Cyber Intelligence Initiative

IWP has welcomed five additional experts to teach its webinars on cyber intelligence: Larry Dietz, Jeff Moeller, Jim Penrose, Charles Pfaff, and Storm Swendsboe. They join a team of eleven other distinguished cyber intelligence instructors at IWP. Larry Dietz is a retired U.S. Army Colonel with extensive experience with cyberwar and psychological operations. He will…

On December 2, the leadership of the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA) gathered at IWP for its Annual Advisor’s Dinner Meeting. MCPA is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to developing American military cyber professionals and investing in our nation’s future through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The event was organized in part by…

IWP was pleased to present the United States Merchant Marine Academy Class of 2022 IWP Award for Excellence in Cyber Statecraft to MIDN Anders Marius, MIDN Andrew Nolan, and MIDN Colton Ramsey. These Midshipmen were selected for their outstanding contributions and understanding of cyber intelligence and security while studying at the Academy. This award is…

IWP’s Cyber Intelligence Initiative (Ci2) comprises a series of lectures and skill-building workshops that help individuals understand the relationship between cyberspace and intelligence, counterintelligence, and national security. An assistant defense and naval attaché at a foreign embassy, “Brian,”* is the first person to have completed the entire program. Brian came to the program with a…

Above: Dean Lane begins speaking around 1:49:15. IWP Senior Vice President for Cyber Intelligence Capt. Dean Lane USN (Ret.) spoke at “HMG Live! Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit” on December 1. When he was asked how to prepare for a “black swan” event, Capt. Lane noted that we cannot control the present, but we can…

The Institute of World Politics is pleased to present the United States Merchant Marine Academy Class of 2020 IWP Award For Excellence in Cyber Statecraft to four outstanding Midshipmen who are graduating from Kings Point this year: Severin Blenkush, Tanner Carter, Alyssa Marie DeGuzman, and Mark Kittelson. These Midshipmen were selected for their outstanding contributions…

IWP is pleased to welcome Charles Chen, Director of Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of State, to the Advisory Board of the Cyber Intelligence Initiative (Ci2). This summer, Mr. Chen taught a course for Ci2 on “Enterprise Threat Modeling,” and his next seminar, entitled “Cyber Intelligence Professional,” will take place on October 7. Mr.…

On March 9, IWP Cyber Intelligence Initiative Instructor and Advisory Board Member Ethan Burger gave a talk on the topic of “Cyber-Insurance and the Need for a New Model of the National Interest” at an event organized by the Cyber and Future Technologies Society at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C. To express…

The National Capital Chapter of The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) has invited IWP’s Senior Vice President for Cyber Intelligence, Dean Lane, to be the guest speaker at their monthly meeting this May, where he will discuss “The Next Big Thing In Cyber Security.” Captain Lane intends to speak about issues regarding the latest technological…

On Tuesday, December 10, IWP Senior Vice President for Cyber Intelligence Dean Lane gave remarks on “Bringing Intelligence to Cyber Security” at the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Summit in Washington, D.C. In his talk, Captain Lane reviewed the concept of cyber intelligence and a case study involving the CIA foiling an attempt of the…