Twenty Years Later: Perspective on the 2006 Liquid Bomb Plot
Twenty years ago, British authorities uncovered a terror plot to smuggle liquid explosives onto transatlantic flights and take down multiple passenger planes bound for the United States. A recent UK documentary highlighted this story and includes an interview with our Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Michael Chertoff. Published by ITV News, the show details how intelligence […]
Inside the OpenAI–Hugging Face Agentic Breach
In mid-July 2026, Hugging Face disclosed an intrusion into part of its production infrastructure driven end-to-end by an autonomous AI agent system. Hugging Face detected and remediated largely using AI of its own. Days later, OpenAI confirmed that the “attacker” was in fact its own models. The models were GPT‑5.6 Sol and a more capable, […]
Ron Rowe Featured in WSJ CEO Brief
Ron Rowe, principal in Security Risk & Resilience and former acting director of the U.S. Secret Service told the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Brief‘s Erle Norton, that many large companies are expanding the scope of their security engagements with The Chertoff Group “because of what is going on right now with targeted violence.” Attacks on […]
From the Situation Room to the Boardroom: Chertoff and Sweet on Risk
In an era of escalating global threats, the leaders who built America’s post-9/11 security architecture have a lot to say about risk — and it applies directly to business. In a recent episode of Tony Robbin’s The Holy Grail of Investing podcast, hosts Christopher Zook and Mark Wade of CAZ Investments sit down with Chertoff Group […]
Effective AI Oversight: Chertoff and Isles in Directors and Boards
As AI adoption accelerates, boards must rethink how they oversee technology risk. In a new piece published in Directors & Boards, Chertoff Group Executive Chairman Michael Chertoff and Head of Cybersecurity Adam Isles describe what effective AI security and safety oversight requires in a technology environment that is evolving in real time. The Core Message The […]
Golden Dome and the New Federal Buying Reality
Summary How Execution and Governance Are Reshaping Competition Our recent analysis of how agencies are making buying decisions in 2026 and beyond identified a clear shift: speed, portfolio governance and outcome-driven acquisition are now the defining forces in Federal procurement. Golden Dome puts that shift in concrete terms. More than a missile defense initiative, Golden […]
Coast Guard Investments Improve Readiness
The Chertoff Group‘s Aaron Roth writes in National Defense Magazine about the benefits of a well-funded U.S. Coast Guard. With $25 billion in new funding, Coast Guard investments will improve mission readiness, replace aging cutters and increase personnel. This will enhance performance in crucial areas including border security, drug enforcement, cybersecurity and disaster response. This […]
A Window Sticker for Software
How Buyers Can Use Performance Measures to Drive Better Security in Software Products Every modern organization relies on software and systems that it cannot create for itself. Whether that be small office automation software, larger enterprise applications, or hundreds of Internet-based services, the organization depends on that software to meet its business goals. The number […]
The Latest Cybersecurity Executive Order: Implications and Guidance
What happened On June 6, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The EO sustains efforts to strengthen the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) role in defending civilian Federal networks, bolsters protections against foreign cyber threats and advances secure technology practices in critical sectors. The EO also amends […]
Michael Chertoff on U.S. Tech Strategy and Priorities
On April 11, Chertoff Group Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Michael Chertoff delivered remarks on U.S. tech strategy and priorities amid growing competition from China at an event hosted by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy. He touched on topics including technology innovation and artificial intelligence (AI), access to rare earth minerals for tech […]