Author: Daurie Mangan-Dimuzio

MAY 2014 

MIIS CySec SME for NATO on Terrorists’ Use of Cyber and Technology and How to Counter It 

Director of MIIS CySec Dr. Itamara Lochard presented on “Terrorists’ Use of Cyber and Technology” and “Countering Terrorists’ Use of Cyber and Technology” at the NATO Center of Excellence Defense Against Terrorism (CoE-DAT) executive education workshop in Ankara, Turkey. Participants included political/military officers from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue, Istanbul Cooperative Initiative countries as well as non-NATO member-states.

JUNE 2014

MIIS CySec Trains Cyber Aspects of Crisis Management to Hundreds of International Cadets

MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard trained an international group of 170 cadets and 12 civilian students on the cyber component of a 10-day post-conflict / crisis management field exercise in Negotino, Macedonia. Other instructors from various militaries, the Red Cross, the Marshall Center and the U.S. National Guard taught other aspects of peace operations. Participants were from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, the United Kingdom and the United States. This was the first time a cyber element was added to this effort in the past five years and MIIS was the only civilian academic institution involved. The event, sponsored by the Macedonian Ministry of Defense, aimed to provide critical exposure for cadets in interoperability, cultural awareness and technical training as they will be standing shoulder to shoulder during future international missions. Macedonia is the state partner of Vermont and their military academy is an MIIS CySec partner.

AUGUST 2014

MIIS CySec Launches Executive Education on Cyberspace Policy for Sandia National Labs’ Cooperative Monitoring Center

MIIS CySec conducted the first interdisciplinary “Cyberspace and International Affairs”  Executive Education workshop for our partners at the Cooperative Monitoring Center’s International Partnership Building program of Sandia National Laboratories. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the goal 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 an effort to use cyber as a platform for cooperation and peace, in this instance for participants from Pakistan. MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard, Dr. George Moore, Dr. Philip Murphy, MIIS CySec Senior Language Fellow Fellow and Director of Lingua Brava, LLC Mr. Shawn Kumagai were instructors of the MIIS segment of the program.

SEPTEMBER 2014

MIIS CySec Panelist at Annual Goldman Sachs CFO Conference for Fortune 100s

MIIS CySec Director Dr. Itamara Lochard was as a panelist at the Goldman Sachs Annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference in Washington D.C. 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.

OCTOBER 2014

MIIS CySec Director Chairs Panel for NATO Doctrine Development; Findings  Published by NATO

For the past three years, MIS 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. Funded by the Defense Against Terrorism Project of Work by NATO HQ in Belgium, the aim was to create an interdisciplinary report by international group of subject matter experts to help facilitate doctrine development by the Alliance for present and future operations. The final meeting took place in Romania in October 2014 where chairs received the first printed versions of the publications and discussed future collaboration possibilities. Electronic versions and additional longer papers by each chair and participant will be available online on the NATO HCOE website and MIIS CySec website.

MIIS CySec Co-Sponsors “31st Annual Workshop on Global Security” on Russia, Ukraine and Cyber Issues for Senior NATO, Government and Tech Industries

MIIS CySec was a co-sponsor of the 31st International Workshop on Global Security at l’Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, France for senior-level, civilian and military leaders of NATO, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, foreign dignitaries and key tech companies.  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. Linton Wells II chaired the “Cybersecurity Foundations: Norms, Governance, Infrastructures and People” panel. This year’s Chatham House rules-event by the Center for Strategic Decision Research took place in Paris, France with the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale. The focus was Russia, Ukraine and post-Snowden cyber threats that face the Alliance. Releasable summaries and published papers will appear on the MIIS CySec website.

Friday, November 21, 2014 at 4:30 pm, Irvine Auditorium

The Hult Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative and Monterey Institute of International Studies are dedicated to launching the world’s next wave of social entrepreneurs with the 2015 Hult Prize at MIIS competition. The Hult Prize encourages the world’s brightest minds to compete in teams of 3 – 5 members to solve the planet’s biggest challenges with innovative ideas for sustainable start-up enterprises. On November 21^st, MIIS will select a winning team to advance to the regional finals. Each regional winner will get to spend the summer inside the Hult Accelerator – an innovative incubator for social enterprise – and the champion receives $1,000,000 in start-up funding and a one year membership into The Clinton Global Initiative.

Interested in competing?

All you need is an idea, a team, and a 5-minute pitch that addresses this year’s President’s Challenge: Early Childhood Development in the Urban Slum and Beyond. Get more information and register your team today at: go.miis.edu/hultprize. Contact: Hprize@miis.edu.