Spies and Strategy in Cyberspace: New Frontiers in Cyber Theory and Policy Symposium

The School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs will host a half-day symposium that brings together outside scholars of intelligence and cybersecurity with Georgia Tech faculty to discuss emerging ideas about the strategic nature of cyber conflict and national cybersecurity strategies to manage it. The first of two panels will focus on strategic concepts for understanding cybersecurity, and evaluating the usefulness of intelligence rather than military frameworks. The second panel will focus on U.S. national cybersecurity strategy, evaluating strengths and opportunities for improvement in the emerging geopolitical context of great power competition.

Schedule

8 a.m. Light breakfast and coffee 

8:30 a.m. Welcome: Jon Lindsay, associate professor with a joint appointment in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

8:35 a.m. Keynote: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, Georgia Tech alumnus and distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

9:10 a.m. "The Role of Intelligence in Cybersecurity" Panel

• Chair: Nadiya Kostyuk, assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Cybersecurity and School of Public Policy 
• Fiona Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania
• John Ferris, professor of history at the University of Calgary
• Brendan Saltaformaggio, assistant professor with a joint appointment between the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Peter Swire, J.Z. Liang Chair in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and professor of law and ethics in the Scheller College of Business

10:40 a.m. Coffee Break

11 a.m. "National Cybersecurity Strategy" Panel

• Chair: Michael Poznansky, associate professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College
• Michael Bailey, founding chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
• Rich DeMillo, Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Professor of Computing in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
• Erica Lonergan, assistant professor in the Army Cyber Institute at the U.S. Military Academy
• Joshua Rovner, associate professor in the School of International Service at American University

12:30 p.m. Lunch