World War III started a decade ago. We’ve just been calling it ‘technical debt.’

Well, if it’s not us-east1, it’s Cloudflare…

And it’s always DNS

I was very honored to speak on the evolution of the CISO role at the Cyber Future Summit today, at the George W Bush Presidential Center.

“More than 50% of social media accounts are AI bots, and they are influencing how we think” - Kate Kuehn at Cyber Future Summit

My latest:

My latest:

ISRS is thrilled to congratulate Admiral McRaven, commander of Joint Special Operations Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, for receiving the America's Future Series' Magelles Award last night! Well deserved. We were incredibly honored to be a part of it.

NATO’s Eastern Sentry at a Glance

A quick breakdown of how the alliance responded to Russia’s drone incursion in Poland: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/natos-re...

I wonder how long it will take for English grammar to evolve into something less precise, simply because AI detectors flag good writing as artificial.

Home is where your coffee machine is

ISRS’s Mykola Volkivskyi will speak at the UN World Information Transfer on Global Geopolitics After the Alaska Summit. Open to the public via Zoom

27 August, 12:00 EST
zoom.us
Meeting ID: 881 7964 5785
Passcode: 240207

Hey Chat, what is irony?

Слава Україні!

The next great power contest isn’t over land or oil, it’s over AI.

ISRS unpacks Trump’s AI Action Plan, Europe’s regulatory push, & global risks ahead.

www.isrs.ngo/fpb/the-next...

AI is moving into military & diplomatic decision making. Studies show LLMs can escalate crises, even simulate nuclear first strikes. The risks are real. The time for safeguards is now.

Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/escalati...

The goal was to show Ukraine watching the talks, but sadly not invited to sit down…

Trump & Putin meet in Alaska without Ukraine at the table.

ISRS maps 4 alternative futures, from a freeze-in-place armistice to renewed escalation, with fresh indicators to watch.

Full FPB: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/trump-pu...

#Ukraine #Geopolitics #ISRS #Diplomacy

Why can’t China afford a Russian loss? Because if Moscow loses, the U.S. can pivot fully to Asia, and Taiwan moves to center stage.

This isn’t neutrality. It’s strategy.

www.isrs.ngo/fpb/why-chin...

The UK’s Online Safety Act was meant to protect users.
But it may be doing the opposite. @mrr3b00t.bsky.social weighs in, urging policymakers to form a challenge advisory board of practitioners in cyber, intel, and privacy to prevent unintended consequences.

www.isrs.ngo/fpb/how-the-...

Why every company now needs a Chief Geopolitical Officer With governments and international institutions acknowledging the fragmenting global order, the creation of a Chief Geopolitical Officer role is an urgent priority for business.

Some CISOs and Chief Risk Officers have been doing this for years, but this makes a lot of sense in larger orgs

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

🧵 Russia’s drones aren’t just made in Russia.

They’re powered by China. Engines. Electronics. Even HW‑T8‑80F pick‑and‑place machines building the circuit boards that guide kamikaze strikes on Ukraine.

Let’s break down the hidden supply chain /1

North Korea’s freelance IT operatives are infiltrating global companies.

ISRS Advisory Council member @malwarejake.bsky.social warns:

“If these ops are revenue-driven, you’re highly unlikely to detect DPRK actors through technical means alone.”

Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/north-ko...

From an OPSEC perspective, if the Astronomer CEO and HR Chief had just smiled and waved, we would have never heard anything about this. (Not to encourage that sort of thing, but just classic Streisand Effect)

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“Spanish Government creates new classification category: REL PRC”

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.

Come on, people 🙄

therecord.media/spain-awards...

GPUHammer: New RowHammer Attack Variant Degrades AI Models on NVIDIA GPUs NVIDIA urges ECC activation to mitigate GPUHammer, a RowHammer exploit threatening AI accuracy and data integrity on GPUs.

Interesting read: thehackernews.com/2025/07/gpuh...

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