#nationalsecuritypolicy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nationalsecuritypolicy, aggregated by home.social.
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ICE Collecting DNA Samples
ICE collected nearly a million DNA samples last year.... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/ice-collecting-dna-samples.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #homelandsecurity #identification #Uncategorized #databases #DNA #FBI
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Cybersecurity Mission Creep in the US
Interesting paper: “Cybersecurity Mission Creep.”
Abstract: Cybersecurity is experiencing mission creep. Policymakers are casting more ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/cybersecurity-mission-creep-in-the-us.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #academicpapers #Uncategorized #cybersecurity
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On Microsoft’s Lousy Cloud Security
ProPublica has a scoop:
In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecu... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/on-microsofts-lousy-cloud-security.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #securitytheater #cloudcomputing #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #Microsoft
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US Bans All Foreign-Made Consumer Routers
This is for new routers; you don’t have to throw away your existing ones:
The Executive Branch determination noted that foreign-produced routers (1) in... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/us-bans-all-foreign-made-consumer-routers.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #cyberattack #hardware #China
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Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy?
The 2026 US “Cyber Strategy for America” document is mostly the same thing we’ve seen out of the White House for ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-hackback-official-us-cybersecurity-strategy.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #hackback #hacking
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Jailbreaking the F-35 Fighter Jet
Countries around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about their dependencies on the US. If you’ve purchase US-made F-35 fighter jets, you are dependent on the US for software maintenance.
The Dutch Defense Secretary recentl... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/jailbreaking-the-f-35-fighter-jet.html -
US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites
The US National Reconnaissance Office has declassified information about a fleet of spy satellites operating between 1971... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/us-declassifies-information-on-jumpseat-spy-satellites.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #historyofsecurity #Uncategorized #espionage
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The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants
The US Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of geofence warrants.
The case centers on the trial of Okello Chatrie, a Virginia man who p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants.html -
A Cyberattack Was Part of the US Assault on Venezuela
We don’t have many details:
President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technica... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/a-cyberattack-was-part-of-the-us-assault-on-venezuela.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #infrastructure #Uncategorized #cyberattack #kidnapping
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White House Bans WhatsApp – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/white-house-bans-whatsapp-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Cybersecurity #Uncategorized #WhatsApp #Meta
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White House Bans WhatsApp
Reuters is reporting that the White House has banned WhatsApp on all employee devices:
The notice said the “O... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/white-house-bans-whatsapp.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #WhatsApp #Meta
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US as a Surveillance State – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/us-as-a-surveillance-state-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #datacollection #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy
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US as a Surveillance State
Two essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and agg... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/us-as-a-surveillance-state.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #datacollection #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy
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CVE Program Almost Unfunded
Mitre’s CVE’s program—which provides common naming and other informational resources about cybersecurity vulnerabilities—was about to <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3963190/cve-program-faces-swift-end-after-dhs-... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/cve-program-almost-unfunded.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #vulnerabilities #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #DHS
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Arguing Against CALEA – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/arguing-against-calea-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Cybersecurity #eavesdropping #Uncategorized #Telecom #CALEA
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Arguing Against CALEA
At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upload... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/arguing-against-calea.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #eavesdropping #telecom #CALEA
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DIRNSA Fired
In “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote:
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
<p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/dirnsa-fired.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy #NSA
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DOGE as a National Cyberattack – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/doge-as-a-national-cyberattack-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Cybersecurity #Uncategorized #Breaches #hacking
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DOGE as a National Cyberattack
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionai... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/doge-as-a-national.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #breaches #hacking
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US Treasury Department Sanctions Chinese Company Over Cyberattacks – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/us-treasury-department-sanctions-chinese-company-over-cyberattacks-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #Cyberattack #China
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US Treasury Department Sanctions Chinese Company Over Cyberattacks
From the Washington Post:
The <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/us-treasury-department-sanctions-chinese-company-over-cyberattacks.html -
The Scale of Geoblocking by Nation – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/the-scale-of-geoblocking-by-nation-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #nationalsecuritypolicy #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #academicpapers #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy #Cuba'
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The Scale of Geoblocking by Nation https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/the-scale-of-geoblocking-by-nation.html #nationalsecuritypolicy #academicpapers #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy #Cuba
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The Scale of Geoblocking by Nation
Interesting analysis:
We introduce and explore a little-known threat to digital equality and freedomwebsites geoblock... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/the-scale-of-geoblocking-by-nation.html#nationalsecuritypolicy #academicpapers #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy #Cuba