2008 black hat cybersecurity keynote- rod beckstrom, director ncsc, dhs

Black Hat

Rod BeckstromDirector

Black Hat

Black Hat

Rod BeckstromDirector

WIRED

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The Prisoners Dilemma

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Insider threats and hackers…

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Who reengineered the system?

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A great challenge today

Let’s work together toCreate something new

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Where do we want to go with this system?

What is the end state we seek?

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Slight problem…

We don’t know the rules

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Physics of networking?Economics of networks?Economics of security?

Risk management?

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Economics of Security

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where C = total cost S = cost of security L = expected cost of loss

Economics of Security

MINIMIZE C = S + L

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Loss $

Security $

Economics of Security

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Loss $

Security $

Economics of Security

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IPV6, BGP, DNS, SMS/IP, POTS …

Economics of Protocols

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Loss $

Security $

Economics of Protocols

Better Protocols Drive Loss Function Down

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Privacy/Security/Convenience

Economics of Privacy

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Cyber democracyCyber governanceCyber quarantines

Cyber justiceCyber diplomacy

New Cyber Frontiers

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The Prisoners Dilemma

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The Prisoners Dilemma

W/W

W/L

L/WW/W

L/L

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The Prisoners Dilemma

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L/L

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The Prisoners Dilemma

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L/L

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Iterated Prisoners Dilemma

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200 X

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Iterated Prisoners Dilemma

W/W

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Iterated Prisoners Dilemma

W/W

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200 X

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E Pluribus Unum

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Constitutional codeNew cyber rulesNew economicsNew protocols

Develop cyber diplomacy…Global collaboration…

Summary

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Where do we wish to plant our flag in cyberspace?