Here’s a little trivia for you: Who’s done more to shape cyberspace over the past few decades? Answer: The Grateful Dead. The band’s old lyricist, John Perry Barlow, to be exact. Back in the 1996, Barlow penned “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace,” in which he argued the internet didn’t need laws; it could [...]
Cyber espionage is the real problem, according to CSIS’ Dr. Jim Lewis who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club today. Purdue is partnering with Sypris Electronics for cyber research. According to a cyber researcher, our best hope is that the enemy is “drowning in data.” There are more mobile devices than people at the Bureau [...]
Three months after President Obama promised — and has yet to deliver on his word — to appoint a cybersecurity czar, all is not lost on the cyber front. That was Melissa Hathaway’s takeaway in her first public speaking engagement since resigning as Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace on National Security Council and Homeland Security [...]
CYBERSECURITY | Back in July, we mentioned that announcement of the cyber coordinator appeared imminent. Now, even ExecutiveBiz is beginning to wonder. And so are some industry experts. “It’s been four months without a pick, so it may be time to try a lottery among all registered voters in the district,” quips Jim Lewis of [...]
Don’t let the headlines fool you. While the 60-day cybersecurity report emphasized that the White House should take the lead in strengthening cyberspace, the private sector shares full responsibility for that effort. Mark Gerencser, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and author of Megacommunities, puts it more bluntly. “You can’t wait to follow,” he [...]
Now that the results of the 60-day cyber security review led by Melissa Hathaway are in, what’s next? ExecutiveBiz recently brought that question to leading figures in the cyber security discussion — everyone from think tanks to industry — to get their take on what the report may portend for public-private efforts in strengthening cyber [...]
Well before “cybersecurity” became the topic of the day on a national scale, Jim Lewis was tracking it. Since coming on board the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2001, Lewis has made cybersecurity his main focus. So, with all the talk — and unanswered questions — about the 60-day cybersecurity review upon us, [...]
