27 – 28 October 2014: MIIS CySec was an associate sponsor of the 31st International Workshop on Global Security at l’Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, France for high-level civilian and military leaders of NATO, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, foreign dignitaries and key tech companies. This year’s Chatham House rules-event focused on Russia, Ukraine and post-Snowden cyber threats that face the Alliance. MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard presented, “Addressing Complexity: Trends in Cyber Cooperation” on the “Dealing with the Threat — the Key Role of Industry” panel while MIIS CySec Senior Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Lin Wells chaired the “Cybersecurity Foundations: Norms, Governance, Infrastructures and People” panel. Scrubbed proceeding summaries and papers will appear on our site once published. The event was presented by the Center for Strategic Decision Research and the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale with major support from the French Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Department of Defense and NATO.

13 – 18 October 2014: For the past three years, MIIS CySec Director, Dr. Itamara Lochard chaired “Understanding the Local Population” panel of the Human Aspects of the Operational Environment project for the NATO HUMINT Center of Excellence. The aim was to create an interdiscipinary report for NATO HQ from an international group of subject manner experts to help facilitate doctrine development by the NATO Alliance for present and future operations. The final meeting took place in Romania in October 2014 where chairs received the first paper versions of our efforts and discussed other collaboration possibilities. Electronic versions are available online on the NATO HCOE website.

7 – 9 October 2014: MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard was a speaker at the International Scientific Conference: Defense Studies in Bulgaria – A Centennial Tradition and New Horizons” on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Militar History Commission and the 15th anniversary of the Defense Advanced Research Institute in Bulgaria. She also had discussions with representatives from NATO, the U.S. embassy, Bulgaria and Romania regarding the NATO Center of Excellnce on Crisis Management and Disaster Response that is slated to be opened in November 2014.

29 – 30 September 2014: MIIS CySec Director, Dr. Itamara Lochard served as a panelist at the Goldman Sachs Annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference in Washington D.C. on 29-30 September 2014. MIIS was the only academic institution represented in this crowd of Fortune 100s and U.S. government representatives. “The Modern Cybersecurity Landscape: A Path Forward” panel in which she participated included U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate Suzanne Spaulding, Goldman Sachs Chief Information Risks Officer Philip Venables, IBM General Manager of Security Systems Brendan Hannigan and CEO of Tenable Network Security Ron Gula.

29 April 2014: MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard presented “MIIS CySec: Addressing International Affairs in the Information Age,” at the Monterey Institute Graduate School of International Policy Management (GSIPM) Dean’s Seminar.

18 – 22 December 2013: MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard presented “NATO-Led Cyber Operations: Cyber Challenges” at the “NATO Partnership and Operations: Addressing Insecurities and Creating Security” workshop of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Macedonia. This event took place in Berovo, Macedonia with supported from the NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division. It was attended by participants from Albania, Croatia, Italy, Kosovo, Netherlands,, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovakia and Serbia.

10 October 2013: Director of MIIS CySec Dr. Itamara Lochard presented the findings of the “Dynamics of the Local Situation” panel at NATO headquarters in Brussels last week, highlighting the role of how non-state armed groups employ technology and how technology can be used to increase situational awareness by the Alliance. She has chaired this panel for the past two years as part of the Human Aspects of the Operational Environment project of the NATO HUMINT Center of Excellence (HCOE). The effort is sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace, Counter-Terrorism Programme of Work of the Emerging Security Challenges Division, chaired by NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Dr. Jamie Shea.

25 September 2013: Dr Itamara Lochard, Director of MIIS CySec was a panelist on cyber issues at the “Information for Strategists’ Speaker Series” at the National War College of National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC.