I am pleased to welcome shane harris to discuss the new book war the rise of the militaryinternet complex in which he chronicles the emergence of cyberspace as a system made of warfare. How Government Agencies are teaming up with the likes of google and microscope microsoft to monitor cyberspace and collected from asian and what that means for us as individuals and as the nation. The second book the watchers with a New York Public Library book award for excellence in journalism. Currently a Senior Writer and also worked as a Senior Writer for Foreign Policy and his work has appeared in numerous publications and a the Washington Post and a fellow at the new America Foundation were pleased to welcome him back for a second appearance at politics prose. Shane harris. [applause] thank you for the great introduction. Thank you for coming out tonight. Queue to be sitting on a veranda to enjoy a the summer evening. It is great to see friends and colleagues as well. We were talking before i hav
Well, thank you very much indeed. Now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and ive given quite a number in the last week while ive been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. But strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about Something Else entirely. I took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up Central Park West towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. It wasnt the Second Church of christ scientists, its the spanishportuguese synagogue. And i read the plaque, and ive never seen that before. I normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when im in new york, but i hadnt actually seen this. I was quite struck by this because, of course im quite familiar with the history of thi
Started a few months later, in spring of 2006. I felt like i still was having some restlessness having had thatster generals. Host we have been talking with dr. Dinah miller coauthor of some shrink rap. Booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news scheduling update, behind the scenes pictures and videos author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. Shane harris talks about the militarys use of cyber space to wage war. He discusses the involvement of private Companies Like google and microsoft in this fifth domain of warfare. This hourlong Program Starts now on booktv. Im pleased to welcome shane harris this evening to discuss his new book, war the rice of the bill tear internet complex. Hello ands how Government Agencies are teaming up with the likes of google and microsoft and finance companies to monitor cyber space and collect information and what that means for us as individuals and a nation. This is harris second book
Beaming this offense to places far and wide and we have an overflow room as well because the Wilson Center is truly honored to host this event. I am welcoming some of our nearest and dearest supporters pretty thank representative jim himes of connecticut will be here or is here. I am jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. 15 years ago a disgruntled australian contractor hacked a sewage control system in queensland spilling millions of gallons of waste onto public lands it into public waters. All it took him then was a laptop and the a radio. Today our infrastructure is increasingly networked rail switches water mains power grids. Americans lives are more vulnerable than ever to digital disruption. The hacker black market has flourished. You can buy zero days for a song song. A would be cyberterrorist who arent limited in resources anymore. Its creativity. Crafting a secure internet in securing americas place in cyberspace is a huge technical and leadership challenge. I
Infrastructure on the routine basis. Further our adversaries are probing Critical Infrastructure whether chemical plants stock exchanges any type of important infrastructure. And our partner countries that can inflict damage to the Global Economy as well as exacerbate instability in the security environment. What are your specific recommend ages with arerd to increasing cyber capability and specifically how do we compete with the private sector to get the brightest minds and the best engineers and math met igses to want to serve as cyber warriorsen and hands the Cyber Defense . Have you thought about ways to not only recruit and retrain and retable the best and brightest in the fields but also to perhaps develop resources throughout National Guard and other sources. And the panel senator, we did not go into that level of detail we noted the importance of the area the importance of the investing of both defensive and offensive capabilities urged the department to move forward with moder