The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of separate U.S. federal government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations that work both separately and collectively to conduct intelligence activities which support the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States. Member organizations of the IC include intelligence agencies,military intelligence,and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments.
Richard Alan Clarke is an American national security expert,novelist,and former government official. He served as the Counterterrorism Czar for the National Coordinator for Security,Infrastructure Protection,and Counter-Terrorism for the United States between 1998 and 2003.
Ashton Baldwin Carter was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science &International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under secretary of defense for policy is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the secretary of defense and the deputy secretary of defense for all matters concerning the formation of national security and defense policy.
The Australian Intelligence Community (AIC) and the National Intelligence Community (NIC) or National Security Community of the Australian Government are the collectives of statutory intelligence agencies,policy departments,and other government agencies concerned with protecting and advancing the national security and national interests of the Commonwealth of Australia. The intelligence and security agencies of the Australian Government have evolved since the Second World War and the Cold War and saw transformation and expansion during the Global War on Terrorism with military deployments in Afghanistan,Iraq and against ISIS in Syria. Key international and national security issues for the Australian Intelligence Community include terrorism and violent extremism,cybersecurity,transnational crime,the rise of China,and Pacific regional security.
Nathaniel C. Fick is an American diplomat,technology executive,author,and former United States Marine Corps officer. He was the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame,Inc.,then worked for Elastic NV after it acquired Endgame. He was an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2022,he was selected to lead the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence is an office of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for all intelligence and counterintelligence activities throughout the DOE complex. It was established in 2006 by the merger of pre-existing Energy Department intelligence and security organizations. Due to its central role,OICI is designated DOE's Headquarters Intelligence. As a component of the United States Intelligence Community in addition to the Department of Energy,OICI reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and Secretary of Energy.
The Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,also known as the Belfer Center,is a research center located at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts,in the United States.
Melissa Hathaway is a leading expert in cyberspace policy and cybersecurity. She served under two U.S. presidential administrations from 2007 to 2009,including more than 8 months at the White House,spearheading the Cyberspace Policy Review for President Barack Obama after leading the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) for President George W. Bush. She is President of Hathaway Global Strategies LLC,a Senior Fellow and member of the Board of Regents at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies,a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada,and a non-resident Research Fellow at the Kosciuszko Institute in Poland. She was previously a Senior Adviser at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center.
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations,strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities,and integrates and bolsters DoD's cyber expertise which focus on securing cyberspace.
Cyberwarfare is the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization,especially the deliberate attacking of information systems for strategic or military purposes. As a major developed economy,the United States is highly dependent on the Internet and therefore greatly exposed to cyber attacks. At the same time,the United States has substantial capabilities in both defense and power projection thanks to comparatively advanced technology and a large military budget. Cyber warfare presents a growing threat to physical systems and infrastructures that are linked to the internet. Malicious hacking from domestic or foreign enemies remains a constant threat to the United States. In response to these growing threats,the United States has developed significant cyber capabilities.
Dr. Paul N. Stockton is the President of Paul N Stockton LLC,a strategic advisory firm in Santa Fe,NM. From 2009 to 2013,Dr. Stockton served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs,where he helped lead the department's response to Hurricane Sandy. He was responsible for Defense Critical Infrastructure Protection,Western Hemisphere security policy,domestic crisis management,continuity of operations planning,and a range of other responsibilities. While Assistant Secretary,Dr. Stockton also served as executive director of the Council of Governors. After serving as Assistant Secretary,Dr. Stockton was the managing director of Sonecon LLC,an advisory firm in Washington,DC,from 2013 to 2020.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the thirty-ninth United States deputy attorney general since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Presidential Policy Directive 20 (PPD-20),provides a framework for U.S. cybersecurity by establishing principles and processes. Signed by President Barack Obama in October 2012,this directive supersedes National Security Presidential Directive NSPD-38. Integrating cyber tools with those of national security,the directive complements NSPD-54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-23.
Gabriel "Gabi" Siboni is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces Reserve service,and a senior research fellow and the director of the Military and Strategic Affairs and Cyber Security programs at the Institute for National Security Studies. Additionally,he serves as editor of the tri-yearly published,Military and Strategic Affairs academic journal at INSS. Siboni is a senior expert on national security,military strategy and operations,military technology,cyber warfare,and force buildup. Siboni is an Associate Professor,working specifically in the management of Cyber Security and a part-time lecturer at the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is a United States federal law designed to "improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats,and for other purposes". The law allows the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. government and technology and manufacturing companies. The bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate on July 10,2014,and passed in the Senate on October 27,2015. Opponents question CISA's value,believing it will move responsibility from private businesses to the government,thereby increasing vulnerability of personal private information,as well as dispersing personal private information across seven government agencies,including the NSA and local police.
Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall is an American national security and energy leader,public servant,educator,and author currently serving as the 11th United States Homeland Security Advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021. She previously served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations and held appointments at academic institutions and think tanks.
Robert Peter Silvers is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy,Policy,and Plans since 2021.
Gregory Falco is an American inventor and researcher. Falco is a professor at Cornell University. He is a pioneer in the field of cybersecurity research and its aerospace applications. Falco is the founding chair of IEEE's Standard for Space System Cybersecurity and the NATO Country Project Director for the NATO Science for Peace and Security effort to reroute the internet to space.
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