Description:
This program includes a presentation by Mark Hadley, a research scientist with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory focusing on cybersecurity and the protection of critical infrastructure systems. He outlines the historical reasons for the vulnerability of networked digital control systems, and the technical requirements for better securing them.
It also includes a presentation by Kevin Desouza, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Information School at the University of Washington and the director of the Institute for National Security Education and Research, an inter-disciplinary university-wide initiative. He speaks about the intelligence perspective on critical infrastructure protection, and the need for effective frameworks governing the gathering and use of intelligence.
This program is presented by The Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington Information School and sponsored by UW Institute for National Security Education and Research and The UW Master of Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures online graduate program, with additional support fro The Information School, The Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Speaker(s):
Harry Bruce, professor and dean, Information School, University of Washington
Kevin Desouza, assistant professor, Information School, University of
Washington, director, Institute for National Security Education and Research
Mark Hadley, research scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hilda Blanco, professor and chair, department of urban design and planning, director, Master of Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures online program, UW
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, director,
Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity,
University of Washington
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