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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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
app.cyberimpact.com
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.
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Ed Snowden replied-all to a supervisor with an all-caps screed and was made to apologize to everyone on the email. His downloading of classified documents began the next day.
The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
Snowden is exactly the person all the shitlibs claimed he was and like every time the shitlibs turn out to be right about one of these guys all the cool kids have just memory holes their years of support for him and pretend they never defended the guy.
August 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ed Snowden replied-all to a supervisor with an all-caps screed and was made to apologize to everyone on the email. His downloading of classified documents began the next day.
The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
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wild how people want to get rid of autistic trans people and think that the Internet would still work
August 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
wild how people want to get rid of autistic trans people and think that the Internet would still work
I'm in the meme phase of this chapter
August 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm in the meme phase of this chapter
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Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States.
TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States.
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This is an entire article about how city employees are barred from speaking to the press without permission and how weird that is for a U.S. city.
It is also incredibly routine and basically the default in Canada….
www.modbee.com/news/politic...
It is also incredibly routine and basically the default in Canada….
www.modbee.com/news/politic...
Modesto’s control of public information raises questions on transparency, access
City says transparency is part of its “brand,” but it keeps a tight grip on employees’ communication with media.
www.modbee.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is an entire article about how city employees are barred from speaking to the press without permission and how weird that is for a U.S. city.
It is also incredibly routine and basically the default in Canada….
www.modbee.com/news/politic...
It is also incredibly routine and basically the default in Canada….
www.modbee.com/news/politic...
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A lone cybercriminal used Anthropic's vibe-coding LLM to automate a massive spree that hacked and extorted 17 companies. It did almost everything for him: Scoped out who to hack and how, organized the hacked material, helped him decide how much to ask each company for and wrote his extortion emails.
A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says
The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies.
www.nbcnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A lone cybercriminal used Anthropic's vibe-coding LLM to automate a massive spree that hacked and extorted 17 companies. It did almost everything for him: Scoped out who to hack and how, organized the hacked material, helped him decide how much to ask each company for and wrote his extortion emails.