DEC16@6pm — Michael Klipstein on Cyber Conflict

December 15, 2021 at 6:00pm

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DoD must look at cyberspace in a different way as the assumption of “when we arrive in theater” is no longer valid. For over 200 years, the United States has experienced no significant military incursion into its continental territory, giving military leaders the luxury of focusing on engagements with our adversaries overseas. That luxury is not available in the cyber domain. Instead, the fight begins at home station due to protect critical infrastructure that DoD and the nation rely upon. Adversaries can potentially attack this soft target to do us harm and to stop the projection of power by the United States. This paradigm requires the DoD, as well as the nation, to think differently about cyberspace operations.

About the Speaker

Dr. Michael Klipstein has worked on national cyber topics for over a decade, ranging from USCYBERCOM continuity of government networks, the National Security Agency hard targets, leading a Cyber National Mission Team, and building two Nation Cyber Protection Teams. Later, he created curricula for the Joint Staff for international partner nations incyberspace, and was a Director of International Cybersecurity Policy for the National Security.  Currently, Dr Klipstein works for the Army’s Principal Cyber Advisor.