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CYBER RESILIENCEShared Risks, Shared Advantage: Collaborating for Collective Cyber Resilience
By James Corera
The same connectivity that powers our prosperity, and which has driven innovation and growth, has also created shared vulnerabilities and structural fragilities. We are increasingly seeing how a single weak link, often in a third-party provider, can cascade across industries, economies and borders.
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CYBERSECURITYFederal Shutdown Deals Blow to Already Hobbled Cybersecurity Agency
By Richard Forno
Unfortunately, adversaries do not reduce their attacks against the U.S. based on available federal cyber defense funding or the status of cybersecurity laws. In fact, malicious hackers often strike when their target’s guard is down.
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CYBERSECURITYBreakthrough Development Could Significantly Boost 5G Network Security
With its greater network capacity and ability to rapidly transmit huge amounts of information from one device to another, 5G is a critical component of intelligent systems and services - including those for healthcare and financial services.
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CYBERSECURITYHow AI Can Ease Workloads for Frontline Cybersecurity Teams
By A 10-month trial has shown how large language models can assist cybersecurity analysts during live cyberthreat investigations to boost productivity and trust.
A 10-month trial has shown how large language models can assist cybersecurity analysts during live cyberthreat investigations to boost productivity and trust.
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CYBERSECURITYCodemakers Race to Secure the Internet as Quantum Threat Looms
By Anthony King
With quantum computing on the horizon, cryptographers are working to secure digital communications against a new generation of potential threats.
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ELECTION SECURITYVoting from Your Sofa Is Secure Enough – but Will It Be Allowed?
By Sølvi Normannsen
A new electronic voting system developed at NTNU can withstand attacks from quantum computers, meaning digital elections can be conducted securely, even in the future.
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CHINA WATCHDigital Siege Puts Taiwan’s Resilience to the Test
By Nathan Attrill
The most sustained conflict unfolding between China and Taiwan is not taking place on the water or in the air; it is happening in cyberspace.
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CYBERSECURITYConfronting Core Problems in Cybersecurity
By Sara Frueh
It’s common for governors and mayors to declare a state of emergency and activate the National Guard in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. But last month, officials in Minnesota took these steps in the wake of a major cyberattack on the city of St. Paul —a testament to how disruptive these attacks have become.
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COMMON-SENSE NOTES // By Idris B. OdunewuCybersecurity Education in the Age of AI: Rethinking the Need for Human Capital in National Cyber Defense
Just five years ago, headlines were filled with urgent calls for the United States to drastically increase its output of cybersecurity professionals. Fast forward to 2025, and the proliferation of AI —especially generative and autonomous models—has transformed both the threats we face and the tools we use to defend against them. AI-driven cybersecurity software now automates many of the functions that once required a skilled human analyst, and the argument is made that AI may soon render many human cybersecurity roles obsolete.
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CYBERSECURITYBuilding Nevada’s Cyber Future One Summer Camp at a Time
By Cheryl Bella
UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering launched GenCyber Camp to create awareness of college and career pathways in cybersecurity among Nevada’s youth. The program has secured an impressive share of success stories. Organizers search for funding to keep the momentum going.
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TERRORISMFrom TikTok to Terrorism? The Online Radicalization of European Lone Attackers since
By Nicolas Stockhammer
The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel marked a pivotal moment not only in Middle East security policy but also in the global Islamist and particularly jihadi propaganda landscape. The ensuing digital “victimhood-revenge” narrative rapidly spread across platforms like TikTok, fueling a new wave of radicalization among adolescents in Europe.
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COMMON-SENSE NOTES // By Idris B. OdunewuThe Future of Open Data in the Age of AI: Safeguarding Public Assets Amid Growing Private Sector Demands
AI offers immense potential, but that potential must be realized within a framework that protects the public’s right to its own information. The open data movement must evolve to meet this new challenge—not retreat from it.
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AILatest Reasoning Models from OpenAI to Be Used for Energy and National Security Applications on Los Alamos’s Venado Supercomputer
Los Alamos National Laboratory has entered a partnership with OpenAI to install its latest o-series models — capable of expert reasoning for a broad span of complex scientific problems — on the Lab’s Venado supercomputer.
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CYBERSECURITY EDUCATIONUA Little Rock Secures $4.65 Million Grant to Advance Cybersecurity Education
By Angelita Faller
The grant, funded by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) within the National Security Agency, will enable UA Little Rock to enhance its efforts in preparing high school teachers to teach cybersecurity.
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CYBERSECURITYIs DOGE a Cybersecurity Threat? Explaining the Dangers of Violating Protocols and Regulations That Protect Government Computer Systems
By Richard Forno
Teams from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are dropping into federal agencies with a practically unlimited mandate to reform the federal government in accordance with recent executive orders. As a 30-year cybersecurity veteran, I find the activities of DOGE thus far concerning. Its broad mandate across government, seemingly nonexistent oversight, and the apparent lack of operational competence of its employees have demonstrated that DOGE could create conditions that are ideal for cybersecurity or data privacy incidents that affect the entire nation.
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