The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
Please join the Intelligence Project for a seminar with Kristin Wood where she will offer her observations from a 20+year career in the CIA: including the the process, substance, and value of the agency's analytic work, how it is properly delivered to top policymakers, and what makes a good intelligence consumer.
She'll also discuss the growing importance of open-source data and how the rapid technological development in the information age has fundamentally changed the way intelligence is analyzed, produced, and consumed.
Kristin joined the Belfer Center as a non-resident fellow for the Intelligence Project in August of 2019. Ms. Wood formerly served as the Deputy Director, Innovation & Technology Group, Open Source Center, CIA.
During her 20-year CIA career, Ms. Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates—analysis, operations, and digital innovation—leading a wide variety of the Agency’s missions in positions of increasing authority.
A late lunch will be served. Please RSVP below.
