MIT Research Documents Effectiveness of Consensus Cyber Risk Oversight Principles
Geneva, Switzerland/November 16/As the World Economic Forum’s annual Cybersecurity Summit concluded today research conducted by MIT Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (MIT CAMS) found that the cyber risk oversight principles (consensus principles) developed by the Forum in conjunction with the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) “demonstrates that organizations that […]
As cyber attacks increase, here’s how CEOs can improve cyber resilience
Major Findings · The Cyber Risk Principles developed by the ISA, NACD and the World Economic Forum help drive cyber resilience across industries. · Simulation-aided research from MIT CAMS shows that commitment to and adoption of the Cyber Risk Principles significantly improves cyber resilience. · Results also show that, commitment to these cyber risk principles […]
ISA PROPOSAL FOR A VIRTUAL CYBERSECURITY NATIONAL SERVICE ACADEMY
PREMISE ONE: CYBERSECURITY IS A NATIONAL DEFENSE IMPERATIVE Just as World War II made it apparent that the skies were a unique domain of warfare resulting in the creation of the US Air Force Academy in the 1950s, so, too, have recent events made it clear beyond doubt that cyberspace is now a unique domain […]
TOP TEN REASONS FOR A VIRTUAL CYBERSECURITY SERVICE ACADEMY (Part 1)
In a series of recent posts, we have noted the time has come for us to create a national virtual cyber service academy, modeled on our traditional military academies, but updated for the digital age (link). We subsequently detailed the public policy argument for this academy (link) and outlined a governance model for it (link). […]
THE CASE FOR A NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ACADEMY, PART 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In our last post we made the case for a national, virtual, cybersecurity academy. In this post we will discuss the key points of our proposal and in our next post we will discuss the advantages of our proposal which we suggest as the only practical way for the USA to quickly, comprehensively, sustainably, […]
THE CASE FOR A NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ACADEMY, PART 1: A NATIONAL DEFENSE IMPERATIVE
We need to stop talking about the issue of cybersecurity workforce development. We need to properly frame the issue an imperative for national defense digital mobilization. Just as World War II made it apparent that the skies were a unique domain of warfare resulting in the creation of the US Air Force Academy in […]
IT IS TIME FOR A NATIONAL CYBER SERVICES ACADEMY
Our service academies – West Point, Annapolis the Airforce and Merchant Marine Academies are the ultimate public private partnership. Government offers private citizens high quality education at no cost, and in return the graduates are obliged to provide three years of service to the government, and many stay on well-past that obligation. The system has […]
INGLIS PROPOSES CYBER SOCIAL CONTRACT: GREAT IDEA! NOW LET’S TALK TERMS
By Larry Clinton In the latest edition of Foreign Affairs, the US Director for Cybersecurity, Chris Inglis and Harry Krejsa, propose that the government and industry forge a new paradigm – a cybersecurity social contract. Naturally, the Internet Security Alliance applauds this move toward a new paradigm. We do so for two reasons, first and […]
Regulation of Cybersecurity Has Been Tried and It Doesn’t Work
By Larry Clinton The focus of the current series of posts is to suggest the need for new directions in cybersecurity policy. Put succinctly, it’s not just that we need to do cybersecurity better – it’s that we need to do cybersecurity differently. Why? Because we are getting killed out there. Cybercriminals generate roughly $2 trillion […]
Playoffs Time: What Can Cyber Policymakers Learn from the NFL?
This blog series began by asserting that in the new year, given the obvious ineffectiveness of our current cyber policies it’s time for policymakers to begin focusing on issues that might really matter in terms of creating a sustainably secure system. We then moved forward to identify two major areas where government could really make a […]
