[IP] April 29, 2009, Public briefing of new CSTB report

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From: "Lin, Herb" <HLin@nas.edu>

Date: April 20, 2009 8:56:48 PM EDT

To: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com>, <dave@farber.net>

Subject: For IP -- April 29, 2009, Public briefing of new CSTB report - Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities

Dave – for IP; I think this is of broad interest.

Thanks, Herb

The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council will release a new report Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities will be released at 1:00 p.m. on April 29, 2009 at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Light refreshments will be available starting at 12:30 p.m. Committee co-chairs Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.), and the Honorable Kenneth W. Dam, former Deputy Secretary of State, will brief the report. The text of the flyer, with registration information, is contained at the end of this message.

For more information on the study that led to this report please visit www.cstb.org.

If you would like to attend this event, please register online at www.cstb.org. Questions about this event may be directed to Eric Whitaker at (202) 334-2605.

Sincerely,

Herbert S. Lin
Chief Scientist, CSTB

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The National Research Council study on

Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S.

Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities

will be released at

1:00 p.m.

(Light refreshments served beginning at 12:30 p.m.)

April 29, 2009

at the

National Press Club

in the

Zenger Room

529 14th Street, N.W., 13th Floor

Washington, D.C.

Committee co-chairs Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.), and the Honorable Kenneth W. Dam, former Deputy Secretary of State, will brief the report. Time will be available for Q&A.

Please visit www.cstb.org to register online.

Questions about this event may be directed to 202-334-2605.

The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the

broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the

federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has

become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of

Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The

Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine.

Cyberattack refers to deliberate actions to alter, disrupt, deceive, degrade, or destroy computer systems or

networks or the information and/or programs resident in or transiting these systems or networks. This report

focuses on the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. national policy.

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