Author: Adam Firestone

adam-firestone-2018Adam Firestone is the Editor-in-Chief of United States Cybersecurity Magazine as well as a member of the Security Industry Association’s Cyber Advisory Board. Mr. Firestone has more than 22 years of experience in the security, defense, intelligence, and government contracting industries. He is an accomplished solutions architect, senior engineering executive with experience in advanced cryptology and identity management technologies, has led a cybersecurity organization, and the defense and federal subsidiary of a global Cloud-native middleware company. Mr. Firestone has a patented invention for ensuring multi-level data security. Additionally, Mr. Firestone is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. He graduated from Yale University, is a former United States Army officer, and also possesses a legal background, having practiced law in New York.

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From the Summer 2016 Issue

Identity and Access Management: The Quiet Disruption in Security Engineering

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Adam Firestone, Editor-in-Chief , United States Cybersecurity Magazine

We are on the cusp of a revolution in information security engineering. Even a cursory glance at the security technoscape shows a shift away from perimeter-based defenses and their electronic ramparts, bastions, and moats, toward mechanisms that automatically regulate access to data resources and processing functionality in real time. This is consistent with and reflective … Read more

From the Summer 2016 Issue

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Adam Firestone, Editor-in-Chief , United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Hello, It’s my great pleasure and honor to accept the role of Editor-in-Chief of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine. Cybersecurity presents a challenge unique in the history of our country. Over the last forty years, a distinctly American public-private partnership has resulted in a multifaceted technological, economic, military, social, and creative boom that has transformed … Read more

From the Winter 2016 Issue

Rejecting Anonymity: Confronting the Internet’s Insecure Architecture

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Adam Firestone, Editor-in-Chief , United States Cybersecurity Magazine

In @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex, Shane Harris wrote:  The Internet offered a cloak of anonymity. Anyone could set up an e-mail address with a fake name using Google or Hotmail, which had millions of customers and kept their data in repositories located around the world. Those people were hard enough to find. … Read more

From the Spring 2015 Issue

Cyber Maturity It’s Time to Be Accountable for Our Own Destiny

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Adam Firestone, Editor-in-Chief , United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Security professionals are a quiet bunch. It’s rare for them to publicly discuss known vulnerabilities used to attack targeted organizations. There are many reasons for this reticence. For one, a professionally laconic demeanor is standard issue in a group for whom operational security is a way of life. For another, today’s victim may very well … Read more