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            • Baughman - PLA Rocket Force's New Normal
            • Billingsley - Liability and the 2023 National Security Strategy
            • Kaye - Augmenting Threat Hunting Using Threat Intelligence
            • Draeger - The Autopilot Problem
            • Verma - Our Own Con
            • DePeppe - Combating Lawfare via Web3
            • Rhodes Morris - Recruit, Train and Retain
            • Morgan - MCPA Minnesota Fall Mixer
            • Billingsley - Announcing our Inaugural National President
            • Bustamante - Senior Cyber Leaders
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            • Rubinstein - DevSecOps or Defeat
            • Billingsley - BOA 2021 Dinner
            • Baughman - Attacking the Metaverse
            • Stewart - DevOps for NetOps
            • Vanatta - Envisioning Future WMD
            • Welles - Packet Capture is Back
            • Pena - Schrodinger in Space
            • Lozovsky - Army JROTC Cyber Kickoff
            • Baughman - China Blue Army Metaverse
            • Lockwood - Countering PRC Information Warfare
            • VanderLeest - Ransomware an Act of War?
            • Renda - STEM Education and Globalization
            • Rhodes - Information Operations in Defense Support to Civil Authorities
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Featured Articles

Hacking, Education: Teaching Offensive Cyber 

Science in College

By David J. Ortiz  

November 22, 2025

America’s colleges excel at teaching cyber defense but leave offensive skills in the shadows. This article argues it’s time to bring hacking into the classroom to build a balanced cyber workforce. 


(Image by David Ortiz)

Cyberlawfare: A New U.N. Treaty Will Facilitate Cyberespionage Under Color of Law

By Jeffrey E. Zinsmeister

September 22, 2025

A new United Nations cybercrime treaty, backed by authoritarian regimes, threatens to legitimize cyberespionage under the guise of international law. This treaty could undermine democratic norms and empower state surveillance across borders. 


(Image: Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization)

Ten Takeaways from the VICEROY CySER  

Summer Workshop 2025

By Assefaw Gebremedhin and James Crabb

September 16, 2025

Students were immersed in cybersecurity education through hands-on demos, field trips, and industry panels. CySER is a mission driven program to educate the next generation of military and national defense-aligned civilian workforce in cybersecurity. 


(Image: Students participating in the cyber-physical systems security hands-on demonstration during the CySER Summer Workshop 2025.

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