Category Archives: Security

Change the Conversation, Change the Venue, and Change Our Future

  by Melissa E. Hathaway The Internet, together with the information communications technology (ICT) that underpins it, is a critical national resource for governments, a vital part of national infrastructures and a key driver of economic growth. Over the last … Continue reading

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Sandy Turned off the Lights, the Phones, and the Heat

A cyber attack could make it all happen again. by Joel Brenner Verizon’s chief technology officer surveyed a flooded major switching facility in lower Manhattan and put it bluntly: “There is nothing working here. Quite frankly, this is wider than … Continue reading

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Is There a National Security Crisis in U.S. Education?

by Zachary Tumin Last month the Council on Foreign Relations published a report co-authored by Joel I. Klein and Condoleezza Rice, titled, “U.S. Education Reform and National Security.” Giving voice to the work of its task force of 25 scholars … Continue reading

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