26th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Cybersecurity
Founder & Chief Analyst, Gray Zone Research & Intelligence-China Series / SkyTop Media Group and 2020Partner Network Alliance
December 7, 2023
Washington D.C., USA
N. MacDonnell Ulsch discussed smart cities as urban environments integrating IoT, 5G, and AI. Mr. Ulsch raised concerns about conflicts arising from different political systems. He highlighted China’s use of smart cities for mass surveillance, citing the Uighur situation and China’s 800-900 smart cities. Mr. Ulsch mentioned the global availability of surveillance technologies and urged scrutiny of smart city contracts for banned technologies and associated risks. In the context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, he noted smart cities’ role in granting China access to new markets. Mr. Ulsch emphasized the need to monitor smart city implementations, especially vendor involvement, to address vulnerabilities and ensure national security, citing the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Ms. Diana Furchtgott-Roth warns that modern economies are highly dependent on GPS-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems, which rely on a network of satellites vulnerable to interference from adversaries…
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Dr. Varun Suthra from India began by invoking the Indian philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” – “the world is one family.” He emphasized that when nations act like a family, issues…
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Dr. Paul Maurer, addressed the audience on the human-centered approach to cybersecurity. He emphasized that cybersecurity is a “forever war,” representing one of the most significant economic and security threats…
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Senator Olivier Cadic highlighted France’s substantial support to Ukraine, including providing high-performance artillery such as Caesar guns and advanced air defense systems equivalent to the Patriot. She emphasized France’s significant…
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Senator. Jose Monago Terraza emphasized that modern national security extends beyond physical borders into cyberspace, where hybrid threats—cyberattacks, misinformation, infrastructure sabotage, and financial manipulation operate without declaration of war. He…
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Ms. Carole N. House framed the discussion within the context of the most intense period of great power competition since World War II. She emphasized the rapid pace of innovation…
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Dr. Emily Goldman highlighted cyberspace as a major battlefield in great power competition, emphasizing its transformative nature in gaining strategic advantage without resorting to traditional warfare. She stressed the cumulative…
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Mr. J.P. Parker shared his experience in the U.S. intelligence community and the challenge of coordinating 17 organizations to defend against cyberattacks. Mr. Parker discussed the importance of a multi-disciplinary…
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Hon. Baroness Neville-Jones, former UK Security Minister, reflected on the United Kingdom’s first fully funded national cybersecurity strategy in 2010 and emphasized how cyber fundamentally reshaped national security by linking…
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Mr. Christopher Porter, Head of Threat Intelligence at Google Cloud and a former member of the U.S. intelligence community, asserted that cyber operations constitute a fundamental instrument of statecraft employed…
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Mr. N. MacDonnell asserted that China perceives itself as engaged in a strategic conflict with the United States and its allies, motivated by economic, geopolitical, and military aspirations. He referenced…
