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Hardware that is Less Untrusted: Open Source Down to the Silicon

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Hardware that is Less Untrusted: Open Source Down to the Silicon

In an essay out of the workshop "Last Chance: Communicating at the Nuclear Brink," Ron Minnich argues "We can not build on a foundation that is compromised at all levels. There is no visibility into the system's behavior. The existing model assumes perfect software: 'Trust, but don't verify." We need to start anew, from the gates, and work our way up.
CATALINK, central processing unit, chip, computing, CPU, firmware, hardware, IO chips, memory chip, motherboard, NC3, open-source, PC, personal computer, silicon, software, supply chain, UV
June 9, 2020
An Examination of the US NC3 Industrial and Innovation Base

Report

An Examination of the US NC3 Industrial and Innovation Base

Colonel Elvert Gardner examines the U.S. industrial and innovation base, identifying key factors that may militate against innovation and against timely and efficient supply in the US industrial base.
Aquisition, cybersecurity, Department of Defense, DOD, human capital, industrial base, innovation, modernization, National Defense Authorization Act, national security, nuclear, stability, supply chain, United States
June 20, 2019
Counter Nuclear Command, Control and Communications

Report

Counter Nuclear Command, Control and Communications

This report by Carol Ann Jones seeks to introduce the nuclear command, control, and stability framework; collect open source NC3 system information on the eight declared nuclear nations to fill in the framework; describe counter NC3 activities; and introduce a few alternate NC3 approaches that may contribute to nuclear stability.
anti-satellite, bias, C3, command and control, communication, complexity, electromagnetic pulse, launch authority, modernization, NC3, Nuclear Posture Review, special operation, stability, strike, supply chain, threshold, vulnerability, warhead, warning
November 7, 2019