Melissa Hathaway
Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
Contact:
Email: HathawayGlobalStrategies@verizon.net
February 2012
"Falling Prey to Cybercrime: Implications for Business and the Economy"
Book Chapter
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
As American businesses, inventors, and artists market, sell, and distribute their products worldwide via the Internet, the threat from criminals and criminal organizations who want to profit illegally from their hard work grows. The threat from other nations wanting to jump start their industries without making the intellectual investment is even more disturbing. This fleecing of America must stop. We can no longer afford complacency and silence—we must find and use as many market levers as possible to change the path we are on.
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Spring 2012
"Internet Service Providers are the Front Line of Cyber-defence"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Europe'sWorld
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
"What is needed is a holistic approach by governments around the world, with policies, laws and regulatory frameworks that support the communications sector and ISPs as they provide security to ensure the internet remains a public good."
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March 2012
"Duties for Internet Service Providers"
Paper
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations and John E. Savage
In today's interconnected world, the Internet is no longer a tool. Rather, it is a service that helps generate income and employment, provides access to business and information, enables e-learning, and facilitates government activities. It is an essential service that has been integrated into every part of our society. Our experience begins when an Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses fixed telephony (plain old telephone service), mobile-cellular telephony, or fixed fiber-optic or broadband service to connect us to the global network. From that moment on, the ISP shoulders the responsibility for the instantaneous, reliable, and secure movement of our data over the Internet.
November 2011
"NATO and the EU in Cyberspace: The Power of Both for the Good of All"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Security Europe
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
By combining the power of both institutions, everyone could achieve economies of scale and a stronger defensive cyber posture.
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October 2011
"Taking a Byte Out of Cybercrime"
Paper
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
"Cybersecurity is a means to enable social stability and promote digital democracy; a method by which to govern the Internet; and a process by which to secure critical infrastructure from cybercrime, cyberespionage, cyberterrorism and cyberwar. As nations and corporations recognize their dependence on ICT, policymakers must find the proper balance in protecting their investments without strangling future growth."
May 29, 2010
"The Cybersecurity Changes We Need"
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations and Jack L. Goldsmith
"There is widespread agreement that this long-term trend of grabbing the economic gains from information technology advances and ignoring their security costs has reached a crisis point," write Melissa Hathaway and Jack Goldsmith. "As we progress digitally, we must also adopt and embed sometimes-costly security solutions into our core infrastructures and enterprises and stop playing the game of chance."
May 7, 2010
"Why Successful Partnerships are Critical for Promoting Cybersecurity"
Op-Ed
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
"Our most important resource right now is time. Targeted attacks on industry are increasing and our defensive posture remains weak. While a sense of urgency is rising, I am afraid that we will see more partnerships emerge rather than consolidated efforts and investments across executive branch agencies or industry verticals. We cannot afford to wait and see who will lead and who will follow."
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November 25, 2009
"A Safe Harbor for our Foes"
Op-Ed, Washington Times
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
"In a time where we discuss and debate border protection from in-bound missiles or illegal immigrants, we fail to address the stark reality of the threat that transgresses our borders daily. This threat is present in the Internet...."
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October 2009
"Strategic Advantage: Why America Should Care About Cybersecurity"
Discussion Paper
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations
The internet is an interconnected series of networks--where it is difficult to determine where private security threats end and public ones begin. These networks deliver power and water to our households and businesses, enable us to access our bank accounts from almost any city in the world, and transform the way our doctors provide healthcare. For all of these reasons, we need a safe Internet with a strong network infrastructure.
December 2012
"Preliminary Considerations: On National Cyber Security"
Book Chapter
By Melissa Hathaway, Senior Advisor, Explorations in Cyber International Relations and Alexander Klimburg
In this chapter, Melissa Hathaway and Alexander Klimburg introduce three conceptual tools to help focus the strategic context and debate. These are termed the "three dimensions," the "five mandates," and the "five dilemmas" of national cyber security. Each dimension, mandate and dilemma will play a varying role in each nation's attempt to formulate and execute a national cyber security strategy according to their specific conditions.
