Twelve Tables

WYSK

WYSK: 05/26/2023

This Week: OGT: Governance! 1. 'Flee Emirates'; 2. Debt Ceiling; 3. Social Teens; 4. Metaverse Informers.

QuickThoughts

Le Grand K - Our Need for a Moral Constant

Cooperation requires common standards, but how do we address this when it comes to morality and society?

How-to

Taking notes with Obsidian

Obsidian is a powerful note-taking application, but with a bit of a learning curve. This post provides a brief overview and detailed setup instructions.

Cybersecurity

Open Source and Apple Pie

Software security can be achieved through liability; companies must be responsible for software they choose to adopt.

Cybersecurity

Critical Infrastructure Security

A quick US Critical Infrastructure Security primer, largely based on a report from the Congressional Research Service. What is Critical Infrastructure Security, what regulations govern it, and how has it been done so far?

Governance

Biodiversity Losses

The earth is losing biodiversity at a catastrophic rate during Earth's 6th mass extinction event. Urgent action is needed to slow and reverse the effects that we can.

Governance

Section 230: Reinterpret, don't Abolish

When they provide a curated subset of the content they believe will be most relevant or meaningful, companies create new content and become Information Content Providers as defined in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Cybersecurity

Taking down 'the grid:' simple is strong

A third viewpoint in OT security discussions: disrupting OT processes is technically complex, but there are easier ways to impact OT. Simple attacks are not the gravest threat to OT, but they are the most under-estimated threat to OT.

Christianity

Isaiah 29:13-16

Learning from Isaiah how to love God personally, depend on Him, and submit to His plans.

Hacking

Hacking/Infosec Resources

Hacking resources: links, tutorials, courses, and books on security. This post will continue to be updated with new resources.

QuickThoughts

The Rubicon Theory of Social Media

Social media's stated function as a vehicle for relationship and connection is generally inaccurate. Instead, social media's structure most often causes users' mindsets to become more aggressive, overconfident, and less rational.

Cybersecurity

Ransomware as Pain: heeding pain stimuli for survival

Ransomware is currently providing a pain stimulus to our country; the US has an opportunity to take action to avoid larger impacts. If the US responds poorly to that stimulus, the outcome will be fatal.

Cybersecurity

Ransomware Get-well plan

The US Government should pursue five policies through legislation, investment, and action, to drive the right incentives for asset-owners to improve security.

QuickThoughts

Counterfeits Unknown: Deepfakes of Anthony Bourdain

Deepfakes present greater risk to societal cohesion through our entertainment than they do through disinformation.

Cybersecurity

Regulation and Ransomware: Fix the *Right* Problem

Any ransomware solutions dictated to industry that fail to primarily address the business side will be ineffective at best, and are most likely to be costly, ineffective, and burn political capital with industry and voters.

Governance

Dances with Wolves: A Response to Nick Clegg's 'It Takes Two to Tango'

There are three critical issues with Clegg's analysis of Facebook that need to be considered.

QuickThoughts

From Globalization to Factionalization

Several years ago we reached 'peak globalization' and since then we are rapidly descending into a factionalized world. Freedom-loving governments must adapt to this new reality.

Governance

Form Letter to Respond to Belarusian Crimes / Hijacking of Flight 4978

Tell your congressmember that the US should require the release of Roman Protasevitch and Sofia Sapega.

Hacking

Wrapper Development for Mythic C2

This how-to walks through building a generic C# wrapper for Mythic C2 version 2.1

Governance

Taxes, Wealth, and Patriotism

The wealthiest Americans are facing lower taxes than their lower-income fellow citizens. The beliefs underpinning the policies causing this imbalance are un-American, foolhardy, and defeatist.

Governance

Letter to the Editor

I wanted to write to you in response to the Editor's letter from the April 17 issue. I agree with much of what you wrote, but I was struck by the portion: "Given how well technology has worked where much else has failed, I now wish we'd left more in the hands of technology companies."

Governance

Political Christianity

The Rise of ‘Christianism’ in America: in many ways, Christianity in America today is being transformed into a ‘Christianism’ that bears striking resemblances to Islamism.