Alex Rudolph
@cyberincontext.ca
I research and publish on Canadian cyber defence policy, focusing on CAFCYBERCOM. CGAI/Triple Helix & NAADSN Fellow.
Carleton University PhD(ABD): Doctrine & Force Structures of Cyber Conflict
I run Canadian Cyber in Context: cyberincontext.ca
Carleton University PhD(ABD): Doctrine & Force Structures of Cyber Conflict
I run Canadian Cyber in Context: cyberincontext.ca
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Can we stop having most big hacker conferences in the U.S. please, as only people who support Trump publicly will be allowed into the country from overseas.
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Can we stop having most big hacker conferences in the U.S. please, as only people who support Trump publicly will be allowed into the country from overseas.
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The names of two partial owners of contractor firms linked to China's Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for Cisco's "Networking Academy" global training program—years before those hackers targeted Cisco's devices in their sweeping spy campaign. www.wired.com/story/2-men-...
2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’
The names of two partial owners of firms linked to the Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for a Cisco training program—years before the group targeted Cisco’s devices in a spy campaign...
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The names of two partial owners of contractor firms linked to China's Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for Cisco's "Networking Academy" global training program—years before those hackers targeted Cisco's devices in their sweeping spy campaign. www.wired.com/story/2-men-...
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Canada is pushing the idea of “digital sovereignty,” yet a Canadian court just disregarded France’s own data sovereignty law.
This case has major implications for cross-border data access and cloud service providers. youtu.be/L2Mk9z1nKzQ
This case has major implications for cross-border data access and cloud service providers. youtu.be/L2Mk9z1nKzQ
What digital sovereignty? How a Canadian Court is forcing a French company to break French law
YouTube video by PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser
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December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Canada is pushing the idea of “digital sovereignty,” yet a Canadian court just disregarded France’s own data sovereignty law.
This case has major implications for cross-border data access and cloud service providers. youtu.be/L2Mk9z1nKzQ
This case has major implications for cross-border data access and cloud service providers. youtu.be/L2Mk9z1nKzQ
In light of recent discussion of Arctic communications, I'm reminded of a book chapter I wrote on the CAF in the Arctic and the risks of relying on satellite communications.
TL;DR: Don't expect to be able to use satellite comms in a conflict
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
TL;DR: Don't expect to be able to use satellite comms in a conflict
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
The Canadian Armed Forces' Arctic Pan-Domain Command and Control Cyber
The Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have begun widespread digital transformation with the aim of being a digitally modern
www.taylorfrancis.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In light of recent discussion of Arctic communications, I'm reminded of a book chapter I wrote on the CAF in the Arctic and the risks of relying on satellite communications.
TL;DR: Don't expect to be able to use satellite comms in a conflict
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
TL;DR: Don't expect to be able to use satellite comms in a conflict
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Canada's cyber defence public-private partnership is more private than public, argues @cyberincontext.ca
What's happening with the Canadian Cyber Defence Collective?
Canada's cyber defence public-private partnership is more private than public
www.cyberincontext.ca
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canada's cyber defence public-private partnership is more private than public, argues @cyberincontext.ca
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It’s official — the Policy Village schedule for #BSidesOttawa is now posted. Join sessions where security, policy, and innovation meet.
🔗 bsidesottawa.ca/policy-villa...
#PublicPolicy #CyberSecurity #BSides
🔗 bsidesottawa.ca/policy-villa...
#PublicPolicy #CyberSecurity #BSides
Policy Village - BSidesOttawa
Policy Village is not about corporate policies such as Acceptable Use Policy… Nor is it about implementing technical controls or anything like that. Rather, it’s about understanding the ways that…
bsidesottawa.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It’s official — the Policy Village schedule for #BSidesOttawa is now posted. Join sessions where security, policy, and innovation meet.
🔗 bsidesottawa.ca/policy-villa...
#PublicPolicy #CyberSecurity #BSides
🔗 bsidesottawa.ca/policy-villa...
#PublicPolicy #CyberSecurity #BSides
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Cyber resilience starts local.
Hear Shelly Bruce on grassroots cybersecurity at Policy Village, BSides Ottawa.
#CyberSecurity #Grassroots
Hear Shelly Bruce on grassroots cybersecurity at Policy Village, BSides Ottawa.
#CyberSecurity #Grassroots
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Cyber resilience starts local.
Hear Shelly Bruce on grassroots cybersecurity at Policy Village, BSides Ottawa.
#CyberSecurity #Grassroots
Hear Shelly Bruce on grassroots cybersecurity at Policy Village, BSides Ottawa.
#CyberSecurity #Grassroots
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Policy Village at BSides Ottawa! A space where cybersecurity pros & policymakers connect. No tech workshops, no politics—just meaningful dialogue about how public policy impacts our field. All experience levels welcome! bsidesottawa.ca/ #BSidesOttawa #Cybersecurity
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Policy Village at BSides Ottawa! A space where cybersecurity pros & policymakers connect. No tech workshops, no politics—just meaningful dialogue about how public policy impacts our field. All experience levels welcome! bsidesottawa.ca/ #BSidesOttawa #Cybersecurity
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Bridging the gap between hackers & policymakers at BSides Ottawa's Policy Village. Dedicated time for dialogue, networking & understanding how government policy shapes cybersecurity. Bring your curiosity! Visit bsidesottawa.ca/ #InfoSec #PublicPolicy #BSidesOttawa
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Bridging the gap between hackers & policymakers at BSides Ottawa's Policy Village. Dedicated time for dialogue, networking & understanding how government policy shapes cybersecurity. Bring your curiosity! Visit bsidesottawa.ca/ #InfoSec #PublicPolicy #BSidesOttawa
The Auditor General of Canada released a report on the federal government's cyber security. A lot are making a big deal out of it, but it's honestly not that bad. A lot of what we already knew, but I think this means I need to write why.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
Cyber Security of Government Networks and Systems
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Auditor General of Canada released a report on the federal government's cyber security. A lot are making a big deal out of it, but it's honestly not that bad. A lot of what we already knew, but I think this means I need to write why.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
The Government of Canada wants to invest in AI and cloud data centres. Their mixed signals suggest they may not fully understand what this entails yet.
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadas-mi...
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadas-mi...
Canada's Mixed Signals on AI and Cloud Could Doom Both
Prime Minister Carney's government have signaled great interest in both AI and cloud data centres. Do they have the stomach to do both?
www.cyberincontext.ca
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Government of Canada wants to invest in AI and cloud data centres. Their mixed signals suggest they may not fully understand what this entails yet.
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadas-mi...
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadas-mi...
This isn't the only bill that would give Trump sweeping new authorities.
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/america-wa...
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/america-wa...
September 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This isn't the only bill that would give Trump sweeping new authorities.
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/america-wa...
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/america-wa...
> No serious investment in Canadian cloud for defence
> Canadians when they find out the Canadian government and military rely on American cloud providers
> Canadians when they find out the Canadian government and military rely on American cloud providers
Surprised Pikachu GIF
ALT: Surprised Pikachu GIF
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
> No serious investment in Canadian cloud for defence
> Canadians when they find out the Canadian government and military rely on American cloud providers
> Canadians when they find out the Canadian government and military rely on American cloud providers
Since sovereign cloud is in the news again today...
The call for sovereign Canadian cloud just got stronger
Microsoft rep confirms fear that US Cloud Act legal requests would require providing data even if hosted in other countries, regardless of their laws
Major implications for data residency and sovereignty
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/microsoft-...
Microsoft rep confirms fear that US Cloud Act legal requests would require providing data even if hosted in other countries, regardless of their laws
Major implications for data residency and sovereignty
www.cyberincontext.ca/p/microsoft-...
Microsoft Admits: US Law Supersedes Canadian Sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US laws come before other country's sovereignty
www.cyberincontext.ca
September 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Since sovereign cloud is in the news again today...
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Great scoop from @martinmatishak.bsky.social: The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, bowing to the reality of the enormous complexity of the task.
Cyber Command, NSA to remain under single leader as officials shelve plan to end 'dual hat'
Sources tell Recorded Future News that top Trump administration officials have accepted that splitting up the leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency would prove too lengthy ...
therecord.media
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Great scoop from @martinmatishak.bsky.social: The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, bowing to the reality of the enormous complexity of the task.
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The Pentagon depends on commercial clouds without a doctrine to defend them. That gap is a liability rivals will exploit.
Data Centers on the 21st Century Battlefield
The most decisive infrastructure of the twenty-first century isn’t an aircraft carrier floating in the Pacific or buried in a missile silo. It hums
warontherocks.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Pentagon depends on commercial clouds without a doctrine to defend them. That gap is a liability rivals will exploit.
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Dangerous thing about LLMs is not that they produce PhD level work. They don’t.
It’s that they produce junior researcher level work. Flawed but decent material you can work with.
So you ditch your farm team to save money. 10 years later your senior researcher bullpen is empty and you’re cooked 1/3
It’s that they produce junior researcher level work. Flawed but decent material you can work with.
So you ditch your farm team to save money. 10 years later your senior researcher bullpen is empty and you’re cooked 1/3
September 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Dangerous thing about LLMs is not that they produce PhD level work. They don’t.
It’s that they produce junior researcher level work. Flawed but decent material you can work with.
So you ditch your farm team to save money. 10 years later your senior researcher bullpen is empty and you’re cooked 1/3
It’s that they produce junior researcher level work. Flawed but decent material you can work with.
So you ditch your farm team to save money. 10 years later your senior researcher bullpen is empty and you’re cooked 1/3
Posting Woods of Ypres until @canadianshieldinstitute.ca includes them in their newsletter.
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Woods of Ypres - Traveling Alone (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Earache Catalog
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September 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Posting Woods of Ypres until @canadianshieldinstitute.ca includes them in their newsletter.
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In a DoD shake-up, Ashley Manning, the principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, and Jonathan Owen, the acting deputy assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense integration and defense support to civil authorities, have left the Pentagon.
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In a DoD shake-up, Ashley Manning, the principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, and Jonathan Owen, the acting deputy assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense integration and defense support to civil authorities, have left the Pentagon.
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
New information from @canadianshieldinstitute.ca in their first "The National Interest" newsletter
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...
Introducing The National Interest from the Canadian SHIELD Institute
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September 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New information from @canadianshieldinstitute.ca in their first "The National Interest" newsletter
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...
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“Less shy. More aggressive.”
BDC is preparing a 360-degree plan to support Canada’s defence tech ecosystem—from dual-use startups to indirect fund investments.
BDC is preparing a 360-degree plan to support Canada’s defence tech ecosystem—from dual-use startups to indirect fund investments.
Isabelle Hudon says BDC plans to support Canadian defence tech in “a more aggressive way”
As the feds prep to accelerate defence spending, president and CEO Isabelle Hudon says that BDC is gearing up to serve Canada’s defence tech sector in “a less shy” and “more aggressive way.”
betakit.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Less shy. More aggressive.”
BDC is preparing a 360-degree plan to support Canada’s defence tech ecosystem—from dual-use startups to indirect fund investments.
BDC is preparing a 360-degree plan to support Canada’s defence tech ecosystem—from dual-use startups to indirect fund investments.
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The House Homeland bill to renew the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been dubbed the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act, or WIMWIG: www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
GovInfo
Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
www.govinfo.gov
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The House Homeland bill to renew the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been dubbed the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act, or WIMWIG: www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
My fellow neurodivergent hackers are in shambles.
Hackers Are Sophisticated & Impatient — That Can Be Good www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...
Hacker Impatience Can Be a Good Thing
You can't negotiate with hackers from a place of fear — but you can turn their urgency against them with the right playbook, people, and preparation.
www.darkreading.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My fellow neurodivergent hackers are in shambles.
A key paper I have been trying to track down has so far only been found on a malware analysis website because someone submitted it to test it for malware.
a cartoon character sits on a bus with an emergency exit sign behind him
ALT: a cartoon character sits on a bus with an emergency exit sign behind him
media.tenor.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A key paper I have been trying to track down has so far only been found on a malware analysis website because someone submitted it to test it for malware.