DEF CON 33 - Fighting a Digital Blockade: View from Taiwan - Herming Chiueh, Jason Vogt, Frank Smith
Source: YouTube · DEFCONConference · published Oct 10, 2025 · 38:35
The Taiwan Resilience Project examines Taiwan's critical infrastructure cybersecurity vulnerabilities compared to Ukraine, focusing on threats from Chinese aggression.
Key Takeaways:
• Taiwan faces digital isolation risks due to island geography and reliance on underwater cables 3:37
• China could implement a digital blockade via cyber attacks on Huawei equipment, kinetic attacks on 14-19 underwater cables, or disrupting power to repeater boxes 9:35
• Taiwan has no cable repair ships and would struggle to repair damaged infrastructure during conflict 12:37
• Taiwan's cybersecurity strategy focuses on whole-of-society resilience and developing domestic cyber industry 19:32
• Decentralized communications (mesh networks, ham radios, LEO satellites) are critical for maintaining command and control during conflicts 23:22
International cooperation and private sector partnerships are essential for enhancing Taiwan's cyber resilience against Chinese threats.
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All right, it looks like we have a quorum. Uh, good afternoon everyone. Uh, my name is Jay Vote. Uh, I'm an assistant professor at the US Naval War College. Um, and I'm here with Mr. Josh Ryder. Um, uh, who is the former deputy uh, principal cyber adviser for the Navy. Um, I'll let him do a more uh, thorough introduction, but um, as we uh, start this uh, first of all uh, we are both um, uh, the the views we express here uh, are our own. They do not reflect uh those of the US government. the Department of Defense. Uh and so we just have to be kind of clear about that upfront. Um the other thing I will say uh is that uh based on your the catalog or the schedule that you saw uh you are probably expecting to see someone who looks quite different than us on the stage uh as well. And so unfortun…