Industry Expert: New Cyber Legislation Could Create Disincentives
The Obama administration’s new cybersecurity proposal could create counterincentives against better private-sector cybersecurity, according to Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance. Released last month, the White House proposal mandates that the parts of private-sector that operates critical infrastructure would be audited using a range of performance standards. The audits would be publicly available, [...]
Melissa Hathaway: US Needs to Begin Cyber ‘Conversation’; Hard to Point Fingers at Culprits
June 3, 2011 No CommentBefore deciding how to react to a cyber attack, the United States needs to implement standards to determine what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior in cyberspace, according to a former White House cyber official. In an interview with The Takeaway, a national morning news program hosted by BBC World Service, The New York Times and [...]
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The Air Force Association‘s newest event, the CyberFutures Conference and Technology Exposition, will explore cyberspace with energetic discussions, the latest in IT and education and a career fair for job seekers. AFA has teamed up with military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary to host a career fair April 1 that will feature prominent aerospace/defense firms. Many companies [...]
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Cybersecurity expert Melissa Hathaway will be delivering a keynote speech at the Potomac Officers Club luncheon held March 24. Hathaway, who’s currently president of Hathaway Global Strategies, LLC, and senior adviser at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, previously served as acting senior director for cyberspace in the National Security Council, where she lead a team [...]
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President of Hathaway Global Strategies Melissa Hathaway will be the keynote speaker at a symposium on Securing the Global Supply Chain to be held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19. Hathaway, who led President Barack Obama’s 60-day Cybersecurity Policy Review, will speak about potential private-public partnerships to secure the supply chain, as [...]
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Cyber expert Melissa Hathaway will be delivering remarks at the Nov. 12 American National Standards Institute Caucus Luncheon held in Washington, D.C. Hathaway serves as president of Hathaway Global Strategies, LLC, and as senior adviser at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. She previously was the senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council under [...]
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Melissa Hathaway: America Has Too Many Ineffective Private-Public Partnerships
October 12, 2010 5 CommentsThe recent INTERPOL conference held in Hong Kong was an important step for the international, strategic environment to bring like-minded nations together to discuss information security, cybersecurity, and share effective practices for protecting key infrastructure, said Melissa Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies and former cybersecurity official. Held Sept. 15-17, the event assembled industry [...]
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Back in May 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to make cybersecurity an administration priority. The administration released yesterday a progress report on what the administration has accomplished to date. The Cyberspace Policy Review, spearheaded by Melissa Hathaway, offered a number of recommendations for the administration to implement in the field of cybersecurity. The [...]
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Last week, experts from around 40 countries met at the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia’s capital Tallinn to discuss cybersecurity issues. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave the opening remarks, warning about cyber crime. Melissa Hathaway, President of Hathaway Global Strategies and leader of the 60-day Cyberspace Policy Review, gave the keynote [...]
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Later this month, Estonia will host a cybersecurity conference in Tallinn, according to an official at NATO’s Tallinn-based cyber defence centre. “The conference will be attended by various cybersecurity experts and professionals from related disciplines in governments, military and academia to discuss the growing connection between computer security and national security,” NATO cyber defence centre [...]
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