The Washington Times ran my
piece on cyber warfare and Frederick Forsyth’s The Fox.
The House of Representatives voted unanimously
to create the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The act passed the Senate in October
and now goes to the president’s desk for his signature.
According to DHS, the CISA
Act will reorganize the National Protection and Programs Directorate into a new
agency and prioritize its mission as the federal leader for cyber and physical
infrastructure security.
As I read the DHS press
release, I thought of Frederick Forsyth's timely thriller, “The Fox,” which I had just read and
enjoyed.
Mr. Forsyth, the author of the classic thriller “The Day of the Jackal,”
said he was finished writing books after the 2015 publication of his memoir,
“The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue.” Thankfully, he decided to write one more
thriller.
I like that Mr. Forsyth uses his skills as a veteran journalist to infuse his
thrillers with facts and fascinating details about crime, espionage, terrorism
and war. He also offers a thrilling and suspenseful story and “The Fox,” Mr. Forsyth's 17th novel, continues in that fine tradition.
According to Mr. Forsyth's publisher, Putnum, his new thriller was inspired by the
cyberterrorism cases of two computer hackers who
have Asperger’s Syndrome, like Mr. Forsyth's fictional character, the Fox, a teenager named Luke
Jennings.
“Cyberspace is the new crime
zone, the new battlefield,” Mr. Forsyth said. “All the enemies of the West are major players. The
Fox is a damaged teenager, a cyber-freak who can hack into any database —
anywhere. What he lays bare is worrying.”
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
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