In Association with
CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION		NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

Announces the First CCSA Workshop for 2007:

CYBER CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DETERRENCE

06-07 MARCH 2007
at
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA

Jeffrey F. Addicott

Professor Jeffrey F. Addicott is the Associate Dean for Administration and the Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas. He teaches a variety of courses to include Federal Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Terrorism Law, Medical Malpractice Law, Administrative Law, Civil and Common Law, and Constitutional Criminal Procedure. An active duty Army officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps for twenty years (he retired in 2000 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel), Professor Addicott spent a quarter of his career as a senior legal advisor to the United States Army's Special Forces. An internationally recognized authority on national security law, terrorism law and human rights law, Professor Addicott not only lectures and participates in professional and academic organizations both in the United States and abroad, but he is also a frequent contributor to national and international news shows to include FOX News Channel and MSNBC. Professor Addicott is a prolific author, publishing over 20 books, articles, and monographs on a variety of legal topics. Addicott's most recent book (2007) is entitled: Terrorism Law: Cases, Materials, Comments

Among his many contributions to the field, Professor Addicott pioneered the teaching of law of war and human rights courses to the militaries of numerous nascent democracies in Eastern Europe and Latin America. For these efforts he was awarded the Legion of Merit, named the 1993 Army Judge Advocate of the year, and honored as a co-recipient of the American Bar Association's Hodson award. He has served in senior legal positions in Germany, Korea, Panama, and throughout the United States. Professor Addicott holds a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Army Judge Advocate General's School and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Alabama School of Law.

Dr. John Arquilla

John Arquilla is professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School, and director of its information operations center. He has been closely involved with information warfare and operations since 1990, and is best known for having advanced the notions of cyberwar, netwar and swarm tactics in a series of RAND studies with his colleague David Ronfeldt. He has had firsthand experience as an information strategist in Operation Desert Storm, the Kosovo War, and in several aspects of the war on terror. Dr. Arquilla earned his degrees in international relations from Rosary College (BA 1975) and Stanford University (MA 1989; PhD 1991), and has authored six books and dozens of articles on a range of topics in military and security affairs. His most recent book is The Reagan Imprint: Ideas in American Foreign Policy from the Collapse of Communism to the War on Terror.

Brigadier General Jon M. Davis

Brigadier General Davis was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Marines in June 1980.

In August 1980, he attended the Basic School then attended flight training in March 1981. Upon receiving his wings in September of 1982 he was selected to fly the AV-8A Harrier.

He reported to VMAT-203 at Cherry Point in October 1982, completed Harrier training in May 1983 and reported to VMA-231 where he deployed aboard the USS Inchon.

In 1985 he transitioned to the AV-8B then transferred to VMAT-203 serving as an instructor pilot and airframes division officer. In 1986 he attended the WTI course at MAWTS-1. In 1987 he transferred to VMA-223 serving as the "Bulldogs" WTI and operations officer.

In 1988 he was selected to represent the Corps as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force. After training in the United Kingdom, he deployed to Gutersloh, Germany for duty as a GR-5/7 attack pilot with 3(F) squadron.

Upon return to the U.S. in 1991 he served as an instructor at MAWTS-1 in Yuma, AZ. At MAWTS-1 he served as the AV-8B Shop Head and as the Offensive Air Support Committee Chairman.

In 1994 he attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, VA and upon completion was named a Distinguished Graduate and earned a Master's Degree. In 1995 he attended the Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting.

From 1996 to 1998 he served as a member of the 31st Commandant's Staff Group in Washington, D.C.

In October 1998 he took command of VMA-223. During his tour the Bulldogs won the CNO Safety Award and the Sanderson Trophy two years in a row, exceeded 40,000 hours of mishap free operations and deployed to Greece in support of Exercise Dynamic Mix.

From 2000 to 2001 he attended Top Level School as a CMC Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies earning a Masters Degree in International Public Policy.

From 2001 to 2003 he served as the Military Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Defense.

In 2003, he served as an Assistant Operations Officer on the 3rd Marine Air Wing staff in Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2004, he served in Iraq as the Officer in Charge of the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing Fusion Cell.

In 2004 he assumed command of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-One.

He began his present tour as the Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command - Network Warfare in July 2006.

Brigadier General Davis has flown over 3,800 mishap free hours, primarily in the AV-8, but also in every Type, Model and Series in the Corps inventory.

Dr. Dorothy E. Denning

Dorothy E. Denning is a Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis and a member of the Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School. Her current research and teaching encompasses the areas of conflict and cyberspace, trust and influence, terrorism and crime, and information operations and warfare. She is author of Information Warfare and Security and over 130 articles, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on encryption policy and cyberterrorism.

Dr. Denning is an ACM Fellow and recipient of the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award, the Harold F. Tipton Award, the National Computer Systems Security Award, and several other security awards. She is an honorary CISSP and CISM, and was a featured security innovator in Time magazine. She received the B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics from the University of Michigan and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Purdue University. She has previously worked at Georgetown University, Digital Equipment Corporation, SRI International, and Purdue University.

Dr. Seymour E. Goodman

Seymour (Sy) E. Goodman is Professor of International Affairs and Computing, jointly at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He serves as Co-Director of both the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP).

Prof. Goodman's research interests include international developments in the information technologies (IT), technology diffusion, IT and national security, and related public policy issues. Areas of geographic interest include the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and parts of Africa. Earlier research had been in areas of statistical and continuum physics, combinatorial algorithms, and software engineering. Current work includes research on the global diffusion of the Internet and the protection of large IT-based infrastructures

Immediately before coming to Georgia Tech, he was Director of the Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy (CRISP) at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, with an appointment in the Department of Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research, both at Stanford University; and Professor of MIS and a member of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. Earlier tenured and visiting appointments have been at the University of Virginia (Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Soviet and East European Studies), Princeton University (Mathematics, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs), and the University of Chicago (Economics).

Prof. Goodman is Contributing Editor for International Perspectives for the Communications of the ACM, and has served with many government, academic, professional society, and industry advisory and study groups. His research pursuits have taken him to all seven continents and over 90 countries, and have included testimony before legislative bodies and Ministerial-level briefings. He is currently principal investigator on two large grants from the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. He is also currently the chair of the Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering.

Prof. Goodman was an undergraduate at Columbia University, where he started as an aspiring English major, and obtained his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where he worked on problems of applied mathematics and mathematical physics.

Paul Kurtz

Paul Kurtz is the COO of Good Harbor, advising clients on cyber-security and homeland security issues. Kurtz joins Good Harbor, Kurtz after serving as the founding Executive Director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), an advocacy group dedicated to ensuring the privacy, reliability and integrity of information systems through public policy, technology, education and awareness. Prior to joining CSIA, Kurtz most recently was special assistant to the President and senior director for critical infrastructure protection on the White House's Homeland Security Council (HSC), where he was responsible for both physical and cyber security.

Before joining HSC in 2003, Kurtz served on the White House's National Security Council (NSC) as senior director for national security of the Office of Cyberspace Security and a member of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, where he developed the international component of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Previously, he was a director for counterterrorism in the NSC's Office of Transnational Threats from 1999-2001.

Prior to his White House work, Kurtz served in several bureaus in the State Department, specializing in weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation policy and strategic arms control. He also served as political advisor to Operation Provide Comfort in Incirlik, Turkey, and as science attaché in Vienna, Austria. He participated in several arms control inspection teams, traveling to Iraq and North Korea.

Kurtz received his Bachelor's degree from Holy Cross College and his Master's degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Kurtz currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA) and for the Cyber Conflict Studies Association (CCSA).

Martin Lindner

Martin Lindner is a senior member of the technical staff in the Networked Systems Survivability Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and is focused on providing technical support and expertise to U.S. government agencies.

In his previous role as the team leader for the incident handling, Lindner was responsible for overseeing and processing all the security incidents reported to the CERT/CC. Lindner worked with government agencies, other CSIRTs, vendors, ISPs and security experts to understand and limit the impact of malicious Internet activity.

Lindner led the cyber investigation of the August 14, 2003 Northeast power outage and had a lead role in designing national and international cyber exercises including Livewire and Cyberstorm. Prior to joining the SEI, Lindner worked at the University of Pittsburgh for 18 years, where he held numerous positions, including manager of desktop services and network manager. As the manager of desktop services, Lindner was responsible for all aspects of the PC desktop operations for the university. As the network manager, Lindner designed and implemented the tools used to control, manage, and study the university's network.

Lindner teaches Internet Security at the Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School.

Andrew Macpherson

Mr. Macpherson is a Research Assistant Professor of Justice Studies in the University of New Hampshire, Justiceworks program and serves as the director of the Technical Analysis Group. TAG is currently supporting the New Hampshire Attorney General's office and state law enforcement partners as they increase the state's capabilities to respond to cyber crimes. Mr. Macpherson also advises the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training and Technical Assistance Program on strategic planning. Mr. Macpherson has served as an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division on state and local law enforcement matters. Prior to his appointment at the University of New Hampshire, Mr. Macpherson served at Dartmouth College's Institute for Security Technology Studies. In his role as Technical Program Coordinator he received funding from the Department of Homeland Security Office for Domestic Preparedness and National Institute of Justice for research efforts including the studies titled Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups and Law Enforcement Tools and Technologies for Investigating Cyber Attacks: A National Research and Development Agenda. Prior to his work at Dartmouth Mr. Macpherson served at the United Nations Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Cognos Inc. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics where he received his M.A. in the History of International Relations. Mr. Macpherson earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, at Mercyhurst College in the Research Intelligence Analysts Program.

Michele G. Markoff

Michele Markoff is the Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

As Senior Coordinator for International CIP since 1998, Michele Markoff is charged with devising U.S. international diplomatic strategies to encourage foreign nations and allies to take systematic steps to protect their critical infrastructures from both cyber and physical attack, thereby reducing risk to linked, often highly interdependent U.S. critical national infrastructures. Ms. Markoff also manages State Department coordination on the foreign policy aspects of the weaponization of information technology.

Ms. Markoff, an expert in Russian and Chinese military affairs and decision-making, spent much of her career in a variety of strategic nuclear arms-control-related posts: As State Department Advisor and then Executive Secretary to the START Talks; later as Senior Policy Advisor and Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's Policy Planning Group.

Ms. Markoff also spent time as a Senior Associate in the consulting firm of Tower and Associates, headed by former Texas Senator John G. Tower.

Ms. Markoff has a B.A. in International Relations from Reed College, an M.A. in International Relations and an M.Phil. in Political Science from Yale University, and an M.Sc. in National Security Strategy from the National War College of the United States.

Colonel Greg Rattray

Colonel Gregory J. Rattray is the Commander, 318th Information Operations Group, Air Force Information Warfare Center. The 318th IOG conducts cyber warfare training, testing, tactics development, network assessment and electronic warfare support for AF, joint and national warfighters.

Colonel Rattray was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts and entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in June 1980. During his career, he has held various intelligence and information warfare positions at national, theater and tactical levels. He has served on the faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy and as Deputy Director of the Air Force Institute for National Security Studies. From 2000-2002, he commanded the Air Force Information Warfare Center's 23rd Information Operations Squadron that was selected the best small intelligence unit in Air Combat Command. From 2002-2005, Colonel Rattray was the Director for Cybersecurity on the National Security Council staff providing advice to the President and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to develop national policy and plans for the full range of cyberspace security and telecommunications issues. He served as the NSC representative of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, National Communications System and the National Cyber Response Coordination Group.

Timothy L Thomas

Timothy L. Thomas is an analyst at the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the summer of 1993. Mr. Thomas received a B.S. from West Point and an M.A. from the University of Southern California. He was a U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer who specialized in Soviet/Russian studies. His military assignments included serving as the Director of Soviet Studies at the United States Army Russian Institute (USARI) in Garmisch, Germany; as an inspector of Soviet tactical operations under CSCE; and as a Brigade S 2 and company commander in the 82nd Abn Division. Mr. Thomas has done extensive research and publishing in the areas of peacekeeping, information war, psychological operations, low intensity conflict, and political military affairs. He is the assistant editor of the journal European Security; an adjunct professor at the U.S. Army's Eurasian Institute; an adjunct lecturer at the USAF Special Operations School; and a member of two Russian organizations, the Academy of International Information, and the Academy of Natural Sciences.

Dr. Paul Twomey

Dr. Paul Twomey has been President and CEO of ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers) since 2003. He was previously involved with ICANN as Chair of ICANN's Government Advisory Committee.

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .com and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet.

Before joining ICANN, he founded Argo P@cific, a high level international advisory and investment firm assisting clients to build global Internet and technology businesses and strategic alliances.

Previously, Dr. Twomey was founding CEO of the Australian National Office for the Information Economy and the Australian federal government's Special Adviser for the Information Economy and Technology.

Dr. Twomey's diverse career includes Executive General Manager of the Australian Trade Commission, consultant with global management consultancy McKinsey & Company and a Research Officer with an international refugee organisation.

Widely published in academic journals, Dr. Twomey has contributed to books on industry policy, foreign and defense policy, and development issues. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honors) from the University of Queensland, a Master of Arts (Political Science and International Relations) from Pennsylvania State University and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Jody R. Westby

B.A., summa cum laude, University of Tulsa; J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center; Order of the Coif. Drawing upon a unique combination of more than twenty years of technical, legal, policy, and business experience, Jody Westby brings a seasoned, multidisciplinary perspective to the many issues facing businesses and governments today in the areas of privacy, information security, outsourcing/offshoring risks, cybercrime, and IT business risk management. She regularly consults with governments, private sector executives, and operational personnel on the development of enterprise security programs that dovetail the technical, legal, operational, and managerial considerations.

Prior to forming Global Cyber Risk, Ms. Westby served as senior managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), specializing in outsourcing and cyber security/privacy issues. Before that, she was president of The Work-IT Group, launched an IT solutions company for the CIA, managed the domestic policy department for the world's largest business organization, was senior fellow and director of information technology (IT) studies for one of the nation's leading think tanks, practiced law with two top-tier New York firms, and spent ten years in the computer industry specializing in database management systems.

Ms. Westby helped launch PwC's outsourcing practice and led numerous outsourcing engagements focusing on IT offshore and BPO activities. She was also responsible for information security, privacy, information sharing and critical infrastructure protection issues across the federal government. Prior to joining PwC, Ms. Westby launched and operated The Work-IT Group, specializing in the legal/regulatory framework for IT and using technology as an economic driver and booster of competitiveness and outsourcing opportunities for developing countries. In January 2003, she developed a methodology and approach for USAID to determine reform priorities for growth of e-commerce and development using ICTs. She has commented on and/or drafted e-commerce legislation for Armenia, Bangladesh, and Bulgaria. Ms. Westby has advised government officials and industry in Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Armenia, Serbia, Russia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Trinidad, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, South Africa, and India.

Prior to founding The Work-IT Group, Ms. Westby was Chief Administrative Officer and Counsel of In-Q-Tel, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to finding unclassified, commercial solutions to IT problems facing the U.S. intelligence community. As a practicing attorney, Ms. Westby practiced international trade, technology, and intellectual property law with the New York firms of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Shearman & Sterling. As Senior Fellow and Director of Information Technology Studies for The Progress & Freedom Foundation, she directed and managed IT projects on an array of cutting-edge issues.

Previously, Ms. Westby was Director of Domestic Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where she was responsible for a wide range of business policy issues under her purview. Her department was responsible for influencing national policy in both the legislative and regulatory arenas in each of these areas. Ms. Westby organized and managed national coalitions and supervised U.S. Chamber involvement in 33 industry coalitions.

Ms. Westby serves as Adjunct Distinguished Fellow to Carnegie Mellon CyLab. She is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Colorado and Pennsylvania and the American Bar Association. She is chair of the ABA's Privacy and Computer Crime Committee and was chair, co-author and editor of its International Guide to Combating Cybercrime, International Guide to Cyber Security, International Guide to Privacy, and Roadmap to an Enterprise Security Program (endorsed by the Global CSO Council). Ms. Westby is a member of the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security and represents the American Bar Association on the Board of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. She also serves on the advisory board of The Intellectual Property Counselor and Eruces, Inc. Ms. Westby is the author of numerous articles on information security and is invited to speak globally on privacy, security, cybercrime, outsourcing, Homeland Security, and legal issues pertaining to the use of technology. As a recognized business leader, Ms. Westby was invited to participate in Fortune magazine's Brainstorm 2006 and Most Powerful Women Summit, the AMD Innovation Summit, and the Louise T. Blouin Foundation's Global Creative Leadership Summit.

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