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Senior Vice President of National Security Policy Jamie Barnett, Jr., RDML USNR (Ret.), is a retired Navy admiral and cyber security analyst, and former Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.  In  comments to Homeland Security Today, he offered observations on the lack of a comprehensive cyber doctrine to guide US policy in the area of cybersecurity.  The need for such a doctrine will be the topic of a special Potomac Institute panel discussion at the National Press Club on December 4 (click here for information on the event).  Click here to read the article in Homeland Security Today.

Vice President of Strategy and Planning BGen David Reist, USMC (Ret.), is a national security analyst and military expert. In an interview with Federal News Radio, he commented on how a new Presidential directive on cyber security could change the military's role in fighting - and deterring - cyber attacks.  Click below to listen to the interview in full.

Senior Vice President of National Security Policy Jamie Barnett, Jr., RDML USNR (Ret.), assumed his current role at the Potomac Institute following his service in an IPA assignment as Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB).  He will be a panelist at the Institute's upcoming Dec. 4 event launching the Potomac Institute Press cyber policy book #CyberDoc: No Borders - No Boundaries. In a live interview on Federal News Radio, he talked about the presidential directive on cyber security issued in the wake of delays in passing cyber security legislation in Congress.  Click here to access the interview on the Federal News Radio website.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies CEO and Chairman Mike Swetnam is co-editor of the new Potomac Institute Press book, #CyberDoc: No Borders—No Boundaries, which explores the national cyber security risk facing the US and the need for a comprehensive cyber doctrine. (Click here for preordering information on Amazon.)  In a live interview on Federal News Radio, he talked about the urgent need to develop an approach to protecting cyber space - even as lawmakers again chose not to advance cyber security legislation.  Click below to listen to the interview in full.

Senior Vice President of National Security Policy Jamie Barnett, Jr., RDML USNR (Ret.), is a retired Navy admiral and cyber security analyst who recently (2009-2012) served in an IPA assignment as Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). In comments to Federal Computer Week, he stressed the need for the US to develop a comprehensive cyber security policy.  His comments came in the wake of another defeat for cyber security legislation in the Senate.  Click here to read the article in full.

Senior Vice President of National Security Policy Jamie Barnett, Jr., RDML USNR (Ret.), recently (2009-2012) served in an IPA assignment as Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). In comments to Defense News, he reacted to the failure of cyber security legislation to make it through the current lame-duck session of Congress.  RDML Barnett, who will be a panelist at the Institute's upcoming major Cyber Policy event on December 4, says, “We need a clearly articulated cyber doctrine.” Click here to read the article in full.