Cyber Security
Cyber Security The collective processes and mechanisms by which sensitive and valuable information and services are protected from publication, tampering or collapse by unauthorized activities or untrustworthy individuals and unplanned events.This field covers all the processes and mechanisms by which computer-based equipment, information and services are protected from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction. Computer security also includes protection from unplanned events and natural disasters. This field includes practitioners from the whole-of-government who work in diplomacy, strategy and policy development, legal, law enforcement, intelligence and military professionals working in the cyber domain
2017 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Alumni Programs Office is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Marshall Center Alumni Scholarships. This year, we solicited applications from nearly 12,000 alumni, and received over 200 proposals for 8 available scholarships. The Faculty Scholarship Committee read through all...
2023 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Alumni Scholars Program. This year we received 150 applications for10 available scholarships. The competition was extremely tough, and we congratulate all applicants on their outstanding work assembling their packages. Below...
40th Issue of per Concordiam
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the publication of the40th issue ofper Concordiam(Volume 10, Issue 4, 2020) with a focus on“Cyber Security Workforce Development”. Congratulations to all of our alumni contributors, including Dr. Rupert Brandmeier (Germany, PCSS 20-02), Ms. Genalyn...
Alumni Reunion and Academic Exchanges in Peru
A Perry Center team visited Peru the week of November 11, 2019, for a series of academic engagements with institutional partners and the growing alumni community in Lima. Over the course of the week, professors Celina Realuyo and Boris Saavedra along with Kara O’Ryan from the Educational...
Assess your Cyber Security Awareness
Whether you are a government agency, a commercial enterprise, or an individual, one thing is for certain: a dedicated cyber criminal has the potential to wreak havoc on the computer networks that bind the world together. With this sobering reality in mind, the Partnership for Peace Consortium...
Collective intelligence and international coordination:
Dr. Rajib Subba looks at the similarities between computer viruses and biological viruses in his new Security Nexus Perspective called “Collective intelligence and international coordination: Antidote for the novel biological zero-day exploit #COVID-19.” Subba, an alumni of the Daniel K....
Combating Health-Related Cyber Security Threats with Health Systems Approaches
“Combating Health-Related Cyber Security Threats with Health Systems Approaches,” is the title of a paper by Drs. Sebastian Kevany and Deon Canyon, forSecurity Nexus. This article emphasizes the need for a multi-level approach to cybersecurity in protecting health care systems and information...
Commander of Germany’s New Cyber Command: ‘Facing the Digital Future Together’
By Dr. Felicia Englmann Bundeswehr Bavaria GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (Dec. 28, 2017) – “Digitalization is a game changer,” said Bundeswehr Lt. Gen. Ludwig Leinhos, commander and chief of Germany’s newly founded Cyber and Information Domain Service, to 98 participants from 51...
Connections Second Cyber Edition Now Available Online
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, April 2022 -“The Countering Crime and Disinformation in Cyber Space” edition ofConnectionsfocuses on a number of recent challenges in the cyber domain, including the increase in cybercrime, corruption, the spread of hate speech, propaganda, and disinformation. In...
CONTRATULATIONS TO THE DIILS GRADUATES OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMBATING CORRUPTION COURSE
DIILS graduated 24 students from the 2020 LCC Course. Countries represented were Cameroon, Egypt, Guatemala, Maldives, Philippines, Kenya, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, Republic of North Macedonia, Nigeria, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Burkina Faso and Zambia. LCC is a three-...
Countering Transnational Threats Seminar in Rio de Janeiro
The Perry Center team comprised of Celina Realuyo, Boris Saavedra and Kara O’Ryan participated in the three-day Countering Transnational Threats seminar co-sponsored and hosted by the Naval War College (Escola de Guerra Naval – EGN), Army School of Command and General Staff (Escola de Comando...

CTWG Sept 2010, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Slideshow
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Cyber experts complete cybersecurity curriculum
Lopota, Republic of Georgia (April 28, 2016) – With high-profile cyber attacks on major corporations and governments routinely making headlines, perpetrators of such attacks have soberly reminded the world that nearly any network, regardless of perceived security, is vulnerable to attack by...
Cyber Security Alumni Community of Interest Workshop Held at Marshall Center - 6-8 May 2014
Participants of the Cyber Security Alumni Community of Interest Workshop were introduced to the Marshall Center’s new Program on Cyber Security Studies this week and heard from many excellent speakers. The first PCSS course is scheduled for thisDecember.
DASD Sergio de la Peña Addresses Perry Center Alumni in Panama
Over 100 Perry Center alumni, Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, University of Panama and Florida State University faculty and students, and members of the diplomatic community gathered on Monday, February 3rd at the University of Panama for a Perry Center alumni event featuring...

DIILS CONDUCTS EXCHANGE WITH SRI LANKAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) hosted amilitary-to-military subject matter expert exchange with the Sri LankanMinistry of Defense and Urban Development in Colombo, from 23 to 27 June.The workshop focused on the legal factors associated with border securityand...

DIILS HOSTS MOROCCAN ARMED FORCES FOR CYBER SECURITY SEMINAR
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) hosted officialsfrom the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces for a CONUS seminar on the legalaspects of cyber operations. Conducted under the auspices of the CombatingTerrorism Fellowship Program, the seminar addressed the legal...
Discussing cyber security during Austrian National Day 2018
Major General Hermann Kaponig, Commander of the Austrian Armed Forces Communication and Information Systems & Cyber Defence Command, and PfPC Director Raphael Perl at Austrian National Day 2018. Discussions included the PfPCcyber security curriculumand the benefits Austria as a neutral...
DOD Cyber Advisor Stresses Developing the Human Capital to Counter Adversaries
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec. 6, 2017) – The scope, sophistication, pace and spread of today’s cyber threats is unmatched in history, said the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. U...
Executive Seminar: Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare
From 31 January to 11 February 2022, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center) hosted a virtual Executive Seminar on “Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare.” Course Director NESA Center Associate Professor David Des Roches welcomed the group and started the seminar,...
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The Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC) course is a 5-week in-resident executive program offered three times a year for mid-level military, government and non-government professionals who intersect with the security sphere. Fellows spend two-thirds of their time on cross-cutting...
The Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC) course is a 5-week in-resident executive program offered three times a year for mid-level military, government and non-government professionals who intersect with the security sphere. Fellows spend two-thirds of their time on cross-cutting...


Mobile Learning and Its Challenges, Teaching History in an Ethnically Divided, Post-conflict Country. WINTER 2012
The Winter 2012 issue ofConnectionsis dedicated to the technical and organizational challenges of mobile learning, the opportunities it provides in the education and trainig of defense personnel, and the challenges of mobile learning in security and defense organizations, research ethics, crisis...

Cyber Space, Cyber Engagement Between NATO US and Russia, Transparency vs. Confidentiality, Energy Security. FALL 2013
Two of the papers in the Fall 2013 issue of Connections look into the legitimacy in the use of force in cyber space in three recent cyber attacks and the engagement between NATO/U.S. and Russia in the cyber domain. Another article treats the dilemma of transparency vs. confidentiality in the...

Marshall Center Transnational Weekly
The Marshall Center Transnational Weekly is a current awareness, information and policy tool for Marshall Center stakeholders, faculty, staff, students and alumni to inform them about online publications by think tanks, research institutes and other organizations that deal with transnational...
The Downsides of Digital Revolution: Confronting Africa’s Evolving Cyber Threats
The recently published report, "The Downsides of Digital Revolution: Confronting Africa’s Evolving Cyber Threats," examines four kinds of cyber-enabled threats: organized crime, critical infrastructure sabotage, espionage/surveillance and armed conflict innovation. The report was sponsored...

Alumni Publication: Cyberwar, Netwar: The Untouchable and Unpredictable by Charani Patabendige
On 31 January 2023,Modern Diplomacy publishedNESA Center alumna Charani Patabendige's article titled"Cyberwar, Netwar: The Untouchable and Unpredictable." Charani LCM Patabendige is a Research Assistant and an Acting Research Analyst at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the...

Alumni Publication: "The Colombo Security Conclave: What is it and what does it mean for Australia?" by Viraj Solanki
On 16 May 2023, ORF (Observer Research Foundation) published NESA Center alumnus Viraj Solanki's article "The Colombo Security Conclave: What is it and what does it mean for Australia?" Solanki argues that "With the support of the CSC, Australia can enhance its engagement with theNortheast...