On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Heather Penney, senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies who is the coauthor of “Speed is Life: Accelerating the Air Force’s Ability to Adapt and Win,” discusses how to improve US Air Force cyber capabilities; and Justin Sherman, Wired magazine contributor and Atlantic Council fellow, discusses takeaways from his new report “Cyber Defense Across the Ocean Floor: The Geopolitics of Submarine Cable Security” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Emma Schroeder, an assistant director at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and Simon Handler, a senior fellow with the intiative, discuss the new paper they co-authored — with initiative director Dr. Trey Herr and intern Frances Schroeder — “Countering Ransomware: Lessons from Aircraft Hijacking,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Lt. Gen. Tim Haugh, USAF, commander of the Sixteenth Air Force, discusses his priorities for the command that was reconstituted in 2019 to oversee intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, analysis, electronic and cyber warfare, improving cyber defenses and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Karl Wagner, a 30-year CIA veteran…

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Cy Alba, a partner with the PilieroMazza law firm, discusses the legal implications of President Biden’s cyber executive order, key upcoming events, impact on prime and sub contractors, improving the supply chain, the outlook for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification process and the role of cyber in the boardroom with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dr. Jim Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses next cyber steps for the Biden administration, securing the supply chain and insurance and cyberspace; and John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security also discusses key deadlines facing the national security cyber community, assuring the integrity of software and hardware supply chains and ensuring a level playing field with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Chris Cleary, the US Navy’s principal cyber adviser, and Josh O’Sullivan, the chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm Ardalyst, from the sidelines of the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference and trade show discuss the kind of relationship needed between government and industry to improve the nation’s cyber security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Our coverage of this year’s Sea-Air-Space was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries and GE Marine and our naval coverage is sponsored by Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Adm. Mike Rogers, USN Ret., the former director of the National Security Agency and first commander of US Cyber Command who is now the chairman of the advisory board of cybersecurity firm Claroty, discusses President Biden’s new directive on cyber security and infrastructure, how leaders and followers need to think about a rapidly changing cyber ecosystem, Joint Chief Vice Chairman Gen. John Hyten’s comments that DoD must rethink war planning and capabilities after US forces lost an October wargame that simulated defending Taiwan against Chinese attack, responding to Russian ransomware attacks and deterring China with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Chris Painter, America’s first chief cyber diplomat during the Obama administration and who is now with the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, discusses what’s next now that the United States, NATO, the EU and allies have agreed to expose Beijing’s malicious cyber activities, countering China and Russia in cyberspace, tackling ransomware attacks as a national security priority, and the challenge posed by spyware in the wake of news reports alleging that products by Israel’s NSO Group has been used against government leaders and journalists worldwide with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dmitri Alperovich, the co-founder and former CTO of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike who is now the cofounder and executive chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security, and Justin Sherman of Wired Magazine and the Atlantic Council think tank who just authored a new paper “Reassessing RuNet: Russian internet isolation and implications for Russian cyber behavior,” discuss the largest ransomware attacks on record by Russia’s ReVil group, what the Biden administration must do next to better either deter Moscow or force it to crack down on domestic cyber criminal groups, improving defenses against ransomware attacks, and authoritarian states and the internet with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.