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Today we're proud to announce a great new go-to website from the McCrary Institute. Introducing #ThreatBeat, our new one-stop site for news, analysis, alerts and context on the issues shaping cyber policy and infrastructure protection. You'll find the best stories from experienced cyber and national security journalists alongside original commentary, explainers and podcasts created by our McCrary team and informed by the wisdom of our senior fellows. All things cyber. All in one place. Visit ThreatBeat.com
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Season 2 of Ahead of the Threat
In this episode, we get a deep dive into the cyber policy side from a “think-and-do” tank with guest Frank Cilluffo, the head of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University.
Learn More Here: fbi.gov/audio-repository/ahe…
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It won't matter if America wins the AI race if we lose control of the systems on which our country depends. In a new op-ed out by our Director Frank Cilluffo and Associate Director and COO Nick Sellers, they call for an AI Assurance Compact, a framework for action among the makers of AI models, government, and - importantly - the owners and operators of our nation’s most critical digital systems. They sketch out guiding principles and specific calls for independent evaluations, reporting mechanisms, and more.
At the McCrary Institute, we focus on cybersecurity threats to our nation’s critical infrastructure. Experience has taught us that warnings accomplish little unless someone has the authority, resources and responsibility to act.
Read the full piece in @CyberScoopNews
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NEW: Pro-Iran hackers claim ‘cyber-missiles’ campaign on Saudi infrastructure as Houthis land physical blows
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Who’s responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?
On Cyber Focus, Frank Cilluffo, @BillEvanina, and @WMattHayden discuss AI as an insider threat, the limits of accountability, and how to build safeguards while competing with China.
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Cybersecurity researchers are saying the artificial intelligence industry is unprepared for the security risks created by the growing power of its own technology. The @washingtonpost turned to our Director Frank Cilluffo for his thoughts.
📰 Read the full story by Ian Duncan and Gerrit De Vynck
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Yesterday, our Director Frank Cilluffo was on Bloomberg News's Balance of Power talking about China's cyber capabilities and the AI race ahead of President Xi's visit to the U.S.. It was a great and thoughtful conversation with @kaileyleinz and @JMathieuReports.
📺 You can watch the full segment here
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What does it take to fundamentally change our approach to critical infrastructure defense?
On the latest episode of Cyber Focus, host Frank Cilluffo speaks with @ArmadinSecurity's @stacyomara about moving past business-as-usual in public-private collaboration, testing national response thresholds, and what recent White House directives mean for industry.
Watch the full conversation: mccraryinstitute.com/cyber-f…
#CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #NationalSecurity #TechPolicy #InfoSec
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To mark 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, @ThreatBeatNews turned to more than a dozen experts to understand how our security landscape has changed. We asked what have we achieved, what new challenges we face, and how should we confront the threats of the future. We gained great insight from the leaders who protect our nation's critical infrastructure examining these questions sector-by-sector.
Find the full series here threatbeat.com/project/25-ye…
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EXCLUSIVE: Iranian hackers who recently took credit for an array of attacks on U.S. water systems claimed that they were behind an AT&T outage across major Texas cities on Monday and vowed to “intensify” critical infrastructure attacks before 9/11 threatbeat.com/attacks-and-i…
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EXCLUSIVE: After AT&T denies that breach was behind Texas outage, Iran hackers declare that "idiots don’t even know what we tampered with, what we have access to" threatbeat.com/attacks-and-i…
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“The problem has not gone away. It’s simply altered and modified and evolved.”
Twenty-five years after 9/11, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joins Cyber Focus to examine what America learned, what changed and what we risk forgetting. @ChertoffGroup
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If you're at the @BillingtonCyber Summit this week, be sure to watch out for great panels and discussions featuring our own Kyle Klein and senior fellows Cheri Caddy, Katherine DiEmidio, Laura Galante, Matt Hayden, Brad Medairy and Mark Montgomery. #BillingtonSummit
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NEW: Iran hackers vow ‘numerous’ U.S. infrastructure attacks in response to strike that hit wedding threatbeat.com/threats/iran-…
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Yesterday, Frank Cilluffo testified to @HouseIntel and said our counterintelligence posture remains too reactive and must evolve.
We are no longer dealing only with spy versus spy, nation versus nation, or the protection of military or intelligence secrets. All of those still matter, but far more is now at play. America's strategic advantage is increasingly generated by innovation in the private sector. And we must protect America’s strategic advantage, not just its secrets.
Read his testimony
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RT @RepRickCrawford: Today, @HouseIntel examines whether our legacy national security architecture is built to confront modern threats from…
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Happening now: McCrary Institute Director Frank Cilluffo is testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sharing his insights on the future of the nation’s counterintelligence mission and how the U.S. must adapt to fast-evolving threats.
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Happening now: McCrary Institute Director Frank Cilluffo is testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sharing his insights on the future of the nation’s counterintelligence mission and how the U.S. must adapt to fast-evolving threats.
🚨 TUNE IN LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, Chairman @RepRickCrawford holds an open full Committee hearing on persistent competition and legacy national security architecture.
Is our national security enterprise keeping pace with modern threats? Watch live to find out! ⬇️piped.video/live/dVVcgGcd-Bo…
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Cybersecurity has spent decades in a cat-and-mouse game: find a vulnerability, patch it and wait for the next one.
@DARPA's Dr. Patrick Lincoln joins Frank Cilluffo to discuss breaking that cycle by building systems that are secure from the start.
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