Dual-use technologies are products and solutions that are normally used for peaceful, civilian purposes but may also have military applications. Despite that governments have established export controls on dual-use goods, foreign nation states are still acquiring these technologies and applying them within mass surveillance systems.
In this video, Managing Director of DNC Cybersecurity, John Daniele explores the topic of digital privacy in depth, and places the importance of personal privacy into context.
Ever wonder how nation states go to war in the fifth domain? Managing Director of DNC Cybersecurity, John Daniele provides a succinct overview of the activities and objectives of state sponsored cyberwar.
The Malign Influence Playbook Whether threat actors or influence operators are organizing a targeted or broadscale malign influence activity, both follow a similar operational workflow or “kill chain,” as described below: The malign influence or disinformation kill chain was devised by the MITRE Corporation in support of efforts by the US Office of the Director …
Investigating, analyzing and countering malign influence operations Disinformation or malign influence campaigns are increasingly being used by a range of domestic political and criminal threat actors to exert coercive or covert control over a targeted audience. Given their highly targeted and dynamic nature, there is no systematic or codified way to stop malign influence campaigns. …
What we aim to achieve with this article, is to share specific ways that cyber intelligence analytical techniques and collection methods can be integrated into broader intelligence processes. We therefore present a more structured approach to cyber intelligence collection, processing, analysis and dissemination. The cyber intelligence dimension to each phase of the intelligence lifecycle is discussed and potential benefits explored.
DNC Cybersecurity has been deeply involved in advocacy work concerning the development of international cyber norms. In an increasingly interconnected world, the need to distinguish between the actions and behaviours of nation states that are lawful and appropriate and those that are illegitimate is essential for the prevention of global cyberwar.
Cyber threat hunting is a proactive strategy to detect threats that evade traditional approaches to security operations. Threat hunting involves the systematic and continuous searching of networks and endpoints, for anomalies and outliers that indicate threat activity. Instead of relying solely upon automated detection mechanisms, which rely upon more passive means of identifying threats, threat hunting applies a more agile strategy to root out cyber adversaries that are hidden within your business environment.
As the USA’s hard exit from the JCPOA deal has much broader implications for global peace and security, it is important to understand what strategic options Iran could choose to exercise in retaliation. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), negotiated between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council and the European …
