NEWS & EVENTS
Cyber Defense Assistance And Ukraine: Lessons And Moving Forward
| By Gregory Rattray and Seungmin (Helen) Lee | In an era of international instability, the safety and resiliency of our digital existence faces deep challenges. Such instability has undermined the ability of governments to counter aggression in cyberspace. In this growing vacuum, the conduct of cyber defense assistance by the private sector will both change and grow in increasing importance.
The Opportunity for South Korea-US Cooperation in AI Hardware and Energy Needs
| Written By Seungmin (Helen) Lee and Michelle J. Lee | Nations fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) nationalism – the sentiment that a nation must develop its own technology to serve its interests – are racing to achieve AI supremacy. Undoubtedly, the United States and China are at the forefront, adding yet another battleground to their increasingly tense relationship.
AI and Elections: Lessons From South Korea
| Written By Seungmin (Helen) Lee | The country was able to limit the impact of AI-generated deepfakes during its recent National Assembly elections. What can other countries learn from its experience? On April 10, South Korea held its 22nd National Assembly elections, which resulted in the Democratic Party (DP) winning 175 out of 300 seats and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) winning 108. The voter turnout of 67 percent was the highest in 32 years.
Revisiting the 2014 Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Hack: Lessons Learned for South Korean Cybersecurity
| Written By Seungmin (Helen) Lee | In December 2014, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) cyber group Kimsuky conducted an attack on the Republic of Korea’s (ROK or South Korea) Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), leaking personal information of 10,000 employees, reactor blueprints, manuals, electricity charts, radiation methods and more.
US-Japan Cyber Cooperation: Meeting Challenges & Operationalizing Opportunities
| Written By Gregory Rattray and Seungmin (Helen) Lee | With the issuance of its 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS), Japan recognized cybersecurity as an area of priority concern. The process of implementing the NSS activities provides a unique opportunity for increased US-Japan cyber cooperation. Historically, positive diplomatic declarations of collaboration have occurred along with technical coordination within the computer emergency and response team (CERT) community. Yet, limitations exist in operationalizing the partnership at the national security level.
Stress Testing in a World of Compound Risks and Polycrises
Stress testing has become a tool of choice in banking for risk managers and regulators alike, and it is used more widely as a way to assess resilience to severely adverse events. Yet even the most creative risk manager would have been challenged to design a scenario that would have adequately captured the plethora of shocks that manifested from early 2020 to the present (April 2023). We make use of the polycrisis concept to motivate a rethinking of stress test design.
BLOG & PUBLICATIONS
The Cyber Defense Assistance: Imperative Lessons from Ukraine
| Written By Gregory Rattray, Geoff Brown, and Robert Taj Moore | Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed moment. Governments, citizens, and companies faced a choice—they could support Ukraine in its fight to defend its independence or they could sit back while Russia destroyed the post-war order that has stood since 1945. On an unprecedented scale, a major nation-state had engaged in coordinated, convergent digital and physical attacks in an effort to conquer a neighboring country.
Multilateral Cyber Action Committee (MCAC) led by Next Peak’s Greg Rattray, Releases Joint Statement
Greg Rattray, Executive Director, and Ian Pelekis, Senior Cyber Risk Analyst at Next Peak helped form and drive the activities Multilateral Cyber Action Committee (MCAC).
CDAC Featured on “Click Here” Podcast Episode: “Rounding up a cyber posse for Ukraine”
They call themselves the Cyber Defense Assistance Collaboration (CDAC), and it is the brainchild of Greg Rattray, a former chief information security officer at JP Morgan Chase. For months, he has been helping build a kind of public-private partnership to combat destructive cyberattacks. This is the first time he’s speaking in depth about the initiative publicly.
New York Cyber Task Force Publishes New Report Calling for National Cyber Response Readiness
| Written By Gregory Rattray and Ian Pelekis | New York, NY – February 26, 2021 – Over the last year, the New York Cyber
Building a Focused Approach to Cyber Defense
| Written By Gregory Rattray and Jim Cummings | The cyber threat landscape is ever-changing, and organizations around the world must continuously reassess their cybersecurity capabilities
Understanding Cyber Operational Collaboration
| Written By Gregory Rattray, Co-Founder of Next Peak | Cyber operational collaboration enables deep, public-private partnerships to secure key critical infrastructure sectors from systemic
BLOG & PUBLICATIONS
The Cyber Defense Assistance: Imperative Lessons from Ukraine
| Written By Gregory Rattray, Geoff Brown, and Robert Taj Moore | Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed moment. Governments, citizens, and companies faced a choice—they could support Ukraine in its fight to defend its independence or they could sit back while Russia destroyed the post-war order that has stood since 1945. On an unprecedented scale, a major nation-state had engaged in coordinated, convergent digital and physical attacks in an effort to conquer a neighboring country.
Multilateral Cyber Action Committee (MCAC) led by Next Peak’s Greg Rattray, Releases Joint Statement
Greg Rattray, Executive Director, and Ian Pelekis, Senior Cyber Risk Analyst at Next Peak helped form and drive the activities Multilateral Cyber Action Committee (MCAC).
CDAC Featured on “Click Here” Podcast Episode: “Rounding up a cyber posse for Ukraine”
They call themselves the Cyber Defense Assistance Collaboration (CDAC), and it is the brainchild of Greg Rattray, a former chief information security officer at JP Morgan Chase. For months, he has been helping build a kind of public-private partnership to combat destructive cyberattacks. This is the first time he’s speaking in depth about the initiative publicly.
New York Cyber Task Force Publishes New Report Calling for National Cyber Response Readiness
| Written By Gregory Rattray and Ian Pelekis | New York, NY – February 26, 2021 – Over the last year, the New York Cyber
Building a Focused Approach to Cyber Defense
| Written By Gregory Rattray and Jim Cummings | The cyber threat landscape is ever-changing, and organizations around the world must continuously reassess their cybersecurity capabilities
Understanding Cyber Operational Collaboration
| Written By Gregory Rattray, Co-Founder of Next Peak | Cyber operational collaboration enables deep, public-private partnerships to secure key critical infrastructure sectors from systemic
