This Does Not Compute

William A. Carter of the Technology Policy Program interviews the UVA Cyber Defense Team, 2018 winners of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC). NCCDC is a national red/blue team cyber defense competition in which undergraduates defend the networks of fictional companies against teams of real world professional hackers and contractors. The UVA team, formed just 3 months before...

This podcast discusses how one technology could completely change the public debate about secure communications and surveillance – quantum computing. While quantum computing can be employed to crack encryption algorithms, quantum cryptography can be used to securely transmit information over communication networks. Listen in to find out which quantum application will advance faster as our guests d...

CSIS is conducting a series of podcasts on quantum computing – what the technology is, what it enables us to do, and its implications for computing and communications. Our first podcast this topic is an interview with Micahel Brett, CEO and co-founder of QxBranch. Michael co-founded QxBranch to drive commercial application of advancements in data analytics and quantum computing. QxBranch focuses o...

How will virtual and augmented reality applications change the way we connect and interact, and how is this being used in the defense industry? Katrina Timlin of CSIS interviews Dr. Mark Livingston, Head of the Virtual Environments and Visualization Section in the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

Jody Westby is the CEO of Global Cyber Risk, where she regularly consults with governments and private sector executives, and operational personnel on the development of enterprise security programs. Prior to forming Global Cyber Risk, Ms. Westby served as senior managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), specializing in outsourcing and cyber security/privacy issues. Ms. Westby has recent...

Dan Paltiel and Will Carter of CSIS speak with Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, about the USCG’s new Cyber Strategy, released at CSIS. The strategy outlines the Coast Guard’s plan to work with industry to protect critical infrastructure and treat cyberspace as an operational domain.

Will Carter and Dan Paltiel of CSIS speak with Andres Kütt, Architect and Adviser for the Estonian Information System's Authority (EISA), and Liina Areng, Head of International Relations for EISA, about Estonia’s modern system of digital governance and its implications for cybersecurity and privacy.

Dan Paltiel and Will Carter of CSIS speak with Martin Libicki and Scott Harold of the RAND Corporation about their recent trip to China, where they interviewed Chinese officials and experts about potential areas where progress can be made in U.S.-China cyber relations.

Sean O’Keefe, former NASA Administrator, and General James Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak with Will Carter, CSIS Strategic Technologies Program Research Associate about the challenges ahead for U.S. civil and military space, including the growing role of commercial entities and of foreign competitors.

This week we cover China's Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China's new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect their networks. Then we move to India's economy, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussing India's plans for equitable growth. W...

CSIS Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Strategic Technologies Program Denise Zheng, speaks with Michael Chui and Sokwoo Rhee about opportunities for economic growth and the role of government in enabling the Internet of Things. Michael Chui is a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute and Sokwoo Rhee is Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems the National Institute of Standards and Te...

CSIS senior fellow and Deputy Director of the Strategic Technologies Program, Denise Zheng, talks with Marty Edwards about the "Industrial Internet of Things". Marty Edwards is the Director of the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) at the Department of Homeland Security.

The U.S. Department of Defense discussed cyber deterrence for the first time in a non-classified forum in a 2011 report to Congress. In the same report, the Pentagon publicly acknowledged that it has offensive cyber capabilities. Since then, there has been much discussion about the topic and the need to strike a careful balance. Assistant Secretary of Defense Eric Rosenbach spoke at CSIS on Octobe...

This CSIS podcast series, funded by FireEye, interviews cybersecurity experts from different sectors to explore the effectiveness of cyber red lines and the different roles the government and private sectors have in cybersecurity policy. Stewart A. Baker is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Previously he was the first Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy for...

This CSIS podcast series, funded by FireEye, interviews cybersecurity experts from different sectors to explore the effectiveness of cyber red lines and the different roles the government and private sectors have in cybersecurity policy. John Nagengast is Director of Government Solutions at AT&T. Prior to joining AT&T he worked for the National Security Agency for almost 38 years. At NSA he held s...

This CSIS podcast series, funded by FireEye, interviews cybersecurity experts from different sectors to explore the effectiveness of cyber red lines and the different roles the government and private sectors have in cybersecurity policy. Dr. John Mulvenon is Vice President of Defense Group, Inc. Intelligence Division and Director of the Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis. He is a specia...

This CSIS podcast series, funded by FireEye, interviews cybersecurity experts from different sectors to explore the effectiveness of cyber red lines and the different roles the government and private sectors have in cybersecurity policy. Ellen Nakashima is a national security reporter for The Washington Post. She focuses on issues relating to intelligence, technology and civil liberties. She previ...

This CSIS podcast series, funded by FireEye, interviews cybersecurity experts from different sectors to explore the effectiveness of cyber red lines and the different roles the government and private sectors have in cybersecurity policy. John Gilligan is President of Gilligan Group, a Virginia-based consulting company specializing in government information technology. He has over 25 years of manag...

Teri Takai is the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration and the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (ASD (NII) / DoD CIO). She serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Information Management/Information Technology and Information Assurance as well as non-intelligence Space systems, critical satellite communications, naviga...

Stewart Baker is a partner in the Washington law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. From 2005 to 2009, he was assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Prior to that, he served as general counsel to the Silverman-Robb Commission, investigating the failures of U.S. intelligence on Iraqi WMD. From 1992 to 1994, he was general counsel of the National Security Agency. Mr. Bak...

Tom Kellermann is the Vice President of Security and Government Affairs for Core Security. In this role, he is responsible for helping industry and government partners reduce risk and improve security practices and policies. He is also a Professor at American University’s School of International Service. In this podcast, Mr. Kellermann discusses cyber risk and financial institutions with Katrina T...

John Gilligan, the President of the Gilligan Group, is a former CIO of both the Air Force and the Department of Energy. Recently, he was a member of the Obama – Biden Transition Review Teams focused on information technology within the defense and intelligence communities. In this podcast, Mr. Gilligan discussed cybersecurity and cloud computing with Katrina Timlin.

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver was interviewed about the new path for NASA.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is the chair of the Cybersecurity Task Force, established by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to evaluate cyber threats to the United States and issue recommendations to the U.S. intelligence community. In this podcast he discusses cybersecurity issues with Denise Zheng.

Amit Yoran is the CEO of NetWitness and has been since November of 2006. Prior to NetWitness, he was appointed as Director of US-CERT and the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security. He was also previously the CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. In this podcast he discusses the Kneber Botnet and cybersecurity issues with Denise Zheng.