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Herb Lin
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Errors From ChatGPT: Hallucinated Whoppers Rather Than Pedantic Subtleties
It has been widely reported that ChatGPT, a popular artificial intelligence chatbot, sometimes makes things up in response to user inquiries, and that these “hallucinations”…
Where the New National Cybersecurity Strategy Differs From Past Practice
On March 2, the Office of the National Cyber Director released the public version of the long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy. This document is intended to…
Reducing Government Overclassification of National Security Information
Editor’s Note: This article is an expansion of the budget-based approach to classification that Lin presents in his Nov. 25, 2022, Boston Globe op-ed entitled…
Bolt-On vs Baked-In Cybersecurity
A few weeks ago, the annual RSA Conference met in San Francisco. The conference is among the world’s largest cybersecurity events, and it thus provides…
The Emergence of Physically Mediated Cyberattacks?
On May 13, the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine published a notice alleging that “Russia’s special services” are targeting Ukrainian…
President Biden’s Policy Changes for Offensive Cyber Operations
On May 13, a Washington Post story indicated that changes to U.S. policy regarding offensive cyber operations are imminent. These changes would refine the Trump…
Responding to Fischerkeller on Initiative Persistence, Defend Forward and Persistent Engagement
I have struggled to find something with which I disagree in Michael Fischerkeller’s response to my thought experiment adopting the 2018 U.S. Cyber Command (USCC)…
Responding to Fischerkeller on Initiative Persistence
I have struggled to find something with which I disagree in Michael Fischerkeller’s response to my thought experiment adopting the 2018 U.S. Cyber Command (USCC)…
On the Report of the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder
On Nov. 15, the Aspen Institute released a report underscoring the dangers of information disorder and making a number of recommendations to global leaders to…
A Hypothetical Command Vision Statement for a Fictional PLA Cyber Command
In 2018, U.S. Cyber Command (USCC) released its Command Vision statement for the organization, advancing officially for the first time “defend forward” and “persistent engagement”…