The Digital Big Bang. Phil Quade

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      Wealth, Treasure, and More

      Cyberspace quite literally contains—more than simply referencing or coordinating the management of—wealth and treasure. And given the enormous efficiencies offered in synchronizing the aspirations and actions of both people and systems, cyberspace is increasingly used to coordinate and carry out essential functions of critical systems, from electrical power generation to financial markets to diplomacy, collaboration, and even the conduct of war. As noted by Dr. Mark Hagerott of the United States Naval Academy's Cyber Center, a transformation in human affairs is taking place in which sensing, thinking, and acting, even in physical space, are increasingly delegated to the web of hardware and software serving human endeavors across the length and breadth of cyberspace. Humans' natural desire to impose rational controls on the result will succeed only if we move beyond creating rules about technology to crafting broader rules of governance for the interaction of people, technology, and systems (taking into consideration rules and policies rooted in geography).

      Ever Changing, Never Secure

      But although the challenge of securing cyberspace may be a bridge too far, it is a domain of extraordinary interest that can and must be made defensible and, in turn, actually defended and supported through the employment of means and methods both in and outside of cyberspace itself. Useful analogs may be found in other complex manmade systems, such as those employed by the aviation industry, which has, over time, introduced a system of both technology innovation and governance that fosters continued transformation and capacity generation while imposing a requirement that the security implications of each new addition be considered and thoroughly engineered up front and by design, rather than after the fact. Cyberspace would do well to emulate this approach, though the immediate problems will be that domains do not govern themselves and that the present roles and responsibilities for driving and implementing security solutions remain fractured across organizations and sectors.

      ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR

      John C. (Chris) Inglis – Former NSA Deputy Director

      Chris Inglis is a former deputy director of the National Security Agency, currently serving as the Looker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Cyber Studies at the United States Naval Academy. He began his career at the NSA as a computer scientist in the National Computer Security Center and was promoted to the agency's Senior Executive Service in 1997. While at the NSA, he served in a variety of senior leadership assignments, including eight years as its chief operating officer, responsible for guiding strategy, operations, and policy.

      A 1976 graduate of the US Air Force Academy and retired Brigadier General in the US Air Force, Inglis holds advanced degrees in engineering and computer science from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, and the George Washington University. From 2014 to 2018, Inglis served on or co-chaired Department of Defense Science Board Studies on cyber-resilience, cyberdeterrence, and cyberstrategy. He is a member of the Strategic Advisory Groups for the United States Strategic Command, the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security Agency. Inglis is a managing director at Paladin Capital Group and serves on the boards of FedEx, KeyW, and Huntington Bank.

Diagrammatic representation of a stamp, two connected squares, and two heads connected by dotted lines, which symbolizes authentication, patching diagram, and cybersecurity skill gap.

      Because the Internet represents one of the most astounding innovations in the history of human evolution, its originators are often so revered that their staggering shortsightedness gets a pass. But when we pause to reflect, it is baffling that such visionary computer scientists—whose insights into the power and possibility of digital connectivity were powerful enough to change the course of history—could overlook or not address the most basic question about their invention: what if this really catches on?

      It is sadly ironic that the three things that cause the most havoc in the cybersecurity domain are ones that network operators have the most control over.

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