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Asst. Sec. of Defense Discusses Cybersecurity

Washington, DC
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, recently spoke on improving the resilience of the U.S. electric power grid at George Washington University.

Mr. Stockton discussed how to best protect the grid from physical and cyber threats and answered questions from the audience.

Frank J. Cilluffo, director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute and co-director of the Cyber Center for National and Economic Security, moderated the discussion.

Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 9:03am (ET)

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