Beyond the Google Search: Open Source Intelligence Opportunities
posted Jan. 26 by
Eileen Ratzer
On November 29, the Washington Post published an article that shed light on a closely guarded network of tunnels in China allegedly used to transport nuclear weapons. While the research offered interesting information regarding the breadth and sophistication of China’s arsenal, it was the derivation and authors of a cited report that struck a chord with those of us invested in advancing open source intelligence (OSINT) analysis as a professionalized trade.
Building Our Cybersecurity Workforce for the Future
posted Jan. 3 by
Chad Quill
The quantity and complexity of cyber attacks continues to increase. However until recently, our higher education system did not offer courses in cybersecurity. Thankfully, this is changing with several leading American colleges and universities now adding cybersecurity programs as options for students. The U.S. Naval Academy recently announced that it is updating its curriculum for the first time in ten years, with the addition of two cybersecurity courses. All Service Academies will now have cybersecurity topics integrated into their curriculum. I trust that these are the first in a series of positive steps that the U.S. will take to close the cybersecurity education gap. Moreover, I look forward to the day when cybersecurity rankings are analogous to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) rankings used to compare competencies of populations.