Authorpreneur Dashboard – Stephen Bryen
Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy
Politics & Social Sciences
Technology security visionary Dr. Stephen Bryen has published a new collection of pivotal essays on national security and cyber security to help policy makers and citizens understand the real threats facing the security of the United States.“Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy” targets important questions including: • Is the U.S. still a Great Power? • Will NATO and Europe fight? • Will Japan build its own nuclear weapons? • Why Iraq is a national security disaster • After an Iran deal will there be a Saudi-Israeli alliance? • Why spying is out of control • Sharing our defense budget with China
Book Bubbles from Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy
Cyber Security
Laura Northrup in Consumerist reports that the IRS, which was just hacked allegedly by the Russians is still using Windows XP which is 13 years old and no longer supported by Microsoft with security fixes. The IRS fraud catching software is "two decades old" says Northrup. The real problem I argue in my book is that we can't depend on commercial software to run sensitive government systems, everything from the IRS, social security to military programs. I have nothing against commercial software companies. But trying to make something secure that is designed to be open, is a hard, impossible task.
A Byte for a Byte
I propose a hard nosed cyber policy for the United States as a practical way to defend the critical infrastructure of our country. Our government talks a lot about cyber security, but the reality is that it has done almost nothing to reduce the vulnerability. You cannot win by trying to build fences. You win by taking the fight to the other guy who is doing you harm. That is the essence of my thought on how to stop cyber attacks.
