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Robert Knake

Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy

Robert Knake
Rob Knake is a Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. His work focuses on Internet Governance, public-private partnerships, and cyber conflict. He served from 2011 to 2015 as Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council. In this role, he was responsible for the development of presidential policy on cybersecurity, and built and managed federal processes for cyber incident response and vulnerability management.
Ideas

What the US Should Learn from Israel’s Silicon Valley

The world’s hottest cybersecurity market is powered by a unique collaboration of government, industry, finance and academia.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Science & Tech

Don’t Put the Pentagon in Charge of Private Industry’s Cybersecurity

There are few ways that the military could intervene effectively without doing more harm than good.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

The FBI Should Tell Apple About the iPhone Vulnerability, If It Can

White House cybersecurity guidelines suggest disclosure, but the feds may not actually have the information.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

5 Ways to Clarify and Strengthen US Cybersecurity Law

While most corporate counsels are still trying to figure out what the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 does for them, here are a few ways to improve on next year's round of legislation.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Science & Tech

The Latest Cybersecurity Bill Will Only Confuse Internet Providers Like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast

Lawmakers could possibly save years of court battles over allegations of mass surveillance if they nail down a few key definitions in a pending bill before a House committee.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Threats

Hacking Arrests Won’t Stop Chinese Espionage

But the arrests are part of a larger move-and-countermove drama that is slowly improving the U.S. situation.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

What Congress Can Learn from the Military About Cybersecurity

As it stands, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act won’t much improve information-sharing. Here's how to change that.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

Keep Calm and Spy On: Why the OPM Hack Won't Bring Down US Intelligence

For starters, there are very few known cases in which blackmail was involved in getting government employees to give up classified information.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

Why the US Hasn't Pinned the OPM Hack on China

Getting China to stop this activity is at the top of Washington's diplomatic agenda. Stopping foreign intelligence services from spying, however, is not.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
Threats

5 Chinese Cyber Attacks That Might Be Even Worse Than the OPM Hack

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the OPM hack, it would not be their boldest alleged move in cyberspace; only the most recent.

  • Robert Knake, Council on Foreign Relations
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