Atlantic Council Cybersecurity Conference

The following was sent to me by Jacques Gansler, from the School of Public Policy, and I thought it might be of general interest so I'm re-posting here with his permission.

On Dec. 8th, I went to a Cyber Security conference that was seen by the "Atlantic Council" (I am a Director) and sponsored by SAIC, and held at the "Spy Museum".  (Mike adds: see http://www.acus.org/program/cyber-statecraft-initiative but there's no link for the conference event itself.)

Of course, I discussed the MC2 (including with SAIC key players-since they are one of our sponsors); but I was particularly impressed by the mix of attendees-- both U.S. and international; and both "wonks" (policy) and "geeks"(techies). Clearly, this topic is great, and widespread, interest (to industry, government, and academic-here and abroad).

The main messages that came out of the meeting were:

·         It is both a technical and (even more) a policy issues;
·         It requires senior-level government involvement and commitment (including of resources);
·         It must be multinational;
·         It must involve public/private partnerships (which is happening in some countries), but far too little in the US).

When the report (of the meeting) comes out, I'll send it around.