• Cyber Security
  
• Spectrum Management and RFID
  
• Open Source
• Authentication
• Additional Papers

Cyber Security

Recent Events

Cybersecurity Briefing:  David Wennergren, DOD
July 28, 2008

Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection:  Is There a Better Strategy?
June 4, 2008

Views from Beyong the Beltway:  Cybersecurity Recommendations from Experts
April 28, 2008

Improving Cybersecurity:  Recommendations from Private Sector Experts
March 12, 2008


Recent Articles

Cyber Attacks Explained
by James A. Lewis, June 15, 2007

Foreign Influence on Software:  Risks and Recourse
by James A. Lewis, March 23, 2007

The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention
by James A. Lewis, August 2006

Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection
by James A. Lewis, January 2006

Computer Espionage, Titan Rain and China
by James A. Lewis, December 2005

Aux Armes, Citoyens: Cyber Security and Regulation in the United States
pre-print version of article in "Telecommunications Policy", Fall 2005
by James A. Lewis

Cyber Crime Report
by James A. Lewis, July 2005

The Internet and Terrorism
by James A. Lewis, April 2005

Cyber Security
edited by James A. Lewis

Cyber Attacks: Missing in Action
by James A. Lewis

Assessing the Risk of Cyber Terrorism
by James A. Lewis

Spectrum Management and RFID

Allocating spectrum among competing national needs - national security, economic growth, technological progress and public safety - poses a difficult challenge. Technological change and a growing demand for wireless communication services has put the allocation of spectrum in the United States under pressure. International developments also press on U.S. spectrum management, as Europe and Japan move ahead with allocations for 3rd Generation wireless applications and as global demand for spectrum increases.

CSIS held a study of policies and processes for U.S. spectrum allocation in its international and national contexts. The study sought to find ways to balance competing priorities and to improve management of the allocation process. To launch the study, CSIS organized a series of Spectrum Management Roundtables where respected experts from both government and the private sector discussed spectrum allocation and the long-term spectrum management needs and goals for the U.S. government and economy.  At each session, a keynote speaker put forth issues and options. A panel of "stakeholders" followed each presentation and commented on the session topic for discussion by the audience.

Spectrum Management for the 21st Century
View Executive Summary

Much Smoke, No Fire:  The RFID Debate
November 21, 2006

The Technology and Public Policy Program has also done work on the emerging use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and its policy implications.

Open Source and Open Standards

Government Open Source Policies Charts
    2006 Chart (working version)
    2004 Chart (previous version)

Federal Policy and Open Source Software 2003

Authentication

Managing digital identities and information is a central issue for Internet governance and the digital economy. Identity management and authentication will only grow in importance as Internet and wireless applications and services become further integrated into business and consumer activities. From 2002 to 2003, CSIS facilitated a Working Group of experts from industry, academia, and government to examine these issues (click here for more information).  CSIS continues to look at the role of identity in cyber security and the growth of the Internet.

    Papers

Authentication Report - May 2003
Authentication and Identity on the Internet - July 2002
Managing Digital Identities - July 2002
Authentication: Selected Bibliography - June 2002
Authentication: Lexicon - August 2002

Additional Papers

• Building an Information Technology Industry in China, May 2007
  
Action on European Software Patents, May 2006

• Broadband and Government Support: Bringing Home the Bacon, June 2002
• Facing up to Wireless Internet Monitoring, August 2001
• U.S. Begins Accommodation of European Internet Privacy Rules, July 2001
• A Closer Look at the Digital Divide, May 2001