Burgess brings his 45+ years of professional experience [15+ in the private sector and 30+ years with the Central Intelligence Agency] to the table. He provides his perspective on global national security, espionage, insider threat and cybersecurity issues. (see below for areas of expertise)

He has appeared on CNN, BBC, News Nation, China News, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, ABC, I24, and other networks providing his commentary and analysis.

Christopher Burgess is available to help your content team craft insightful and timely content.

Areas of expertise include: Security, Privacy, Cyber Security, Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Insider Threat, NISPOM, Security Awareness, Travel Safety & Security, Online Safety and Geopolitical realities: Russia, China, Iran.

He can be reached via Twitter (BurgessCT) or by clicking the chat box button on the lower right of your screen and leaving him a message.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

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2023

The China Threat Continues: Surveillance in Cuba, Recruitment of Foreign Pilots, and Intimidation in Taiwan Strait – Clearance Jobs – 09 June 2023

Department of Defense AI principles have a place in the CISO’s playbook – CSO Online – 06 June 2023

Unveiling the Treason and Lessons Learned from Robert Hanssen’s Infamous Life and Death – Clearance Jobs – 05 June 2023

Two Years After Colonial Pipeline, What Have We Learned? – Security Boulevard – 02 June 2023

Former Air Force Intel Leader Gets Lenient Sentence for Hoarding Classified Information – Clearance Job – 02 June 2023

Chinese Espionage Continues in Alaska: Déjà Vu Moments Reveal Persistent Attempts to Infiltrate U.S. Military Establishments – Clearance Jobs – 01 June 2023

Insider risk management: Where your program resides shapes its focus – CSO Online – 29 May 2023

U.S.-South Korea Forge Strategic Cybersecurity Framework – Security Boulevard – 25 May 2023

PROACTIVE INSIDER RISK MANAGEMENT | A CASE FOR TECHNOLOGY CONSOLIDATION – DTEX Systems – 24 May 2023

Counterintelligence on Steroids: Disruptive Technology Strike Force Makes Waves with Five Major Cases – Clearance Jobs – 23 May 2023

What cybersecurity professionals can learn from the humble ant – CSO Online – 22 May 2023

Obtaining and Retaining a Security Clearance: A Privilege, Not a Right – Clearance Jobs – 19 May 2023

Insider Risk: Don’t Let Your AP Sink Your IP – Clearance Jobs – 17 May 2023

AppSec: How Do You Know Your app is 100% Secure? You Don’t – Security Boulevard – 16 May 2023

The FBI Chops Off the Head of Russia’s Malware Network Known as ‘Snake’ – Clearance Jobs – 11 May 2023

White House Calls for Responsible Artificial Intelligence Development – Clearance Jobs – 10 May 2023

Small- and medium-sized businesses: don’t give up on cybersecurity – CSO Online – 09 May 2023

The Merck appeal: cyber insurance and the definition of war – CSO Online – 05 May 2023

Different Year, Same Espionage Story: Former Communications Officer Sentenced for Selling Secrets to Soviet Union 33 Years Ago Today – Clearance Jobs – 27 April 2023

AI-powered chatbots: the threats to national security are only beginning – CSO Online – 25 April 2023

Global intelligence assessments: you are the target – CSO Online – 19 April 2023

Two NYC Residents Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Chinese Police Station – Clearance Jobs – 18 April 2023

The classified document leak: let’s talk about Jack Teixeira’s need-to-know – CSO Online – 18 April 2023

Socially Engineered Into Stealing $500,000 From a Casino – Security Boulevard – 11 April 2023

Classified Military Document Leak Reveals a Secret-Keeping Problem – Clearance Jobs – 10 April 2023

Russian Deep Covers Discovered Despite Russia’s Extensive Efforts to Take on Other Nationalities – Clearance Jobs – 05 April 2023

INSIDER RISK: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE INDIFFERENT – DTEX Systems – 23 March 2023

Can a quantum algorithm crack RSA cryptography? Not yet – CSO Online – 14 March 2023

ODNI Gives a Sobering Global Threat Assessment for 2023 – CSO Online – 10 March 2023

White House Hits the Gas and Picks Up Speed With National Cybersecurity Strategy – Clearance Jobs – 08 March 2023

Tracking device technology: A double-edged sword for CISOs – CSO Online – 06 March 2023

LastPass Woes Continue, Exposing the Danger of Personal Devices and Home Networks – Clearance Jobs – 02 March 2023

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST IN YOUR INSIDER RISK PROGRAM – DTEX Systems – 23 February 2023

Yes, CISOs should be concerned about the types of data spy balloons can intercept – CSO Online – 09 February 2023

What CISOs need to know about the renewal of FISA Section 702 – CSO Online – 07 February 2023

US DOJ applies carrot-and-stick approach to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act policy – CSO Online – 01 February 2023

INSIDER RISK: WHEN BUSINESS GETS PERSONAL – Dtex Systems – 31 January 2023

Loose Lips Are Still a Problem: OPSEC Failures Give U.S. Adversaries More OSINT – Clearance Jobs – 31 January 2023

Watch for These Key Espionage Trends in 2023 – Clearance Jobs – 29 January 2023

How Classified Information Walks Out the Door – Clearance Jobs – 27 January 2023

FTC Proposes Eliminating Non-Compete Clauses – Security Boulevard – 27 January 2023

US Supreme Court leak investigation highlights weak and ineffective risk management strategy – CSO Online – 23 January 2023

Former FBI Special Agent Arrested for Ties to Russian Oligarch – Clearance Jobs – 23 January

Russia-Linked Attackers Target US Nuclear Research Facilities – Security Boulevard – 23 January 2023

Warnings from Russia: Stop Being Lazy or Cocky About Your Insider Risk Programs – Clearance Jobs – 18 January 2023

Stay Jaded, America: Chinese-Sourced Materials Prove to Be a Problem in the UK – Clearance Jobs – 15 January 2023

Privacy Settlements Reveal the Value of User Data – Security Boulevard – 12 January 2023

If governments are banning TikTok, why is it still on your corporate devices? – CSO Online – 09 January 2023

Cuban Spy, Ana Belen Montes, Gets Early Release From Federal Prison – Clearance Jobs – 07 January 2023

2022

1. Top 5 Espionage Cases of 2022 – Clearance Jobs – 28 December 2022
2. One Former Navy Civilian Found Revenge to Be Short Lived and End in a Prison Sentence – Clearance Jobs – 22 December 2022
3. Thailand tourist police enhance their means to protect tourists – Securely Travel – 17 December 2022
4. Hoarding Classified Information to Sell at a Later Date Earned Prison Time for One Clearance Holder – Clearance Jobs – 17 December 2022
5. Eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa go silent – Securely Travel – 17 December 2022
6. GAO warns government agencies: focus on IoT and OT within critical infrastructure – CSO Online – 15 December 2022
7. Report highlights serious cybersecurity issues with US defense contractors – CSO Online – 14 December 2022
8. Libyan Suspect Accused of Pan Am 103 Bombing Taken into FBI Custody – Clearance Jobs – 13 December 2022
9. Will TikTok Make Good on Privacy Promises? – Security Boulevard – 09 December 2022
10. What US travelers need to know about the US-Russia prisoner swap -08 December 2022
11. Review: Big Island Candies – Securely Travel – 07 December 2022
12. Mauna Loa transitions into slow moving lava flow – Securely Travel – 06 December 2022
13. A HUMINT Nightmare: When the Communication System Fails Assets in the Field – Clearance Jobs – 05 December 2022
14. FBI Arrest 25 Years Ago Today Shows the Same China Targeting U.S. Aerospace Technology – Clearance Jobs – 03 December 2022
15. Hawaii: Mauna Loa Erupts – Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera – Securely Travel – 28 November 2022
16. Man overboard from Carnival Valor rescued in Gulf of Mexico – Securely Travel – 26 November 2022
17. Mexico-US investigating murder of Shanquella Robinson in San Jose del Cabo – Securely Travel – 25 November 2022
18. Mexico, we’re safer than you think – Securely Travel – 23 November 2022
19. Blackhawk Helicopters Descend Into Swedish Home to Snag Latest Russian Espionage Arrest – Clearance Jobs – 23 November 2022
20. 2022 – Thanksgiving Travel Safety Tips – Securely Travel – 22 November 2022
21. Chinese Intelligence Officer Gets Prison Time for Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 17 November 2022
22. Securely Travel heads to the OSAC Annual Briefing – Securely Travel – 14 November 2022
23. Frontier Airlines flight diverted due to man with boxcutters on board – Securely Travel – 13 November 2022
24. Majestic Princess docks in Sydney with 800 COVID cases on board – Securely Travel – 12 November 2022
25. Carbon monoxide deaths at two Mexico City Airbnbs – Securely Travel – 11 November 2022
26. U.S. Navy Engineer and His Wife Get Long Prison Sentences for Trying to Sell Classified Information – Clearance Jobs – 10 November 2022
27. Security Travel Checklist – Travel Documents and Credentials – Securely Travel – 08 November 2022
28. Securely Travel heads to #Cyberfit Summit 2022 – Securely Travel – 07 November 2022
29. Threat mitigated. FBI NEWARK: Synagogues in New Jersey facing broad threat – Securely Travel – 04 November 2022
30. Mondelez and Zurich’s NotPetya cyber-attack insurance settlement leaves behind no legal precedent – CSO Online – 03 November 2022
31. Coral Princess – COVID outbreak, ships are petri dishes – Securely Travel – 02 November 2022
32. GAO report: government departments need dedicated leaders to oversee privacy goals – CSO Online – 02 November 2022
33. IATA: Air Travel Passengers are Happy – Securely Travel – 02 November 2022
34. Please don’t set the airplane toilet on fire – Securely Travel – 01 November 2022
35. Uganda: Ebola raises its head, once again – Securely Travel – 31 October 2022
36. Data capture by border agencies can and will happen – are your on-the-road employees prepared? – CSO Online – 31 October 2022
37. Be sure to have the right Travel Insurance – Securely Travel – 28 October 2022
38. White House Proposes a Path to a US AI Bill of Rights – Security Boulevard – 21 October 2022
39. Russian Intel Takes Another Hit – This Time in Norway – Clearance Jobs – 26 October 2022
40. Review of Documentary: “Hell of a Cruise” – Securely Travel – 24 October 2022
41. DOJ Indictments Prove Chinese Espionage Is Alive and Well in the U.S. – Clearance Jobs – 24 October 2022
42. TSA keeps finding firearms in your carry-on, WTF? – Securely Travel – 18 October 2022
43. Evacuation isn’t so easy – Securely Travel – 12 October 2022
44. Pro-Russian group Killnet launch cyberattack on U.S. airports – Securely Travel – 11 October 2022
45. Guilty verdict in the Uber breach case makes personal liability real for CISOs – CSO Online – 06 October 2022
46. The astronomical costs of an asset disposal program gone wrong – CSO Online – 05 October 2022
47. Hurricane Ian – In crisis turn to the helpers – Securely Travel – 05 October 2022
48. AirTags keep an eye on your luggage – Securely Travel – 05 October 2022
49. Pacific Surfliner – Irvine-San Diego suspended until further notice – Securely Travel – 03 October 2022
50. Fort Myers – Florida – Needs your help – Call to action – Securely Travel – 30 September 2022
51. Ex-NSA Employee Arrested by FBI for Attempted Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 30 September 2022
52. Google Flights – A method to the madness – Securely Travel – 30 September 2022
53. Autonomous Taxi service – Austin and Phoenix – Securely Travel – 29 September 2022
54. Hurricane Ian as seen through the Tweet stream – Securely Travel – 29 September 2022
55. FBI Sting Finds Two Doctors Indicted for Trying to Pass Military Medical Information to Russia – Clearance Jobs – 29 September 2022
56. US Embassy Moscow: US Citizens leave Russia NOW – Securely Travel – 29 September 2022
57. GAO Puts the Office of National Cybersecurity Director under the Microscope – Clearance Jobs – 28 September 2022
58. Ian grows to a Category 4 Hurricane – Securely Travel – 28 September 2022
59. OTD The Tale of the Disgruntled CIA Officer Who Sold Classified Information to Retaliate for a Dying Career – Clearance Jobs – 29 September 2022
60. Karma Would Be Russia’s Newest Citizen Edward Snowden Getting Conscripted – 27 September 2022
61. Margaritaville at Sea: Heroes Sail Free – Securely Travel – 27 September 2022
62. China Accuses NSA of Hacking Chinese Systems – You Know What They Say About Glass Houses and Stones – Clearance Jobs – 23 September 2022
63. China is Fleecing U.S. Nuclear Technology – Report Says to Fight More Against the Threat – Clearance Jobs – 22 September 2022
64. AA337 – Cabo to LAX – Passenger Violence in the Sky – Securely Travel – 22 September 2022
65. OTD – It Hurts More When Your Friends Spy on You – Clearance Jobs – 16 September 2022
66. Russia’s cyber future connected at the waist to Soviet military industrial complex – CSO Online – 15 September 2022
67. Oh my! Fisticuffs at 30,000 feet – Securely Travel – 15 September 2022
68. US government indicts Iranian nationals for ransomware and other cybercrimes – CSO Online – 15 September 2022
69. How Governments Request Your Data From Service Providers – Security Boulevard – 09 September 2022
70. How posting personal and business photos can be a security risk – CSO Online – 08 September 2022
71. Summertime Cyberattack on Albania’s Critical Infrastructure Prompts Country to Cut Ties with Iran – Clearance Jobs – 07 September 2022
72. Transparency and policy shapes Cloudflare’s Kiwi Farms decisions – CSO Online – 06 September 2022
73. FTC files lawsuit against Kochava for harvesting and selling geolocation data – CSO Online – 30 August 2022
74. Sorting zero-trust hype from reality – CSO Online – 29 August 2022
75. NATO Investigates Blackmail Efforts from Cyber Criminals Against MBDA Missile Systems – Clearance Jobs – 29 August 2022
76. Why you need a third party risk management (TPRM) program – Security Boulevard – 26 August 2022
77. Russian GRU Illegal Exposed in Europe: This Time in Italy – Clearance Jobs – 26 August 2022
78. Why SBOMs alone aren’t enough for software supply chain security – CSO Online – 25 August 2022
79. Medical Tourism – The Downside – Securely Travel – 23 August 2022
80. U.S. DOT takes action to protect flying public – Securely Travel – 22 August 2022
81. OTD – The Honeytrap That Ensnared One Marine in a Sexpionage Case – Clearance Jobs – 21 August 2022
82. Wild weekend in Tijuana – Securely Travel – 19 August 2022
83. Airtags a good idea to foil luggage theft – Securely Travel – 16 August 2022
84. Secret Sharing Nuclear Scientist Will Now Get Fate Decided by a Jury – Clearance Jobs – 16 August 2022
85. Fick Nominated to Lead Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy – Security Boulevard – 15 August 2022
86. U.S. Federal Court breach reveals IT and security maturation issues – CSO Online – 10 August 2022
87. Beijing cancels U.S.-China Military Bilateral Efforts – Clearance Jobs – 05 August 2022
88. CHIPS for America Act Brings Big Bucks to Semiconductor Industry – Security Boulevard – 04 August 2022
89. China, Huawei, and the eavesdropping threat – CSO Online – 04 August 2022
90. The Thing: A Reminder That Sometimes Gifts from Foreigners Come with a Listening Device – Clearance Jobs – 04 August 2022
91. Data privacy: Collect what you need, protect what you collect – CSO Online – 02 August 2022
92. Man Posing as DHS Worker Pleads Guilty for Con Artist Scheme – Clearance Jobs – 01 August 2022
93. The Power of Counterintelligence: The Venona Papers Identified Soviet Spies in America – Clearance Jobs – 31 July 2022
94. Ionov indictment Reveals Russia Election Interference Strategy – Clearance Jobs – 29 July 2022
95. Uber’s Latest Shenanigans – Security Boulevard – 27 July 2022
96. Cosplay or KGB: The Weird Story of a Coast Guard Vet and His Wife Who Stole Dead Infants’ Identities – Clearance Jobs – 26 July 2022
97. War Forged a SIGINT Relationship Years Ago That Still Stands Today – Clearance Jobs – 26 July 2022
98. How a sex worker became a defense contractor employee — and an insider threat – CSO Online – 26 July 2022
99. UK Labels LinkedIn a Major Threat – Says Adversaries Targeting National Security Workforce – Clearance Jobs – 25 July 2022
100. NSO Group’s Pegasus crashes as Apple initiates Dignity and Justice Fund – CSO Online – 21 July 2022
101. CIA’s Vault 7 Hacker Gets Guilty Conviction for One of the Largest Breaches in CIA History – Clearance Jobs – 14 July 2022
102. U.S. and UK warn local governments, businesses of China’s influence operations – Security Boulevard – 07 July 2022
103. How you handle independent contractors may determine your insider threat risk – CSO Online – 30 June 2022
104. MITRE Inside-R Protect goes deep into the behavior side of insider threats – CSO Online – 29 June 2022
105. Russia-China cybercriminal collaboration could “destabilize” international order – CSO Online – 28 June 2022
106. House Passes ICS Cybersecurity Training Act – Security Boulevard – 27 June 2022
107. Reporting Foreign Nationals 101: Russian Intel Officer Caught in The Netherlands – Clearance Jobs – 24 June 2022
108. Location data poses risks to individuals, organizations – CSO Online – 16 June 2022
109. Former NCIS Special Agent Gets Convicted for Illicit Relationship with a Syrian National – Clearance Jobs – 14 June 2022
110. Russian Spy with 25 Years of Espionage Goes Down to FBI Sting – On This Day in History – Clearance Jobs – 14 June 2022
111. Congressional hearings focus on AI, machine learning challenges in cybersecurity – CSO Online – 14 June 2022
112. Invasion of Privacy, Anomaly or New Ethical Abnormal Norm? – Security Boulevard – 10 June 2022
113. How Two Reservists Fought Back Against Employers Ignoring the Law – Clearance Jobs – 08 June 2022
114. NSA Director Confirms Cyber Command ‘Hunt Forward’ Approach Applies to Russia – 07 June 2022
115. Latest Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 Report focuses on cyber workforce – CSO Online – 06 June 2022
116. OPM’s $63 million breach settlement offer: Is it enough? – CSO Online – 02 June 2022
117. HiQ v LinkedIn court ruling will have a material effect on privacy – CSO Online – 01 June 2022
118. FBI Sting Proves That China is Not Giving Up – Clearance Jobs – 20 May 2022
119. Codename Wind Flyer: The John Walker Spy Ring Was a Family Affair with 17 Years of Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 20 May 2022
120. UBER CISOs trial underscores the importance of Truth, Transparency and Trust – CSO Online – 19 May 2022
121. DoD Inspector General Issues Findings on Whistleblower Retaliation for Vindman – Clearance Jobs – 19 May 2022
122. Former CIA Leader Said LinkedIn is Like a Candy Store to China – Clearance Jobs – 18 May 2022
123. China’s cyber espionage focus: intellectual property theft – CSO Online – 17 May 2022
124. OPSEC Nightmare: Tracking Cell Phone Data in the U.S. and Abroad – Clearance Jobs – 16 May 2022
125. Lightly Redacted DHS IG Report Identifies Compliance Issues in Intelligence Processes – Clearance Jobs – 05 May 2022
126. Change is Coming to the SEC’s Proposed Infosec Rules – Security Boulevard – 28 April 2022
127. US Disrupted Russian GRU’s Hydra and Sandworm – Security Boulevard – 26 April 2022
128. SolarWinds breach lawsuits: 6 takeaways for CISOs – CSO Online – 25 April 2022
129. New Five Eyes alert warns of Russian threats targeting critical infrastructure – CSO Online – 21 April 2022
130. DHS says “Not on my Watch” to Hawaii undersea telecom cable hack – Clearance Jobs – 21 April 2022
131. Money Motivated Rocket Scientist Who Blasted Off with Air Force Secrets – Clearance Jobs – 20 April 2022
132. JHL Biotech’s theft of Genentech data holds lessons for infosec – CSO Online – 18 April 2022
133. Espionage or High-Stakes Cosplay? Capitol Hill Apartment Saga Continues – Clearance Jobs – 14 April 2022
134. Meta, Apple emergency data request scam holds lessons for CISOs – CSO Online – 11 April 2022
135. Postal Service Officer Uncovers Bizarre Spy Ring Targeting DHS, Secret Service – Clearance Jobs – 08 April 2022
136. OTD – John Charlton – Early Retirement Prompts Defense Contractor to Sell Navy Secrets – Clearance Jobs – 08 April 2022
137. Former GE Engineer Convicted of Economic Espionage – Security Boulevard – 06 April 2022
138. What is the risk of retaliation for taking a corporate stance on Russia? – CSO Online – 06 April 2022
139. State Department Launches Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy – Clearance Jobs – 05 April 2022
140. New insider threat: Bad business decisions that put IP at risk – CSO Online – 04 April 2022
141. Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Services – Clearance Jobs – 04 April 2022
142. US and EC Forge Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework – Security Boulevard – 01 April 2022
143. Giving Russia the Boot: Countries Kicking Out Russian Intelligence Officers – Clearance Jobs – 01 April 2022
144. NSA Employee Indicted for Allegedly Sharing Classified Information over Email – Clearance Jobs – 31 March 2022
145. OTD Jeffery Gregory pleaded guilty Exposed U.S. Army and NATO War Plans Exchanged for Pot – Clearance Jobs – 28 March 2022
146. Why CISOs everywhere should pay attention to the US global threat assessment – CSO Online – 28 March 2022
147. Qualcomm: ‘We’d Like Our IP Back, Please’ – Security Boulevard – 24 March 2022
148. Internet sanctions against Russia pose risks, challenges for businesses – CSO Online – 22 March 2022
149. Warning from the White House to Defend Against Russian Cybersecurity Attacks – Clearance Jobs – 21 March 2022
150. OTD – Brian Regan – Rubbermaid Containers Full of U.S. Secrets for Millions: NRO Contractor Betrayal is a Textbook Case – Clearance Jobs – 21 March 2022
151. MITRE and partners build insider threat knowledge base – CSO Online – 18 March 2022
152. Ukrainian Intelligence Reacts to Assassination Plots Targeting President Zelenskyy – Clearance Jobs – 16 March 2022
153. Cold War Calling: Russian Influencer Mingles with U.S. Academics and Elites as an Alleged Illegal Agent – Clearance Jobs – 09 March 2022
154. Clearview AI commercialization of facial recognition raises concerns, risks – CSO Online – 08 March 2022
155. The Ukraine/Russia information war is forcing companies to choose a side – CSO Online – 02 March 2022
156. 12 Russians PNG’d Out of U.S. for Abusing United Nations Residency Privileges – Clearance Jobs – 28 February 2022
157. 3 biggest cyber risks from the Ukraine-Russia conflict – CSO Online – 28 February 2022
158. OTD – David Boone – BI Sting Operation Led to Prison for Cash-Strapped, Russian Spy – Clearance Jobs – 26 February
159. CISOs, beware of spyware tools for illicit competitive intelligence – CSO Online – 24 February 2022
160. Motorola case shows importance of detecting insider IP theft quickly – CSO Online – 21 February 2022
161. Lessons from Aldrich Ames: Top 5 Takeaways from His Espionage for Russia – Clearance Jobs – 21 February 2022
162. Top 5 Lessons from Robert Hanssen’s 20 Years of Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 18 February 2022
163. When the insider threat is the Commander in Chief – CSO Online – 17 February 2022
164. CISA to Cleared Defense Contractors: Russian-Sponsored Cyber Attacks are Actively Targeting You – Clearance Jobs – 16 February 2022
165. U.S. Senators Push for CIA Declassification of Information on Bulk Collection – Clearance Jobs – 16 February 2022
166. NSA OIG Report Card to Congress Highlights Insider Threat Program Issues and other Key Recommendations – Clearance Jobs – 16 February 2022
167. Russia’s offensive cyber actions should be a cause for concern for CISOs – CSO Online – 15 February 2022
168. iPhone counterfeiting case highlights risks of supply/support chain manipulation – CSO Online – 10 February 2022
169. Russian Threat Actors Targeting Infrastructure – Security Boulevard – 10 February 2022
170. Lichtenstein and Morgan: The Stolen Virtual Currency Laundry – Security Boulevard – 10 February 2022
171. The Chinese Threat is Real: FBI Says They Average a New Counterintelligence Case Every 12 Hours – Clearance Jobs – 08 February 2022
172. Apple AirTag and other tagging devices add to CISO worries – CSO Online – 03 February 2022
173. Identity Theft by a Former DCMA Employee: 37 Victims Impacted by Fraud – Clearance Jobs – 02 February 2022
174. OTD – Ronald Humphrey charged with spying for Vietnam – Clearance Jobs – 31 January 2022
175. China’s MY2022 App Does More Than Trace COVID-19 Exposure – Security Boulevard – 24 January 2022
176. OTD Donald Keyser of the State Department sentenced – Clearance Jobs – 22 January 2022
177. What CISOs can learn about insider threats from Iran’s human espionage tactics – CSO Online – 20 January 2022
178. Background Investigator Sentenced for Fabricating Investigation Results – Clearance Jobs – 20 January 2022
179. Teachable Moment: An Insider Threat on Your Team – Security Boulevard – 20 January 2022
180. Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine raise IT security concerns – CSO Online – 19 January 2022
181. Three recent events prove the need for an insider risk playbook – CSO Online – 18 January 2022
182. Russia’s FSB Arrests REvil Players at US Request – Security Boulevard – 14 January 2022
183. FBI arrests social engineer who allegedly stole unpublished manuscripts from authors – CSO Online – 13 January 2022
184. China Has Influencers Too – This Time in the UK Parliament Says MI5 – Clearance Jobs – 13 January 2022
185. Machine as insider threat: Lessons from Kyoto University’s backup data deletion – CSO Online – 12 January 2022
186. National Security Advisor Sullivan Issues Warning on Iran’s Retribution Plans for Soleimani – Clearance Jobs – 11 January 2022
187. ALERT: USB Drives with COVID-19 Info May Seem Useful But FBI Says Be Wary – Clearance Jobs – 10 January 2022
188. OTD – Former CIA Officer David Barnett Sentenced to Prison for Espionage 31 Years Ago Today – Clearance Jobs – 09 January 2022
189. The Extradition of Vladislav Klyushin – Security Boulevard – 07 January 2022
190. GSK Scientist Steals Trade Secrets for Chinese-Funded Company – Clearance Jobs – 05 January 2022

2021

1. CISOs, what’s in your work-from-home program? – CSO Online – 28 December 2021
2. Top 5 U.S. Espionage Cases of 2021 – Clearance Jobs – 27 December 2021
3. This day in history: James Jesus Angleton resigns from CIS – Clearance Jobs – 24 December 2021
4. APWG’s eCrime 2021 Symposium Shows Cybercrime Evolving – Security Boulevard – 23 December 2021
5. CISOs, what’s in your travel security program? – CSO Online – 22 December 2021
6. FBI Sting Exposes Defense Contractor’s Espionage After FSO and ISO Identified an Insider Threat – Clearance Jobs – 17 December 2021
7. This day in history: Earl Edwin Pitts, FBI Special Agent, arrested for espionage – Clearance Jobs – 18 December 2021
8. Prostitution and Lying Doesn’t Stay Overseas for FBI Employees But Consequences Are Still TBD – Clearance Jobs – 15 December 2021
9. U.S. Cyber Command Goes on Offensive – Security Boulevard – 10 December 2021
10. Apple Warns of Further Compromises by Israel’s NSO Group – Security Boulevard – 07 December 2021
11. Collect today, decrypt tomorrow: How Russia and China are preparing for quantum computing – CSO Online – 07 December 2021
12. Russia Achieves ‘Do Not Travel’ Status for U.S. and China Headed in That Direction – Clearance Jobs – 07 December 2021
13. Ubiquiti breach an inside job, says FBI and DoJ – CSO Online – 06 December 2021
14. This day in history: Ronald Pelton sentenced for Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 06 December 2021
15. Ryan Air passenger tries to open plane door on Sevilla-Budapest flight – Securely Travel – 05 December 2021
16. Phoenix: Passenger jumps from taxiing Southwest Airlines plane – Securely Travel – 04 December 2021
17. Covid: Germany unvaccinated get their wings clipped – Securely Travel – 02 December 2021
18. Military Trends on TikTok Make It Easier for Chinese Intelligence to Track Troops – Clearance Jobs – 02 December 2021
19. China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) presents challenges for CISOs – Security Boulevard – 02 December 2021
20. Medical Service Dogs get an airlift from Southwest Airlines – Securely Travel – 01 December 2021
21. Finland fending off FluBot malware, again – Security Boulevard – 01 December 2021
22. Cybercriminals: Frenemies China, Russia, North Korea – Security Boulevard – 29 November 2021
23. Securing Corporate Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday – Security Boulevard – 29 November 2021
24. The Koechers the Salacious Czech Swingers Arrested for Espionage This Day in 1984 – Clearance Jobs – 27 November 2021
25. US Attorney General: Prosecute criminal conduct on commercial aircraft – Securely Travel – 26 November 2021
26. FAA Keeps handing out fines for unruly behavior aboard flights – Securely Travel – 26 November 2021
27. NCSC warns industry, academia of foreign threats to their intellectual property – CSO Online – 25 November 2021
28. Vetting Process Fails: An Ex-Con is Hired by the Israeli Minister of Defense – Clearance Jobs – 23 November 2021
29. CDC places Denmark and Germany on DO NOT TRAVEL due to COVID – Securely Travel – 23 November 2021
30. Vehicle Attack at Christmas Parade – Waukesha, Wisconsin – Securely Travel – 22 November 2021
31. This Day in History: Jonathan “Jay” Pollard Arrested for Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 21 November 2021
32. Traveler’s firearm discharges at TSA checkpoint in Atlanta – Securely Travel – 21 November 2021
33. Netherlands: Amidst a COVID lockdown, violent protests erupt – Securely Travel – 20 November 2021
34. New Delhi’s air pollution crisis worsens – Securely Travel – 19 November 2021
35. Italy: Ugly Americans sip a brew in the Colosseum – Securely Travel – 19 November 2021
36. Securely Travel’s Thanksgiving 2021 Travel Safety Tip Sheet – Securely Travel – 18 November 2021
37. This Day in History: William Kampiles Convicted for Espionage to Russia – Clearance Jobs – 17 November 2021
38. Floods and Fires in British Columbia – Securely Travel – 17 November 2021
39. CDC raises travel advisory on 4 European nations – Securely Travel – 16 November 2021
40. The Gravity Well: Zero Trust in the Government Footprint – Clearance Jobs – 16 November 2021
41. The Fake “Urgent Email” Sent from the FBI – Clearance Jobs – 15 November 2021
42. Caribbean Travel – What you need to know – Securely Travel – 15 November 2021
43. What you need to know: Mexico travel in year three of the COVID pandemic – Securely Travel – 13 November 2021
44. Austria issues locked down orders for the unvaccinated – Securely Travel – 13 November 2021
45. SITA: Digital Travel Declaration solution – Securely Travel – 12 November 2021
46. FAA to the unruly in the air, it’s gonna cost you – Securely Travel – 11 November 2021
47. TSA – Travel numbers continue to increase – Securely Travel – 10 November 2021
48. Sputnik Vaccine won’t get you into the US – Securely Travel – 09 November 2021
49. CISA says to get better cyber hygiene and stop bad practices – Clearance Jobs – 09 November 2021
50. Changes in COVID rules for international air travel to the U.S. – Securely Travel – 08 November 2021
51. US DOJ recovers $6 million and indicts two REvil principals – CSO Online – 08 November 2021
52. Ethiopia: DO NOT TRAVEL and get out now – Securely Travel – 07 November 2021
53. Jury Finds Chinese Intelligence Officer Guilty of Economic Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 06 November 2021
54. Mexico: Shootout on Puerto Morelos beach near tourist hotels leave two dead – Securely Travel – 05 November 2021
55. NSO Group Among Those Added to Commerce’s EAR Entity List – Security Boulevard – 04 November 2021
56. Facebook outage a prime example of insider threat by machine – CSO Online – 04 November 2021
57. How disinformation creates insider threats – CSO Online – 28 October 2021
58. This Day in History: Chi Mak Arrested for Passing U.S. Navy Secrets to China – Clearance Jobs – 28 October 2021
59. $17 Million ransom demanded for 17 kidnapped in Haiti – Securely Travel – 19 October 2021
60. White House international ransomware initiative outlines hopes and challenges – CSO Online – 18 October 2021
61. LinkedIn is Leaving China. But China Won’t Be Leaving LinkedIn – Clearance Jobs – 15 October 2021
62. This Day in History: Former DIA Analyst, Ana Belen Montes, Sent to Prison for Being a Cuban Spy – Clearance Jobs – 16 October 2021
63. AI Driving Foreign Influence, Disinformation and Espionage – Security Boulevard – 15 October 2021
64. Twitch breach highlights dangers of choosing ease of access over security – CSO Online – 13 October 2021
65. FBI Busts U.S. Navy Nuclear Scientist and Spouse Attempting to Sell Nuclear Submarine Technologies – Clearance Jobs – 10 October 2021
66. Russia Claps Back at NATO and Suspends NATO Military Liaison Mission in Moscow – Clearance Jobs – 08 October 2021
67. Defense Contractor Targeted by China, Charged for False Statements on His SF-86 – Clearance Jobs – 06 October 2021
68. CIA Takes a Deeper Look at Recruiting and Handling Spies – Clearance Jobs – 06 October 2021
69. Device identity: The overlooked insider threat – CSO Online – 05 October 2021
70. This day in history: FBI spy arrested for espionage – Richard Miller – Clearance Jobs – 03 October 2021
71. United Airlines fires 320 employees – Securely Travel – 30 September 2021
72. Kilauea Erupts – Securely Travel – 30 September 2021
73. Pentagon Makes it Easier for Uncleared Political Appointees, Congress to View Classified Information – Clearance Jobs – 29 September 2021
74. Russian Cybersecurity Group-IB CEO Arrested for Treason by FSB – Security Boulevard – 29 September 2021
75. Pakistan honeytrap sucks five in at India’s DRDO test range – Clearance Jobs – 29 September 2021
76. Insider Threat: A Simple Tool to Reduce the Liability – Clearance Jobs – 29 September 2021
77. Safe Travels – Look for the WTTC stamp – Securely Travel – 27 September 2021
78. ExpressVPN CIO Gets Loyalty and Ethics Questioned by Edward Snowden – Clearance Jobs – 27 September 2021
79. It is time for a national no-fly list – Securely Travel – 25 September 2021
80. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and US DOJ reach deferred prosecution agreement – Security Boulevard – 24 September 2021
81. NIST: Atoms create unique IDs to help secure supply chain – Security Boulevard – 23 September 2021
82. Breach reporting required for health apps and devices, FTC says – CSO online – 23 September 2021
83. Yes the FBI did hold back the REvil ransomware keys – CSO Online – 22 September 2021
84. Perceptions of Insider Risk – Security Boulevard – 20 September 2021
85. 3 cyber mercenaries: An insider threat case study – CSO Online – 15 September 2021
86. Is the DOJ China Initiative Actually Identifying Espionage Cases? – Clearance Jobs – 15 September 2021
87. Russia is fully capable of shutting down cybercrime – CSO Online – 14 September 2021
88. China Covertly Purchases Italian Avionics Firm Alpi Aviation – Clearance Jobs – 09 September 2021
89. Lack of C3PAO assessors jeopardizes DOD CMMC certification goal – CSO Online – 08 September 2021
90. Palantir misconfiguration allowed unauthorized FBI access – Security Boulevard – 07 September 2021
91. Proofpoint lawsuits underscore risk of employee offboarding – CSO Online – 06 September 2021
92. White House warns of cyber-attacks over Labor Day weekend – Clearance Jobs – 03 September 2021
93. Academic and Employment Dishonesty on SF-86 Leads DEA Applicant to Prosecution, Not Job – Clearance Jobs – 02 September 2021
94. China theft of US agriculture sector trade secrets prompts government guidance – CSO Online – 02 September 2021
95. ODNI Report Offers Two Hypotheses on COVID-19 Origins – Clearance Jobs – 29 August 2021
96. Tech Companies Announce Billions in Cyber Workforce Development at White House Summit – Clearance Jobs – 27 August 2021
97. CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative and why it just might work – CSO Online – 24 August 2021
98. Civil Reserve Air Fleet Gets Activated Providing More Evacuation Support – Clearance Jobs – 23 August 2021
99. Cybercriminals inducing insiders to plant malware – Security Boulevard – 22 August 2021
100. BlackBerry puts potential bad PR ahead off customer security – CSO Online – 19 August 2021
101. Spending Habits Expose Security Guard Turned Russian Spy – Clearance Jobs – 18 August 2021
102. When a Breach Causes Your Data to go Missing – Clearance Jobs – 17 August 2021
103. Discovered Tablet Confirms Russian Covert Action in Libya – Security Boulevard – 13 August 2021
104. Recent shadow IT related incidents present lessons to CISOs – CSO Online – 12 August 2021
105. Data Sovereignty laws place new burdens on CISOs – CSO Online – 11 August 2021
106. Should Disclosure of Ransom Payments be Mandatory – Security Boulevard – 11 August 2021
107. Facebook Vs. NYU and Transparency – Security Boulevard – 09 August 2021
108. You Don’t Have to Work for the CIA to Know What China Wants – Clearance Jobs – 08 August 2021
109. CISOs: Do you know what’s in your company’s products – CSO Online – 05 August 2021
110. The Frosty Relationship with Russia: The Fallout from Russian-Based Cyber Activity – Clearance Jobs – 04 August 2021
111. GAO report faults CIOs, OMB for slow adoption of cybersecurity recommendations – CSO Online – 03 August 2021
112. U.S., UK and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory – Security Boulevard – 02 August 2021
113. CFIUS Report to Congress Highlights Foreign Investments and Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 01 August 2021
114. USG employee pleads guilty to 14 years of predatory sexual abuse across six countries – Clearance Jobs – 28 July 2021
115. It’s Not Whistleblowing When You Steal Classified Information and Give it to the Media – Clearance Jobs – 27 July 2021
116. China’s Operation Fox Hunt brings China’s operatives to U.S. Soil – Clearance Jobs – 23 July 2021
117. DoD Civilian Hosts Dinner Party in Hotel Room, Exposing Her Stolen Classified Information – Clearance Jobs – 22 July 2021
118. Indictment of Chinese MSS intelligence officers for global hacking campaign – Clearance Jobs – 20 July 2021
119. CISA – China successfully targeted US oil and gas industry ICS – CSO Online – 20 July 2021
120. Iranian Intel targeting U.S. citizen for kidnap and rendition to Iran – Clearance Jobs – 15 July 2021
121. US-UK joint guidance for network defenders to protect their infrastructure – CSO Online – 02 July 2021
122. Katie Arrington Gets Security Clearance Suspended for Allegedly Sharing Classified Information – Clearance Jobs – 30 June 2021
123. ITAD – IT asset disposal is a security risk to take seriously – CSO Online – 21 June 2021
124. Reality Winner Transitions from Prison after 58 Months for Leaking NSA documents – Clearance Jobs – 15 June 2021
125. International Community of 25 States Agree to a Cyberspace Accord – What Does It Accomplish? – Clearance Jobs – 15 June 2021
126. Security firm COO indicted for allegedly aiding hospital’s attackers: What CSOs should know – CSO Online – 15 June 2021
127. GAO calls out US government agencies: Get your supply chain security act together – CSO Online – 08 June 2021
128. Operation Trojan Shield – Anom, FBI secure communications service for criminals – Clearance Jobs – 08 June 2021
129. Colonial Pipeline take-away for CISOs: Embrace the mandates – CSO Online – 07 June 2021
130. FBI Goes After Cryptocurrency, Recovers Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin Ransom – Clearance Jobs – 07 June 2021
131. Biden Tasks Intelligence Community to Answer Wuhan Questions – Clearance Jobs – 03 June 2021
132. Belarus pulls a commercial flight out of the sky and arrests a dissident journalist – Clearance Jobs – 24 May 2021
133. Former FBI Analyst charged – 13 yrs of classified SECRETS stolen – Clearance Jobs – 22 May 2021
134. UK reveals Secret Squirrel’s counterespionage success – Clearance Jobs – 20 May 2021
135. Insider sells Air Force secrets to foreign and domestic companies – Clearance Jobs – 18 May 2021
136. Russian GRU Spy Peter Debbins sentence to 15+ years in prison – Clearance Jobs – 15 May 2021
137. US military contractor gets 51 months in prison for theft ring operation in Kandahar – Clearance Jobs – 13 May 2021
138. Ransomware attacks on municipalities continue – Security Boulevard – 11 May 2021
139. Microsoft Azure Blob leak a lesson to CISOs about cloud security responsibility – CSO Online – 10 May 2021
140. DarkSide goes after US fuel infrastructure with cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline – Clearance Jobs – 10 May 2021
141. Enterprises in the Crosshairs of Nation State Attacks – Security Boulevard – 07 May 2021
142. Honeywell agrees to pay millions for sending controlled arms information abroad – Clearance Jobs – 05 May 2021
143. CISA issues guidance on defending against software supply chain attacks – CSO Online – 28 April 2021
144. 27 Years Ago Today Aldrich Ames Pleaded Guilty to Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 28 April 2021
145. CISA Calls for Emergency Actions: VPN compromise targets US Defense – Clearance Jobs – 26 April 2021
146. Russia belligerence gets a smackdown with Czech republic getting in the ring – Clearance Jobs – 25 April 2021
147. UK Counterintelligence campaign warns LinkedIn isn’t your friend – Clearance Jobs – 22 April 2021
148. Russia’s Privacy Rules Stifle Dissent – Security Boulevard – 22 April 2021
149. Global trends will increase nation state threats for the US in the next 20 yrs – CSO Online – 21 April 2021
150. US State Department – COVID travel update- DO NOT TRAVEL – Securely Travel – 20 April 2021
151. Alleged PLA Air Force Officer Pleads Not Guilty Despite FBI’s Clear Evidence – Clearance Jobs – 20 April 2021
152. U.S. Takes Aim at Russia’s Cyber Ops Ecosystem – Security Boulevard – 19 April 2021
153. New Federal Data Privacy Legislation Proposed – Security Boulevard – 16 April 2021
154. Google research confirms North Korea targeting efforts on LinkedIn and Twitter – Clearance Jobs – 15 April 2021
155. US executive order hits Russia with expulsions and sanctions – Clearance Jobs – 15 April 2021
156. Apple sues insider for trade secret violations – Clearance Jobs – 14 April 2021
157. Nation States cyber threats persist – Security Boulevard – 12 April 2021
158. WHO says origins of Coronavirus remains a mystery – Clearance Jobs – 08 April 2021
159. Coca-Cola trade secret theft underscores importance of insider threat early detection – CSO Online – 06 April 2021
160. Russian GRU Targets Italian Navy Captain with Money in Exchange for Classified Documents and NATO Secrets – Clearance Jobs – 02 April 2021
161. DoD Linguist Pleads Guilty to Betraying U.S. for Hezbollah Paramour – Clearance Jobs – 30 March 2021
162. Jonathan Pollard – Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard tells others to follow his espionage path – Clearance Jobs – 29 March 2021
163. China Strikes at NATO by Recruiting Estonian Military Defense Scientist – Clearance Jobs – 26 March 2021
164. Bulgaria Arrests Spy Ring Supporting Russian GRU Intel Network – Clearance Jobs – 21 March 2021
165. Marijuana use disqualifies white house staffers from classified workforce – Clearance Jobs – 19 March 2021
166. Buckle Up: Foreign Nations Were at Work to Influence 2020 Elections, and Won’t Stop – Clearance Jobs – 17 March 2021
167. Top 10 Takeaways from the Netflix Series Spycraft – Clearance Jobs – 15 March 2021
168. OIG Reports DOE Off-Boarding Leaves Physical and Virtual Doors Open – Clearance Jobs – 11 March 2021
169. India and China’s Conflict Goes Cyber – Security Boulevard – 11 March 2021
170. Russia Foreign Intel Service Tells the U.S. to Keep its Nose out of Georgia – Clearance Jobs – 10 March 2021
171. White House Responds to China’s Hafnium Attack on Microsoft Exchange Servers – Clearance Jobs – 08 March 2021
172. John McAfee Indicted for ICO Manipulation, Securities Fraud – Security Boulevard – 05 March 2021
173. Zero-Trust in a Trusting World – Security Boulevard – 05 March 2021
174. China Targets General Electric Again with Intellectual Property Theft – Clearance Jobs – 02 March 2021
175. U.S. and Saudi Arabia Relations after the ODNI Khashoggi Report – Clearance Jobs – 02 March 2021
176. Twitter Removes Russian Disinformation Accounts – Security Boulevard – 02 March 2021
177. Air Force Intel Contractor Pleads Guilty to Hoarding Classified Documents – Clearance Jobs – 26 February 2021
178. Russian Bear Goes After the Bundestag: Spy Steals Building Blueprints – Clearance Jobs – 25 February 2021
179. Hacking for Dollars: North Korean Cybercrime – Security Boulevard – 25 February 2021
180. Russian Intel Caught Stealing Sweden’s Technology and Defense Secrets – Clearance Jobs – 23 February 2021
181. Nation-State Espionage in ‘The Flight Attendant’ – Security Boulevard – 19 February 2021
182. Russian Spy and FBI Traitor Robert Hanssen Arrested 20 Years Ago Today – Clearance Jobs – 18 February 2021
183. Security Clearance Holder: You Have New Self Reporting Requirements – Clearance Jobs – 12 February 2021
184. Law Enforcement Eyeing Contact Tracing Apps – Security Boulevard – 11 February 2021
185. COVID-19 Testing Gives Chinese Intelligence Opportunity to Store and Analyze DNA – Clearance Jobs – 05 February 2021
186. Warning: Google calls out North Korea for targeting security researchers – Clearance Jobs – 28 January 2021
187. Intelligence Community Veteran Gets Jail Time for Retaining Classified Information – Clearance Jobs – 26 January 2021
188. NASA Scientist Pleads Guilty, Exposing More Espionage from China’s Thousand Talents Program – Clearance Jobs – 18 January 2021
189. US stands up Cyber Unified Coordination Group to address Solar Wind compromise – Clearance Jobs – 06 January 2021
190. Lying and Dying to Fly amid COVID – Securely Travel – 04 January 2021
191. UK Court Denies Assange Extradition to the United States – Clearance Jobs – 04 January 2021
192. Japan – Closed to travelers – Securely Travel – 03 January 2021
193. Travel & COVID-19 – A year later – Securely Travel – 02 January 2021

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2020

1. The top 5 U.S. espionage cases of 2020 – Clearance Jobs – 30 December 2020
2. Violate COVID quarantine go to jail, get fined, or both – Securely Travel – 24 December 2020
3. Does the U.S. Need a National Cyber Strategy – Security Boulevard – 23 December 2020
4. MEXICO – CDC advises Do Not Travel at this time – Securely Travel – 22 December 2020
5. Zoom employee wanted by the FBI for support to Chinese government – Clearance Jobs – 22 December 2020
6. 2020 – Kilauea wants a word – Securely Travel – 21 December 2020
7. Countries restrict entry from UK – Securely Travel – 21 December 2020
8. CISA: SolarWinds compromise puts government and national infrastructure at grave risk – Clearance Jobs – 18 December 2020
9. CISA issues Emergency Directive re SolarWinds compromise of US government agencies – Clearance Jobs – 15 December 2020
10. Navy officer awaits trial for e-QIP and export control violations – Clearance Jobs – 14 December 2020
11. Who watches the watchers Italian style – Insider IP Theft at Leonardo – Security Boulevard – 14 December 2020
12. Busted: U.S. Navy Chief Overshares Classified Information with His Russian Paramour – Clearance Jobs – 09 December 2020
13. DoD Engineer Leaks Classified Information after Clearance Revoked from Medicinal Marijuana – Clearance Jobs – 09 December 2020
14. The Targeting of the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain – Security Boulevard – 04 December 2020
15. Red Folder – burgessct.com – 03 December 2020
16. Traveled? Assume you’re exposed to COVID – Securely Travel – 03 December 2020
17. U.S. Election security and insecurities – Security Boulevard – 02 December 2020
18. Former Green Beret, Peter Debbins, pleads guilty to Russia spying charges – Clearance Jobs – 18 November 2020
19. Counterintelligence: Think before you link – Australia – Clearance Jobs – 17 November 2020
20. U.S.-China hold joint disaster management exercise – Clearance Jobs – 12 November 2020
21. U.S. Healthcare under attack – Security Boulevard – 03 November 2020
22. OPINION – Trump is the termite in the government – burgessct.com – 28 October 2020
23. OPINION: Your country needs your vote – burgessct.com – 27 October 2020
24. US DOJ indicts six Russian GRU Unit 74455 officers for cyber shenanigans – Security Boulevard – 26 October 2020
25. Counterintelligence Lessons from OZ – Clearance Jobs – 23 October 2020
26. DNI and FBI warn of Iran-Russia election operations – Clearance Jobs – 22 October 2020
27. HPSCI Takes Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories Hearing Online – Security Boulevard – 21 October 2020
28. ISIS Terrorists Known as “The Beatles” Extradited to the United States – Clearance Jobs – 07 October 2020
29. OPINION: Have empathy, hold the sympathy for President Trump – burgessct.com – 04 October 2020
30. Snowden’s $5.2 million payments to go to U.S. Treasury – Clearance Jobs – 02 October 2020
31. OPINION: A national security crisis – the President has COVID – burgessct.com – 02 October 2020
32. NCSC and FBI Warn of Insider Threats Via Social Platforms in “The Nevernight Connection” – Clearance Jobs – 01 October 2020
33. OPINION: We have a racist in the White House – burgessct.com – 30 September 2020
34. FBI and CISA issue election night warning – Clearance Jobs – 23 September 2020
35. The FinCen files leakage – Security Boulevard – 24 September 2020
36. NYPD officer arrested for spying for China – Clearance Jobs – 21 September 2020
37. Alleged Russian Spy Peter Debbins Arraignment, Protective Order, and Trial Set – Clearance Jobs – 21 September 2020
38. WeChat banned, TikTok saved – Security Boulevard – 21 September 2020
39. Election Season means influence operations are at work – 18 September 2020
40. Election Interference: The Russians are back, or they never left – Security Boulevard – 17 September 2020
41. Hawaii’s tourist industry urges Governor to reopen – Securely Travel – 17 September 2020
42. China moves to the front in OSINT targeting – Clearance Jobs – 17 September 2020
43. FSO Lessons from Iran Targeting U.S. Diplomats – Clearance Jobs – 15 September 2020
44. Israel to enter COVID Lockdown 18 September – Securely Travel – 14 September 2020
45. COVID screening at US airports ends 14 September – Securely Travel – 10 September 2020
46. Still too early for Cruise lines to return passengers to the seas? – Securely Travel – 09 September 2020
47. Tourist bodies found in Ensenada well – Securely Travel – 08 September 2020
48. Murder in Baja California Sur – Securely Travel – 08 September 2020
49. September is National Insider Threat Awareness Month – Clearance Jobs – 04 September 2020
50. Espionage Around the Globe: Russia, China, Iran, and N. Korea – Clearance Jobs – 02 September 2020
51. China: A CCP-Driven Global Threat Actor – Security Boulevard – 28 August 2020
52. OPINION: Endorsement for the 2020 Presidential Election – BurgessCT – 28 August 2020
53. Securely Travel is out of hiatus – Securely Travel – 27 August 2020
54. Tesla Insider Works with FBI to Turn the Tables on Russia’s Million Dollar Attempt to Hijack the Network – Clearance Jobs – 26 August 2020
55. Hurricane Laura – CAT 4 makes landfall – Securely Travel – 26 August 2020
56. PART III – Timeline of Events: Debbins and the GRU in U.S. Defense and Intelligence Sectors – Clearance Jobs – 25 August 2020
57. PART II – Debbins Deepens his Russian Relationships as the GRU Espionage Plot Thickens – Clearance Jobs – 24 August 2020
58. PART I – The Russian Espionage Case: Exposing the Mole in the U.S. Special Forces – Clearance Jobs – 22 August 2020
59. China uses former CIA officer to penetrate FBI – Clearance Jobs – 18 August 2020
60. North Korea Uses Cloned LinkedIn Accounts on the Espionage Battleground – Clearance Jobs – 14 August 2020
61. China Hitchhikes to Space with U.S. Intellectual Property – Clearance Jobs – 13 August 2020
62. Chinese Intel Asset Describes His LinkedIn Addiction: Every Day It Served Up New Targets – Clearance Jobs – 27 July 2020
63. State Department to China, Get out of Houston – Clearance Jobs – 23 July 2020
64. FBI Uncovers 11 years of Chinese economic espionage – Clearance Jobs – 22 July 2020
65. Russia Targets COVID-19 Research in the West – Clearance Jobs – 21 July 2020
66. Thousand Talents Program’s Chinese Scientist Arrested on the Run – Clearance Jobs – 10 July 2020
67. Custody Case Leads to National Security Professional Attempting to Spy for Russia – Clearance Jobs – 07 July 2020
68. Russia’s GRU targeting US troops with Lethal Bounty Program – Clearance Jobs – 30 June 2020
69. U.S. Army Private Ethan Melzer Charged with Planning Terrorist Attack on Own Unit in Turkey – Clearance Jobs – 23 June 2020
70. ebay Employees Charged with Cyberstalking Critics – Security Boulevard – 22 June 2020
71. DIA Analyst Frese Gets 30 months in Federal Prison for Sharing Classified Information With Journalists – Clearance Jobs – 18 June 2020
72. Espionage: Paul Whelan sentenced to 16 years in Russia prison – Clearance Jobs – 16 June 2020
73. Guilty gutting U.S. companies OPSEC by posing as a deep cover CIA officer – Clearance Jobs – 12 June 2020
74. No punishment for Austrian Colonel spying for Russia’s GRU – Clearance Jobs – 11 June 2020
75. DOJ continues to target China’s Thousand Talents program – Security Boulevard – 27 May 2020
76. Drinking beer with a side of OPSEC violations – Clearance Jobs – 20 May 2020
77. DOJ insider breaks trust to help Mexican drug cartel – Clearance Jobs – 15 May 2020
78. China’s 1000 Talents Program continues to harvest U.S. knowledge – Clearance Jobs – 13 May 2020
79. Chinese telecom companies and U.S. national security – Clearance Jobs – 12 May 2020
80. COVID is a disqualifying condition to military enlistment – Clearance Jobs – 08 May 2020
81. Quarantine Monitoring – China throws privacy out the door – Security Boulevard – 08 May 2020
82. China saber rattling in latest COVID19 propaganda effort aimed at domestic audience – Clearance Jobs – 07 May 2020
83. China’s PR machine uses Legos in attempt to ridicule the US covid response – Clearance Jobs – 01 May 2020
84. COVID Email Attack or Email Harvesting – Security Boulevard – 28 April 2020
85. HHS Protect Now Taps Palantir Technologies – Clearance Jobs – 27 April 2020
86. China’s disinformation addiction: Spreading disinformation on COVID-19 – Clearance Jobs – 25 April 2020
87. The case of a company insider who disrupted the COVID PPE supply chain – Clearance Jobs – 22 April 2020
88. COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Your privacy for your health? – Security Boulevard – 21 April 2020
89. OPINION: Maddening Week in the United States – BurgessCT – 19 April 2020
90. FBI Warning COVID research entities under cybersecurity attack – Clearance Jobs – 18 April 2020
91. Is COVID’s point of origin the Wuhan Institute of Virology – Clearance Jobs – 16 April 2020
92. OPINION: Hunger doubles down amidst COVID – burgessct – 11 April 2020
93. COVID: Classified information and the SCIF life – Clearance Jobs – 09 April 2020
94. Zoom’s data sailing into China – FBI issues warning of Counterintelligence threat – Clearance Jobs – 06 April 2020
95. COVID-19: China and Russia Disinformation and Shenanigans – Security Boulevard – 06 April 2020
96. OPINION: Criminals prey in the COVID world – Burgessct – 29 March 2020
97. Levandowski Admits to Stealing Waymo’s IP – Security Boulevard – 26 March 2020
98. Counterintelligence: COVID-19 Your clearance and your finances – Clearance Jobs – 24 March 2020
99. Data privacy and security in the Travel Industry – Security Boulevard – 23 March 2020
100. Who’s responsible for your IT asset disposition? ITAD government laptop on Ebay – Clearance Jobs – 20 March 2020
101. US Army in the COVID fight – Clearance Jobs – 19 March 2020
102. Chinese spy sentenced: Dead drops, double agents and delivering human source – Clearance Jobs – 17 March 2020
103. OPINION – Lack of testing tests our patience – Burgessct – 15 March 2020
104. Why the U.S. should not bailout foreign flagged Cruise Industry – Securely Travel – 13 March 2020
105. Princess Cruises announces 60 day pause – Securely Travel – 12 March 2020
106. USG and COVID torpedos the US cruise industry – Securely Travel – 10 March 2020
107. OPINION – COVID-19 Local info is the best info – Burgessct – 08 March 2020
108. China’s Thousand Talents Program Harvests U.S. Technology – Clearance Jobs – 06 March 2020
109. Hezbollah’s spy within the Special Ops Task Force in Erbil – Clearance Jobs – 05 March 2020
110. Grand Princess parked at sea off San Francisco – Securely Travel – 05 March 2020
111. Discount airline FLYBE augers in – Securely Travel – 05 March 2020
112. COVID-19 and South Korea – Defer travel – Securely Travel – 02 March 2020
113. Norovirus strikes Caribbean Princess, again – Securely Travel – 02 March 2020
114. OPINION: COVID-19 FUD the enemy of truth – Burgessct – 29 February 2020
115. COVID-19 prep for government employees and contractors – Clearance Jobs – 28 February 2020
116. COVID-19 and Italy (defer travel to Northern Italy) – Securely Travel – 27 February 2020
117. The contract FSO is fictitious – Clearance Jobs – 27 February 2020
118. US Border crossing – Facial Recognition Scan – Securely Travel – 27 February 2020
119. Diamond Princess – 4th death due to COVID-19 – Securely Travel – 26 February 2020
120. COVID-19 Update for Travelers to and from the United States – Securely Travel – 25 February 2020
121. Election Security a 2020 Myth – Security Boulevard – 24 February 2020
122. OPINION: Time to unite as one nation, indivisible – BurgessCT – 22 February 2020
123. Reality Winner Petitions White House for Clemency – Clearance Jobs – 22 February 2020
124. DIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Classified Documents with CNBC/NBC Reporters – Clearance Jobs – 20 February 2020
125. Russian Support Asset Arrested in Miami – 18 February 2020
126. US Citizen evacuation from Diamond Princess (Japan) – Securely Travel – 16 February 2020
127. Norovirus cuts short Caribbean Princess cruise – Securely Travel – 15 February 2020
128. The Klaxon Sounds on Ring’s Privacy, Trust Issues – Security Boulevard – 14 February 2020
129. Four Counterintelligence reasons why the Equifax breach is troublesome – Clearance Jobs – 12 February 2020
130. Weserdam finds a port in the Coronavirus Storm – Securely Travel – 12 February 2020
131. Quarantined Diamond Princess – Coronavirus petri dish – Securely Travel – 12 February 2020
132. Engineer Violates ITAR and Gets Arrested – Clearance Jobs – 06 February 2020
133. Low-Intensity Conflict: Cyber, Iran’s next move – Security Boulevard – 24 January 2020
134. Lose your device while with a Russian prostitute, lose your clearance – Clearance Jobs – 24 January 2020
135. Quarantine – China’s Coronavirus affects global travel – Securely Travel – 23 January 2020
136. Florida – Falling Iquana Warning – Securely Travel – 22 January 2020
137. Caution Post-flight PS752 shoot down – Securely Travel – 10 January 2020
138. Iran’s Social Media and Cyber Offensive: A weapon always being waged – Clearance Jobs – 09 January 2020
139. China keeps probing NAS Key West – Clearance Jobs – 08 January 2020
140. Do not travel to Iran or Iraq – Securely Travel – 03 January 2020
141. Iran-US hostilities and what it means for FSOs – Clearance Jobs – 03 January 2020

2019

1. The top 10 Securely Travel posts of 2019 – Securely Travel – 31 December 2019
2. On the Offense: China Flagrantly Probing U.S. Military Facilities as Incidents Increase – Clearance Jobs – 20 December 2019
3. Merry Christmas from Securely Travel – Securely Travel – 24 December 2019
4. First Amendment Fight: Twitter Threat Ends in Conviction – Security Boulevard – 24 December 2019
5. Time Card Fraud Catches Defense Contractor Who Stole Thousands of Classified Files – Clearance Jobs – 20 December 2019
6. Chinese Intel Officers Drove Past Security to Enter Special Ops Base – Clearance Jobs – 18 December 2019
7. Leak Secrets to Media, You Are Sure to be Prosecuted – Clearance Jobs – 13 December 2019
8. Christmas fun on Alaska Air you ‘Sweater Believe It!’ – Securely Travel – 12 December 2019
9. Belgium trade delegation’s devices attacked in China – Securely Travel – 11 December 2019
10. Update – Ovation of the Sea & White Island Volcano – Warnings had been issued! – Securely Travel – 11 December 2019
11. Uber reveals widespread sexual assaults, including hundreds of rapes – Securely Travel – 09 December 2019
12. Ovation of the Seas passengers killed in New Zealand volcano eruption – Securely Travel – 09 December 2019
13. Sexual assault lawsuits filed against Lyft – Securely Travel – 05 December 2019
14. FaceApp and TikTok are Counterintelligence Threats – Clearance Jobs – 04 December 2019
15. Securely Travel – Give thanks Thanksgiving 2019 – Securely Travel – 28 November 2019
16. Hospitalized in Mexico without insurance – a cruise nightmare – Securely Travel – 25 November 2019
17. Is the Chinese Intelligence Officer Seeking Asylum in Australia a Fabricator? – Clearance Jobs – 25 November 2019
18. Economic Espionage Charges Levied on Monsanto Insider – Clearance Jobs – 23 November 2019
19. How to Become a Target for Foreign Intelligence – Clearance Jobs – 22 November 2019
20. Monica Witt Assisting Iran in Recruiting U.S. Sources – Clearance Jobs – 19 November 2019
21. The Hong Kong battle continues – defer travel – Securely Travel – 18 November 2019
22. Cruise happenings: Waves happen and cruise ship tenders are tender – Securely Travel – 17 November 2019
23. Border location ignorance equals being detained – Securely Travel – 16 November 2019
24. Military Intelligence App: Signing Up for an OPSEC Nightmare – Clearance Jobs – 15 November 2019
25. Culiacán: The most dangerous city in Mexico – Securely Travel – 15 November 2019
26. Chinese Insider Pleads Guilty to Theft of Billion Dollar U.S. Technology – Clearance Jobs – 14 November 2019
27. 45 tourists robbed at gun-point at Acapulco Hotel – Securely Travel – 12 November 2019
28. Saudi Arabia Pays Twitter Insiders $300K for Account Info – Security Boulevard – 11 November 2019
29. Securely Travel Salutes our Veterans – Securely Travel – 11 November 2019
30. Mother sexually assaulted on AA807 – flight diverted – Securely Travel – 09 November 2019
31. Government Contractor Claimed Goods Were Made in USA – When They Were Really From China – Clearance Jobs – 08 November 2019
32. Solo Traveler disappears in Cambodia, found drowned, adrift at sea – Securely Travel – 07 November 2019
33. Acapulco remains an unsafe destination – Securely Travel – 05 November 2019
34. Lufthansa Strike will affect travel 7-8 November – Securely Travel – 05 November 2019
35. Couple making whoopie gets beached off a Tui Cruises ship – Securely Travel – 04 November 2019
36. FBI investigating Florida travel agency for fraud – Securely Travel – 03 November 2019
37. Burgess presented at Securing Smart Cities Mobility Summit – Seattle – Securely Travel – 31 October 2019
38. Zensors or MyTSA – Which app to use this holiday season? – 31 October 2019
39. Two Southwest pilots accused of video voyeurism on flight WN1088 – Securely Travel – 29 October 2019
40. Government Travel Data Breached by Subcontractor – Clearance Jobs – 28 October 2019
41. Special Alert: California on fire and in the dark – Securely Travel – 27 October 2019
42. US Bans flights to all Cuban airports except Havana – Securely Travel – 26 October 2019
43. Privacy compromised by British Airways? You can sue! – Securely Travel – 25 October 2019
44. The billion dollar captive dolphin entertainment industry – Securely Travel – 24 October 2019
45. Jet Blue gate agent pleads guilty to more than $750,000 ticket fraud – Securely Travel – 24 October 2019
46. Tokyo – Robot’s video vulnerability puts hotel guest privacy at risk – 23 October 2019
47. Resumes Left Unsecured by Recruiting Sites – Clearance Jobs – 21 October 2019
48. US military traveler data compromised – Securely Travel – 21 October 2019
49. Barcelona: Protests affecting tourism – Securely Travel – 19 October 2019
50. Royal Caribbean bans passenger for life for being stupid – Securely Travel – 18 October 2019
51. DIA Analyst Shared Classified Documents with Love Interest and Journalist Friends – Clearance Jobs – 09 October 2019
52. Hepatitis-A exposure AA1960 SFO-CLT 21 September – Securely Travel – 09 October 2019
53. Norwegian Spirit Passengers protest at sea – Securely Travel – 08 October 2019
54. The Ugly American, Anne Sacoolas, at RAF Croughton – Securely Travel – 08 October 2019
55. TSA & Delta Airline security failure at Orlando International – Securely Travel – 07 October 2019
56. Electrical explosions rocks Huntington Beach Oktoberfest – Securely Travel – 06 October 2019
57. Hong Kong violence shuts down transportation and commerce – Securely Travel – 05 October 2019
58. Iran Phosphorus Group Targets U.S. Presidential Candidates, Government Officials – Clearance Jobs – 04 October 2019
59. Caveat Emptor – Rome restaurant’s $500 spaghetti – Securely Travel – 04 October 2019
60. Iran Likely Behind Fake Career Website Targeting Transitioning US Servicemembers – Clearance Jobs – 02 October 2019
61. Saudi Arabia is now open for tourists – Securely Travel – 02 October 2019
62. Bali – will hanky-panky be illegal for unwed couples – Securely Travel – 02 October 2019
63. Two elderly Brits guilty of drug smuggling on Marco Polo – Securely Travel – 02 October 2019
64. Double Agent Provides Counterintelligence Bonanza Regarding China’s Spy Operations – Clearance Jobs – 30 September 2019
65. 46 Million affected by Lion Air Group data breach – Securely Travel – 30 September 2019
66. 15 organized crime groups operate in Cancun – Securely Travel – 30 September 2019
67. TripAdvisor – Let’s talk about fake reviews – Securely Travel – 27 September 2019
68. Senior Travel – Medicare awareness – Securely Travel – 26 September 2019
69. Convicted Chinese Spy Ron Rockwell Hansen Sentenced to 10 Years – Clearance Jobs – 25 September 2019
70. FTC Holds Companies Accountable for Online Lead Generators – Security Boulevard – 25 September 2019
71. 737 Max – Countries will determine return to service dates – Securely Travel – 25 September 2019
72. Espionage Always at Work as Friends and Foes Alike Target the U.S. – Clearance Jobs – 24 September 2019
73. Top 5 things which worries and stresses us at airports? – Securely Travel – 24 September 2019
74. Cartel executes Cancun police commander – Securely Travel – 23 September 2019
75. Cancun cop arrested for extortion of tourists – Securely Travel – 23 September 2019
76. Thomas Cook Travel Group goes under – Securely Travel – 23 September 2019
77. Carnival Corporation forms Incident Analysis Group – Securely Travel – 21 September 2019
78. She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in a Lyft – Securely Travel – 20 September 2019
79. Ewww – Airline water study results stink – Securely Travel – 19 September 2019
80. Cathay Pacific feels the Hong Kong squeeze – Securely Travel – 18 September 2019
81. Dominican Republic: President establishes National Tourism Security Committee – Securely Travel – 17 September 2019
82. Attack on Saudi Oil – Why you should care – Securely Travel – 16 September 2019
83. Canada Arrests Chinese Spy After Being Tipped Off by U.S. Intelligence – Clearance Jobs – 15 September 2019
84. Renew your TSA Pre✓® now! – Securely Travel – 14 September 2019
85. WOW Air is back in the air – Securely Travel – 13 September 2019
86. Mexico 2020 Cruise Season Opens in San Diego – Securely Travel – 12 September 2019
87. France – National March of Anger – 02 October 2019 – Securely Travel – 11 September 2019
88. Northern Ireland – New IRA targeting police – Securely Travel – 10 September 2019
89. Huawei Steals More U.S. Technology – Aided by U.S. University – Clearance Jobs – 10 September 2019
90. TripAdvisor plagued by fake reviews – Securely Travel – 09 September 2019
91. American Airlines plane sabotaged by mechanic in Miami – Securely Travel – 06 September 2019
92. Dump Knowledge Based Authentication, Urges GAO Report – Clearance Jobs – 05 September 2019
93. Michael Flynn’s Lawyers Argue They Need Security Clearances to Access Critical Evidence – Clearance Jobs – 03 September 2019
94. Service Members Targeted in Identity Fraud Scheme – Security Boulevard – 03 September 2019
95. Alaska Airlines gate agent screams “Evacuate” – Securely Travel – 03 September 2019
96. Hurricane Dorian disrupts cruise and air travel – Securely Travel – 31 August 2019
97. China: Always On the Offensive and Here to Play the Long Game – Clearance Jobs – 30 August 2019
98. Google Burned By Insider Who Actively Competed Against His Employer’s Bottom Line – Clearance Jobs – 29 August 2019
99. Former Google-Waymo Engineer Levandowski Charged With IP Theft – Security Boulevard – 28 August 2019
100. Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and Mexico’s drug war – Securely Travel – 28 August 2019
101. Using AI Lie Detectors at Borders Poses Unique Problem for Intel Community – Clearance Jobs – 28 August 2019
102. Commerce Bureau Pegs More National Security Risks – Security Boulevard – 22 August 2019
103. Latest Chinese Theft Shows U.S. Manufacturing Under Attack – Clearance Jobs – 21 August 2019
104. Chinese Accounts Punted Off Twitter, Facebook for Dissing Hong Kong – Security Boulevard – 21 August 2019
105. Department of Energy Breach Caused by Contractor Keeping Credentials, Access After Departure – Clearance Jobs – 19 August 2019
106. FBI Orders Up Social Media Monitoring Tool – Security Boulevard – 14 August 2019
107. Video Voyeurism at 30K feet on United Airlines – Securely Travel – 13 August 2019
108. Hong Kong Violence Instigated by Jason Bourne – Security Boulevard – 02 August 2019
109. Business Email Compromise Continues to Plague – Security Boulevard – 30 July 2019
110. Iran Offers Invitation to Connect on LinkedIn. Weaponizes Network with Malicious Attachments – Clearance Jobs – 26 July 2019
111. In New Documentary, Iran Claims to Have Captured and Tried 17 U.S. Spies – Clearance Jobs – 24 July 2019
112. NSA’s Insider Threat Program Shows Shortcomings  – Clearance Jobs – 23 July 2019
113. UK Ambassador Scandal More than a Twitter War – It’s an Example of the Insider Threat in Action – Clearance Jobs – 19 July 2019
114. China Targeting USG Employees Via Anthem Hack – Security Boulevard – 05 July 2019
115. Government Calls for Dismissal of Intelligence Community Pre-Publication Review Lawsuit – Clearance Jobs – 03 July 2019
116. Who’s Watching Your Infosec Team? – Security Boulevard – 01 July 2019
117. U.S. Army Prime Defense Contractor Used Shell Companies, Kickbacks to Defraud Federal Government – Clearance Jobs – 01 July 2019
118. DoD’s Military and Security Assessment of China – Clearance Jobs – 26 June 2019
119. How Security Clearance Holders are Being Targeted on Social Media – Clearance Jobs – 20 June 2019
120. Phantom LinkedIn Profiles Taking Advantage of AI as Hostile Intelligence Harnesses Its Craft – Clearance Jobs – 13 June 2019
121. Huawei Fallout: UK Defence Minister Sacked Over Leak – Security Boulevard – 16 May 2019
122. FISA Report Shows Instances of Collecting Data on U.S. Persons Rare – Clearance  Jobs – 15 May 2019
123. China’s CIA Penetration, Jerry Lee, Pleads Guilty – Security Boulevard – 13 May 2019
124. Ladders Data Exposed Due to IT Error – Clearance Jobs – 07 May 2019
125. Russia’s Beluga Whale Tale and Espionage – Clearance Jobs – 01 May 2019
126. Economic Espionage – Zheng and Zhang Fleece General Electric – Security Boulevard – 29 April 2019
127. Carl Kline to Testify Before Congress on White House Security Clearance Process – Clearance Jobs – 29 April 2019
128. U.S. Tourist arrested for murder in Anguilla – Securely Travel – 28 April 2019
129. Is Huawei a National Security Proxy for China? – Security Boulevard – 26 April 2019
130. Selling Secrets to China Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy – Clearance Jobs – 25 April 2019
131. Hotel Room Security – When your assailant is handed your room key – 24 April 2019
132. Blowing the Whistel at the CIA – Clearance Jobs – 23 April 2019
133. White House and Congress Take Security Clearance Showdown to the Next Level – Clearance Jobs – 23 April 2019
134. 14 Murdered in Minatitlán, Mexico – Securely Travel – 22 April 2019
135. India’s Jet Airways bites the dust – Securely Travel – 18 April 2019
136. Securely Travel – We are a year old – Securely Travel – 17 April 2019
137. Russia Imprisoning Sources Associated With U.S. Election Meddling – Security Boulevard – 16 April 2019
138. Visiting Venice? Tourists Need a City Ticket – Securely Travel – 16 April 2019
139. Passport Stolen on Your Flight? What to do? – Securely Travel – 15 April 2019
140. Who’s in Your Social Network? Why You Can’t Always Trust Your Online Friends – Clearance Jobs – 11 April 2019
141. Video is the Security and Privacy Problem with Airbnb – Securely Travel – 01 April 2019
142. Harold Martin Gets 9 Year Sentence for Stealing 20 Years of NSA Classified Data – Clearance Jobs – 31 March 2019
143. It wasn’t her Uber – University of South Carolina student murdered – Securely Travel – 31 March 2019
144. Video Voyeurism – Hotels, Motels, and Cruise Ships – Securely Travel – 30 March 2019
145. Wow! WOW air shuttered – Securely Travel – 28 March 2019
146. China, What’s Your Score – Security Boulevard – 27 March 2019
147. Technology Espionage – Huawei, the unscrupulous customer – Security Boulevard – 11 March 2019
148. Jared Kushner’s Security Clearance Puts Spotlight on Executive Role in Security Clearance Process – Clearance Jobs – 01 March 2019
149. China’s Commercial Espionage via Huawei – Understanding Their Modus Operandi – Clearance Jobs – 28 February 2019
150. Oklahoma Securities Commission’s Data Availed in Wild – Security Boulevard – 20 February 2019
151. How Iran’s Cyber Espionage was Aided by Monica Witt – Clearance Jobs – 18 February 2019
152. What Motivated Monica Witt to Commit Treason on Behalf of Iran – Clearance Jobs – 17 February 2019
153. Profile of a Traitor: How Monica Witt proffered herself to Iranian Intelligence – Clearance Jobs – 15 February 2019
154. Consumer Privacy in Question Over Ring Video Files – Security Boulevard – 15 February 2019
155. Air Force Vet Aided Iranian Intelligence – Clearance Jobs – 14 February 2019
156. Ride the Ducks negligent and liable – $123 million judgement – Securely Travel – 13 February 2019
157. FBI Director: China Is Leveraging American Higher Education Against Us – Clearance Jobs – 11 February 2019
158. Insider Walks Trade Secrets Worth $1 Billion Out the Door on His Way to China – Clearance Jobs – 06 February 2019
159. Foul air on Cruise Ships – Securely Travel – 05 February 2019
160. Medical tourism is not without risks – Securely Travel – 04 February 2019
161. If you stink, don’t fly – American Airlines – Securely Travel – 03 February 2019
162. Ethics of Disclosure: Chinese Hacking of EU Diplomatic Cable Traffic – Security Boulevard – 01 February 2019
163. Huawei Indicted, China Claims Foul – Security Boulevard – 31 January 2019
164. Records Breach: Singapore’s HIV-Positive National Registry Exposed – Security Boulevard – 31 January 2019
165. Jared Kushner Clearance Mystery – Clearance Jobs – 28 January 2019
166. Russia’s Weaponization of LinkedIn – Clearance Jobs – 23 January 2019
167. Huawei – Sanction-Busting and Espionage Threat – Security Boulevard – 11 January 2019
168. Turn this ship around – Norovirus – Securely Travel – 10 January 2019
169. Paul Whelan plays Secret Squirrel in Russia and gets burned – Clearance Jobs – 07 January 2019
170. How Secure is Your Cybersecurity Provider? Managed Service Providers Targeted by Chinese – Clearance Jobs – 03 January 2019
171. Tourniquet in your travel kit? – Securely Travel – 02 January 2019

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2018

1. Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen in Latest International Espionage Tit-for-Tat – (Clearance Jobs – 31 December 2018)
2. Travel to where you can live forever – (Securely Travel – 30 December 2018)
3. Government Shutdown Creates Foreign Intelligence Opportunity – (Clearance Jobs – 29 December 2018)
4. Little Christmas Cheer in China – (Securely Travel – 27 December 2018)
5. Stabbing at AirBnB rental in Woodinville – (Securely Travel – 24 December 2018)
6. Russian Search Engine and Facebook Align. What Could Go Wrong? – (ClearanceJobs – 23 December 2018)
7. 2 Chinese Indicted for Conducting MSS-Directed Cyberespionage – (Security Boulevard – 23 December 2018)
8. Walmart Moves Closer to ‘Minority Report’ Reality – (Security Boulevard – 21 December 2018)
9. Ramamoorthy sentence to 9 years for mid-air sexual assault on Spirit Airlines (Securely Travel – 21 December 2018)
10. Scandinavian Tourists Murdered in Morocco – (Securely Travel – 20 December 2018)
11. When You’re Cleared Here, Not There – New Reciprocity Guidelines Include Caveats – (Clearance Jobs – 19 December 2018)
12. Jamaica – One US tourist raped each month (Securely Travel – 19 December 2018)
13. France: Is Paris Burning? Yellow Vest protests (Securely Travel – 17 December 2018)
14. Public-Private Partnership Takes Down Global Cybercriminals – (Security Boulevard – 14 December 2018)
15. How the Apps On Your Phone Can Spy On You and What to Do About It – (Clearance Jobs – 13 December 2018)
16. Facial Recognition: Your Face is Under Surveillance – (Security Boulevard – 05 December 2018)
17. Woman surreptitiously filmed in shower at Albany, Hampton Inn – (Securely Travel – 04 December 2018)
18. Sextortion Scam Run by Inmates Nets $560,000 from U.S. Service Members – (Clearance Jobs – 29 November 2018)
19. DOJ Forms Working Group to Combat China’s Corporate Espionage – (Clearance Jobs – 28 November 2018)
20. Mexico Dominated as a Thanksgiving Destination – (Securely Travel – 28 November 2018)
21. Airlines and Personal Data: A Flight of Fancy – (Security Boulevard – 27 November 2018)
22. My Credit Card and the Washington Secretary of State Site used in Credit Card Fraud – (BurgessCT.com – 23 November 2018)
23. Russian Espionage Invests Long-term to Maximize Gains – (Clearance Jobs – 22 November 2018)
24. Insurance Companies Are Monitoring Personal Telemetry – (Cylance – Threat Vector – 20 November 2018)
25. Secure Communications and the Militarization of Space – (Cylance – Threat Vector – 15 November 2018)
26. Online Freedom of Speech is Becoming Extinct – (Security Boulevard – 07 November 2018)
27. British nurse dies on holiday, her body awaits fundraising for the flight home – (Securely Travel – 06 November 2018)
28. Aerospace Sector Attacked by Chinese Intelligence, 10 Chinese Officers Indicted – (Clearance Jobs – 06 November 2018)
29. Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework Released – (Clearance Jobs – 05 November 2018)
30. Lion Air Boeing 737 Falls Out of the Sky in Indonesia – (Securely Travel – 29 October 2018)
31. Russia Meddling, Round Two: Project Lakhta’s Accountant – (Security Boulevard – 26 October 2018)
32. FBI Employees Recalled amidst Romps with Prostitutes – (Clearance Jobs – 22 October 2018)
33. Insider Threat: FinCEN Insider Bares Treasury Secrets – (Security Boulevard – 22 October 2018)
34. Former FBI Special Agent Terry J. Albury Is Headed to Prison – (Clearance Jobs – 19 October 2018)
35. O’Cannabis – Legalization of marijuana across Canada – (Securely Travel – 17 October 2018)
36. Former SSCI Security Director James Wolfe Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI – (Clearance Jobs – 15 October 2018)
37. TSA Precheck is a traveler’s must have – (Securely Travel – 14 October 2018)
38. Pentagon’s Defense Travel System breached – (Securely Travel – 13 October 2018)
39. Chinese MSS Officer Extradited to U.S. from Belgium – (Security Boulevard – 11 October 2018)
40. Chinese Intelligence Targeting of GE Aviation Reveals Chinese Mode of Operations – (Clearance Jobs – 11 October 2018)
41. White House: Let’s Get It On With Cyber Ops – (Security Boulevard – 11 October 2018)
42. The most dangerous city in Mexico – Ecatepec – (Securely Travel – 09 October 2018)
43. Cruise passengers gone wild – Australia edition – (Securely Travel – 06 October 2018)
44. Florida – Health Hazard – Red Tide Affecting Both Coasts – (Securely Travel – 05 October 2018)
45. House Staffer Arrested for Doxing Senators – (Clearance Jobs – 04 October 2018)
46. Privacy: Who’s Listening in the Workplace? – (Security Boulevard – 03 October 2018)
47. New Zealand kisses privacy goodbye at port-of-entry – (Securely Travel – 02 October 2018)
48. Primera Air augers in financially and ceases operations – (Securely Travel – 02 October 2018)
49. Ebola is and will continue spreading beyond the Congo (DRC) – (Securely Travel – 01 October 2018)
50. China Fails in Attempt to Infiltrate the U.S. Army Reserves – (Security Boulevard – 01 October 2018)
51. Air Niugini Flight PX073 crashes in lagoon, all passengers survive – (Securely Travel – 28 September 2018)
52. Boracay Island to reopen 15 October 2018 – (Securely Travel – 28 September 2018)
53. When the SF-86 Is a Lie, Chinese Espionage Follows – (Clearance Jobs – 27 September 2018)
54. Another Breach Exposes Personal Identifying Information of Government Employees and Contractors – (Clearance Jobs – 26 September 2018)
55. Acapulco Mexico – No Go Zone, as the city continues its spiral – (Securely Travel – 26 September 2018)
56. State of Emergency declared in Kingston, Jamaica – (Securely Travel – 25 September 2018)
57. US diplomat killed in Madagascar – (Securely Travel – 25 September 2018)
58. Arrested? What you need to know about Embassy assistance – (Securely Travel – 25 September 2018)
59. Egypt – British couple mysteriously dies at Aqua Magic hotel – (Securely Travel – 24 September 2018)
60. A Chinese Affair: Theft of GlaxoSmithKline R&D – (Security Boulevard – 21 September 2018)
61. Knife attack on the streets of Paris – (Securely Travel – 20 September 2018)
62. Trump’s Executive Order Declares Mid-Term Election a Security National Emergency – (Clearance Jobs – 19 September 2018)
63. Army Contractor Convicted of Cyber-Sabotage Highlights the Reality of Insider Threats – (Clearance Jobs – 18 September 2018)
64. China’s MSS Leveraging Students In, From U.S. – (Security Boulevard – 14 September 2018)
65. Hurricane Florence – Brings out the ugly underbelly of society, the criminals – (Securely Travel – 14 September 2018)
66. France: Criminals targeting high-end vacation travelers – (Securely Travel – 13 September 2018)
67. Trust, the New York Times Op-Ed, and Security Clearance Reinvestigation – (Clearance Jobs – 11 September 2018)
68. Korea – Seoul’s lavatory spy cam porn epidemic – (Securely Travel – 10 September 2018)
69. Malaysia – LGBT community warned, two women are caned – (Securely Travel – 10 September 2018)
70. Friend making a suicide trip abroad? Ask if he/she is OK! – (Securely Travel – 07 September 2018)
71. Ewww – Don’t touch those airport security bins – (Securely Travel – 06 September 2018)
72. Two GRU Officers Wanted by UK: Skripal’s Would-be Assassins – (Security Boulevard – 05 September 2018)
73. China’s Use of LinkedIn for Espionage Should Put Security Officers on Alert – (Clearance Jobs – 31 August 2018)
74. China’s MSS using LinkedIn against the U.S. – (CSO Online – 31 August 2018)
75. German Counterintelligence: There are Spies Active in Germany – (Security Boulevard – 31 August 2018)
76. Tesla insider with an expired NDA spills the tech beans – (CSO online – 30 August 2018)
77. What Was A Congressional Candidate’s SF-86 Doing In the Hands of Her Political Opponents? – (ClearanceJobs – 29 August 2018)
78. Cleaning house – 200 Phuket boats found unsafe – (Securely Travel – 28 August 2018)
79. Is traveling to Cancun, Mexico too risky? – (Securely Travel – 27 August 2018)
80. Reality Winner Sentence – Blame Her Legal Team, Not the Government – (ClearanceJobs – 23 August 2018)
81. China Spy or a Dupe in the Senator’s Office – (Security Boulevard – 21 August 2018)
82. Arizona AG accuses Senior Grad Trips of Fraud – (Securely Travel – 21 August 2018)
83. Hamas is Using APPs for Social Engineering – (Cylance – 21 August 2018)
84. Found Guilty of Sexual Assault of a Fellow Passenger – (Securely Travel – 20 August 2018)
85. Mental Illness and Your Security Clearance – (Clearance Jobs – 18 August 2018)
86. John Brennan Loses His Security Clearance, Doesn’t Mean he is a Lost Resource – (ClearanceJobs – 16 August 2018)
87. Horizon Air tragedy highlights airline insider threat vulnerability – (CSO Online – 13 August 2018)
88. Moonlighting in China with GE’s intellectual property – (Security Boulevard – 13 August 2018)
89. When your unaccompanied minor’s travel goes awry – (Securely Travel – 12 August 2018)
90. How did the TimeHop data breach happen? – (CSO Online – 10 August 2018)
91. For Sale: U.S. Military ‘Reaper Drone’ Designs – (Security Boulevard – 09 August 2018)
92. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Gets New Teeth in 2019 NDAA – (Clearance Jobs – 08 August 2018)
93. Kidnappings in Mexico – (Securely Travel – 07 August 2018)
94. How pervasive is the insider threat in your company? – (CSO Online – 01 August 2018)
95. Starving bed bugs await to feast on you at 30,000 feet! – (Securely Travel – 27 July 2018)
96. Why you should never ride in a Duck boat! – (Securely Travel – 26 July 2018)
97. Damnit. Yes, our baggage has been stolen from the bus – (Securely Travel – 26 July 2018)
98. Facing a Wildfire Emergency Evacuation at Home or Traveling – (Securely Travel – 25 July 2018)
99. Lawful Permanent Resident Arrested for Providing Controlled Technology to China – (Clearance Jobs – 24 July 2018)
100. Privacy be damned, driver livestreams you while riding in his Uber/Lyft – (Securely Travel – 24 July 2018)
101. Exposed: Exactis’ Database of 340 Million Consumer Records – (Security Boulevard – 19 July 2018)
102. US Citizen convicted of attempted murder of US vice-counsel in Mexico – (Securely Travel – 16 July 2018)
103. Spear Phishing a Part of Russia Intervention in 2016 Elections – (Clearance Jobs – 14 July 2018)
104. You and your devices at the United States border – (Cylance Blog – 10 July 2018)
105. China issues milquetoast US travel warning – (Securely Travel – 10 July 2018)
106. Disregard for safety in Phuket boat tragedy – (Securely Travel – 09 July 2018)
107. GSA Contractors Working Without Completed Security Clearances – (Clearance Jobs – 07 July 2018 )
108. When an insider rides Pegasus into the dark web – (CSO Online – 06 July 2018)
109. Governor Ige, of Hawaii, signs into law ban on sunscreens – (Securely Travel – 06 July 2018)
110. Passenger lack of anger management creating safety problems – (Securely Travel – 05 July 2018)
111. 4th of July Travel Safety – Air, Land, Cyber and Backyard – (Securely Travel – 30 June 2018)
112. Securely Travel Synopsis – Belgium Country Brief – (Securely Travel – 29 June 2018)
113. The Extradition He Thought Would Never Happen: Roger Clark of Silk Road – (Security Boulevard – 29 June 2018)
114. Reality Winner pleads guilty to revealing NSA secrets – (CSO Online – 28 June 2018)
115. Are You Vulnerable to BEC Fraud? – (Security Boulevard – 28 June 2018)
116. The million dollar Mauritius passport – (Securely Travel – 28 June 2018)
117. Defense Department proposes security as the new fourth pillar in acquisition – (Clearance Jobs – 26 June 2018)
118. Insider threat becomes a reality for Elon Musk – (CSO Online – 26 June 2018)
119. Hotel room security or insecurity – (Securely Travel – 25 June 2018)
120. Is the OPM Data Breach Data Being Used for Identity Theft? – (Clearance Jobs – 21 June 2018)
121. Russia’s Seat at Trump-Kim Summit was Covert – (Security Boulevard – 20 June 2018)
122. Passengers grounded, again by Allegiant Air – (Securely Travel – 20 June 2018)
123. Project Maven Data Breach Alleged in Civil Suit – (Clearance Jobs – 19 June 2018)
124. When your career is derailed by your girlfriend tampering with your email – (CSO Online – 19 June 2018)
125. Big Brother China’s Social Credit Score – (Security Boulevard – 19 June 2018)
126. Vehicle ramming at Dutch music festival – 3 injured and 1 dead – (Securely Travel – 18 June 2018)
127. 7 injured as taxi intentionally rams pedestrians on Moscow sidewalk during World Cup – (Securely Travel – 16 June 2018)
128. 119 airlines remain banned from EU skies – (Securely Travel – 16 June 2018)
129. China Steals U.S. Submarine Information – (Clearance Jobs – 12 June 2018)
130. What’s in your emergency plan? – (Securely Travel – 12 June 2018)
131. Josh Schulte: CIA insider gone south or repugnant criminal? – (CSO Online – 11 June 2018)
132. Travel Agency Fraud: MTAF Preying on Mission Trips – (Securely Travel – 11 June 2018)
133. Senate Staffer Shares Classified Information with the Press in a Straight Out of Hollywood Story – (Clearance Jobs – 10 June 2018)
134. The Espionage of Former CIA Case Officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee for China – (Security Boulevard – 08 June 2018)
135. Russia 2018 – World Cup Soccer – Travel Guidance – (Securely Travel – 06 June 2018)
136. Lack of Cyber Hygiene in Travel Websites – (Securely Travel – 05 June 2018)
137. China Targets Defense Contractors in Its Ramped Up Spy Games – (Clearance Jobs – 05 June 2018)
138. Hawaii’s 30 days of lava flow from the Kilauea volcano – (Securely Travel – 05 June 2018)
139. Panera Bread: Do’s and Don’ts of Data Breach Crisis Management (Security Boulevard – 05 June 2018)
140. What’s swimming in your pool? The CDC knows – (Securely Travel – 04 June 2018)
141. The 411 on Uber’s 911 emergency button – (Securely Travel – 31 May 2018)
142. CIA contractor secretly hoards his classified work – (CSO Online – 30 May 2018)
143. Latest LinkedIn Espionage Target Reminds of the Importance of Caution When Considering Shared Connections – (Clearance Jobs – 30 May 2018)
144. Passenger violence in the air at 30,000 feet – (Securely Travel – 26 May 2018)
145. Security Clearance Granted to Jared Kushner – (Clearance Jobs – 23 May 2018)
146. Agro-Espionage: How China Tried to Steal U.S. Rice Research – (Security Boulevard – 23 May 2018)
147. US Service Members’ Families Targeted by Russian Hackers – (Clearance Jobs – 21 May 2018)
148. A surprise flood in the hallways of your luxury cruise? – (Securely Travel – 21 May 2018)
149. Theft of North Korean secrets my have pushed Kim Jong Un into talks – (CSO Online – 14 May 2018
150. What happens when you forget your passport? – (Securely Travel – 11 May 2018)
151. Veterans Affairs Background Investigation Program Broken – (Clearance Jobs – 10 May 2018)
152. Airport Security – What you can and can’t take – (Securely Travel – 10 May 2018)
153. Hawaii – Sunscreen with dangerous chemicals banned! – (Securely Travel – 10 May 2018)
154. All is fair in love and war – except when swiping right – (Security Boulevard – 09 May 2018)
155. Security Clearances and International Commerce – Make sure you follow the policy – (Clearance Jobs – 09 May 2018)
156. How to Avoid Montzuma’s Revenge (aka Traveler’s Diarrhea – (Securely Travel – 09 May 2018)
157. Yes, you can drive in the US on a foreign driver’s operator’s permit – (Securely Travel – 08 May 2018)
158. Four important tips to know before you go to Hawaii – (Securely Travel – 03 May 2018)
159. Sorry we’re full – Venice closed to tourists – (Securely Travel – 02 May 2018)
160. How to Manage Your Mexico Vacation and Not Get Shot – (Securely Travel – 01 May 2018)
161. Pamplona’s running of the bulls get’s gored by La Manada sexual assault – (Securetly Travel – 30 April 2018)
162. Privacy: When the Application Exceeds its brief – (Security Boulevard – 27 April 2018)
163. 3 Reasons Why Shielded Enclosures are Still the Best Way to Keep Classified Information Safe – (Clearance Jobs – 27 April 2018)
164. Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft, Mid-flight – (Securely Travel – 27 April 2018)
165. Aviation industry takes steps to mitigate insider threats – (CSO Online – 26 April 2018)
166. Alaska Airlines completes the assimilation of Virgin America – (Securely Travel – 25 April 2018)
167. Grounded For Life – 12-year-old social engineers his way to Bali – (Securely Travel – 24 April 2018)
168. When Scammers Fill the Tech Support Void – (Security Boulevard – 23 April 2018)
169. The Canberra Night Crew invests in your safety – (Securely Travel – 23 April 2018)
170. Mexico – Sun Country abandons 250 passengers – (Securely Travel – 23 April 2018)
171. Charter Communications, who can you trust? – (CSO Online – 20 April 2018)
172. Allegiant Air, will their planes stay in the air? – (Securely Travel – 20 April 2018)
173. Former FBI Special Agent Pleads Guilty to Sharing Secrets with the Intercept – (Clearance Jobs – 18 April 2018)
174. Is Uber Safe? Sometimes, 3 steps to keep yourself safe – (Securely Travel – 18 April 2018)
175. Ugly side of Seville – Coed accuses Discover Excursions of rape – (Securely Travel – 17 April 2018)
176. When the singing road hit the wrong chord – (Securely Travel – 16 April 2018)
177. Even as Rhetoric Heats Up, Information Sharing About Terrorist Threats Continues – (Clearance Jobs – 14 April 2018)
178. Zuckerberg reveals the cyber-naivete of Congress – (Security Boulevard – 13 April 2018)
179. Do cyber criminals ever get extradited? – (Security Boulevard – 13 April 2018)
180. Be Sure to Have the Right Travel Insurance – (Securely Travel – 12 April 2018)
181. Reality Winner’s defense team asks government to hand over more secrets – (Clearance Jobs – 11 April 2018)
182. No Congressional background check for IT contractor charged with fraud – (CSO Online – 10 April 2018)
183. Foreign or Domestic? Does it matter where your technology is made? – (Security Boulevard – 10 April 2018)
184. Consumer Security: What are they experiencing? – (Threat Matrix – Cylance – 09 April 2018)
185. Dutch cyberespionage warning, travel with clean devices to China – (Securely Travel – 09 April 2018)
186. What happens when classified information is needed in court? – (Clearance Jobs – 09 April 2018)
187. Beach ordered closed, 26 April 2018, Boracay, Philippines – (Securely Travel – 08 April 2018)
188. Traveling? 5 easy USG travel tips you need to know – (Securely Travel – 07 April 2018)
189. Paper healthcare records, highly vulnerable yet often overlooked – (CSO Online – 06 April 2018)
190. Got a Clearance? Beware the emails you send and the friends you keep – (Clearance Jobs – 04 April 2018)
191. Employee Convenience Trumps InfoSec – (Security Boulevard – 02 April 2018)
192. Staying safe in Paris: Beware the “friendship” bracelet scam – (Securely Travel – 02 April 2018)
193. Iran’s need to steal intellectual property – (CSO Online – 30 March 2018)
194. US Infrastructure Vulnerable to Russia (and others)? – (Security Boulevard – 27 March 2018)
195. Nation State Espionage: Iran and North Korea – (Security Boulevard – 23 March 2018)
196. Former employee visits the cloud and steals company data – (CSO Online – 21 March 2018)
197. Nation State Cyberespionage: Russia and China – (Security Boulevard – 20 March 2018)
198. NRO Contractor Published Classified Information to Facebook; Stole $340,000 in Government Equipment – (Clearance Jobs – 18 March 2018)
199. White House Walks President’s Assistant Out the Door – (Clearance Jobs – 15 March 2018)
200. NSA Security Clearances – Work for the Intel Community’s SIGINT Experts  – (Clearance Jobs – 14 March 2018)
201. Vengeance by DDOS: No one is immune – (CSO Online – 14 March 2018)
202. The Poisoning of Col. Sergei Skripal: Russian Retribution? – (Security Boulevard – 07 March 2018)
203. Keep those nuclear secrets secret. No problem, I’ll hoard them in my attic. – (CSO Online – 07 March 2018)
204. Global Corruption Index: Keep Your Nose Clean Doing Business Abroad – (Security Boulevard – 07 March 2018)
205. Intelligence Community Job Requirements: No, They Don’t Just Trust You – (Clearance Jobs – 07 March 2018)
206. Explainer: Jared Kushner and His Security Clearance – (Clearance Jobs – 05 March 2018)
207. Facebook’s Ad Confirmation Process Won’t Stop the Russians – (Security Boulevard – 01 March 2018)
208. U.S. cybersecurity threat risk remains high – no signs of lessening – (CSO Online – 27 February 2018)
209. When employee access exceeds trust, IP goes missing – (CSO Online – 26 February 2018)
210. Voting Machines in ‘Murica – (Security Boulevard – 23 February 2018)
211. Sinovel Wind Group found guilty of IP theft valued at $800 million – (CSO Online – 21 February 2018)
212. The FBI Background Investigation Process – (Clearance Jobs – 20 February 2018)
213. USG Increases Intellectual Property Protection Efforts – (Security Boulevard – 19 February 2018)
214. Project Lakhta: Russian Meddling Gets Russians Indicted – (Security Boulevard – 17 February 2018)
215. Cyberespionage: China wants Japanese firms’ intellectual property – (CSO Online – 15 February 2018)
216. Steganography Useful for Espionage, Malware and More (Cylance Blog – 14 February 2018)
217. How Could Rob Porter Get a Security Clearance? – (Clearance Jobs – 13 February 2018)
218. Uber Settles IP suit with Waymo for $245 Million – (Security Boulevard – 13 February 2018)
219. Micorn’s IP was Stolen and the Company Wants it Back – (Security Boulevard – 09 February 2018)
220. The Ghosts of Government in Our Machines: The CIA – Interview with Christopher Burgess – (Voice American Business – 09 February 2018)
221. OPSEC and the Internet of Things – (Clearance Jobs – 08 February 2018)
222. Your Dating Site is Now Owned by China (Clearance Jobs – 31 January 2018)
223. China Gifts the African Union a 21st Century Trojan Horse (Security Boulevard – 30 January 2018)
224. Counterintelligence: Who is the Alleged Chinese Spy Jerry Chun Shing Lee? (Security Boulevard – 19 January 2018)
225. Nation States and Criminals Silencing the Fourth Estate (Security Boulevard – 17 January 2018)
226. Contractor hacks former employer, destroys and corrupts data (CSO Online – 17 January 2018)
227. 50 Ways to Monitor Your Lover Online – LOVEINT – (Clearance Jobs – 16 January 2018)
228. Marijuana users and policy abusers should expect clearance denial (Clearance Jobs – 08 January 2018)
229. Cybersecurity Journalists on Cybersecurity Journalism: Christopher Burgess  (Interview of Burgess by Kimberly Crawley – Peerlyst – 08 January 2018)
230. China and Germany in a dust up over cybersecurity (CSO Online – 03 January 2018)
231. 40 apps you need to delete from your device (Clearance Jobs – 02 January 2018)

2017

1. Information Warfare: The year ahead (Security Boulevard – December 28, 2017)
2. Global Undersea Cables Vulnerable to Russia’s Special Ops (Security Boulevard – December 22, 2017)
3. China’s Economic Espionage via the Non-Attributable Hand (Security Boulevard – December 21, 2017)
4. Déjà Vu All Over Again – Russian Active Measures (Security Boulevard – December 18, 2017)
5. Germany Pushes for a Backdoor into all IT Devices (Clearance Jobs – December 14, 2017)
6. Cryptocurrency ICO’s: Caveat Emptor – (Security Boulevard – December 13, 2017)
7. 6 Travel Tips from the National Counterintelligence Center (Clearance Jobs – December 11, 2017)
8. Espionage: Germany unmasks fake Chinese LinkedIn profiles (CSO Online – December 11, 2017)
9. Friend of Foe: Machine Learning and AI in HR recruiting (Cylance – December 7, 2017)
10. NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Taking NSA’s Top Secrets in Kaspersky Linked Case (Clearance Jobs – December 04, 2017)
11. InSecurity Podcast: Christopher Burgess on Insider Threats (Cylance – December 04, 2017)
    

12. Military Social Network Surveillance and Scrapping Efforts Revealed (Clearance Jobs – December 01, 2017)
13. Uber’s Shady Competitive Intelligence Unit Reveals in Court (Security Boulevard – November 30, 2017)
14. Insider Threat – Chemours employee steals trade secrets (CSO Online – November 30, 2017)
15. China Continues its Xenophobic Counterintelligence Campaigns (Security Boulevard – November 27, 2017)
16. Iran targeting international IP for theft and extortion (CSO Online – November 27, 2017)
17. Paradise Papers: Data leak shines a light on the monies of the elite (CSO Online – November 17, 2017)
18. Jared Kushner Still Awaiting a Final Security Clearance Determination (Clearance Jobs – November 17, 2017)
19. Efficacy of Bug Bounties (Cylance Blog – November 16, 2017)
20. How Extremists Groups Radicalize Recruits Online (Security Boulevard – November 15, 2017)
21. USB Drive Safety Highlighted by London Heathrow Security Lapse (Clearance Jobs – November 09, 2017)
22. Technology in Politics (Cylance Blog – November 08, 2017)
23. Russia: Skilled Political Warfare Adversary (Security Boulevard – November 06, 2017)
24. Twitter employee deleting POTUS account is a lesson for all companies (CSO Online – November 06, 2017)
25. Preparing for Your Security Clearance Interview (Clearance Jobs – November 05, 2017)
26. Hezbollah Amplifies Message Through Savvy Use of Media (Security Boulevard – November 03, 2017)
27. Swiss spy confesses, says he acted out of patriotism and profit (CSO Online – November 03, 2017)
28. Kaspersky says its hand was in the cookie jar, but … (Security Boulevard – October 30, 2017)
29. Proposed Active Cyber-Defense Bill Channels Mao Zedong (Security Boulevard – October 26, 2017)
30. Malware Targets US Defense Contractors (Clearance Jobs – October 21, 2017)
31. China goes looking online for government secrets (CSO Online – October 20, 2017)
32. Managers: Linchpins or Dead Weight? (Cylance Blog – October 19, 2017)
33. Counterintelligence Briefings at the White House (Clearance Jobs – October 18, 2017)
34. DOJ, AG Tout “Responsible Encryption” to Bolster Prosecutions (Security Boulevard – October 18, 2017)
35. Congressional Staffer Charged for Falsifying SF-86 (Clearance Jobs – October 13, 2017)
36. Insider tries to scam Dice after hacking company he sold to Dice (CSO Online – October 13, 2017)
37. Extending Corporate OPSEC to Those Working From Home (Cylance – October 11, 2017)
38. The Russian Bull’s-Eye on NSA (Security Boulevard – October 10, 2017)
39. Dissecting China’s Global Bilateral Cybersecurity Strategy (Security Boulevard – October 8, 2017)
40. Privacy Surveillance Self-Defense (Security Boulevard – October 5, 2017)
41. DoD Cybersecurity Put at Risk by International Defense Sales Pitch? (Clearance Jobs – October 5, 2017)
42. North Korea’s cyber fingers are in many pots (CSO Online – October 5, 2017)
43. Not Patching is the Pathway to Sure Compromise (Cylance Blog – October 4, 2017)
44. Cryptocurrency, We Embrace You. No, We Eschew You (Security Boulevard – October 4, 2017)
45. Waymo, Uber Smokin’ Due Diligence Report is on Fire (Security Boulevard – October 3, 2017)
46. The Pantyhose Full of Secrets – How to Circumvent a Bag Inspection and Steal Classified Information (Clearance Jobs – October 3, 2017)
47. Swedes Under Surveillance as New Data Retention Law Proposed (Security Boulevard – October 01, 2017)
48. How China got its hand on US nuclear technology materials (CSO Online – September 29, 2017)
49. US Forces Korea’s Dependents Receive Fake Evacuation Order (Clearance Jobs – September 29, 2017)
50. How the Value Outweighs the Cost of Security (IBM Security Intelligence – September 26, 2017)
51. How Bad are the Equifax and OPM Data Breaches?  (Clearance Jobs – September 21, 2017)
52. Trusted insider at the federal level raises concerns (CSO Online – September 21, 2017)
53. Medical Device Security – Current State of Play (Cylance – September 20, 2017)
54. Russian Criminal Monetized Identity Theft for $50 million (Security Boulevard – September 19, 2017)
55. Government Agencies Must Work with Private Sector to Bolster Infrastructure Security (IBM Security Intelligence – September 18, 2017)
56. IRS Tax Fraud and the IRS’s Woeful Cybersecurity (Security Boulevard – September 18, 2017)
57. The Air Force Engineer Who Shagged a Foreign National and Lost His Security Clearance (Clearance Jobs – September 15, 2017)
58. Industrial espionage in Finland – sometimes crime does pay (CSO Online – September 14, 2017)
59. How Foreign Intelligence Services Use Social Media to Target Clearance Holders (Clearance Jobs – September 12, 2017)
60. Food Security and Smart Packaging (Cylance Blog – September 8, 2017)
61. Chinese citizen tries to steal advanced robotic technology IP (CSO Online – September 7, 2017)
62. Military Resumes Exposed in Data Breach Involving AWS Data Stores (Clearance Jobs – September 6, 2017)
63. Background Investigations Backlog Has Industry Making Suggestions to Government (Clearance Jobs – August 29, 2017)
64. New Guidance for Handling Sensitive Information (Clearance Jobs – August 28, 2017)
65. Storm breaks over AccuWeather phoning home without consent (Naked Security – August 23, 2017)
66. The need to be victorious – espionage in sports (CSO Online – August 21, 2017)
67. Government Agencies Must Work With the Private Sector to Bolster Information Security (IBM Security Intelligence – August 18, 2017)
68. Greed drives malevolent insider to steal former employer’s IP (CSO Online – August 15, 2017)
69. Dashboard tracks desire in foreign councils to meddle with democracy ( Naked Security – August 14, 2017)
70. Sorry who did you say you were? We’ve forgotten about you (Naked Security – August 10, 2017)
71. How Do Russia’s Spies Recruit American Assets? Then and Now. (Clearance Jobs – August 7, 2017
72. Amazon reaches out to uses with bad security before the crooks do (Naked Security – August 4 2017)
73. Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bath Water (Cylance Blog – August 2, 2017)
74. 5 Times Bribes Were the Cost of Government Business (Clearance Jobs – August 1, 2017)
75. An insider sifts through 108,000 client files. What can go wrong? (CSO Online – July 29, 2017)
76. Going on holiday? Here are our tips for a security-minded trip (Naked Security – July 28, 2017)
77. Moonlighting, Edward Snowden and Cybersex – Three Ways to Abuse Your Position as a Security Program Officer (Clearance Jobs – July 27, 2017)
78. Germany warns of nation state cyber espionage threat (CSO Online – July 27, 2017)
79. Wells Fargo apologizes for spilling trove of data on wealthy clients (Naked Security – July 27, 2017)
80. Phisher Kings (Cylance Blog – July 25, 2017)
81. Swedish PM admits that huge data leak is ‘a disaster’ (Naked Security – July 25, 2017)
82. Do You Want to Classify That? Consider the Cost  (Clearance Jobs – July 24, 2017)
83. Your pacemaker could be put in the witness box against you (Naked Security – July 24, 2017)
84. GSA removes Kaspersky from GSA Schedule (Clearance Jobs – July 24, 2017)
85. Hit the Road – with your insurer and lender keeping an eye on your driving (Naked Security – July 21, 2017)
86. ATM crooks up the ante by using infrared to steal your PIN (Naked Security – July 20, 2017)
87. Developer hangs patient data out in the cloud – for two years (CSO Online – July 18, 2017)
88. Access all areas – but for how long after you have left the company? (Naked Security – July 18, 2017)
89. Wait, you didn’t want to clean the toilets? Read the terms! (Naked Security – July 17, 2017)
90. Social Networks and Operational Security (Cylance Blog – July 17, 2017)
91. OPM Cybersecurity still not up to par, according to IG (Clearance Jobs – July 14, 2017)
92. How did the data of 14M Verizon customers end up online? (Naked Security – July 13, 2017)
93. Outside or Insider: Who will cause today’s data breach? (IBM Security Intelligence – July 12, 2017)
94. Apps that are a matter of life, death and data win $75,000 prizes (Naked Security – Sophos – July 10, 2017)
95. Insider wreaks havoc on company – after he resigns (CSO Online – July 10, 2017)
96. Bad things happen to good people – but you can help stop that (Naked Security – Sophos – July 05, 2017)
97. When is public information not public? When LinkedIn says so (Naked Security – Sophos – July 03, 2017)
98. Happy 50th Birthday: Hole in the wall cash-machines (Naked Security – Sophos – June 30, 2017)
99. Who’s watching? Face recognition means goodbye to hiding in crowds (Naked Security – Sophos – June 29, 2017)
100. DoD Continues to look for the new CAC – Powered by Behavior-based Authentication (Clearance Jobs – June 28, 2017)
101. Watch out: Don’t lose your passwords when you sign-up online (Naked Security – Sophos – June 27, 2017)
102. China’s HUMINT operations against Defense Contractors in full swing (Clearance Jobs – June 23, 2017)
103. Russia Targeted 21 states during US election says official (Naked Security – Sophos – June 23, 2017)
104. Deep Root: What we can learn from the GOP data leak? (Naked Security – Sophos – June 22, 2017)
105. PII of 1 million compromised in Washington State University safe heist (CSO Online – June 21, 2017)
106. NSA failed to implement security measures, says damning report (Naked Security – Sophos – June 21, 2017)
107. Anatomy of a scam: How phone fraud harvests millions from us (Naked Security – Sophos – June 20, 2017)
108. Murder in Pyongyang (Prevendra – June 19, 2017)
109. CEO lies, commits fraud, and yes, the startup craters (CSO Online – June 19, 2017)
110. When Hiring and Firing Puts Your IP at Risk (Cylance Blog – June 19, 2017)
111. Your Mouse Knows When You Are Lying  (Naked Security – Sophos – June 16, 2017)
112. Financial Sector Remains a Top Target in 2017 (IBM Security Intelligence – 12 June 2017)
113. Healthcare: Are you prepared to trade privacy for treatment? (CSO Online – June 12, 2017)
114. Want to Work at the CIA? Why Your Mindset and Lifestyle Matter (Clearance Jobs – June 7, 2017)
115. Security Awareness: Don’t be an Ass and Assume (Cylance Blog – June 7, 2017)
116. You Think That Post is Secret? Beware it Can Come Back to Bite You (Naked Security – Sophos – June 7, 2017)
117. What Happens When You Share Classified Information With the Press (Clearance Jobs – June 6, 2017)
118. Is Waymo’s IP in Uber’s Hands? They both may be victims (CSO Online – 05 June 2017)
119. The Insider Threat Training Requirement is Here – Are you Ready (Clearance Jobs – May 30, 2017)
120. Are CIA officers as bad ass as in the movies (Clearance Jobs – May 28, 2017)
121. China continues to steal high-tech trade secrets (CSO Online – May 27, 2017)
122. Empower Your Employees to Become Security Awareness Champions (IBM Security Intelligence 24 May 2017)
123. What Is it Like to Work at the CIA? (Clearance Jobs – May 23, 2017)
124. China’s theft of IBM’s intellectual Property (CSO Online – May 22, 2017)
125. Iran espionage capabilities have a powerful bite (CSO Online – May 20, 2017)
126. Learning from others and ourselves (Cylance – May 18, 2017)
127. What happens to your security clearance after you’ve been fired, suspended or retired? (Clearance Jobs – May 15, 2017)
128. Did Kaspersky step in dog-doo? (CSO Online – May 13, 2017)
129. Worldwide National Threat Assessment – The DNI’s View (CSO Online – May 11, 2017)
130. Why not to take your classified work home (Clearance Jobs – May 10, 2017)
131. Not all is sweet. Swiss intelligence infiltrates German tax authorities (CSO Online – May 05, 2017)
132. How to Marry a Terrorist: FBI Contractor Who Married an ISIS Fighter, a Different Type of Insider Threat (Clearance Jobs – May 04, 2017)
133. China’s Spy Hunting Tactics (CSO ONLINE – May 03, 2017)
134. Need a fix? Steal patient data (CSO ONLINE – April 28, 2017)
135. Chinese Espionage at the State Department (Clearance Jobs – April 26, 2017)
136. China’s hand caught in the cookie jar (CSO ONLINE – April 19, 2017)
137. Why Security Clearance Holders are Required to Report Contact with Foreign Nationals (Clearance Jobs – April 19, 2017)
138. Mopping up after your vendor’s data breach (CSO ONLINE – April 10,2017)
139. What is Foreign Investment Control or Influence (FOCI)? (Clearance Jobs – April 10, 2017)
140. W2 Scam Targets Defense Contractors (Clearance Jobs – April 5, 2017)
141. Can Ivanka Trump Get a Security Clearance? Of Course She Can (Clearance Jobs – March 22, 2017)
142. Dmitry Dokuchaev: Playing Both Sides? (Prevendra – 17 March 2017)
143. Shadow IT: When Employees Go Rogue with IT Devices (Clearance Jobs – March 15, 2017)
144. International FSO’s and Data Protection Regulations (Clearance Jobs – March 08, 2017)
145. Four Case Studies for Your Required Insider Threat Training Program (Clearance Jobs – March 03, 2017)
146. Social Engineering: From Qatar With Love – Cyber espionage (Prevendra – 03 March 2017)
147. Departing Zynga Employees Heist Intellectual Property? (Prevendra – 25 February 2017)
148. Data Hoarding Among Employees Latest Insider Threat Nightmare (Clearance Jobs – February 18, 2017)
149. Did Your Developer Leave a Website Backdoor? (IBM Security Intelligence – 09 February 2017)
150. Insider Threat Training – Building Your Employees’ Defenses (Clearance Jobs – February 06, 2017)
151. Three Counterintelligence Tips for Every FSO (Clearance Jobs – February 02, 2017)
152. Russian FSB cybersecurity implosion continues with more arrests (Prevendra – January 28, 2017)
153. January 28, 2017 – International Data Privacy Day (Prevendra – January 27, 2017)
154. International Data Privacy Day (Huffington Post – January 27, 2017)
155. Russia’s FSB Cybersecurity Team Implodes (Prevendra – January 26, 2017)
156. Insider Threat Solicitation Seeks Keystroke and Computer Monitoring for Government Users (Clearance Jobs – January 24, 2017)
157. Online Services and Hospitality Security Go Hand in Hand (IBM Security Intelligence – 13 January 2017)
158. IP Theft: How Often Does Your IP Walk Out the Door? (IBM Security Intelligence – 12 January 2017)
159. The Difference Between DSS Directives and Recommendations (Clearance Jobs – January 05, 2017)
160. Customer Loyalty Sweepstakes: The winner engages the customer securely (Prevendra – January 05, 2017)
161. Financial Advisor at Ameriprise exposes millions in assets via NAS (Prevendra – January 04, 2017)

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2016

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1. HIPAA Settlements of 2016: Lessons Learned (IBM Security Intelligence – 30 December 2016)
2. DSS New Risk Management Framework (RMF) (ClearanceJobs – December 26, 2016)
3. Ransomware: Attack and Resolution (Prevendra – December 19, 2016)
4. Financial Services Sector Ends 2016 With a Bang (IBM Security Intelligence – 19 December 2016)
5. Department of State’s Contractor Review Panel (ClearanceJobs – December 14, 2016)
6. President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity Recommendations (ClearanceJobs – December 12, 2016)
7. The U.S. Federal CISO and His First 100 Days (IBM Security Intelligence – 09 December 2016)
8. Federal CISO: Cybersecurity Professionals Need to Make Themselves Harder Targets (ClearanceJobs – December 05, 2016)
9. Madison Square Garden customer payment cards harvested (Prevendra – November 30, 2016)
10. Navy Reports Massive Data Breach Affecting Sailors (Clearance Jobs – November 29, 2016)
11. MSU data breach: Database with 400,000 records accessed (Prevendra – November 25, 2016)
12. HUD Data Breach – A True Black Friday (ClearanceJobs – November 23, 2016)
13. JPMorgan runs afoul of the FCPA: $264 million settlement (Prevendra – November 21, 2016)
14. Data Breaches, again, at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) (Prevendra – November 18, 2016)
15. Retail Cybersecurity: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Upon Us (IBM Security Intelligence – 18 November 2016)
16. Should the Trump Children Get Security Clearances? (ClearanceJobs – November 17, 2016)
17. Kremlin’s Clinton Gambit Fails With Trump’s Election (Prevendra – November 17, 2016)
18. Yes, Your Computer Might Be Spying On You (ClearanceJobs – November 16, 2016)
19. Insider Threat – Canadian privacy breached as PHI/PII goes missing in Manitoba (Prevendra – November 16, 2016)
20. Chinese Cyber Espionage: What’s leaving your smartphone? (Prevendra – November 15, 2016)
21. HIPAA Fines and Your Business Associate Agreement (IBM Security Intelligence – 11 November 2016)
22. Work for the FBI as a Cyber Legal Attaché (Clearance Jobs – November 07, 2016)
23. Agro Espionage – China’s corn espionage lead, MO Hailong, sentenced to prison (Prevendra – November 4, 2016)
24. The NSA Contractor and the Suitcase Full of Secrets (Clearance Jobs – October 29, 2016)
25. Agro Espionage – Rice to China – Wengui Yan’s guilty plea (Prevendra – October 28, 2016)
26. What Happens When The Internet of Things Crashes? (Clearance Jobs – October 24, 2016)
27. IP Theft: Crowdfunding sites harvested by Chinese counterfeiters (Prevendra – October 20, 2016)
28. Reliability disrupted when your data isn’t stolen, it’s changed (Prevendra – October 19, 2016)
29. Where’s Your data and Can You Actually Get To It? (Prevendra – October 18, 2016)
30. Insider Threat Becomes Insider Theft: What’s your plan. (Prevendra – October 17, 2016)
31. How Will the Internet of Things Be Leveraged to Ruin Your Company’s Day? Understanding IoT Security (IBM Security Intelligence – October 13, 2016)
32. Data breach – Are you prepared? Most are not. (Prevendra – October 12, 2016)
33. Selling secrets to Russia? It’s a bad idea (Prevendra – October 11, 2016)
34. US Presidential Election 2016: The Kremlin Prefers??? (Prevendra – October 10, 2016)
35. National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Attestations and Certifications (IBM Security Intelligence – October 07, 2016)
36. Espionage or Hoarding: NSA Contractor Arrested (Clearance Jobs – October 06, 2016)
37. Cybersecurity Awareness Month Promotes Need for Better Login Procedures (Clearance Jobs – October 05, 2016)
38. The Chief Trust Officer and the Need for Corporate Trust (IBM Security Intelligence – September 14, 2016)
39. What is a CAC? –Analyzing Next Generation Authentication (Clearance Jobs – August 27, 2016)
40. Security Conferences Abound: Which Should You Attend? (IBM Security Intelligence – August 26, 2016)
41. NSA’s Tools Go Missing to Shadow Brokers (Clearance Jobs – August 22, 2016)
42. Government Rules for Protecting Your Personal Information (Clearance Jobs – August 15, 2016)
43. How Is Your Information Shared? Understanding the US-EU Privacy Shield (Clearance Jobs – July 30, 2016)
44. International Businesses Will Encounter Multijurisdictional Compliance Issues (IBM Security Intelligence – July 26, 2016)
45. Profile in Espionage – Curtailing a Satellite Spy with an Insider Threat Program (Clearance Jobs – July 18, 2016)
46. Pokemon Go Security and Privacy (Clearance Jobs – July 12, 2016)
47. Hacking Politics – Political Security in an Election Year (Clearance Jobs – June 28, 2016)
48. Midyear Review: The Continuing Challenge of Financial Services Threats (IBM Security Intelligence – June 27, 2016)
49. Spying for Cash – US Federal Reserve Bank Hacked (Clearance Jobs – June 20, 2016)
50. Creating an Insider Threat Program – Adjusting to NISPOM Change 2 (Clearance Jobs – June 13, 2016)
51. HUMINT – Human Intelligence Targeting of Technology Continues (Clearance Jobs – May 10, 2016)
52. China’s Answer to Security Breaches – A Day of Education (And a New Cartoon Series) (Clearance Jobs – April 28, 2016)
53. When Operations Managers Speak Security Awareness, Do Employees Really Understand? (IBM Security Intelligence – April 12, 2016)
54. IT Requirements and Resources Drive Growth in Health Care Cybersecurity Jobs (IBM Security Intelligence – March 17, 2016)Security Certifications: The Alphabet Soup of the Information Security Profession (IBM Security Intelligence – March 14, 2016)
55. How will creation of NBIB affect NISP? (Clearance Jobs – February 21, 2016)
56. Social Network Monitoring in Background Investigations (Clearance Jobs – February 17, 2016)
57. Our nation’s critical infrastructure is both vulnerable and fragile (Clearance Jobs – February 09, 2016)
58. IRS and Businesses Work Together to Combat Tax Refund Fraud  (IBM Security Intelligence – 08 February 2016)
59. Juniper Hack Shows the Hazard of Backdoors (Clearance Jobs – January 10, 2016)

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2015

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1. Why Startups Should Implement Security From the Outset  (IBM Security Intelligence – 25 December 2015)
2. With 2015 Cybersecurity Challenges in the Rearview Mirror , 2016 Presents New Opportunities  (IBM Security Intelligence – 11 December 2015)
3. Economic Espionage: The Global Workforce and the Insider Threat (IBM Security Intelligence – 20 November 2015)
4. Travel Security: Training and Equipping Your Employees for Travel – (IBM Security Intelligence – 13 November 2015)
5. Protect What You Collect: Keep Protected Health Information Secure (IBM Security Intelligence – 03 November 2015)
6. Economic Espionage: The Myth That ‘We Have Nothing of Interest (IBM Security Intelligence – 09 October 2015)
7. Travel Security: What to know before you head to high-risk locales – (IBM Security Intelligence – 23 September 2015)
8. Embrace Green Energy Initiatives — With an Eye Toward Security (IBM Security Intelligence – 17 September 2015)
9. Congress Concerned About Role of Contractors in Intelligence Community (Clearance Jobs – September 06, 2015)
10. Travel Security: Protecting Your Personal and Corporate Wallets While Traveling – (IBM Security Intelligence – 28 August 2015)
11. Privacy and Windows 10: What’s in Your Settings? (IBM Security Intelligence – 24 August 2015)
12. Beware Where You Share: British Intelligence Cautions Employees Against LinkedIn (Clearance Jobs – August 21, 2015)
13. Travel Security: It’s a tough world in the competitive trenches – (IBM Security Intelligence – 28 July 2015)
14. Proceed With Caution to Security Conferences: Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Hit Las Vegas – (IBM Security Intelligence – 20 July 2015)
15. OPSEC Strikes Against ISIL – It Could Hit You, Too (Clearance Jobs – June 17, 2015)
16. The Morality of Self-Reporting Security Clearance Issues (Clearance Jobs – April 15, 2015)
17. RSA Conference: Six Must-Attend Sessions for CISOs  (IBM Security Intelligence – 14 April 2015)
18. Is My Security Clearance a Secret? (Clearance Jobs – April 07, 2015)
19. How Businesses Can Protect Themselves From a Data Breach (IBM Security Intelligence – 24 March 2015)
20. Data Breaches in Health Care Sector – Nation State Espionage Targeting? (Clearance Jobs – March 20, 2015)
21. Lenovo Laptop Adware Issues – Happy Chinese New Year (Clearance Jobs – February 20, 2015)

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2014

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1. Why the Role of the CISO Is Vital in Every Company (IBM Security Intelligence – 06 October 2014)
2. Spyware in Smartphones Sends Your Data to China (Clearance Jobs – August 18, 2014)
3. IBM’s CISO Joanne Martin Provides Perspective on Security (IBM Security Intelligence – 07 August 2014)
4. Cyber Criminals Never Sleep, Nor Should Your Fraud Prevention (IBM Security Intelligence – 07 July 2014)
5. Identity and Access Management (IAM) on the Move (IBM Security Intelligence – 04 June 2014)
6. Intelligence Community: The Full-Time-Equivalent Contractor (ClearanceJobs – February 2014)
7. When Security Policies Collide with Business Realities (RSA Conference Blog – February 2014)
8. Facility Security Officer Roles and Responsibilities (ClearanceJobs – January 2014)
9. Data Leakage: The human end-around to DLP (RSA Conference Blog – January 2014)
10. Security Awareness? “Once and Done” Does not teach awareness (RSA Conference Blog – January 2014)
11. 5 tips for Handling Compromised Customer Data (RSA Conference Blog – January 2014)
12. 4 Ways Social Network Engagement Can Derail a Company (RSA Conference Blog – January 2014)
13. Aldrich Ames and Spies in America – What to Do if You’re Approached  (ClearanceJobs  – January 2014)
14. Event Denial: If I Don’t Report It, Did It Really Happen?  (RSA Conference – January 2014)
15. Health Care Data Breach Growth in 2014  (IBM MidsizeInsider – January 2014)
16. Preparing for Windows XP End-of-Life  (IBM MidsizeInsider – January 2014)

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2013

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1. Espionage in the Heartland – China and Rice – Prevendra December 2013
2. Data Breach: The Downside of Data Loss for SMBs – IBM MidSize Insider – December 2013
3. IT Security Teams Enable Business – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
4. Security 2014 – Educate and Analyze – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
5. Espionage in the Heartland: China and Corn – Prevendra – December 2013
6. Five tips for a secure trip – For foreign travelers with a clearance  – ClearanceJobs – December 2013
7. IT Security Teams Enable Business – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
8. Data Breach: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield – Two data breaches in five years – Prevendra – December 2013
9. Information Technology at the Strategy Table – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
10. Community Colleges and Data Security – Prevendra – December 2013
11. Customer Loyalty Sweepstakes: The winner engages the customer – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
12. Authentication – Who are you? Your person and device – ClearanceJobs – December 2013
13. Absent Appropriate BYOD Policy, Individual Users May Be IT’s Worst Nightmare – IBM Midsize Insider – December 2013
14. Transparency International measures global corruption – Prevendra – December 2013
15. Data breach in healthcare: University of Washington data breach – Prevendra – November 2013
16. Iranian nuclear accord deserving of skepticism or buying diplomatic space – Prevendra – November 2013
17. Work from home hazards for cleared professionals – ClearanceJobs, October 2013
18. No te dejes ‘pescar’ por las redes del ‘phishing’ – El Huffington Post – November 2013
19. WiFi:  Tres Pasos para conectarse seguro – El Huffington Post – November 2013
20. Practique una buena ‘ciberhigiene’ con su dispositivos – El Huffington Post – November 2013
21. Robo de identidad: aquí está y aquí continuará – El Huffington Post – November 2013
22. Online Privacy and Your Personal Information – ClearanceJobs, October 2013
23. Reputation Management and the Cleared Job Seeker – ClearanceJobs, October 2013
24. Identity Theft: ID Theft is here today, here to stay – Huffington Post – October 2013
25. Social Sharing – A Security Risk? – ClearanceJobs, October 2013
26. Posting Your Resume, What are the Risks? – ClearanceJobs, October 2013
27. Four Steps to Secure Your Smartphone – ClearanceJobs, September 2013
28. Managing Remote Workers in a Defense Industry Office – ClearanceJobs, August 2013
29. How should employers engage with employees on social media – ClearanceJobs, August 2013
30. Employee Off boarding: Three things every employer must do – ClearanceJobs, July 2013
31. Preventing leaks through better relationships – ClearanceJobs  – July 2013
32. Top three goals for new employee on boarding and security briefs – ClearanceJobs – June 2013
33. Duran Adam – El Hombre de Pie – El Huffington Post – June 2013
34. Duran Adam – Standing Man – Huffington Post – June 2013
35. Biggest problem in the US Government classification system today – ClearanceJobs – June 2013
36. Traitor or Patriot, Huffington Post, June 2013
37. China’s intellectual property advance – Prevendra – May 2013
38. China’s Military:  Here we are!, Huffington Post, May 2013
39. Defining the cause of a data breach – Prevendra – May 2013
40. Foreign Travel = Travel Reporting, ClearanceJobs, May 2013
41. ‘Sexting’: los adolescentes lo hacen, ¿y los tuyos?, El Huffington Post, May 2013
42. Inadvertent Disclosure:  Knowing the Risk, CSO Online, May 2013
43. Big Data – La seguridad como elemento indispensable, El Huffington Post, May 2013
44. Top 10 Reasons Your Employee’s Security Clearance Was Rejected, ClearanceJobs, May 2013
45. What’s a data breach, Huffington Post, April 2013
46. Big Data Security is a must have, Prevendra, April 2013
47. NISPOM Training Requirement, Prevendra, March 2013
48. Do What I say, Not What I Do, Children and Mobile Devices, Huffington Post, March 2013
49. Security: Who is responsible, Prevendra, February 2013
50. With ICD10 and ICD11 Looming, Are Coders Still Needed, Healthcare Executive Insight, February 2013
51. Double-Dog Dares. Sexting, Kids Do It, Do Yours?, Huffington Post, February 2013
52. Safer Internet Day 2013: It’s Not Espionage to Know How Your Children are Accessing the Internet, Huffington Post, February 2013
53. Data Privacy Day: Version 2013, Huffington Post, January 2013

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2012

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1. Sensitive Data on Parade, a look at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Huffington Post, December 2012
2. 120 World War II Characters Forever Encrypted, Huffington Post, November 2012
3. Secure the Data! Big Data Analytics Can Help, IDG Connect, November 2012
4. Election 2012: Obama Smoked Romney in Social Networks, Huffington Post, November 2012
5. Election 2012: Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, Lockergnome, October 2012
6. Less Than 30 Days to Election 2012, Huffington Post, October 2012
7. Have No Fear of ICD-10, For the Record, September 2012
8. Compliance Does Not Equal Security, CSO Magazine, June 2012
9. 4 Steps to Follow When Your Credit Card is Compromised, Huffington Post, April 2012
10. Foxcon Hacked (could it be you?), Huffington Post, February 2012
11. Five tips for a Safer Internet Day 2012, Huffington Post, February 2012

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2011

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1. Are Your Health Records At Risk?, Huffington Post, October 2011
2. Wi-Fi Three Steps to Stay Safe, Huffington Post, October 2011
3. Are Your Medical Devices Secure?, Medical Marcom, September 2011
4. Patient Data, the crown jewels, Mayo Clinic, July 2011
5. Social Media: The efficacy of the corporate guide, Cisco, June 2011
6. When”Phish” is Really Fishy, Huffington Post, June 2011
7. Your Name; Your Privacy, Data Privacy Day 2011, Huffington Post, January 2011

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2010

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1. You, Your Data and Its Data Center, Huffington Post, December 2010
2. Out of Control User = Frenetic IT, Cisco, November 2010
3. Are You A Demanding User?, Huffington Post, November 2010
4. Use Horse Sense, Don’t Be a Mule, Huffington Post, October 2010
5. When Your Employee Doesn’t Want to Come to the Office, Cisco, October 2010
6. So You Want to Work Remotely?, Huffington Post, October 2010
7. Social Engineering – A Threat Vector, Cisco, September 2010
8. Grandparents Day – Celebrate your Grandchildren Online, Safely!, Huffington Post, September 2010
9. Back to school Safety Tips – Social Media, Device Security, Malware, Huffington Post, August 2010
10. Time is Now for WiFi Neighborhood Watch Programs, CSO Magazine, July 2010
11. The “Double-Edged Sword” of Location-Based Services, Huffington Post, July 2010
12. Social Media – Security Risks? It Depends Where You Happen to be Sitting, Cisco, June 2010
13. Three Good Reasons to Lock Down Your Wireless Network, Huffington Post, June 2010
14. Happy Mother’s Day!  Tips to Keep Mom’s Laptop Safe, Huffington Post, May 2010
15. The Insider: A Liability or an Asset? CSO Magazine, March 2010
16. Where’s Your data and Can You Actually Get To It?, Huffington Post, March 2010
17. Mail – Got Mail? Got Criminals? – Cisco, February 2010
18. How to Keep Your Privacy Private: January 28, 2010 – Data Privacy Day, Huffington Post, January 2010
19. Data Privacy Day: Playing it Safe Online, January 2010
20. Security – Who is Responsible? Cisco, January 2010

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2006-2009

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A Common Sense Approach to Social Media, Huffington Post, December 2009

Social Elements of Security Policy and Messaging,   CSO Magazine , March 2009

Secrets Stolen? No, just the Intellectual Property. SC Magazine, May 2008

Nation States, Espionage and Counterespionage, An Overview of the 2007 Global Economic Espionage Landscape” CSO Magazine, April 2008
Article: CSO Magazine: March 2008 Edition: “Spy vs. Spy”

“How to Stop Industrial Espionage , CSO Magazine, September 2006

“How to Avoid Intellectual Property Theft, CIO Magazine, July 2006

“Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost CSO Magazine, June 2006