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Expert’s View: Cybersecurity and Food Defense: Establishing an ISAC for the Food and Agriculture Sector

Expert’s View: Cybersecurity and Food Defense: Establishing an ISAC for the Food and Agriculture Sector

by Marcus H. Sachs and Robert A. Norton | Apr 10, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Insights

With security threats on the rise, an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) is needed for the food and agriculture sector. Learn about the rise in cyber challenges to the food and agricultural sector and the need for an ISAC with McCrary Institute’s Marc...
US is running out of time to prepare for a Russian cyber attack / Fox News

US is running out of time to prepare for a Russian cyber attack / Fox News

by Frank Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash | Mar 8, 2022 | Cyber News, Cybersecurity, Op-Ed

What comes next is anyone’s guess, and the window for our cyber readiness is closing fast. Why hasn’t cyber figured more prominently in Russia’s war on Ukraine? Russia is, after all, a powerhouse in this area having successfully cyber-attacked Estonia...
Backbone is everything, don’t be owned by your infrastructure: Lessons from Ukraine for America

Backbone is everything, don’t be owned by your infrastructure: Lessons from Ukraine for America

by Frank Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash | Mar 1, 2022 | Cyber News, Op-Ed

Soviet Russia was the source of Ukraine’s infrastructure. If Taiwan were to fall to China, is the U.S. subject to the same fate? From that vantage point America starts to look a lot like Ukraine — so we must double down on efforts to deepen resilience. Read the...
Newsweek: The U.S. Must Release the Semiconductor Industry from China’s Grasp

Newsweek: The U.S. Must Release the Semiconductor Industry from China’s Grasp

by Frank Cilluffo and Kelsey Shields | Jan 27, 2022 | Cyber News, Op-Ed

China keeps ‘chipping’ away at US security. McCrary’s Frank Cilluffo & Kelsey Shields argue it’s time to onshore chip production and fund this looming national & economic security imperative. “China captured 9 percent of the...
Reflections on Executive Order 13010

Reflections on Executive Order 13010

by Marcus H. Sachs | Jul 15, 2021 | Critical Infrastructure, Insights

“Certain national infrastructures are so vital that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the defense or economic security of the United States.”Executive Order 13010President William J. ClintonJuly 15, 1996 The protection of our nation’s...
Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today’s Threats

Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today’s Threats

by Frank Cilluffo | Jul 15, 2021 | Cyber News, Testimony

Testimony of Frank J. Cilluffo Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security View Testimony Introduction  Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member...
Gas pipeline hack reveals cyber vulnerabilities

Gas pipeline hack reveals cyber vulnerabilities

by Frank Cilluffo and Mark Montgomery | May 11, 2021 | Cyber News, Op-Ed

Colonial Pipeline, the United States’ largest purveyor of refined fuel, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, recently had a bad day. Late last Friday, the company’s information technology systems fell victim to ransomware. View Article
New Series: Empowering Food and Agriculture to Respond as Critical Infrastructures to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

New Series: Empowering Food and Agriculture to Respond as Critical Infrastructures to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

by McCrary Institute Experts | Feb 23, 2021 | Work

Agriculture and food are critical infrastructures, vital for the welfare of the United States, its citizens and economy. As national security matters, agriculture and food enable America to protect itself and project power around the world. The following series of...
Cybersecurity guiding principles for emergency management

Cybersecurity guiding principles for emergency management

by Sharon L. Cardash | Oct 1, 2020 | Cyber News, Insights, National Security

McCrary Institute, CISA, and NEMA publish paper on cybersecurity guiding principles for emergency management Guiding Principles for Emergency Management on CybersecurityDownload
Women needed in the cyber workforce

Women needed in the cyber workforce

by Frank Cilluffo | Sep 1, 2020 | Cyber News, Op-Ed

Auburn’s Frank Cilluffo writes article on need for more women in the cyber workforce. View Article
Effective Layered Cyber Deterrence Strategy

Effective Layered Cyber Deterrence Strategy

by Frank Cilluffo and Val Cofield | Aug 31, 2020 | Cyber News, Op-Ed

New Op-Ed on Executing an Effective Layered Cyber Deterrence Strategy. View Article
New Series: Empowering Food and Agriculture to Respond as Critical Infrastructures to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

New Paper: A Multi-Layered Air Defense Model to Protect Shared Air in Critical Infrastructure Sectors

by Robert A. Norton | Jul 1, 2020 | Work

We recommend that America adopt a multilayered air protection and mitigation strategy toprovide safe fresh indoor air across the 16 designated critical infrastructures. Coupled withtraditional public health guidance including testing, contact tracing, social...
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