NOTE: The ban on WeChat was blocked for violating freedom of speech. For the millions of Chinese in the diaspora Trump’s WeChat ban has created a problem only the software grey market can solve. WeChat is almost an existential requirement. It’s the only messaging app the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allows, making it the only […]
Archives for September 2020
Cybercraft: the short version
Cybercraft is the skillful management of cyber ways and means to achieve your ends. We are living through a return to great power competition. Cyber has created a new means for contest between states and other entities, including organisations, companies, small groups and individuals. Cyber has infiltrated every facet of modern life. It has become […]
Disclosure Keynote: Cybercraft
I presented the opening keynote at Okta’s Disclosure conference on Sept 2nd 2020. I used the opportunity to put forward a new term of art (cybercraft) and to outline some of my thinking on cyber conflict. There is a good write up on ZDNet here. The video is on YouTube. Another write up on DarkReading […]