Cybersecurity and Deterrence
SolarWinds: The Need for Persistent Engagement
Richard J. Harknett Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 4:41 PM
The SolarWinds campaign reveals important lessons for U.S. cyber strategy.
Dr. Richard J. Harknett is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, Co-director of the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, and Chair of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy. He served as an inaugural Fulbright Scholar in Cyber Studies at Oxford University and as the inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, where he assisted at the Command in examining strategic approaches to cyberspace. He was consulted, along with others in government and academia, in the drafting of core strategic and operational concepts associated with persistent engagement as well as cyber legislation in Congress.
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Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Progress Is the Promise in National Cybersecurity Strategy
Richard J. Harknett Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 3:20 PM
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission report can be added to the list of evidence that change in U.S. national cybersecurity thinking—although neither linear nor easy—is occurring.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Persistent Engagement and Cost Imposition: Distinguishing Between Cause and Effect
Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 8:00 AM
Cost imposition should be reconceptualized to align with the realities of cyber strategic competition.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
A Response on Persistent Engagement and Agreed Competition
Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 10:30 AM
In a recent Lawfare essay, Jim Miller and Neal Pollard offer an important and positive assessment of the strategy of persistent engagement, a strategic approach designed to thwart adversary cyberspace campaigns by continuously anticipating and exploiting vulner
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Through Persistent Engagement, the U.S. Can Influence ‘Agreed Competition’
Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 10:45 AM
In a recent Lawfare post, Max Smeets examines the implications of the shift in U.S. strategic thinking on cyberspace. He correctly notes that U.S.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
What Is Agreed Competition in Cyberspace?
Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 11:05 AM
The cyber-strategic environment comprises two strategic spaces—armed conflict and the competitive space short of armed conflict. Pursuing national objectives requires strategies that can succeed in the structural and dynamic realities of each of these spaces.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Persistent Engagement and Tacit Bargaining: A Path Toward Constructing Norms in Cyberspace
Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 7:00 AM
The unique structural and operational characteristics of cyberspace, we wrote in May 2017, must drive U.S. strategy if we are to see cyberspace become more secure and stable.