IAP 17W (November 2015) Countering Cyber Extremism

● Mark Wiggins ● November 3, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

InterAgency Paper 17W (Nov. 2015) by Megan Penn, Joshua K. Miller and Jan Schwarzenberg – Violent extremist organizations have increased their online presence using the Internet to establish an online brand, communicate with members, and radicalize sympathizers. The regular use of online media, forums, and communications has altered the way… Read More

Simons Center director, founding officer and trustee retires

● Mark Wiggins ● September 3, 2015 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

[picasa width=”400″ height=”300″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” autoplay=”1″ showcaption=”1″ user=”CGSCFoundation” album=”es_MajGenRetRaymondDBarrettJr”] Maj. Gen. Raymond D. Barrett, Jr., current director of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation, has announced his retirement from his position after five years with the Center and 10years total involvement in the CGSC Foundation. Barrett was a founding… Read More

CGSC honors Simons Center authors

● Mark Wiggins ● August 26, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

On August 21, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) awarded 33 Golden Pen Awards to faculty members in recognition of their published scholarly works. CGSC’s Golden Pen program recognizes faculty members for their professional writing, and are broken into three categories: golden, silver, and bronze. Included among… Read More

Simons Center farewells graduate fellow

● Mark Wiggins ● August 7, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Simons Center recently bid farewell to another extremely accomplished Graduate Fellow. From May to July, James Gilmore conducted research and wrote an original paper as the first graduate student enrolled at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., to intern at the Simons Center. Gilmore’s primary research effort was focused… Read More

DHS to form new WMD office

● Mark Wiggins ● July 17, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

Recently it was announced that the Department of Homeland Security is planning on creating a new office to focus on weapons of mass destruction defense...

OPM, others investigate cyber incident

● Mark Wiggins ● July 13, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

Last week, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the findings of the interagency investigation into a recent cyber incident involving federal background investigation data...

Cyber exercise tests whole-of-nation response

● Mark Wiggins ● July 9, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

In June, U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation hosted a multi-agency exercise designed to simulate a whole-of-nation response to attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure...