In February 2018, Admiral Michael Rogers, who was then serving as director of the National Security Agency and head of US Cyber Command, testified to Congress that the US government was “probably not doing enough” to dissuade Russia from interfering in the November midterm elections. In May, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the administration would take “appropriate countermeasures” to combat what he called “continued efforts” by Russia to interfere in the elections, and said that the United States had not yet been able to establish “credible deterrence” of such attempts. How worried should we be about foreign interference in future US elections via cyber operations, and how will we know whether such interference is ongoing? Matt Tait, senior cybersecurity fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and former information-security specialist at Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, witnessed the fall-out from efforts to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails in the run-up to the 2016 election. Stephanie Carvin worked as a national security analyst for the Government of Canada before joining the faculty of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. Brittany Beaulieu is a fellow and program officer at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and previously advised Chairman Mendez and Ranking Member Cardin for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on issues including Russia’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. They will discuss the convergence of international legal, diplomatic, and technical issues around questions of cross-border election interference, and what can and should be done about them.
This program is the third in the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, presented by UC Hastings and World Affairs.
SPEAKERS
Brittany BeaulieuFellow and Program Officer, Alliance for Securing Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Stephanie CarvinAssistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Matt TaitSenior Cybersecurity Fellow, Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin
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This program is the third in the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, presented by UC Hastings and World Affairs.
SPEAKERS
Brittany BeaulieuFellow and Program Officer, Alliance for Securing Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Stephanie CarvinAssistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Matt TaitSenior Cybersecurity Fellow, Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin
In February 2018, Admiral Michael Rogers, who was then serving as director of the National Security Agency and head of US Cyber Command, testified to Congress that the US government was “probably not doing enough” to dissuade Russia from interfering in the November midterm elections. In May, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the administration would take “appropriate countermeasures” to combat what he called “continued efforts” by Russia to interfere in the elections, and said that the United States had not yet been able to establish “credible deterrence” of such attempts. How worried should we be about foreign interference in future US elections via cyber operations, and how will we know whether such interference is ongoing? Matt Tait, senior cybersecurity fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and former information-security specialist at Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, witnessed the fall-out from efforts to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails in the run-up to the 2016 election. Stephanie Carvin worked as a national security analyst for the Government of Canada before joining the faculty of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. Brittany Beaulieu is a fellow and program officer at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and previously advised Chairman Mendez and Ranking Member Cardin for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on issues including Russia’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. They will discuss the convergence of international legal, diplomatic, and technical issues around questions of cross-border election interference, and what can and should be done about them.
This program is the third in the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, presented by UC Hastings and World Affairs.
SPEAKERS
Brittany BeaulieuFellow and Program Officer, Alliance for Securing Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Stephanie CarvinAssistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Matt TaitSenior Cybersecurity Fellow, Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin
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This program is the third in the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, presented by UC Hastings and World Affairs.
SPEAKERS
Brittany BeaulieuFellow and Program Officer, Alliance for Securing Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Stephanie CarvinAssistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Matt TaitSenior Cybersecurity Fellow, Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin
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