Short Takes – 4-19-23

Enforcement of Cybersecurity Regulations: Part 3. LawFareBlog.com post. Pull quote: “As cybersecurity assumes the role in economic stability that integrity of the banking system or the reliability of the stock exchanges have long had, regulators will need to expand their inspections or examinations capability. The TSA and other sector-specific regulators will be hard pressed to find personnel capable of performing meaningful cybersecurity inspections. But that is no reason not to start…. In all those sectors, the government has built up extensive inspections or monitoring capabilities, with undeniable benefits to reliability, safety, and economic development. So too it can—and must—for critical infrastructure cybersecurity.”

As counterspace weapons ‘proliferate,’ the new cold war for space races forward: studies. BreakingDefense.com article. Pull quote: ““If you’ve got a constellation of a couple thousand satellites or you’ve got hundreds of commercial imaging satellites, destructive weapons are not all that useful in countering those because if you take out one or two, it doesn’t really have an effect,” he said.”

China readies supersonic spy drone unit, leaked document says. WashingtonPost.com article. Pull quote: “A secret document from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which has not previously been reported, shows the Chinese military is making technological advances that could help it target American warships around Taiwan and military bases in the region.” So, maybe the US Air Force needs to re-field the YF-12.