Dr. Levent Ertaul of CSU East Bay, 17 September 2015

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Dr. Levent Ertaul provided an overview of five vulnerabilities in cyber and discussed whether privacy is really possible in cyberspace. He discussed secure mail, file and hard disk encryption, password management, cloud storage and deleting files. Dr. Ertaul is a Professor of Computer Science at California State University East Bay. He is actively involved in security projects nationally and internationally. He has over 25 years for experience in the military and private security industry and has more then 80 publications in security issues. His current research interests are cyber security, privacy, wireless security and cryptography. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, IACR and the Bay Area Council. He was awarded his Ph.D. from Sussex University, UK.

Dr. Gabrielle Horosanu of the Romanian Ministry of Health, 4 September 2015

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Dr. Horosanu presented her research investigating the links between medical research, bioterrorism, and cybercrime, titled: “Connecting the Dots: Germs and Pixels.”  Dr. Horosanu is currently the adviser to the State Secretary in the Romanian Ministry of Health.  In addition, she is the Security and Defense Advisor to the VP of International Affairs in the Security and Defense Group of the European Parliament.  She has served as both a Political Officer and Research Fellow in the Science for Peace and Security Progamme of NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division. She also holds positions as a Researcher in the Bucharest University of Medicine and Pharmacy as well as a Lecturer at the National Defense College of Romania.

Cyber Initiative Fosters Closer Ties with NATO Center of Excellence on Strategic Communications

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Dr. Itamara Lochard took part in the inaugural event, “The Riga StratCom Dialogue: Perception Matters,” of the new NATO Center of Excellence (CoE) on Strategic Communications in Riga, Latvia, MIIS was the only civilian U.S. academic institution represented and is seeking to foster closer research ties. This center prioritizes the nexus of communications, conflict and cyber for both Alliance and Partnership for Peace countries. Participants included the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence CoE in Estonia, three U.S. Senators, ambassadors and ministry officials, NATO and SHAPE staff as well as the president of Latvia. Presentations will be published in their new journal.

MIIS Cyber Conducts Crisis Management Training in the Balkans

Ita1MIIS Cyber director, Dr. Itamara Lochard, was the only U.S. university instructor among colleagues from the Marshall Center, International Red Cross, U.S. National Guard and other militaries to provide post-conflict stabilization training to an international cadre of nearly 180 cadets and civilian university students at the International Summer Campus. She provided classes on technical tools available in crisis management (humanitarian assistance / disaster relief) efforts. This sixth annual event, sponsored by MIIS partner Mihailo Apostolski Military Academy in Macedonia aimed to train next-generation leaders with inter-cultural awareness, academic and field-exercise skills that will allow them to excel at interoperability needed for regional and international engagements in crisis management. Participants from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States gathered in Macedonia during 29 June – 9 July 2015.