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CNCI – from the top. Susan Alexander CTO for Information and Identity Assurance OSD. Email: Susan.Alexander@osd.mil. Motivators . America’s dependence on cyber infrastructure for social, economic and physical security Vulnerability of infrastructure to asymmetric attack
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CNCI – from the top Susan Alexander CTO for Information and Identity Assurance OSD Email: Susan.Alexander@osd.mil
Motivators • America’s dependence on cyber infrastructure for social, economic and physical security • Vulnerability of infrastructure to asymmetric attack • Lack of a coordinated, national-level plan to do anything about this
Init 9 - Leap-ahead workshop • August 30-31, Rosslyn • Tap extant efforts with academia • NCDI • Nat’l Research Council • Industry • Intel, Microsoft, Mitre, et al • Gov’t • NSF, IARPA, DARPA, NSA/NIARL, OSTP, NIST, DDR&E, DHS, ASD(NII), JCS
CyberNation: a game we must winLeap-ahead strategy • Morph the gameboard - ever-changing terrain • Resilient networks/systems; adaptive defense • Change the rules - protocols that favor us • Accountable flows; anonymity and attribution • Up the Stakes - increase risk for the adversary • Armed data; network mines • Build it right - no hidden vulnerabilities • Secure systems engineering • Deploy it fast - faster than the adversary • Secure systems assembly