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Posted on 27th January 201929th January 2019

What does a ‘national cyber shield’ look like?

“In IT security, offensive problems are technical – but most defensive problems are political and organisational.” — Halvar Flake AKA Thomas Dullien

“We do not have a cybersecurity problem. We have a nation state problem.” — Dmitry Alperovitch

“Our choice is no longer between government regulation and no government regulation, but between smart government regulation and ill-advised government regulation.” — Bruce Schneier

The first rule of a national cyber shield is that there’s no cyber shield. There are no borders, fortresses or moats to be breached. It actually works a bit like the immune system. National cyber shields are situational awareness platforms operating at scale, but with an explicit political mandate.

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Pukhraj Singh is a cyber intelligence analyst with 14 years of experience. He has worked with the Indian government and security response teams of global companies.

Pukhraj's brief bio can be acccessed here.

Cyber geo-strategy does not exist as a formal discipline in India. This blog takes a shot at it.

It also curates Pukhraj's publications on cybersecurity spanning a decade. His bylines have appeared in The Indian Express, The Tribune, Huffington Post, BW BusinessWorld, The Quint, and Seminar.

Pukhraj was also recognised as a social activist while running Abroo, a now-defunct sociopolitical initiative for the Dalits of Punjab.

He is open to consulting opportunities.
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