Connie Peterson Uthoff is the Program Director for the Cybersecurity Strategy and Information Management Master’s Program at the College of Professional Studies at The George Washington University. She instructs in the program and has written and lectured extensively in areas of cybersecurity. She has participated in and led cyber tabletop exercises in the U.S and Europe.
Ms. Uthoff recently wrote Cyber Intelligence: Actors, Policies, and Practices
In July 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged thirteen Russians and three Russian organizations with conspiracy to defraud the United States by interfering with United States elections and political processes, wire fraud, and bank fraud.
The global market for industrial robots has been increasing steadily since 2020 and is expected to reach 104.65 billion dollars in 2023 (Statista, n.d.). Though concepts related to robotics and automated tools have their roots far back in history (Robotnik, n.d.), today, robots are being deployed around the world across a wide range of industries. … Read more
Over the past decade, due to the increase of sophisticated cyber threats and the success of malicious cyber threat actors, it has become increasingly clear that perimeter based cyber defenses have not been effective enough to protect public or private sector organizations. The SolarWinds breach, the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server compromise, the Capitol Pipeline and … Read more
In 2016, in his book The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, suggested that we have entered into a fourth industrial revolution, one defined by emerging technologies where physical and virtual systems work together. He emphasized that, unlike the past, the fusion of breakthrough technologies like nanotechnology, 5G, 3D printing, … Read more
On January 31, 2020, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency.[1] As the virus spread around the globe, cybercriminals quickly exploited the crisis for commercial gain. In the early months of 2020, as the global death toll rose, nations battled with the disease, and communities were at their … Read more
In mid-August of 2016, a hacker referred to as “Guccifer 2.0” allegedly released documents stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), including the personal cell phone numbers and email addresses of nearly all Democrats in the House of Representatives. The same hacker claimed credit for the recent Democratic National Committee (DNC) hacks; which resulted … Read more
At the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Champions of Freedom event in June 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated, “Like many of you, we at Apple reject the idea that our customers should have to make tradeoffs between privacy and security. We can and we must provide both in equal measure. We believe that people … Read more
Within the past few years the increase of cyber-attacks in both severity and quantity has introduced risks that impact board members and CEOs more directly than ever before. Previously, the boardroom was not a place where members often concerned themselves with cyber- or technology-related issues. Organizations would hire chief technology or chief information officers to … Read more
