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Dec 8, 2025 
Tim Starks, a senior reporter at CyberScoop, dives into President Trump's impending cybersecurity strategy and its implications. He reveals the assertive 'America First' tone of the strategy aimed at showcasing U.S. power in cyberspace. Starks discusses concerns over the brevity of the draft and whether its leak was intentional. He also delves into the challenges facing Sean Plankey's nomination to CISA, connecting it to broader issues in cybersecurity and Coast Guard reform. The conversation illuminates critical aspects of national cybersecurity policy.
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Cyber As Economic Power
- The new National Security Strategy reframes cyber as an economic and industrial tool, not just a defensive domain.
- It elevates supply-chain control, re-industrialization, and standards-setting as core cyber priorities.
Democracy Deprioritized Changes Alliances
- The NSS's reduced focus on democracy may loosen constraints on partners that use surveillance and censorship.
- That shift could increase tolerance for digital repression and complicate allied coordination.
Prompt Injection Is Fundamentally Hard
- The UK's NCSC warns prompt injection may be an intractable risk for LLMs because models don't separate instructions from data.
- Widespread generative AI deployment could trigger major breaches without strict limits and risk management.