More Must Be Done to Prepare US for Cyber Attack

The United States has experienced a widespread cyber attack, infecting telecommunications and other IT structures throughout the U.S. infrastructure. The attacks have left the U.S. telecom and IT infrastructure virtually disabled throughout the country.

While this is fortunately just a war game, the results are equally scary. Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a mock cyber attack called Cyber…

Melissa Hathaway Joins Harvard’s Belfer Center

Melissa Hathaway, the National Security Council’s former acting senior director for cyberspace, a senior adviser on cybersecurity at the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.

Specifically, she well be working on the Minerva Project, which is a collaborative effort between the DoD, Harvard, and MIT.

One of her primary responsibilities at the center will involve examining the policy gaps in the international arena. According to…

White House Promises Less Talk More Action For Cyber Security

At the Gartner annual Information Security Summit the  National Cyber Security Council director Christopher Painter assured skeptics in the cyber community that the Obama administration is taking cyber security seriously and there will be action. Critics are worried that with no budgetary authority the ‘cyber czar’ will become no more than a figurehead and be boggled  down by the infamous turf wars that plague our government. Painter gave input to…