The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report leads off with a multi-part report explaining why President Donald Trump sought to create a joint U.S.-Russian cybersecurity unit and then backed off.

In the Security Report, you'll hear (click on player to listen):

The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Check out our June 30 and July 7 reports that respectively analyzed how artificial intelligence can be used by hackers to threaten IT systems and by organizations to defend critical digital assets, and how the NotPetya malware spread from its Ukraine origins.

The next ISMG Security Report will be posted on Friday, July 14.

Theme music for the ISMG Security Report is by Ithaca Audio under a Creative Commons license.