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The silhouette of a man is seen with the city of Caracas in the background on January 9, 2026. Experts say that while President Donald Trump says that cyber weapons were used to plunge Caracas into darkness, multiple military elements were used in the operation. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

A “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label – and harder to…
Construction on an Oncor electricity power plant by the new Skybox Power Campus data colocation center in North Austin, Texas. Cybersecurity must be table stakes as the data center boom continues, this op-ed argues. (Getty Images)

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era

Trillions in AI infrastructure face systemic failure unless security begins at the chip and ends with the grid.
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The great wall of China at sunset. (Getty Images)

AI security’s ‘Great Wall’ problem

AI security requires more than cloud hardening. The real attack surface isn't your infrastructure—it's the supply chains, agents, and humans that make up the system around it.
Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Sean Cairncross’ cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation

Cut the regulatory burden, boost information sharing, and get Congress moving: that’s the pitch as the White House readies a new cyber strategy.
“Move fast and break things” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg onstage at the F8 conference 2014. (Mike Deerkoski via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

We moved fast and broke things. It’s time for a change.

For 20 years, tech has moved fast and broken things. The result: a cybersecurity crisis built on rushed code and vulnerable software. It's time to replace speed-at-all-costs…
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