National Security Agency Research Directorate's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition →

The National Security Agency's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition has been announced, along with the following Distinguished Experts and other Pertinent Particulars of the Competition (eg., the submittal criteria et cetera). Interested? Read On... A superlative conclave of security luminaries will examine the nominations and provide their specific submittal preferences to the National Security Agency's Research Directorate.

• PROF. L. JEAN CAMP, Indiana University
• DR. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, Lincoln Laboratory
• DR. WHITFIELD DIFFIE, Cybersecurity Advisor
• DR. DAN GEER, In-Q-Tel
• DR. JOHN MCLEAN, Naval Research Laboratory
• PROF. STEFAN SAVAGE, University of California, San Diego
• MR. PHIL VENABLES, Goldman Sachs
• PROF. DAVID WAGNER, University California at Berkeley
• DR. JEANNETTE WING, Columbia University

Here are the all-important dates:

• Submission Period Begins: December 15, 2017
• Submission Period for Entries Ends: March 30, 2018 11:59 PM, EST.
• Evaluation Process for Entries Begins: April 2, 2018
• Winners Notified: By September 14, 2018
• Winners Announced: Fall 2018

The Insectothopter, Lightweight Surveillance from the CIA →

Allison Marsh, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina), succintly writes - via the IEEE's Spectrum Magazine - on a tradecraft tool from the United States Central Intelligence Agency - behold, the Insectothopter. Certainly, a stepping stone to more robust, capable devices that facilitates competent intelligence gathering. Todays' Hardware Must Read!

The Porter

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 7, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017.

Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)

Happy Thanksgiving

Remember our Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Intelligence Services Personnel world wide during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Heroes All.