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News - Cyber Security Project, Belfer Center

CYBERSEC 2016: Interview with Melissa Hathaway

| October 19, 2016

Melissa Hathaway participated in the European Security Forum's Cyber Security Conference 2016 in Krakow Poland. This conference is one of just a few regular public policy conferences devoted to the strategic issues of cyberspace and cybersecurity in Europe. She presented key elements of the Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 and discussed areas for better private-public cooperation.

Peiter Zatko (aka Mudge), Robert M. Lee, and Michael Sulmeyer of Harvard University's Belfer Center's Cyber Security Project an event at Harvard to discuss the recent cyberattack on Ukraine's power grid.

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News - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Cyber Operations Against Ukraine's Grid

Feb. 04, 2016

Director Michael Sulmeyer of the Cyber Security Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcomed industry experts Robert Lee, CEO of Dragos Security and former U.S. Air Force Cyber Warfare Operations Officer, and Mudge, founder of the Cyber Independent Testing Laboratory, with previous experience as a DoD official for DARPA and Deputy Director of Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Division, to get to ground truth on this attack and its implications.

News - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

A Conversation with Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter

December 2, 2015

Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter discussed defense issues with Belfer Center Director Graham Allison and answered questions from Harvard students at a Harvard Kennedy School JFK Jr. Forum December 1, 2015 titled “A Conversation with Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter."

A video and transcript of the event are available.

Professor Chris Dede

Wireless EdTech 2011 Photo

News - Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center

ICTPP Faculty Affiliate Chris Dede Leads Wireless Education Technology Conference 2011

| November 15, 2011

ICTPP Faculty Affiliate and Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Chris Dede convened the Wireless Education Technology Conference 2011 in Washington, D.C., on October 20–21, 2011. Its focus: the major issues that must be resolved to realize the full potential of mobile broadband for learning.

Communications & Internet Policy panelists from left to right: Susan Crawford, Ben Edelman, Yochai Benkler, and Jonathan Zittrain.

Martha Stewart Photo

News - Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center

Communications & Internet Policy—Panel Discussion

| March 25, 2011

The Communications & Internet Policy panel had a far ranging discussion at Harvard Kennedy School's September 2010 Technology & Governance 2.0 conference on the pressing policy challenges in the Information and Communications Technology space, Topics covered include, IPV4 to IPV6 challenge, competitive pressures in cable vs. fiber optics, Internet Governance, and the problems of Internet advertising.

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Robert Kaplan warns of increased competition in the Indian Ocean and the “arrival of the Asian Century”

Nov. 15, 2010

By Vilas Rao, Research Assistant, India and South Asia Program

The Indian Ocean will become a critical area of influence over the next century, according to journalist and author Robert Kaplan, reflecting on the findings of his new book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power.