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Former international affairs fellow in residence.
Cybersecurity and homeland security expert. Currently writing a Council Special Report on cybersecurity and internet governance.
Cybersecurity and cyber warfare; homeland security; risk management.
Principal at Good Harbor Consulting (2005 to present); Member, Department of Homeland Security Agency Review Team, Presidential Transition Team (Nov. 2008 to Jan. 2009); Project Director, Task Force on Homeland Security, The Century Foundation (2006); DNC Coordinator, Boston Emergency Medical Services (2004).
Blog Posts:
CFR, Asia Unbound: Fighting Cybercrime with China (May 21, 2010)
Cybersecurity expert Knake recommends the United States use international forums to promote mechanisms that address security concerns in cyberspace while ensuring the Internet remains open for the free exchange of ideas across national boundaries.
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Robert K. Knake testifies before the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology on the role of attack attribution in preventing cyber attacks and how attribution technologies can affect the anonymity and the privacy of Internet users.
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The impact of the standoff between Google and China, argue Adam Segal and Robert K. Knake, may have less to do with censorship and more to do with the nature of technological development.
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The recently released Annual Threat Assessment warned of cyberattacks and attacks by al-Qaeda, but that doesn't mean al-Qaeda is capable of cyberterrorism, says CFR's Robert K. Knake.
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Robert K. Knake argues that the Department of Homeland Security will fall short of its goal to hire 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next three years.
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