About · The Rudd Report
Kyle Rudd
Intelligence researcher · CISA HS-POWER Fellow
Kyle Rudd researches how the United States defends its critical infrastructure. He is currently an HS-POWER Fellow at CISA's Office of the National Coordinator, studying how federal agencies, sector teams, and liaison offices coordinate. Earlier work ran through the University of Cambridge, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Afghanistan War Commission.
Experience
HS-POWER Fellow (ORISE)
Supporting critical-infrastructure coordination and Sector Risk Management Agency work at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Built a coordination flowchart mapping how agencies, sector teams, and liaison offices interconnect; interviewed sector liaisons to identify communication gaps and briefed recommendations to agency leadership.
International Security & Intelligence Programme
Full scholarship recipient. Evaluated U.S.–UK intelligence-sharing frameworks for disrupting transnational cybercrime networks and improving real-time coordination across allied systems.
IC-CAE Scholar
Selected by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for intelligence analysis and cybersecurity research, as part of a small cohort of scholars bridging academia and the intelligence community.
Intelligence & Cybercrime Intern
Supported cross-border cybercrime investigations and inter-agency intelligence exchange operations.
Research Contributor
Contributed research to the official commission examining the full scope of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
About this site
The most consequential decisions in the world are made with information most people never see.
The Rudd Report tries to close a small part of that gap: plain-language analysis of cybersecurity, intelligence, and foreign policy, written by someone who has worked inside a few of the systems being analyzed. There is no staff and no sponsor. One writer, publishing when there is something worth saying.
Kyle is pursuing dual degrees in International Relations and Economics with a minor in Intelligence Studies at the University of South Florida's Judy Genshaft Honors College, alongside his work supporting CISA's critical-infrastructure mission.
What I cover
Cybersecurity
State-sponsored threat actors, critical-infrastructure vulnerabilities, and offensive cyber operations.
Intelligence
Intelligence-sharing frameworks, Five Eyes coordination, and the tradecraft behind useful assessment.
U.S. Foreign Policy
Alliances, strategic competition with China and Russia, and economic coercion.