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Hearing Hearing Date: July 13, 2016 1:00 pm 2154 Rayburn HOB

Digital Acts of War: Evolving the Cybersecurity Conversation

Subject
Digital Acts of War: Evolving the Cybersecurity Conversation
Date
July 13, 2016
Time
1:00 pm
Place
2154 Rayburn HOB

PURPOSE:

  • To examine the strategies and policies of the administration’s response to cybersecurity incidents.
  • To review the growing market for threat intelligence, the pros/cons of making attribution after cybersecurity incidents, and the benefits of clarifying international norms of cyber operations.

BACKGROUND:

  • Data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management and at private sector companies have validated a 2013 National Intelligence Estimate that the U.S. is “the target of a massive, sustained cyberespionage campaign that is threatening the country’s economic competitiveness.”
  • Hostile actors remain undeterred from conducting cyberattacks because of the relatively low costs of entry, the perceived payoff, and the lack of significant consequences.
  • Russia and China continue to view offensive cyber capabilities as an important geostrategic tool and will almost certainly continue developing them.

 

Witnesses and testimonies: Mr. Aaron Hughes

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy
U.S. Department of Defense

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Mr. Chris Painter

Coordinator for Cyber Issues
U.S. Department of State

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Gen. (Ret.) Keith Alexander

CEO and President
IronNet Cybersecurity

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Mr. Sean Kanuck

Counsel
Legal and Strategic Consulting Services

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Mr. Peter Warren Singer

Strategist and Senior Fellow
New America

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