Speaker Series

12 September 2014: Dr. Linton Wells II, MIIS CySec Distinguished Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow – Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at National Defense University, former acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (ASD NII) and U.S. Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (CIO), presented on “Humanitarian Aspects of Cyber 2.0: How Information, Communications and Technology Impact Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Relief (HA/DR).”

8 May 2014: Dr. Irving Lachow, Principal Cyber Security Engineer for MITRE Corporation, provided a guest lecture entitled, “Hackback? Claptrap! An Active Defense Continuum for the Private Sector.” His presentation focused on use of active cyber defense by private organizations and its legality. This event was open to the public.

2 May 2014: Mr. Adam Meyers, Vice President of Intelligence for Crowdstrike, Inc., provided a guest lecture entitled, “Identifying the Actors Behind Cyber Attacks and Malware.” His presentation focused on state-sponsored cyber threat actors.

24 April 2014: The MIIS Terrorism Studies Club and MIIS Cyber Security Working Group hosted representatives from the Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). They discussed their Net Assessment capability, which seeks to determine the character of the competition between the United States and non-state actors as well as identify areas of competitive advantage and asymmetries for senior policymakers.

11 April 2014: Mr. Donovan McKendrick, Lead Cyber Analyst for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC), provided a guest lecture entitled, “Cyber Threats and Information Sharing as a Force Multiplier.” His presentation focused on the mission of fusion centers in cyber security and provided an assessment of major cyber threats.

4 April 2014: Mr. Michael Atkinson, System Engineer for RadWare, provided a guest lecture entitled, “The Policy Gap Between Scientists, Engineers and Analysts in Cyber.” His presentation focused on the many gaps between the public and private sector regarding policy making in the cyber world and how to mitigate this.

25 March 2014: Mr. Hanni Fakhoury, Staff Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), provided a guest lecture entitled, “The Law of Hacking: A Legal Perspective for the World of Cyber.” His presentation focused on the many legal issues surrounding hacking, cyber warfare and other cyber activities.

11 March 2014: Nico Sell, co-Founder and CEO of Wickr and organizer for DEFCON, provided a guest lecture titled, “Protecting Your Privacy: Nico Sell and Wickr’s Mission of Personal Security.”

6 March 2014: Shawn Kumagai, Managing Partner of Lingua Brava and Preferred Adviser at Gilfus Adviser’s Group, presented on “Language Applications in Cyber.”