As Paris welcomes the world for the AI Summit, I am thrilled to be here and participating in #IASEAI25 over the next two days. Drop me a line if you are also in town and would like to connect on all things #AI #natsec and #semiconductors / #compute. And if you were unable to attend in person, consider catching a few of the talks virtually. Details below. https://www.iaseai.org/conference/livestream

From catching up with old friends to examining Chinese foreign investment in US farmland, #LABScon24 had it all. You know the community and conversations are excellent when you accidentally miss the impromptu Alperovitch Institute team photo because you were geeking out with a fellow cybersecurity researcher (we were out in force again this year!).

Current and former students: are you interested in attending #CYBERWARCON?

Consider applying to be a volunteer. Volunteering is a great way to network and get a behind-the-scenes look at the conference. You also get to attend for free!

Apply today at cyberwarcon.com

Looking forward to another thought provoking year at #LABScon24! Hats off to SentinelOne and the entire organizing and sponsoring team for bringing together a vibrant slice of the threat intelligence community three years running.

This year’s fantastic lineup includes Max Smeets, Kim Zetter, MJ Emanuel, Dakota Cary, Silas Cutler, Kristin Del Rosso, Tom Hegel, Gabriel Bernadett-Shapiro, and Juan Andres Guerrero Saade (the man and the myth behind #LABScon24).

And a special shoutout to Martin Wendiggensen - a Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) PhD student with the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies - on his second time taking to the LABScon stage.

Nothing says I work in tech more than a pile a hoodies. What will year three bring?

https://www.labscon.io/

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alexis Bonnell, Anne Marie Schumann, Tyler Sweatt, and Ryan Evans to talk about all things cybersecurity and DoD. You know it’s a great conversation when you leave the room buzzing.

Huge thanks to Ryan and War on the Rocks for making this - and so many important national security conversations - happen. https://warontherocks.com/2024/08/the-smartest-conversation-on-cyber-in-the-defense-department-youve-heard-in-a-long-time/

I had the pleasure of reviewing three fantastic books for Survival this year: Robert Chesney and Max Smeets’ Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive; James Shires’ The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East; and Jeffrey Ding’s Technology and the Rise of Great Powers. First 50 copies free. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/M6PE9UKV2VX6SCVFEW4K/full?target=10.1080/00396338.2024.2380209

In my latest piece in War on the Rocks, Nina Kelsey and I argue that the United States faces a closing window of opportunity to take the lead in managing a suite of strategically important technologies that require the balancing of three core imperatives - economic, security, and sustainability. Getting this right will pay dividends, while getting it wrong could be disastrous. We call these technologies ‘fulcrum technologies’ and they will be critical to American policy successes at home and abroad. https://warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-challenges-of-policy-in-an-era-of-fulcrum-technologies/

From space experts at the Applied Physics Laboratory to material scientists from the Whiting School of Engineering and from bioethicists at the Berman Institute to semiconductor experts at SAIS, JHU has deep and diverse expertise to bring to bear on emerging technology questions. Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-technologies-innovation-governance-symposium-tickets-758165311857?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thrilled to announce that Laurie Locascio (Director of NIST) and Jason Matheny (CEO of the RAND Corporation) will be kicking off our Emerging Technologies symposium on Nov 30th. Don’t miss out! Snag your seat today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-technologies-innovation-governance-symposium-tickets-758165311857?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pleasure to speak about Joint Warfighter & Cyberspace Operations today at the 10th annual Cyber Beacon conference hosted by the National Defense University (NDU). Shout out to my fellow panelists: JD Work and Aaron Brantly. Lively discussion and debate.

Today marks the official dedication of our new home: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. I continue to be inspired by my colleagues and students at the @alperovitch Institute, SAIS, and the broader JHU community. A privilege and a joy to work with you all.

Academic life, @alperovitch institute style: when even your office lamps are books. Slowly but surely migrating all my books into SAIS’s new home at 555 Penn. Stop by and say hello if you haven’t already.

Back in DC after a fantastic time at LABScon. Special shout out to my @alperovitch Institute colleagues who took to the stage this year.

In a @lawfare op/ed, @uwcip director @katestarbird writes: "As we navigate this multifaceted and sustained assault on disinformation researchers, it’s important to take stock of the implications for our country and, most immediately, the upcoming 2024 elections."

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-battle-for-better-information

#UWCIP #Misinformation #Disinformation #UniversityOfWashington

Stopping to take in the local scenery on our way to LABScon yesterday. It was lovely catching up with everyone last night over dinner and drinks here in Arizona. Looking forward to today’s talks and sidebars.

LABScon bound next week! LABScon was the first in-person con I attended after two years of Covid. And it set the bar high.

Hit me, and my awesome @alperovitch Institute colleagues, up in Arizona!

Taking a moment to pause and enjoy the view amidst a day of semiconductor and cybersecurity course prep and research. It feels good to be back in the neighborhood and I very much look forward to welcoming SAIS students to our new home next week.

Looking forward to kicking off classes at SAIS later this month at JHU’s new DC home. Beautiful building, innovative educational spaces, excellent location, and, of course, a world class community. Feeling grateful for and excited to finish settling in as we add the finishing touches at 555 Penn.

Grading away at the Institute accompanied by some of my favorite opera albums. Teaching at Johns Hopkins SAIS continues to be a wonderful reminder of how many excellent students, from technical and non-technical backgrounds alike, will be entering the cyber work force in years to come.

#WiCyS2023 attendees, stop by Johns Hopkins SAIS’s booth today from 9:45-11:45 and 13:55–17:30 to learn more about our graduate degree programs, including our Masters of Arts in #Strategy, #Cybersecurity, and #Intelligence. #womenincybersecurity