Summer 2014: MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard conducted the first Executive Education workshop on “Cyberspace Policy and International Affairs” for our partners at Sandia National Labs (SNL) Cooperative Monitoring Center’s International Partnership Building program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the goal of SNL’s pilot cyber executive education was to teach next-generation leaders how international relations intersects with the information age so that they may fold it into national security policies, cyber strategies as well as educational efforts. It was a great example of how cyber issues can be used a platform for cooperation and peace, in this instance for South Asia. The workshop we developed took place in New Mexico, California and Washington, D.C. during the first three weeks of August exposing participants to how U.S. national labs, Silicon Valley, academia, think tanks and the policy world address this critical topic.
