i wish i was less of a bard and more of an amanuensis monk, but every time i sit at my puter to write something that’s not immediate work, i struggle.
and then inspiration hits. so here’s the index of my master’s thesis (1 of 2).
on strategic persistence in cyberspace
introduction
- technical origins and limited definition
- the thesis
- structure
1. persistence at the tactical level
- prelude. international law, law of armed conflict, and “acceptable espionage”
- broadening our view of tactical persistence: physical cyber infrastructure
2. persistence at the operational level
- prelude. the trouble with attribution
- operational persistence and supply chain shenanigans
3. persistence at the strategic level
- prelude. tech is political and cyber is a space
- strategic persistence: the regulator/engineer divide
conclusions
- implications for intelligence
- implications for strategy
we rollin