by Justin Sherman
I'm thrilled to be a 2018 Summer Fellow for the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy! As described in my homepage bio, I'm interning in Washington, D.C. at New America's Cybersecurity Initiative -- a group focused on one of the most pressing issues of our time. I'm working on Internet governance, international cybersecurity policy, and bolstering the cybersecurity workforce through increased diversity and improved education. Generally speaking: I'm a rising junior double-majoring in Computer Science and Political Science, focused on cyber security, warfare, and governance. I'm a member of the IEEE Internet Initiative and the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems; I'm the co-founder of Duke's newfound Cyber Team and the creator of "Cyber and Global Security," Duke's first undergraduate cyber strategy class; and I'm a Cyber Policy Researcher at the Department of Defense- and NSA-backed Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, where I work with academia, industry, and the intelligence community on federal cybersecurity policy, industry security benchmarks, and national cyber strategy. I've had pieces published or upcoming in Real Clear Defense, The Strategy Bridge, Divergent Options, The Cyber Defense Review, Journal of Cyber Policy, The State of Security, and on the cover of Cybersecurity Trends Magazine (among others), and I hold over a dozen cyber- and security-related certifications, from FEMA and NIH to the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Department of Defense. Much of my research to date has focused on the technical and policy sides of cyber, and it's only recently that I've begun to look at cyber even more broadly -- from a strategic perspective. This is exactly what I'm excited to delve into this summer. Our views of technology are so greatly impacted by our cultures. In one setting, digital could refer to information and communications technology (ICT) like telephones and radios. In another, it might imply social media platforms and e-governance software. For some, Internet conjures up images of cyber crime and intellectual property theft. For others, it inspires and empowers, connecting entire societies to a global network of information. Even within specific technical communities, the word cybersecurity (or is it cyber security?) means very different things to very different people. The term cyber attack holds quite a different meaning for a risk analyst than it does for a lawyer, just as cyber war is processed one way by a diplomat and in quite another by an economist. Conversely, our treatment of technology -- our crafting of policy, our thinking about norms, our understanding of its impact -- is tangibly influenced by these perspectives. Through my work at New America, I will examine these perspectives on the international stage in the context of existing trends: rising states clashing with failing states, non-state actors engaging in quasi-political activities, global business intersecting with diplomatic strife, and more. I will aim to better understand the interplay of trade and decisions about Internet censorship and content moderation; to study workforce development and public education in the context of national and international security; to reason about negotiation and treaty-making in a world where traditional definitions of territory mean less and less; to challenge conventional thinking and bring a young person's perspective to an area in its infancy. I am, in short, quite excited for my own intro to cyber strategy -- an opportunity not just for policy analysis, but for strategic creation. Comments are closed.
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