Homeland Security -- Homeland Defense
Fall Symposium, Cyber Conflict Studies Association

Nov. 3 , 2006.
George Mason University School of Law
Arlington, Virginia

On November 3, 2006, the Cyber Conflict Studies Association (CCSA) held its annual symposium at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia. The CIP Program co-hosted the conference, which began with welcoming remarks from James Mulvenon, CCSA Board Chairman, and Sallie McDonald, a Senior Executive at DHS and a Visiting Fellow at the CIP Program.

Titled “Homeland Security -- Homeland Defense,” the conference included discussions of policy agendas, the role of the DoD, the state of the cyber battlefield, legal concerns, a review of the DHS exercise Cyber Storm, and the risks of offshoring commercial information technology products/services.

The speakers included: Mark Hall, Director, International Information Assurance Program & Computer Network Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense Network Information & Integration; Paul Kurtz, Executive Director, Cyber Security Industry Alliance; Jeffrey Wright, Director, Exercise Program, National Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security; Tom Wingfield, Associate Professor, Department of Joint and Multilateral Operations, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; William McComas, Attorney, Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler; Irving Lachow, National Defense University; Jim Wallner, Cyber Defense Agency; and Don Lewis, recently retired Chief, Threat Analysis Division, Defense Intelligence Agency.

Where permitted, the presentations will be made available on the CCSA website. CCSA is a non-profit organization committed to enriching the research and development agenda related to cyber conflict. CCSA is supported by Norwich University and the National Center at Norwich University Applied Research Institutes.

CCSA has recently published the first volume of its Journal of Cyber Conflict Studies, which features articles on information security “privateering;” theoretical approaches to cyber conflict; terrorist cyber capabilities; technical issues in cyber conflict; and attribution.

In addition to the symposium and journal, CCSA organizes various workshops on cyber conflict. Future workshops include: Visualization of Cyber Conflict, Space Dynamics Lab, Utah State University, January 2007; Cyber Arms Control, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2007; and Infrastructure Risk Assessment, June 2007.