Fortinet,Inc. is a cybersecurity company with headquarters in Sunnyvale,California. The company develops and sells security solutions like firewalls,endpoint security and intrusion detection systems. Fortinet has offices located all over the world.
Rod Beckstrom is an American author,high-tech entrepreneur,and former CEO and President of ICANN. He previously served as Director of the National Cybersecurity Center.
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.
Cyberwarfare by China is the aggregate of cyberattacks attributed to the organs of the People's Republic of China and various related advanced persistent threat (APT) groups.
The Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO),now Computer Network Operations,and structured as S32,is a cyber-warfare intelligence-gathering unit of the National Security Agency (NSA). It has been active since at least 1998,possibly 1997,but was not named or structured as TAO until "the last days of 2000," according to General Michael Hayden.
Khalil Sehnaoui is a Belgian-Lebanese information security consultant who specialises in the Middle-East and the founder and managing partner of Beirut-based Krypton Security. He is also a member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC),Europe's largest association of hackers. In 2021 Sehnaoui started an acting career by featuring in the TV mini series The Role and the TV series Al Hayba.
The Democratic National Committee cyber attacks took place in 2015 and 2016,in which two groups of Russian computer hackers infiltrated the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network,leading to a data breach. Cybersecurity experts,as well as the U.S. government,determined that the cyberespionage was the work of Russian intelligence agencies.
Thomas P. Bossert is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. He is an ABC News Homeland Security analyst.
Petya is a family of encrypting malware that was first discovered in 2016. The malware targets Microsoft Windows–based systems,infecting the master boot record to execute a payload that encrypts a hard drive's file system table and prevents Windows from booting. It subsequently demands that the user make a payment in Bitcoin in order to regain access to the system.
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is part of the Cybersecurity Division of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It acts to coordinate various aspects of the U.S. federal government's cybersecurity and cyberattack mitigation efforts through cooperation with civilian agencies,infrastructure operators,state and local governments,and international partners.
Election cybersecurity or election security refers to the protection of elections and voting infrastructure from cyberattack or cyber threat –including the tampering with or infiltration of voting machines and equipment,election office networks and practices,and voter registration databases.
Alex Stamos is an American computer scientist and adjunct professor at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the former chief security officer (CSO) at Facebook. His planned departure from the company,following disagreement with other executives about how to address the Russian government's use of its platform to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election,was reported in March 2018.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government,coordinating cybersecurity programs with U.S. states,and improving the government's cybersecurity protections against private and nation-state hackers.
Jacob H. Braun is an American politician,cyber and national security expert. He was appointed by President Joseph Biden as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary's Senior Advisor to the Management Directorate. Braun is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy Studies where he teaches courses on cyber policy and election security. He previously served as the Executive Director for the University of Chicago Harris Cyber Policy Initiative (CPI).
Christopher Cox Krebs is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 until November 17,2020,when President Donald Trump fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Anne Neuberger is an American national security official who serves as the deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology in the Biden administration. Prior to this role,she served for over a decade at the NSA,as director of cybersecurity,as assistant deputy director of operations,and as the agency's first chief risk officer. She joined the federal government as a White House fellow,working at the Pentagon,and subsequently served as deputy chief management officer of the Navy,before joining NSA. Before entering government service,Neuberger was senior vice president of operations at American Stock Transfer &Trust Company.
In 2020,a major cyberattack suspected to have been committed by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government,leading to a series of data breaches. The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber-espionage incidents ever suffered by the U.S.,due to the sensitivity and high profile of the targets and the long duration in which the hackers had access. Within days of its discovery,at least 200 organizations around the world had been reported to be affected by the attack,and some of these may also have suffered data breaches. Affected organizations worldwide included NATO,the U.K. government,the European Parliament,Microsoft and others.
Jen Easterly is an American intelligence officer and former military official who is serving as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration. She was confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate on July 12,2021.
The Cyber Safety Review Board was established by United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on February 3,2022. Modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board,the Board reviews significant cybersecurity incidents and issues reports. President Joe Biden directed the Board's creation through Section 5 of Executive Order 14028,issued on May 12,2021.
Capture the Flag (CTF) in computer security is an exercise in which participants attempt to find text strings,called "flags",which are secretly hidden in purposefully-vulnerable programs or websites. They can be used for both competitive or educational purposes. In two main variations of CTFs,participants either steal flags from other participants or from organizers. A mixed competition combines these two styles. Competitions can include hiding flags in hardware devices,they can be both online or in-person,and can be advanced or entry-level. The game is inspired by the traditional outdoor sport of the same name.CTFs are used as a tool for developing and refining cybersecurity skills,making them popular in both professional and academic settings
