Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about science, technology, and security. On October 11, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave a speech on “Defending the ...

I recently returned from presenting at this year’s International Conference on Cyber Conflict in Tallinn, Estonia. In his presentation to a “Lessons Learned” panel at that conference, Jason Healey of ...

For almost three decades, we have awaited a mythical “cyber Pearl Harbor,” the harbinger of digital doom that the U.S. cybersecurity community assumes to be inevitable. Strangely enough, some believe ...

In 2012, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of a "Cyber Pearl Harbor." However, scholars question if the metaphor still holds weight. (Getty Images) Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ...

Logically, it is difficult to push for anything but restraint in cyberspace. Cyberspace is simply not built for warfare despite decades of warnings from pundits about the danger of “Cyber Pearl ...

Giving in to these fears risks fighting phantom threats, playing into Russia’s hands by distracting from the need to counter its military threat and sowing fear and confusion — at least among Western ...

I’ve never been short on names that have been used to describe me. Of all of them, “prophet of cyber-doom” might be one of the funniest. We are not in a funny situation however. It is clear that in ...

Jamie Collier and Monica Kaminska are PhD students at the University of Oxford. You can follow them at @TheCollierJam and @monica_kaminska. We are slightly more optimistic at the prospects of studying ...