Acknowledgments

This book was inspired by the Honorable Mike Wynne, the 21st Secretary of the Air Force, who established considerable capability for cyber security in the Air Force, and was at the time single-handedly responsible for raising the awareness of national security-related cyber security policy issues. Among countless other laudatory and critical advisory appointments, Mr. Wynne serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Systems Engineering Research Center and also as Senior Advisor to the President at Stevens Institute of Technology.

To create awareness within academia of the importance of cyber security policy, Mr. Wynne chaired a conference on that topic sponsored by Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT 2010). Opinions were solicited from experts in a wide variety of fields who are stakeholders in cyberspace. Many of them spoke at the conference or attended the discussions. Some were unable to attend but provided their comments in written form. Our grateful thanks extend to the speakers and other participants who lent their expertise to that conference.

We are most indebted to those who reviewed the first completed drafts of this volume. Their invaluable feedback has considerably enhanced the comprehensibility of the cyber security policy curriculum contained herein. We therefore gratefully acknowledge these individuals for their efforts and expertise: Warren Axelrod, Larry Clinton, Kevin Gronberg, Richard Menta, William Miller, Brian Peretti, Andy Purdy, and Michael zur Muehlen. Others who spoke or sent material to be included in this book are also gratefully acknowledged. They include: Michael Aisenberg, Edward Amoroso, Tom Arthur, Paige Atkins, James Arden Barnett, John Boardman, David M. Bowen, Christopher Calabrese, Ann Campbell, C. R. Collazo, Greg Crabb, William Crowell, Matthew D. Howard, John A. Davis, Christopher Day, James X. Dempsey, Edward C. Eichhorn, Robert Elder, Steve Elefant, Dan Geer, Charles Gephart, Gary Gong, Gail L. Graham, Kevin Harnett, Melissa Hathaway, Husin bin Hj Jazri, Erfan Ibrahim, Robert R. Jueneman, Jeffrey S. Katz, John Kefaliotis, Alan Kessler, George Korfiatis, Darren Lacey, Pascal Levensohn, Martin Libicki, Chan D. Lieu, Eric Luiijf, Pablo Martinez, Douglas Maughan, Ellen McCarthy, Dale Meyerrose, Gregory T. Nojeim, John Osterholz, James B. Peake, Jim Richberg, Robert D. Rodriguez, Tom Ruff, Brian Sauser, Ted Schlein, Agam Sinha, Ben Stewart, John N. Stewart, Eric Trapp, David Weild, John Weinschenck, and Paul Winstanley. We have incorporated as many opinions as possible from that conference. We are grateful to these experts for sharing their insight. We look forward to continuing the cyber security policy debates in a constructive manner that will secure peace and prosperity in cyberspace going forward.