In the post-9/11 landscape, US stakeholders realize the critical role that language analysis plays in the response to asymmetric threats and, more recently, the increased role cybersecurity plays in future national security interests. However, we have yet to fully realize how these two seemingly disparate disciplines interact. The global nature of the Internet makes it an environment for language analysis. Moreover, the digital environment, by virtue of its limitations and enhancements, lends itself to linguistic conditions that can be practically applied to emerging security needs. The intersection of cybersecurity and language is becoming increasingly evident, as illustrated by homograph attacks, language artifacts in forensic analysis of malware, and the use of right-to-left-override code (to name a few examples).