Cyberspace: A Fragile Ecosystem Robert F. Lentz Deputy Assistant - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cyberspace: A Fragile Ecosystem Robert F. Lentz Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Cyber, Identity and Information Assurance 1 Unclassified//FOUO

UNCLASSIFIED Dependence on Cyberspace Unclassified//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED 2

Looking Ahead . . . Looking Back Waves of IT Industry Growth in the Information Age Grosch’s
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David
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Looking Ahead . . . Looking Back (alternate story) 4 Unclassified//FOUO

Paradigm Shift Unclassified//FOUO

UNCLASSIFIED Are you a Starfish or a Spider?  Starfish  Peered  Adaptive  Resilient  Spider  Hierarchical  Resists Change  Fragile Unclassified//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED 6

Cyber Risk Management Cyber Time & Environment Information Content & Services Individuals, Organizations, Identity Equipment Unclassified//FOUO

UNCLASSIFIED Vignette: The Recapture of Fallujah Unclassified//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED 8

UNCLASSIFIED Vignette: World War II Cryptography Unclassified//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED 9

Shift in Strategic Focus FROM TO • Protect Information • Ensure Operational Success • Dynamic Network and • Static Pre-Placed Defenses Information Operations • Proprietary Point Solutions • Policy-Based Enterprise • People Intensive • Integrated Services • Fragile Information • Resilient Cyber Ecosystem Technology Unclassified//FOUO

Toward a Resilient Cyber Ecosystem E E Secure Information Access Resilient D D C C B B A A Speed of Action A B C D E A B C D E Tools-Based Interoperable Policy-Based Resilient Reactive & Enterprise optimizes Manual Loosely integrated The enterprise Tools and service to user by to tools exchange data to instantiates technologies are dynamically isolating Security assist people with security policy, applied piecemeal and containing effects – administrators follow cyber situational illuminates events and to assist people in including in supply rules and do their awareness helps the operators reacting faster chain and underlying best to “put out fires” find, fix, and target for infrastructure 11 response Unclassified//FOUO

Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities • Strengthen Network Underpinnings • Assure Software & Systems • Managing Attack Surfaces • Reducing Anonymity • Improving Cyber Awareness • Automating Security Content • Mission Based Architectures Unclassified//FOUO

It’s not just about technology . . . National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education 106 Colleges & Universities in 38 States & DC The US Cyber Challenge – discover, train and recruit the best talent in the country Unclassified//FOUO

UNCLASSIFIED Culture Change for Cyberspace . . . Unclassified//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED 14