Thinking About National Security and the Global Supply Chain

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

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Date

Thu Apr 23, 2020
2:30pm – 3:30pm

Location


Virtual

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The COVID-19 global pandemic has revealed the fragility of the new world order and the lethal weaknesses of the supply chain. Cyber weapons, deep fakes, and misinformation have been exploited, as is unfortunately to be expected, but our critical supplier dependency has been exacerbated by the crisis. What are short-term solutions that will allow us to adjust and adapt; and, what are the long-term reforms that will prevent future catastrophic failures?

Dina Temple Raston, Special Correspondent at NPR, will be in conversation with Harvey Rishikof, Director of Policy and Cyber security research at the University of Maryland.

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The COVID-19 global pandemic has revealed the fragility of the new world order and the lethal weaknesses of the supply chain. Cyber weapons, deep fakes, and misinformation have been exploited, as is unfortunately to be expected, but our critical supplier dependency has been exacerbated by the crisis. What are short-term solutions that will allow us to adjust and adapt; and, what are the long-term reforms that will prevent future catastrophic failures?

Dina Temple Raston, Special Correspondent at NPR, will be in conversation with Harvey Rishikof, Director of Policy and Cyber security research at the University of Maryland.

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