CyberNational and homeland security threats in the cyber realm are real and growing. HSPI has long followed cyber security and deterrence and will continue to remain focused on this critical issue.
Defense Cyber Strategy Avoids Tackling the Most Critical Issues
by Sharon L. Cardash and Frank J. Cilluffo
July 28, 2011
"Summer in Washington is not usually the time when major news breaks. This year is proving the exception as lawmakers and the White House struggle with the debt ceiling. Amid this economic activity, the Defense Department on July 14 issued its Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace. Given the volume and nature of nefarious cyber activity seen recently, a bold and innovative plan could have been expected. Those hoping for such would have been disappointed, however, at least by the unclassified version of the document made publicly available. With so much at stake, either in the cyber domain or dependent on it, a clear-eyed assessment of the strategy -- its strengths, weaknesses and gaps -- is in order. Indeed, the future shape of both conflict and warfare likely will include a cyber component." More
Managing Complexity in a WikiLeaks World
by Sharon L. Cardash and Frank J. Cilluffo
December 13, 2010
Before PFC Bradley Manning there was Philip Agee. In 1975, disillusioned with and disaffected by his CIA career, Agee published Inside the Company which named scores of his onetime fellow officers, and generated shockwaves and significant consequences worldwide. As a result of this systematic attempt to destabilize the US intelligence community and its operations, officials were recalled from their posts, operatives’ lives—both US and others—were placed at risk, protests against Agee’s actions were registered, and some (comparatively few, but notably the Soviet KGB and Cuban DGI) came to his defense. The analogy with WikiLeaks is today imperfect in a wired world where information spreads instantaneously and to even the most obscure quarters. Here, the complexity of coping with the horse that has left the barn is staggering. More
Cloud Computing Risks and National Security:
Keeping Pace With Expanding Technology
by Frank Cilluffo, Ron Ritchey, and Timothy Tinker
September 9, 2010
While cloud computing offers limitless possibilities in terms of collaboration and access to data, the indefinable structure of this advanced technology raises several security concerns. The George Washington Policy University Homeland Security Policy Institute hosted a recent forum sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton and Cisco Systems to address the myriad security concerns that arise as cloud computing deployments expand. More
Cyber Deterrence Symposium: Proceedings Report
Homeland Security Policy Institute
November 2009
This report captures the key points from a day-long symposium that brought together key stakeholders across government, both civilian and military, as well as thought leaders and private sector executives. Panel discussions addressed in sequence the cyber threat, deterrent capability, solutions, and implementation. Speakers emphasized that at the individual, corporate, and national level, we face constant peril from a range of sources, including state actors and cyber criminals, and from a range of threats, including espionage and potentially attacks against critical infrastructure. Throughout the day, speakers highlighted the stark and immediate need for an increased focus on cyber deterrence. More
NETworked Radicalization: A Counter-Strategy
Homeland Security Policy Institute and
Critical Incident Analysis Group
Task Force on Internet-Facilitated Radicalization
May 3, 2007
Savvy use of the Internet has empowered terror networks to expand their reach beyond
national borders by enabling wide distribution of a compelling message and social
connectivity with new audiences. Use of computer-mediated communication has
made a range of terrorist operational activities cheaper, faster, and more secure, including
communications, fundraising, planning and coordination, training, information gathering
and data mining, propaganda and misinformation dissemination, and radicalization and
recruitment. More
CyberStrategy 2.0
by Frank J. Cilluffo and J. Paul Nicholas
Journal of International Security Affairs
April 2006
Great minds have grappled with the manifestations of the information age for decades. Recently, however, it has been one of the information age’s most loved and feared catalysts—the Internet—that has taken center stage in national security planning. Even as the Internet went public in the early 1990s, strategic thinkers were already wrestling with its potential implications for communications, commerce, and even conflict. More
Cyber Threats and Information Security: Meeting the 21st Century Challenge
by Frank J. Cilluffo, Sharon L. Cardash, and Michele Ledgerwood
A Report of the CSIS Homeland Defense Project
May 21, 2001
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Cyber-Attack: The National Protection Plan and Its Privacy Implications
by Frank J. Cilluffo
Journal of Homeland Security
November 2000
The information technology revolution has given us an unrivalled, perhaps unsurpassable, lead over the rest of the world in virtually every facet of modern life. Unfortunately there is a “dark side” to this revolution. Along with the clear rewards come new risks and a litany of unintended consequences that need to be better understood and managed by our industry and government leaders. More
Cyber Threats: Ten Issues to Consider
by Frank J. Cilluffo and Paul Byron Pattak
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Volume 1, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2000
While few adversaries would attempt to confront the United States in a conventional war on the traditional battlefield, its adversaries recognize that terrorism and other asymmetric forms of conflict, such as cyber attacks, are more effective methods of striking the United States where it is most vulnerable. More
The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism
Statement of Frank J. Cilluffo, HSPI Director
Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
May 3, 2007
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Who’s in Charge
Statement of Frank J. Cilluffo, Co-chairman, Cyber Threats Task Force, Homeland Defense Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Reform
October 4, 2001
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Wired World: Cyber Security and the U.S. Economy
Statement of Frank J. Cilluffo, Co-chairman, Cyber Threats Task Force, Homeland Defense Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
June 21, 2001
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Cyber Attack: The National Protection Plan and its Privacy Implications
Statement of Frank J. Cilluffo, Deputy Director, Organized Crime Project Director, Task Force on Information Warfare & Information Assurance, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information
February 1, 2000
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Cloud Computing Risks and National Security
Policy and Research Forum
March 24, 2010
Event information
Cyber Deterrence Symposium
Policy and Research Forum Special Event
November 2, 2009
Event Summary, On Demand Video, and Resources
"Technology in Homeland Security: A Double-Edged Sword"
Policy & Research Forum
June 9, 2008
Event information
Cybersecurity--Stop Attacking Pearl Harbor
Security Debrief
September 15, 2011
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Rise of the digital jihadists: Homeland Security says post 9/11 America has seen a new threat from the internet
The Daily Mail
September 8, 2011
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Defense Cyber Strategy Avoids Tackling the Most Critical Issues
National Journal
July 28, 2011
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Congress Demands Cyber Details While DOD Aims for Ambiguity
Stars & Stripes
July 21, 2011
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Changing Power and Relationships
Government Executive
July 19, 2011
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Working Towards Definitions
Government Executive
July 19, 2011
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Modernizing Partnerships
Government Executive
July 19, 2011
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Nation-States and Electronic Espionage
Reuters
June 20, 2011
HSPI Director Frank Cilluffo discusses the risks of state-sponsored electronic espionage with a panel of cyber-terrorism experts. More
Hackers Might Face Stiffer Sentences in U.S.
Reuters
June 18, 2011
Even before a loosely organized group of hackers broke into the CIA's and Senate's public websites, the White House asked for stiffer sentences for breaking into government and private computer networks. Last month the Obama administration pressed Congress to pass stronger cybersecurity measures, including a doubling of the maximum prison sentence for potentially endangering national security to 20 years in prison. More
Terrorists' Cyberattack Strategy
MyFoxNY
December 17, 2010
"Frank Ciluffo is one of the country's leading homeland security experts. He predicts cyberspace will be used by terrorists to maximize the impact of future attacks. 'I think al Qaeda is going to look at it as a means to enhance their lethality as a force multiplier,' Ciluffo said." More
Put Cybersecurity Chief in DHS not the White House, Senator Says
Computer World
November 3, 2009
"Delivering a speech on cybersecurity issues at George Washington University on Monday, Collins rejected the idea of a White House led cybersecurity effort and insisted the leadership would have to come from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." More
Senate's Cybersecurity Legislation Faces a Tangled Organizational Web
Congressional Quarterly
November 3, 2009
"Cybersecurity is so broad a subject that any legislation raises questions of economics and trade, technology and regulation, government structure and privacy, foreign policy and national security. 'The issue itself transcends and touches almost everything we as a government do,' said Frank Cilluffo, director of George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute." More
Conference Brings Deterrence Into the Cybersecurity Conversation
Congressional Quarterly
November 2, 2009
"For an event dealing with the digital world, there were a lot of concepts addressed at a Monday Homeland Security Policy Institute forum on “cyberdeterrence” that seemed rooted in Cold War-era discussions about nuclear weapons. Organizers at The George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute said they hosted the forum because cyberdeterrence — an idea within the broader topic of cybersecurity that suggests a more proactive approach than pure defense, including the use of statecraft — is often neglected. But for eight hours, everything, beginning with the very definition of cyberdeterrence itself, was on the table." More
Collins: DHS Is Where Cybercoordinator Belongs
Congressional Quarterly
November 2, 2009
"Collins has 'serious questions' about the effectiveness of any cybercoordinator in the White House, regardless of the position’s relationship with Congress, staff said. 'We don’t need yet another White House czar, a czar that would conflict with duties established elsewhere,' she said at a forum hosted by The George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute. Instead, she said she wants to see a cybersecurity center within the Department of Homeland Security with an 'empowered' director that could have a broad range of new authority." More
Sen. Collins Says No to WH Cybersecurity Coordinator
FederalNewsRadio
November 2, 2009
"Collins addressed the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University, where she announced that she and Lieberman, for the moment, are agreeing to disagree on the cybersecurity coordinator job: 'Now some have suggested that this effort can best be led from the White House. I've reached a different conclusion. Truly securing our nation's information technology infrastructure will require more than high-level strategy and coordination.'" More
Collins Details Plan for Cybersecurity Director
NextGov
November 2, 2009
"Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Susan Collins today called for creating a Senate-confirmed director of federal cybersecurity who would be based at the Homeland Security Department rather than the White House. 'Some have suggested that this effort can best be led from the White House. I've reached a different conclusion,' Collins said told an audience at an event hosted by the George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute." More
Eye Opener: The Cybersecurity Debate Intensifies
The Washington Post
November 2, 2009
The Federal Eye Blog previews some of Senator Susan Collins remarks at HSPI's Cyber Deterrence Symposium. More
Cybersecurity Symposium to Kick off Week in Homeland Security
Congressional Quarterly
November 2, 2009
While most of the cybersecurity discussion in Washington focuses on protecting computer networks from foreign enemies and domestic hackers, a Homeland Security Policy Institute symposium on Monday will attempt to steer the conversation toward building an infrastructure that can deal with digital threats proactively.
“Security in itself is insufficient,” said Frank Cilluffo, director of the HSPI, a nonpartisan think tank at George Washington University. “We can’t build a moat. . . . The reality is that the capacity to attack our infrastructure is within the grasp of some of our potential attackers, so we need to examine our defenses while making sure that we’re not hamstringing our offensive capabilities.” More
Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age, Part 2
MediaShift (PBS)
March 5, 2009
In a report on how public diplomacy may be one avenue to prevent large scale online attacks, HSPI director Frank J. Cilluffo notes that without effectual public diplomacy gains, the specter of cyber-terrorism will grow more vivid as a new digitally savvy generation of would-be terrorists comes of age. More
Border, Internet cited in U.S. terror threat assessment
Associated Press
December 26, 2008
The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security, and increasing Internet savvy, according to a new federal intelligence assessment obtained by the Associated Press. More
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Former New York State Deputy Secretary for Public Safety
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Corporate Director, AF C3 & Cyber Programs, Northrop Grumman
Former Director of Operations, Air Force Combat Support Office
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