Topic: Russia

Digest Article

Report finds Russian disinformation group tied to 2016 elections still active

Posted: 06/24/2020 | Leave a Comment

A report released Tuesday found evidence that a Russian disinformation group that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election is still active and targeting U.S. officials and other governments. Read More

Digest Article

Russian intelligence agents reportedly went to Ireland to inspect undersea cables, and it’s reigniting fears they could cut them and take entire countries offline

Posted: 02/19/2020 | Leave a Comment

Russian intelligence agents reportedly went to Ireland to inspect undersea cables, and it's reigniting fears they could cut them and take entire countries offline Read More

Digest Article

FBI Classifies FaceApp as Counterintelligence Threat, Citing Ties to Russian Intelligence

Posted: 12/10/2019 | 1 Comment

The FBI has classified FaceApp as a counterintelligence threat due to its ties to Russia, with the FBI emphasizing that it will take action if it assesses the face-editing app is involved in election interference efforts. Read More

Digest Article

27 Countries Sign Cybersecurity Pledge with Digs at China and Russia

Posted: 10/01/2019 | 1 Comment

New York (CNN)Twenty-seven countries have signed a joint agreement on what constitutes fair and foul play in cyberspace - with a nod toward condemning China and Russia. Read More

Digest Article

Senate Report: All 50 States Were Targeted by Russian Interference Ahead of 2016 Elections

Posted: 07/29/2019 | Leave a Comment

Robert Mueller warned that Russian interference is still happening "as we sit here." State election officials are anxious and underfunded, some running systems with outdated software and scrounging for replacement parts off e-Bay. And on Thursday a report from the Senate Intelligence committee concluded all 50 states were targeted in 2016 and ahead of the Read More

The DoD Cybersecurity Policy Chart

This chart captures the tremendous breadth of applicable policies, some of which many cybersecurity professionals may not even be aware, in a helpful organizational scheme.

View the Policy Chart

Featured Subject Matter Expert (SME): Daksha Bhasker

A dynamic CSIAC SME, Senior Principal Cybersecurity Architect, Daksha Bhasker has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications services provider industry. She has worked in systems security design and architecture in production environments of carriers, often leading multidisciplinary teams for cybersecurity integration, from conception to delivery of complex technical solutions. As a CSIAC SME, Daksha's contributions include several published CSIAC Journal articles and a webinar presentation on the sophiscated architectures that phone carriers use to stop robocalls.

View SME's Contributed Content

CSIAC Report - Smart Cities, Smart Bases and Secure Cloud Architecture for Resiliency by Design

Integration of Smart City Technologies to create Smart Bases for DoD will require due diligence with respect to the security of the data produced by Internet of Things (IOT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). This will increase more so with the rollout of 5G and increased automation "at the edge". Commercially, data will be moving to the cloud first, and then stored for process improvement analysis by end-users. As such, implementation of Secure Cloud Architectures is a must. This report provides some use cases and a description of a risk based approach to cloud data security. Clear understanding, adaptation, and implementation of a secure cloud framework will provide the military the means to make progress in becoming a smart military.

Read the Report

CSIAC Journal - Data-Centric Environment: Rise of Internet-Based Modern Warfare “iWar”

This journal addresses a collection of modern security concerns that range from social media attacks and internet-connected devices to a hypothetical defense strategy for private sector entities.

Read the Journal

CSIAC Journal M&S Special Edition - M&S Applied Across Broad Spectrum Defense and Federal Endeavors

This Special Edition of the CSIAC Journal highlights a broad array of modeling and simulation contributions – whether in training, testing, experimentation, research, engineering, or other endeavors.

Read the Journal

CSIAC Journal - Resilient Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)

This edition of the CSIAC Journal focuses on the topic of cybersecurity of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), particularly those that make up Critical Infrastructure (CI).

Read the Journal