Jason Healey

Jason Healey is Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he was an US Air Force officer and plankholder of the first joint cyber command, the JTF-CND in 1999, and director for cyber infrastructure protection at the White House. He created the first CERT at Goldman Sachs and was vice chair of the FS-ISAC.

Countering Adversaries and How to Count It

The new National Cyber Director, Sean Cairncross wants to counter cyber adversaries, to “shift the burden of risk in cyberspace from Americans to them.” Imposing more costs on adversaries is clearly the right answer, but success cannot ...

Analysis

The Clean Network Initiative: Another Nail in the Coffin of An Open Internet

For over twenty years the United States has consistently been the strongest voice for an open Internet that connects people all around the world. It was not a place for sovereignty and closed borders, the ...

Analysis

Vulnerabilities, the Search for Buried Treasure, and the US Government

Most weeks, it is far outside the normal job responsibilities for cybersecurity professionals to understand what the United States (or other governments) do to find or use computer vulnerabilities. Just stay patched and keep the ...

Analysis

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