Past Events

2015 Navigator Awards
2015 Navigator Awards
The 2015 Navigator Awards
ICTS Seminar -The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? - October 2, 2015
ICTS Seminar -The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? - October 2, 2015
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies The Inter-University for Terrorism Studies The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? October 2, 2015
NATO's Mission in the Old-New Strategic Environment: Confronting Regional and Global Challenges
NATO's Mission in the Old-New Strategic Environment: Confronting Regional and Global Challenges
The most pressing security challenges facing NATO today and tomorrow include terrorism, homeland threats, cyber attacks, information warfare, the Ukraine crisis, piracy, and WMD proliferation. A new book, "NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider" is released September 17, 2015 at a special ...
Combating Separatist Terrorism
Combating Separatist Terrorism
“Combating Separatist Terrorism: Assessment of Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and 'Best Practices' Response Strategies," August 27, 2015 at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Since the establishment of the UN, many of the new or changed political entities created in the name of "self-determinati...
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A Special Seminar on: "Terrorism Captives: Tactical, Legal, and Strategic Implications"
Kidnapping and hostage taking by state and non-state actors constitute a permanent fixture of terrorist tactics that is attractive and effective. The latest media focus on American and foreign captives in Iran, Syria, and elsewhere provides an opportunity to assess the historical lessons learned, an...

Employing X-Ray Tomography for Security: A Hardware Security Symposium with Michael Sutherland

On Thursday October 18th, 2018, the Potomac Institute's VITAL Center hosted Mr. Mike Sutherland of Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), who discussed the current state of X-Ray tomography, and its current use cases for imaging the internal structure of integrated circuits in 3 dimensions using a transmission X-Ray microscope. Mr. Sutherland presented data from both lab and synchrotron-based system approaches to demonstrate many of the benefits and limitations of using X-Ray tomography. Mr. Sutherland also discussed the emerging research and development efforts in the field.

Mr. Mike Sutherland has worked as a computer scientist at DMEA since 2014. He is currently the lead researcher there working on X-Ray microscope hardware and software to image the internal nature of integrated circuits. In addition to his work on X-Ray tomography, Mr. Sutherland also works on image analysis and machine learning efforts to analyze integrated circuits for reverse engineering purposes

About the Hardware Security Symposium Speaker Series

Microelectronics are key components in our defense systems, and assuring that they are both readily available and secure is critical for US national security. Hardware-based threats can have serious impacts on military or critical infrastructure, and hardware vulnerabilities include malicious insertions, Trojan horses, counterfeit parts, and rapid obsolescence. While the USG has made large investments in software-focused cybersecurity, hardware-based approaches have not received as much attention. The Hardware Security Symposium Speaker Series brings together leading experts in Trusted microelectronics from academia, government, and Industry, to discuss hardware security threats, and ways to mitigate them.