#065 - Cyber AI Chronicle - Cybersecurity Isn’t Political—Until It Is

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Cyber AI Chronicle

By Simon Ganiere · 4^th May 2025

Welcome back!

📓 Editor's Note

Back after a two-weeks break! Very refreshing and it was good to disconnect and focus on the holidays and the family for a couple of weeks. Obviously, the threat landscape and the AI news did not stop so below is a summary of what I have read to catch up.

Let's dive straight into the main point: the disruption caused by the US Cyber Command and CISA in the United States is significant. The current administration has taken direct actions against prominent cybersecurity figures, such as Chris Krebs. It's crucial to emphasize that politicizing cybersecurity is a grave mistake, as these professionals were simply fulfilling their duties. Thinking the consequences of this will be limited to the US is an obvious mistake - they will be global and we had a near miss with the funding for the CVE databases which would have been catastrophic for the whole industry.

As Jen Easterly, former CISA Director, wisely stated, “our greatest vulnerability isn't a software flaw; it's a breach in our civic integrity.”

Stay cyber safe out there! and May the 4th be with you 😆 

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