Building the picture bit-by-bit: Why the US needs a Bureau of Cyber Statistics

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On behalf of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, GeoTech Center, and the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission, please join us for a discussion on the role of data in bolstering resilience.

The US government and its industry partners lack access to the kind of data and information needed to adequately understand the nation’s cybersecurity posture. As attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure and government agencies rise in frequency and intensity, trusted and standardized data about the effects of these incidents, their causes, and how to defend against them grow only more valuable.

On Monday, August 2, 2021 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EDT, join us for the inaugural public keynote from Mr. Chris Inglis, the Nation’s first National Cyber Director, as he shares his priorities in securing the cybersecurity ecosystem. Mr. Inglis’ remarks will be followed by a panel discussion on pending legislation to establish a Bureau of National Cyber Statistics to provide a central collection, analysis and distribution point for uniform national cyber statistics.

We hope you can join us as we explore pertinent questions about what such an organization would offer the public, what it would analyze, and how it might function.

Keynote Address

Mr. Chris Inglis
National Cyber Director
Office of the National Cyber Director, Executive Office of the President

Featuring

Dr. Trey Herr
Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Mr. Nick Leiserson
Chief of Staff
Office of Rep. James R. Langevin (RI-02)

Ms. Bobbie Stempfley
Vice President and Business Unit Security Officer
Dell Technologies;
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security;
GeoTech Action Council Member, GeoTech Center
Atlantic Council

Dr. Josephine Wolff
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Policy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University
Nonresident Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Moderated by

Mr. Rob Morgus
Senior Director
US Cyberspace Solarium Commission;
Nonresident Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.

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