The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Information Technology
Scholarly Publications
Workshop on Protecting and Assuring Critical National Infrastructure
July 1997
In July 1996, President Clinton established the Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, with a charter to designate critical infrastructures and assess their vulnerabilities, to recommend...
How Much Is Enough? A Risk-Management Approach to Computer Security
August 2000
How much security is enough? No one today can satisfactorily answer this question for computer-related risks.
Efficient, Secure Green: Digital Utopianism and the Challenge of Making the Electrical Grid “Smart”
December 2013
Abstract: Electrical grids have long depended upon information infrastructures—systems for exchanging information about electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and use.
Other Publications
Civil Liberties and Security in Cyberspace
August 2000
Societies are becoming more dependent on computer networks and therefore more vulnerable to cyber crime and terrorism.
Is the Elephant Learning to Dance? The Diffusion of the Internet in the Republic of India
April 2002
Published in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), Georgia Institute of Technology.
Maneuvering The China-U.S. Relationship in Cyberspace
October 2015
The article examines the impact of the summit between President Obama and President Xi on future cybersecurity relations between the two countries, and the changing nature of cyber cooperation and...
News
Research worth fighting for
April 2005
"Of the Pentagon's $419.3 billion budget request for next year, only about $10.5 billion--2 percent--will go toward basic research, applied research and advanced technology development," write ...
CISAC's Hecker talks North Korea
March 2009
In an exclusive interview with The Stanford Daily, CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker spoke about his recent trip to North Korea.
Tracking North Korean nuclear sites with cloud computing
May 2013
Analysts at CISAC, together with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, are playing a leading role in deriving new and timely information of global security relevance from a variety...
Old Events
Critical Infrastructure Protection from Information Technology Attacks
February 8, 2000
Please feel free to bring a bag lunch.
The Role of Technology in Fighting Cybercrime and Terrorism
February 15, 2000
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International Security, Risk and Vulnerabilities in Information Systems and Infrastructure
March 7, 2000
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Projects
Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy
As part of a response to growing government concern over the threat of cyber attacks directed against critical national infrastructures, the National Security Agency (NSA) contracted with Stanford...
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Project on Peace and Cooperation in the Asian-Pacific Region
The Project on Peace and Cooperation in the Asian-Pacific Region has been a cornerstone of research at the Center for International Security and Cooperation for three decades.
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