Cyber Threats, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Security
Katie Moussouris, cyber expert and hacker; Sean Roche, CIA Directorate for Digital Innovation; Peter Singer, award-winning author; Shawn Turskey, US Cyber Command
Wednesday, December 7, 20163:30 PM
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 314
Los Angeles, CA 90095
ABOUT THE TALK
From the strategic email hacks during the recent US Presidential campaign to the North Korean hack of Sony Pictures, cyber threats loom larger every day. Cyber espionage and cyber conflict are front and center issues from the Pentagon to Silicon Valley to Hollywood. Join renowned cyber experts for a discussion of the current threat landscape, what may lay ahead and how we can best protect ourselves.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
KATIE MOUSSOURIS is the founder and CEO of a new security start-up company called Luta Security that specializes in helping businesses and governments work with hackers to better defend themselves from digital attacks. A noted authority on vulnerability disclosure & bug bounties, Moussouris advises companies, lawmakers, & governments on the benefits of hacking & security research to help make the internet safer for everyone. She helped the US Department of Defense start the government's first bug bounty program, called "Hack the Pentagon." Her earlier Microsoft work encompassed industry-leading initiatives such as Microsoft's bug bounty programs & Microsoft Vulnerability Research. Moussouris is also a subject matter expert for the US National Body of the International Standards Organization (ISO) in vuln disclosure (29147), vuln handling processes (30111), and secure development (27034). She is a visiting scholar with MIT Sloan School, a New America Fellow, and Harvard Belfer Affiliate. In addition, Moussouris serves on the CFP review board for RSA, O'Reilly Security Conference, Shakacon, and is an advisor to the Center for Democracy and Technology.
SEAN P. ROCHE was named Associate Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation in March 2015. The Directorate for Digital Innovation is responsible for accelerating the integration of digital and cyber capabilities across all of CIA’s mission areas. Prior to his assignment to the Directorate for Digital Innovation, Mr. Roche served as the Deputy Director for Science and Technology. In this role he provided daily leadership that enabled the Directorate to attack national intelligence problems with effective targeting, advanced technology and excellent tradecraft. During his 34 years of federal service, Mr. Roche has been responsible for missions ranging from R&D to Operations and has held a number of leadership positions across the Directorate for Science and Technology. He served as the Director for the Office of Mission Resources (OMR) starting in 2013 and had previously served as the Director for the Office of Integrated Missions (OIM) since 2009. In those roles he provided the mechanisms, expertise, and resources to better enable agile operational responses alongside an improved ability to overcome impediments to DS&T mission needs and emerging capabilities. Mr. Roche had previously served at the DCI Community Management Staff and in various DS&T Group and Office level positions. In these assignments, he led teams that delivered satellite and airborne reconnaissance systems, developed next generation collection platforms and conducted world-wide sustained clandestine operations. He became a member of the Senior Intelligence Service in 2001.
PETER SINGER is a strategist and senior fellow at New America. The author of multiple award-winning books, he is considered one of the world's leading experts on 21st century security issues. He has been named by the Smithsonian Institution-National Portrait Gallery as one of the 100 leading innovators in the nation, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, and by Foreign Policy magazine to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List. His books include Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry; Children at War; Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century; and Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, which was named to both the US Army and US Navy professional reading list. His most recent book is Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. Singer is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine and the founder of NeoLuddite, a technology advisory firm. He has worked as a consultant for the US military, Defense Intelligence Agency, and FBI, as well as advised a wide-range of technology and entertainment programs, including for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Universal, HBO, and the video game series Call of Duty, the best-selling entertainment project in history.
SHAWN TURSKEY has been executive director of the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), the highest-ranking-civilian and third in command, since June 2014. Additionally, as the lead for Cyber Tools and Capabilities Development under the Secretary of Defense Cyber Strategy, he drives strategic and technical innovation that enables and equips the cyber warrior to conduct operations. During his 29-year National Security Agency (NSA) career, he spearheaded several missions in the Directorates of Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance and the NSA/Central Security Service Threat Operations Center. Mr. Turskey’s background spans a breadth and depth of technical and operational leadership across NSA’s cyber components. Mr. Turskey is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and earned a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
KAL RAUSTIALA is professor at UCLA School of Law and the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations. In 2016 he was elected Vice President of the American Society of International Law. Professor Raustiala's research focuses on international law, international relations, and intellectual property. His recent publications include "Governing the Internet," American Journal of International Law (2016); "Fake It Till You Make It: The Good News About China’s Knockoff Economy,” Foreign Affairs, (July/August 2013); “NGOs in International Treaty-Making,” in The Oxford Guide to Treaties (2012); and Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? The Evolution of Territoriality in American Law, (Oxford, 2009). His most recent book, The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation (Oxford, 2012), written with Christopher Sprigman of NYU Law School, has been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. A graduate of Duke University, Professor Raustiala holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego.