FEB 16 @5:30 pm – Philip Niedermair on U.S. Cyberspace Solarium 2.0 Recommendations and Implementation

Register: REGISTER: This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu – Nando’s Peri Peri). REGISTER HERE IN PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM, Location Marymount University Ballston Center: 1000 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22201. Free Parking (see guard to validate parking) and Virginia square – GMU Metro Station Accessible. Registration closes on Monday 02/13/2023.

Abstract:  When Congress created the CSC, lawmakers expressed deep concern about the inability of the United States to defend its interests in cyberspace. The Commission sought to rectify this problem by providing both a strategic approach and specific recommendations on how to better organize the U.S. government to succeed in the cyber domain, improve collaboration between the public and private sectors so that industry can better protect itself, and coordinate with U.S. allies to strengthen norms in cyberspace and attribute and punish those that violate them. Congress created the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to “develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyber attacks of significant consequences.” CSC operated successfully for three years, publishing its flagship report in March 2020 and subsequent white papers. The CSC 2.0 project was created to support continued efforts to implement outstanding CSC recommendations, provide annual assessments of the implementation of CSC recommendation, and conduct research and analysis on several outstanding cybersecurity issues identified by the CSC during its tenure.

The CSC 2.0 project will preserve the legacy of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and continue the work to implement its recommendations. Specifically, the project will:

• Conduct and publish an Annual Assessment of legislative/executive progress on CSC recommendations
• Conduct research and analysis related to outstanding CSC recommendations
• Represent CSC positions/policy recommendations at conferences, panels, hearings

Additionally, the project will conduct research and analysis and develop policy proposals in five issue areas:

• Cybersecurity in the Water/Wastewater Sector
• Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Development
• Continuity of the Economy Planning
• Cybersecurity in the Maritime Transport System Sector
• Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector

Finally, a key task of the CSC 2.0 project will be maintaining this website, www.cybersolarium.org, to house, and make easily accessible, the CSC’s work products.

About the Speaker:  Philip Niedermair is a member of the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Board of Advisors at the National Cyber Group and Senior Advisor Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0. Philip has over 35 years of experience in helping companies expand their potential through corporate development, strategic alignment, and relationship building. Philip is a board director or advisor for several organizations, including: U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0, Army Cyber Institute, University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business, Platform Aerospace, NSION Technologies, Gula Tech Foundation, Squadra Ventures and OccamSec.