The Week That Will Be
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host an online event on the future of the U.S.-China relationship. CSIS expert Jude Blanchette will join Ryan Hass, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, to discuss his new book, “Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence.” You can submit questions here.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.: The Brookings Institution will host a webcast entitled “Filibuster 101: An explainer of the Senate rule and reform.” Governance Studies Senior Fellows Molly Reynolds and Sarah Binder will discuss all things filibuster, including a primer on the rule itself as well as paths for filibuster reform and the potential effects that proposed changes may have on policymaking in Congress. You can register here.
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Countering cyber proliferation: Zeroing in on Access-as-a-Service Report by Winnona DeSombre, James Shires, JD Work, Robert Morgus, Patrick Howell O’Neill, Luca Allodi, and Trey Herr
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The proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities (OCC) the combination of tools; vulnerabilities; and skills, including technical, organizational, and individual capacities used to conduct offensive cyber operations presents an expanding set of risks to states and challenges commitments to protect openness, security, and stability in cyberspace. As these capabilities become more prolific, their regulation through formal international norms and export controls is increasingly ineffective. Countering the spread of dangerous capabilities is not a new policy challenge, but its specific application to the cyber domain remains uncertain both in theory and in practice. Left unchecked, the contin
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The old saying goes, personnel is policy. This may be particularly true at this point in federal cybersecurity policy, where multiple agencies and Congressional committees play changing roles, including expanding capacities in the National Security Council, an entirely new White House Office created by Congress, and the still-young Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Each announcement (and round of speculation), leaves observers wondering what it may mean for federal cybersecurity policy.
One new hire, Tim Maurer, a new Counselor for Cybersecurity to DHS Secretary Mayorkas, may provide clues about how DHS could approach cyber risk in the private sector. Mr. Maurer spent several years on cyber policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Last year he and a colleague, Garret Hinke, published a study on cloud security,