On April 14, 2023, the Belfer Center's Cyber Project will host a symposium, Future of Technology and Supply Chain Security.  Taking place during Supply Chain Integrity Month, this symposium aims to drive discussion on innovative methods to mitigate a variety of risks posed to cyber supply chains in order to ensure a resilient and defensible cyberspace. 

This event, an hour-long (in-person and streamed) public panel titled Methods to Secure Cyber Supply Chains, will feature a brief introduction by the Belfer Center Co-Director Eric Rosenbach. The panel will be moderated by David Sanger (NY Times), and feature Camille Stewart Gloster (Office of the National Cyber Director), Edlyn Levine (America’s Frontier Fund), and Val Cofield (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency). 

Doors open at 9:00 and the event will start at 9:30. Breakfast will be provided.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Cyber Project and the White House Office of the National Cyber Director this Friday, April 14 for a day-long symposium, Future of Technology and Supply Chain Security. Taking place during Supply Chain Integrity Month, the symposium aims to drive discussion on innovative methods to mitigate a variety of risks posed to cyber supply chains in order to ensure a resilient and defensible cyberspace. Students are welcome to RSVP for any or all events.

Join us on September 28th at 12:00PM as we welcome the Honorable Ellen E. McCarthy to Harvard Kennedy School for a discussion on disinformation and truth in media as part of our latest Intelligence Seminar. In the world of information warfare, combating disinformation requires a joint strategy guiding a wide range of actors, including academia, tech companies, non profits, and entertainment, working together. This conversation will touch on recent work done by Truth in Media, a new initiative to distill fact from fiction in an increasingly challenging world of misinformation and disinformation.

Hon. Ellen McCarthy is the Chairwoman and CEO of the Truth in Media Cooperative and Noodle Labs. She has over three decades of national security service in a variety of leadership roles that span numerous intelligence organizations and disciplines, most recently as the lead of one of the U.S. Intelligence Community's 18 agencies. As the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, she reported to the Secretary of State and led a team that provided intelligence support for foreign policy purposes.

The discussion will be moderated by Lauren Zabierek, Belfer Center Executive Director and Maria Robson-Morrow, Program Manager for the Intelligence Project. This hybrid event is on the record and the virtual option is open to the public. The in-person option is open only to Harvard students, staff, faculty and fellows. Registration is required. Please note that in person registration is via the Zoom link; please select the in person option.

Food will be provided at the event.

Financially motivated cyber operations, especially cybercrime, represent an increasingly central component of North Korea’s strategy for evading sanctions and generating illicit revenue. In this event, Priscilla Moriuchi and Alex O’Neill will discuss ongoing trends and future expectations for North Korean financially motivated cyber operations, as well as O’Neill’s recent report, Cybercriminal Statecraft.

This event is co-sponsored by the Korea Project and the Cyber Project.

*Please note the room change for in-person attendees.*

“It is getting harder to get big things done in America.  To meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, our country needs a reset.” - American Reboot

Join the Intelligence and Cyber Projects in conversation with former Congressman Will Hurd. Mr. Will Hurd is currently a managing director at Allen & Company and former member of Congress, cybersecurity executive, and undercover officer in the CIA. In his forthcoming book, American Reboot, he tackles five challenges facing the United States: the need for a principled vision from the Republican Party; what he sees as a lack of honest leadership in Washington, DC; income inequality threatening the livelihood of millions of Americans; the lack of a guarantee of continued U.S. economic and military dominance; and the immense scope of impending technological change in the next thirty years. In this candid discussion, we aim to drive at the very specific cyber and intelligence challenges our nation is facing right now, and how we can address them. The discussion will be moderated by Lauren Zabierek, Executive Director of the Cyber Project, and Paul Kolbe, Director of the Intelligence Project. This hybrid event is on the record and the virtual option is open to the public. The in-person option is open only to Harvard affiliates. Registration is required.

Join the Intelligence and Cyber Projects for a hybrid seminar discussion on cybersecurity with Cynthia Kaiser, Section Chief with the FBI's Cyber Division. In the Cyber Division, Cynthia focuses on public-private outreach, information sharing across all levels of government, addressing cyber threats to elections, and identifying and responding to risks from malicious cyber actors. In this talk, Cynthia will discuss the FBI's approach to cyber security risks in the United States and current mitigation measures. This discussion will be moderated by Cyber Project Executive Director Lauren Zabierek.

This event is for Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates. The event is being held under the Chatham House Rule and is off the record. Attendees may join in person in the Allison Dining Room at HKS (first 50 registrants who opt to join in person), or virtually via Zoom. Please register at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AFLFGQLPTSSzG_AEJ7MAfA. If you are planning to attend person, select the in person option in the registration form.

This event will explore the rise of North Korea as a cyber power and consider what the future of its operations holds, drawing on participants’ expertise and original research.

The Belfer Center's Intelligence Project will host a discussion on international cooperation on securing supply chain vulnerabilities and 5G issues with cyber and intelligence leaders from the U.S., UK, Australia, and Canada on Wednesday, April 7th from 10:00am-12:15pm.

This event will be open to the public. Advance registration for both sessions is required. 

On Friday, March 19, the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy communities will come together to lift the voices of Black Women in the field as part of the #ShareTheMicInCyber campaign in celebration of Women’s History Month.  

#ShareTheMicInCyber is an online conversation on Twitter and LinkedIn started by Camille Stewart and Lauren Zabierek, with the aim of addressing a number of issues stemming from systemic racism in cybersecurity. The campaign highlights the experiences of Black practitioners in this field, catalyzing a critical conversation on race in the industry and shining a light on Black practitioners’ accomplishments to identify them as experts in their fields, all while creating professional opportunities and bringing the community together.

Racism, like cybersecurity, is a national security issue. It’s not enough to be “not racist”- we must be anti-racist. As a community, let’s stand up against systemic racism. Together, let’s honor our Black colleagues & lift up underrepresented voices. We are excited to celebrate Black Women in Security & Privacy on March 19, 2021--all day on Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Belfer Center's Intelligence and Cyber Projects will co-host a discussion on the recent Solarwinds Orion hack with David Sanger, Camille Stewart, Priscilla Moriuchi, and Dr. Erica Borghard on Wednesday, February 3rd from 12:00-1:15pm.

This event will be open to the public. Advance registration is required.