New strategy for global cybersecurity cooperation coming soon: State cyber ambassador

New strategy for global cybersecurity cooperation coming soon: State cyber ambassador
New strategy for global cybersecurity cooperation coming soon: State cyber ambassador

“The war in Ukraine has cast a very dark shadow,” ambassador-at-large Nate Fick said – but the “silver lining” is a new seriousness about public-private cooperation against global cyber threats.

State Dept wants ‘cyber assistance fund’ to aid allies and partners against hackers

State Dept wants ‘cyber assistance fund’ to aid allies and partners against hackers
State Dept wants ‘cyber assistance fund’ to aid allies and partners against hackers

The special fund is part of a three-part plan floated by Nate Fick, the State Department’s roving ambassador for cybersecurity, to help bolster allied cyber skills before — and during — crises.

Ex-DUSD Flournoy & Ex-Comptroller Zakheim Debate Budget, US Role In World

WASHINGTON: The United States is still the world’s indispensable nation and we’ll probably avoid sequestration, albeit by the skin of our teeth. That’s the modestly reassuring message from the unlikely duo of Michèle Flournoy, who recently left her job as under secretary of defense for policy, and Dov Zakheim, Pentagon comptroller under George W. Bush.…