Author: Jack Koons

Jack KoonsJack Koons is an information technology and cyberspace operations executive focused on cyberwarfare, information warfare, and cybersecurity. Jack has previously served as Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for a global information technology provider, Principal Portfolio Director for Cyberwarfare and Information Operations, and Senior Principal Solutions Architect for Cyberwarfare and Information Warfare. In addition, Jack is a 25-year career (retired) senior United States Department of Defense Cyber Warfare Officer whose globally-spanning operational, management, and leadership assignments include extensive service within the U.S. National Intelligence, Special Operations, and Cyber communities, to include founding member of the U.S. Army’s Cyber Warfare Career Field, U.S. Army Cyber Command, and emergent United States Department of Defense cyberspace and information warfare effort.

From the Winter 2022 Issue

Cybersecurity in the Information Environment

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Today’s cybersecurity is much more than simply a conversation about information technology, operational technology, and data protection. It’s a world of maneuver inside and across the cognitive, virtual, and physical space – the information environment. Today’s security professionals must become comfortable with operating and defending across all three layers, as well as the impact and … Read more

From the Winter 2021 Issue

What’s Wrong with Our Industry? Business Survival and Network Security in Times of Crisis

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Jack Koons, Author,

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Hard Truths Members of the cybersecurity industry need to face a few hard truths: The perimeter as we know it is rapidly dissolving. Your data must now traverse known and unknown (i.e., untrusted) infrastructure and operate on devices no longer considered “corporate”. Identity is the new perimeter – no longer constrained by static routing tables … Read more

From the Fall 2018 Issue

Zero Days and Zero Trust: Microsegmentation and Security in a World of Many

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Jack Koons, Author,

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In a world where the business model is racing to connect everything, security is failing to keep pace. This sets up a dynamic tension within the organization between the network/infrastructure teams and the security teams. We are placing the current crop of CIO, CISO, and CTOs in an almost untenable position, and levying unrealistic requirements … Read more