade adversarial threats.

Integrate cyber maintenance into the US Army’s battle rhythm

The war fighter preparing for the future fight must be able to trust the cyber equipment’s readiness, and the absence of ordered cyber maintenance is an ongoing vulnerability.

After a cyberattack, the waiting is the hardest part

Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure may not have the payoff that an adversary wants.

Putting a value on the 50x coder

The Pentagon's best coders address problems unburdened by traditional thinking, in innovative ways, maximizing the dual-purpose of digital tools, and can generate decisive cyber effects. So how should the Pentagon protect them?

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