Are New Defense Companies Giving Away Sensitive Info Through Marketing?

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“Loose lips sink ships.” It was catchy, memorable, and above all, true. That wisdom feels incompatible with Silicon Valley’s culture and business model, yet today’s national security strategy depends on it. By oversharing, emerging defense companies may be undermining the very deterrence to which they hope to be contributing.For much of the past 30 years, U.S. deterrence was straightforward: reveal to deter and conceal to win. Put simply, the United States had the biggest stick, and just brandishing it was enough. The world is no longer that clear. A peer adversary now matches or surpasses U.S. capacity in key areas.The post Are New Defense Companies Giving Away Sensitive Info Through Marketing? appeared first on War on the Rocks.