The Compass

An array of perspectives and messages from thought leaders in the business of defense IT and C4ISR and networks.


  • NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber
    NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber

    At last weeks’s Warsaw NATO summit, defense ministers designated cyberspace as an operational domain.

  • Accelerating cyber
    Accelerating cyber

    A number of articles talk about the speed in which the cyber domain in changing.  Well if the last couple of weeks are any indicator, someone must have stepped on the accelerator.  I am not just talking about the cyber threat environment.

  • Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities
    Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities

    The Navy and the U.S. military are right in concluding the need for cyberspace superiority. But will that happen?

  • Cyber intelligence – a big issue
    Cyber intelligence – a big issue

    Today many see cyber intelligence as the only possible hope to get ahead and stay ahead of the continuously changing cyber threatscape. Cyber intelligence is relatively new when compared to the practice of intelligence gathering in general.

  • 5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security
    5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security

    The most effective approach to building a secure nation and safe community involves using methods and technology that foster collaboration.

  • Retaliatory strikes?
    Retaliatory strikes?

    These past few months have caused my mind to spin after seeing two job postings looking for cyber threat analysts.

  • The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR
    The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR

    Evolving software-defined radio (SDR) technology continues to have a significant technological impact on operations for C4ISR.

  • The growing problem of data sabotage
    The growing problem of data sabotage

    Data is a critical component of business, government, our military, and our nation’s economic well-being and defense. That is why it is increasingly at risk.

  • Defining cyberwar: Why now?
    Defining cyberwar: Why now?

    The Senate Armed Services Committee included a cybersecurity “act of war” requirement in the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill.

  • What is sovereignty in cyberspace?
    What is sovereignty in cyberspace?

    Sovereignty in cyberspace is a multi-faceted, complex topic that is of growing interest to many.

  • NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber
    NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber

    At last weeks’s Warsaw NATO summit, defense ministers designated cyberspace as an operational domain.

  • Accelerating cyber
    Accelerating cyber

    A number of articles talk about the speed in which the cyber domain in changing.  Well if the last couple of weeks are any indicator, someone must have stepped on the accelerator.  I am not just talking about the cyber threat environment.

  • Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities
    Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities

    The Navy and the U.S. military are right in concluding the need for cyberspace superiority. But will that happen?

  • Cyber intelligence – a big issue
    Cyber intelligence – a big issue

    Today many see cyber intelligence as the only possible hope to get ahead and stay ahead of the continuously changing cyber threatscape. Cyber intelligence is relatively new when compared to the practice of intelligence gathering in general.

  • 5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security
    5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security

    The most effective approach to building a secure nation and safe community involves using methods and technology that foster collaboration.

  • Retaliatory strikes?
    Retaliatory strikes?

    These past few months have caused my mind to spin after seeing two job postings looking for cyber threat analysts.

  • The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR
    The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR

    Evolving software-defined radio (SDR) technology continues to have a significant technological impact on operations for C4ISR.

  • The growing problem of data sabotage
    The growing problem of data sabotage

    Data is a critical component of business, government, our military, and our nation’s economic well-being and defense. That is why it is increasingly at risk.

  • Defining cyberwar: Why now?
    Defining cyberwar: Why now?

    The Senate Armed Services Committee included a cybersecurity “act of war” requirement in the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill.

  • What is sovereignty in cyberspace?
    What is sovereignty in cyberspace?

    Sovereignty in cyberspace is a multi-faceted, complex topic that is of growing interest to many.

  • NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber
    NATO extends Article 5 powers to cyber

    At last weeks’s Warsaw NATO summit, defense ministers designated cyberspace as an operational domain.

  • Accelerating cyber
    Accelerating cyber

    A number of articles talk about the speed in which the cyber domain in changing.  Well if the last couple of weeks are any indicator, someone must have stepped on the accelerator.  I am not just talking about the cyber threat environment.

  • Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities
    Navy cyber mission highlights DoD-wide realities

    The Navy and the U.S. military are right in concluding the need for cyberspace superiority. But will that happen?

  • Cyber intelligence – a big issue
    Cyber intelligence – a big issue

    Today many see cyber intelligence as the only possible hope to get ahead and stay ahead of the continuously changing cyber threatscape. Cyber intelligence is relatively new when compared to the practice of intelligence gathering in general.

  • 5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security
    5 ways geospatial tech supports safety and security

    The most effective approach to building a secure nation and safe community involves using methods and technology that foster collaboration.

  • Retaliatory strikes?
    Retaliatory strikes?

    These past few months have caused my mind to spin after seeing two job postings looking for cyber threat analysts.

  • The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR
    The impact of software-defined radio on C4ISR

    Evolving software-defined radio (SDR) technology continues to have a significant technological impact on operations for C4ISR.

  • The growing problem of data sabotage
    The growing problem of data sabotage

    Data is a critical component of business, government, our military, and our nation’s economic well-being and defense. That is why it is increasingly at risk.

  • Defining cyberwar: Why now?
    Defining cyberwar: Why now?

    The Senate Armed Services Committee included a cybersecurity “act of war” requirement in the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill.

  • What is sovereignty in cyberspace?
    What is sovereignty in cyberspace?

    Sovereignty in cyberspace is a multi-faceted, complex topic that is of growing interest to many.