In February 2016, President Obama established the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, and charged it with developing a cybersecurity roadmap for the next Administration. On Friday, December 2, the Commission released its final report. As one of the 12 commissioners responsible for the report, I will brief the major themes and recommendations in the report, provide some personal reflections, and answer questions as best I can.
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About the speaker:
Herb Lin is a senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the
Center for International Security and Cooperation and a research fellow
at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University. His research
interests concern the policy-related dimensions of cybersecurity
and cyberspace; he is particularly interested in and knowledgeable
about the use of offensive operations in cyberspace, especially as
instruments of national policy. In addition to his positions at
Stanford University, he is chief scientist emeritus for the Computer
Science and Telecommunications Board, at the National Research Council
(NRC) of the National Academies, where he served from 1990 through 2014
as study director of major projects on public policy and information
technology, and adjunct senior research scholar and senior fellow in
cybersecurity (not in residence) at the Saltzman Institute for War
and Peace Studies in the School for International and Public Affairs
at Columbia University. Before his NRC service, he was a professional
staff member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee
(1986-1990), where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control
issues. He received his doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Apart from his work on cyberspace and cybersecurity, he has published on cognitive science, science education, biophysics, and arms control and defense policy. He also consults on K12 math and science education. |
Contact information:
Herb Lin
herblin@stanford.edu
Stanford