Last week, we announced the grand prize winner and 8 runners up of our "Cybersecurity in Daily Life" poster competition. Please join us in congratulating these remarkable young artists! With generous support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, we launched this contest over the summer to call on teens ages 14 to 17 to create poster artworks that address the questions: 🔎 What does everyday cybersecurity look like? 📱 How is cybersecurity part of your use of technology? ⭐ Why is cybersecurity important to you? During the closing of the 2024 #AspenCyber Summit, we were delighted to announce our grand prize winner, who was awarded $2,000, and 8 runners-up, who each took home a $1,000 prize. Grand Prize Winner: 🏆 Aylin L., 16 Runners Up, Ages 14-15: 🏅 Charlize S., 14 🏅 Maya D., 15 🏅 July M., 15 🏅 Solika M., 15 Runners Up, Ages 16-17: 🏅 Daliya V., 16 🏅 Miley M., 17 🏅 Sofia N., 16 🏅 Uyen D., 16 See the winning posters and read the artists' statements on our website: https://ow.ly/sZx050TwEfp #Artists #YoungPeople #CyberAwareness

We’re experiencing unprecedented innovation, propelled by sophisticated algorithmic models and the datasets that fuel them. What does this mean for the US’s older adult population? Technological progress can allow us to reimagine how society supports older adults, particularly around key social determinants of health, like housing, transportation, and food security. But left unchecked, the speed at which new technology develops can also exacerbate digital ageism. An increasingly diverse population that’s growing faster than ever, older adults should be included at every step of the product design process. With both these potential opportunities and serious risks in mind, our experts developed a new playbook to help organizations at any maturity level understand the steps they can take to improve the lived experiences of millions of older adults. It’s the result of months of consultation with tech companies, community leaders, policymakers, and more. Check it out: https://ow.ly/fefx50TutJC #OlderAdults #DigitalEquity

Thank you to everyone who attended the #AspenCyber Summit last week. Want to relive the day? Watch the highlight reel here. We had 2,000+ livestream viewers, over 500 in-person attendees, more than 40 speakers and moderators, 9 poster competition winners and runners up, and 1 campaign premier. What a day!

Calling all educators! Our emerging tech experts have published a media literacy lesson plan to help young people think critically about reporting on AI. Media coverage of AI often conflates hype and reality, leading to misconceptions that can fuel unnecessary fears or unrealistic hopes about these tools. “Interpreting AI in the News: A Media Literacy Lesson Plan” equips the rising generation for an AI-driven world by fostering a deeper understanding of how the news media portrays these emerging technologies. This educational resource is geared toward high school and junior college students, and it provides teachers with a comprehensive set of assets, including a materials list, sample presentation, and vocabulary guide. In the spirit of open education, we welcome anyone to use, repurpose, and expand on this work. Access the lesson plan and make it your own: https://ow.ly/3Tze50Tutmh #ArtificialIntelligence #MediaLiteracy #OpenEducation #ReportingOnAI

At #AspenCyber Summit last week, we had the privilege of hosting principals from all of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. Catch up on a few of the highlights. Australian Signals Directorate's Stephanie Crowe spoke to the importance of risk-management, encouraging senior leaders across industry and government to think of cybersecurity risk management as they would any other enterprise risk. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security's Rajiv Gupta spoke to 80 years of code-making and code-breaking among the alliance, and the critical need for international alignment. Gupta highlighted the coordination between Canada's Cyber Resiliency Goals with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Cyber Performance Goals in the US. Meanwhile, National Cyber Security Centre's Lisa Fong spoke to collaboration with others in the alliance to attribute changing threat actor techniques and keep pace with the evolving tech-scape, highlighting rapid diversification in the relationships and tools being brought to the problem set. National Cyber Security Centre’s Felicity Oswald OBE shared the key to succesful collaboration between countries and sectors, saying that partnerships have to start with trust and listening. With a shared vision of a safe internet that allows us to prosper, collaboration isn't so hard, Oswald explained. National Security Agency's David Luber highlighted important work in cyber education and workforce development, explaining that approx. 300 young people join the Agency each summer for a 12-week internship program, contributing to its mission. After they graduate, 80% join full time. Did you miss the session, or perhaps want to relive it? Watch the recording, starting at 1:22:42: https://lnkd.in/esf_5CEA

#AspenCyber Summit was this week, and what a day! Top leaders made headlines, and we premiered a new national campaign. Keep reading here for a few highlights. ⬇️ Director Christopher Wray broke news about the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s takedown of a botnet operated by Chinese-sponsored hacker group Flax Typhoon, which targeted 260,000 Internet of Things (IoT) devices: https://lnkd.in/etkKJgks Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (U.S. Department of Justice) shared that Iran and Russia have accelerated their efforts to interfere in the 2024 US elections: https://lnkd.in/gstNkeVv Meanwhile, craigslist and craig newmark philanthropies founder Craig Newmark launched a new cyber awareness campaign, Take9, and committed an additional $100 million to advancing cybersecurity: https://lnkd.in/gJFUker3 Thank you to everyone who joined us, both in-person and virtually. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors, and offer a round of applause to our amazing speakers. Platinum sponsors: Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Google, Splunk Gold sponsor: Capital One, PwC Silver sponsors: Arete, Booz Allen Hamilton, Brunswick Group, Coalition, Inc., Paladin Capital Group, Recorded Future, SAIC Photo credit: Laurence Genon

🎥 Premiered at the 2024 #AspenCyber Summit yesterday. Let's all #Take9 to create a cyber secure future. Thank you Craig Newmark Philanthropies and Wondros for your partnership!

The 2024 #AspeCyber Summit starts now! Can't join us in person? Catch the livestream on YouTube: https://ow.ly/7oQy50TpoC5 The morning will kickoff with a keynote from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray. We’ll also get a rare appearance from top leaders of all of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The afternoon will feature insights from Rapid7’s Jaya Baloo, Foreign Policy’s Rishi Iyengar, Craig Newmark, and National Hockey League (NHL)’s Eric Tysarczyk. To close us out, heads of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, and Federal Communications Commission will take the stage for a fireside on consumer security and privacy. You won’t want to miss it!

The 2024 #AspenCyber Summit is tomorrow! Curious what's in store? Check out our agenda online, https://ow.ly/g6Xi50Tnn7G, and keep reading here for highlights from last year. In a book talk on "Your Face Belongs to Us" at the 2023 Cyber Summit, The New York Times Tech Reporter Kashmir Hill explained how the owner of Madison Square Garden uses Clearview AI facial recognition technology against lawyers who have lawsuits against the company, barring them from entering the venue. Meanwhile, in a session on cyber education, then-President of Stillman College Cynthia Warrick shared her experience navigating a ransomware attack in 2017. After the school was hit, the system crashed, and Stillman, a small HBCU, spent half a million dollars to rebuild it. Another 2023 highlight was the panel on critical infrastructure, where U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Director Puesh Kumar put cybersecurity threats to systems like our waterways and electrical grids in context, calling it an engineering problem. In a much-awaited session looking ahead to the 2024 US elections, State of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson gave a peek behind the curtain of elections administration. As Benson explained, for several elections, Michigan has kept a field team within 5 minutes of local polling places. In a special session that included a bagpiper solo, Birds Aren't Real Public Information Officer Peter McIndoe shared what he’s learned about conspiracy theories: what drives people is belonging rather than belief. There's still time to register for tomorrow's livestream. For those joining us in Washington, DC, or virtually from home, we look forward to seeing you.

The stakes for this year’s elections couldn’t be higher. Trust in basic democratic institutions, particularly among communities of color, has been systematically eroded by bad actors intent on sowing discord and confusion. Meanwhile, rising hateful rhetoric online increasingly translates directly into violence in the real world. To future-proof our democracy, tech leaders will need to engage more directly with the communities their products impact. Last month, we brought together over 30 leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds for a frank discussion of the impact of technology on historically marginalized communities, and their access to vote. Together with experts across tech, government, elections administration, and civil rights, we examined new forms of democratic suppression that have been enabled by AI and other emerging technologies. In a new thought piece, our team's Shanthi Bolla, Tom Latkowski, and Zaki Barzinji share key insights from this workshop on AI and the future of civil rights. Read it now: https://ow.ly/cnyZ50TnnRQ #2024Elections #Democracy #CivilRights #ArtificialIntelligence