International Engagement in Cyberspace
In recent years, several efforts to combat threats posed in cyberspace have been made globally. Irrefutably states are developing instruments of cyber warfare for military, intelligence, and political purposes. While much of the debate thus far has centered on technological challenges to securing cyberspace, new thinking is needed on how to address issues such as the protection of private information, the establishment of common understandings regarding acceptable state behavior, the role of non-state actors and the interdependency of economics and security in this domain.
Drawing on the experience of government practitioners, industry representatives and academic scholars this event brought a multidisciplinary and international approach to the challenges of cyberspace by drawing from legal, technical, and policy fields both in the United States and abroad. This gathering was held on Tuesday March 29th on Georgetown University's main campus and sought to promote a dialogue among U.S. and foreign policymakers, academics and key industry stakeholders in cyberspace, as the global community grows increasingly interconnected in this domain.
General Brent Scowcroft, former U.S. National Security Advisor,provided the keynote address. There were four panels of experts drawn from U.S. and foreign governments, private industry and think tanks on the following topics:
Photo courtesy of Phil Humnicky/Georgetown University
U.S. Congress, House of Representatives (R-TX 13)
Chairman, Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Cyber Security Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence UK
Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions, Lockheed Martin
Former Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
Head of Information Security Branch, Interpol
Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Deputy Director, Interpol Washington
Senior Vice President of Security, BITS
Former Chief Internet Security Advisor, ICANN
Legal Advisor, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, CSC
Vice President, Defense Group, Inc’s Intelligence Division
Founder and CEO, Taia Global and author of Inside Cyber Warfare
Ministry of Defense, Netherlands
President, Hathaway Global Strategies, LLC
Former Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace, National Security Council
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives for AT&T Government Solutions
President & Founder, Mass Insight Global Partnerships
Principal Security Strategist, Microsoft Corporation
Chairman, Board of Directors, National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance
Defense Counselor, Embassy of Estonia
Vice Chairman of Atlantic Council Board of Directors
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, DoD
Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Affairs, Department of State
Director for Cyber Strategy, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Senior Fellow, CSIS
Fellow, Austrian Institute for International Affairs
Associate Professor of China Foreign Affairs University and Fulbright Scholar, People’s Republic of China
Lunch Speakers
Former President and CEO, ICANN
Founder of Black Hat and Defcon
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