Cyber warfare conference
Some of the brightest minds in computer, network, and national security issues spoke at a conference on cyber warfare in Tallinn, Estonia, from 17 to 19 June. The event was organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in cooperation with the International Institute for Defence Studies.
Experts in the field from academia, government, business and the military addressed different aspects of the the emerging field of cyber warfare, covering theory and practice from both strategic and tactical perspectives.
Conference highlights included :
- Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Defence Minister
- Information Warfare Monitor: Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
- James Lewis, CSIS: Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
- Mikko Hypponen, CRO, F-Secure: Evolution of the Cyber Threat
- Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks: Measuring Global Denial of Service Attacks
- Amit Yoran, CEO, NetWitness: Information Risk Management: Removing the Uncertainty
- Felix Leder and Tillmann Werner: Proactive Botnet Countermeasures: An Offensive Approach
- Andrew Cutts, Director, Cybersecurity Policy (DHS): Cyber Risk from a Homeland Security Perspective
- Billy Rios and Jeff Carr, Microsoft: Examination of a Real World Cyber Attack
- Dr Rex B. Hughes, Cambridge-MIT Institute: Towards a Global Regime for Cyber Defense
- Dr. Stuart H. Starr, NDU: Towards a (Preliminary) Theory of Cyberpower
- Roelof Temmingh, CEO, Paterva: Evaluating the Credibility of a Cyber Threat
- Scott Borg, Director, U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit: The Cyber-Defence Revolution