Dr. Dave Venable

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

This isn’t neutrality. It’s strategy.

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s break down the hidden supply chain /1

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

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

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

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

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

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“Spanish Government creates new classification category: REL PRC”

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

Come on, people 🙄

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

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

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New from ISRS Chair @davevenable.com for @thecipherbrief.bsky.social

The next war won’t target cities, it will target chokepoints.

Critical infrastructure is now the frontline of strategic disruption. Read why resilience is the new deterrence:

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The Next War Won’t Target Cities, It Will Target Choke Points. OPINION — In the age of strategic disruption, critical infrastructure is both the terrain and the target. The West’s optimization of systems for efficiency and scale has inadvertently created a landsc...

My latest article for @thecipherbrief.bsky.social

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Here's what you need to understand about the Israel-Iran Escalation:

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🇺🇸 Honoring 250 Years of Service 🇺🇸
The ISRS team is incredibly honored to join senior leadership at Fort Bragg to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

It was a powerful reminder of the enduring importance of transatlantic unity, defense cooperation, and strategic resilience.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 -- 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗰?

Ukraine’s recent drone strike campaign revealed more than military capability, it exposed a strategic shift in how war is planned, fought, and won.

New Flashpoint Briefing: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/flashpoi...

At what point does anyone actually envision Trump planning on Elon saying he was in the Epstein files and being cool with it?

But it does demonstrate the increase in scale of that enduring tactical approach

Reminder that anything Russia does next is NOT a “response” to Ukraine’s attack. Ukraine’s drone attack was a response to Russia’s sustained war on Ukraine for the last 3 years.

🛰️ 117 drones. 5 airbases. A new era of asymmetric warfare.

Our latest 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 breaks down how low-cost, high-impact tactics are redrawing the lines of deterrence, vulnerability, and military power.

Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/fpb1

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Exciting News! ISRS Board Member Brigham McCown will join Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy in a fireside chat at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on June 3, 2025, in Anchorage. Together, they’ll explore the intersection of sustainable energy, national security, and strategic infrastructure.

Today, ISRS participated in strategic intelligence and security discussions with the Spanish Senate. We are working together for a safer, more resilient future.

NSA to cut up to 2,000 civilian roles as part of intel community downsizing The agency is expected to make the cuts by the end of year, however that deadline could change as it is tied to the Defense Department’s broader push to reduce its budget by 8 percent in each of the n...

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a man is talking to a police officer in a courtroom and says `` i 'm well-versed in bird law '' ALT: a man is talking to a police officer in a courtroom and says `` i 'm well-versed in bird law ''

Is this like bird law?

Very excited to be joining!

What's the best way to share slide decks or image carousels of around ~10 slides on BlueSky? Or is there one?

Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people famili...

The real story here is that SECDEF is using the linked devices feature of Signal, which has known vulnerabilities

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