Space Nick Reese Space Nick Reese

Companies are planning to build space critical infrastructure. Can space policy keep up?

Building space policy is hard enough. It’s harder when trying to make a future-focused policy decision based on abstract concepts. That’s really the problem with the space critical infrastructure conversation, isn’t it? When we talk about space services, we look at what we know, which is low Earth orbit (LEO), and services provided from LEO assets to Earth. We talk considerably less about cislunar travel or interplanetary travel even though there are plans for both in the less than distant future. The difference is that one is real today and one is abstract.

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Cyber Nick Reese Cyber Nick Reese

Attack season

This post explores how a cyberattack against Smart Agriculture systems in strategic areas can cause significant economic, food security, and public trust issues if timed correctly. This outline provides specific guidance for cybersecurity officials in communities with Smart Agriculture to focus on their vulnerabilities and the right time of year when a cyberattack would have maximum impact.

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Municipal Chaos: How Chaos Theory Explains Cyberattacks Against Smart City Architectures

When a linear act leads to non-linear results, it’s chaos. That’s not a figure of speech. Non-linear behaviors that result from an otherwise linear and deterministic system underpin chaos theory, a fascinating branch of mathematics and life sciences that results in amazing insights into our world. It shows how tiny actions in an otherwise linear system can cause dramatic effects and even outcomes that we cannot otherwise predict.

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Space Nick Reese Space Nick Reese

The Economic case for a Space Critical Infrastructure model

The utility of space-based services and information is beyond reproach, as reflected in the increasing demand for space services on the part of Earthlings. So great is the demand that space systems are being (or already have been) integrated into all manner of Earthly functions, from driving directions to military operations. Few of those familiar with the space economy would doubt how increasingly critical it is to our life on terra firma.

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A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

Quoted in the article.

Donald Trump's opposition to “woke” safety standards for artificial intelligence would likely mean the dismantling of regulations that protect Americans from misinformation, discrimination, and worse.

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Cyber Nick Reese Cyber Nick Reese

Riskgaming Podcast: The how and why of the most successful supply-chain attack in history

The recent supply-chain attack on Hezbollah exemplifies the evolving nature of threats, integrating technology to cause physical harm rather than mere cyber intrusion. Emerging technologies and public-private partnerships are crucial for addressing national security challenges and enhancing the resilience of supply chains against sophisticated attacks

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Better Satellite world Podcast: UAPs

The question “are we alone?” has never been fully answered. With each image and data set arriving back from Hubble and James Webb the frivolous, Sci-Fi cultural expression of alien life is less frivolous. There is an anxiety about our place in the Universe and it impacts our human community in many ways.

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