U.S., China, Deterrence and Digital Twins

Abstract: China has a sophisticated and well-resourced cyber warfare program and has compromised critical infrastructure in the U.S. and around the world. U.S. law and policy have historically constrained U.S. government directly defending critical power, water and pipeline networks which are almost entirely owned and operated by the private sector. Yet Americans expect their water to be clean, their lights to be on and their trains to run. Could AI generated digital twins of critical infrastructure be a way to bridge public and private efforts to find and fix vulnerabilities in the nation’s most critical networks?

Anne Neuberger is an American national security official who served as the deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology in the Biden administration. Prior to that role, she served for over a decade at the NSA, as director of cybersecurity, as assistant deputy director of operations, and as the agency's first chief risk officer. She joined the federal government as a White House fellow, working at the Pentagon, and subsequently served as deputy chief management officer of the Navy, before joining NSA. Before entering government service, Ms. Neuberger was senior vice president of operations at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

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