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Lisa Monaco on The World Unpacked Podcast: “White Supremacist Terrorism Has Gone Global”

"White supremacist terrorism has gone global. Racially motivated mass murderers have targeted Muslims worshipping in New Zealand, Jewish synagogues in Pittsburgh and San Diego, church goers in South Carolina, and kids at a summer camp in Norway. Many of these attackers were radicalized online, and have claimed inspiration from each other. Are we watching the rise of a new international terrorist network? And what tools do we need to fight it? Jen talks to Lisa Monaco, who served as President Obama’s [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:20:18-04:00June 13, 2019|News|

Lisa Monaco featured on Axios’s Season 2 premiere on HBO

"...This week's show also features a segment on the 'Greatest Global Threats' as summarized by leading national security experts from the last three administrations, including former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, former homeland security adviser and chief counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco, former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, former secretary of defense, CIA director and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta and former CIA director David Petraeus..." Watch the full episode here: Full Episode

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:23:18-04:00June 2, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco featured on MSNBC’s The Oath With Chuck Rosenberg Podcast: “Lisa Monaco: Dr. Doom”

"Lisa Monaco’s last job in public service was as the Homeland Security Adviser to President Barack Obama – a position that exposed her to some of the most difficult and perplexing issues in the nation, though she has held many fascinating and important jobs in government. A graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago School of Law, Lisa worked on the staff of Attorney General Janet Reno, as a federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, on the Enron [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:29:58-04:00May 15, 2019|News|

Lisa Monaco and Avril Haines featured in Hewlett’s recap of Verify 2019 conference

"Former Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco said that 'if you look at the threat actors as basically aligned in a drag race—nation-states, non-state actors, hacktivists, criminal groups—my sense is that the nation-states have far and away set themselves apart,' adding that they are 'increasingly using cyber means as a tool of geopolitical one-upsmanship.' Examples such as Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections attest to that point and show that operational sophistication and tradecraft has improved... This increased sophistication has [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:30:15-04:00May 2, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco quoted in The New York Times article, “In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump”

“'I do believe the Department of Homeland Security and the White House should be prioritizing this threat and should be doing so consistent with the intelligence community’s own assessment,' said Lisa Monaco, who was among officials who worked to counter Russian cyberinterference in 2016 as the White House homeland security adviser to Mr. Obama. "She said parts of Mr. Mueller’s report showed how the threat from Russia had grown..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:32:00-04:00April 24, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco and Nick Rasmussen quoted in The New York Times article, “Pointing a Finger at a Terrorist Group in the Aftermath of the Sri Lanka Blasts”

"Nicholas J. Rasmussen, a former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said the presence of some Sri Lankan fighters in Syria and Iraq raised the prospect of informal connections with members of National Thowheeth Jama’ath still in Sri Lanka. “'It’s hard to imagine an attack of this complexity without some form of organization and support from a group that has done this kind of thing before,' Mr. Rasmussen said in an email. "Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser for President [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:03:03-04:00April 22, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco featured on Snack Break with Aroop Podcast

"Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Lisa Monaco, Assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2013-2017), about the greatest national security threats Americans face, misperception, fear, and Goldfish crackers." Download the full podcast here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:03:57-04:00April 15, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco’s recent speech on the changing nature of cyberwar featured in The Washington Post’s “Daily 202”

"Lisa Monaco, who served as the homeland security adviser in Barack Obama’s White House, said many countries are changing how they approach the digital battlefield, from focusing primarily on espionage toward 'geopolitical one-upmanship.' “'The game is getting disrupted,' she said. 'If we had this conversation two and a half years ago, I would have described the threat I was seeing at the time as more diffuse, more sophisticated and more dangerous than at any other time in my career in government. [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:04:15-04:00April 15, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco quoted in The Washington Post article “New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats”

WestExec Principal and former homeland security advisor to the president Lisa Monaco is quoted as saying “this attack should have us asking ourselves whether or not we have a sufficient whole-of-government approach to this evolving terrorism threat... We don’t have a clear domestic lead in our federal government for these issues...” Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:31:45-04:00March 16, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Lisa Monaco on NPR: “Drone Strikes And Transparency”

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with WestExec Principal and former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President Lisa Monaco about President Trump's decision to rescind part of an order boosting transparency around drone strikes. Listen to the full NPR interview or read the transcript here: Full Interview

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T16:37:02-04:00March 10, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|