This past semester, I’ve had the privilege to take a class at UVA called Hacking For Defense. In this class, we were paired with a project sponsor to help them with a public policy problem.
My team of Madeline DeRose, Katherine Huiskes, Samuel Spelsberg, Evan Anderson, and myself were paired with COL. Dr. Marvin King of the Army Cyber Command to help “provide recommendations of the size and composition of the cyber force.”
Our work built on top of the recommendations provided by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission which was formed by Congress in 2019 to “develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyberattacks of significant consequences.” We worked with these recommendations to lay a path forward for the adoption of “Layered Deterrence.”
As a computer and data scientist, I enjoyed traveling outside of my comfort zone while attempting to understand the policy implications of topics discussed in my computer science classes.
My team hopes that the following presentation will continue to be useful to the Army Cyber Command and policymakers as the Solarium Commission’s recommendations begin to be implemented. (NYT 12/8/20)
Special thanks to the Professor Brad Carson, John Robinson of NSIN, and COL. King for all their help in completing this project.
