Jeffrey Carr

Jeffrey Carr is a cybersecurity analyst and expert. He lives in Seattle Washington.[1] He is founder and CEO of Taia Global inc.[2] He is also the founder and principal investigator of Project Grey Goose, an open source investigation into cyber conflicts including the Russian cyber attacks on Georgia, the Indian Eastern Railway Website defacement and the Israeli-Palestinian war in 2008 to 2009.[3] He is also a government contractor who is consulted on Russian and Chinese cyber warfare strategy and tactics.[4]

Contents

Expertise

Career

Jeffrey Carr founded Project Grey Goose on August 22, 2008. Both Parts one and two of Project Grey Goose are available online.[6] Project Grey Goose was converted into Greylogic, a consulting company which provides information services to governments, in 2009.[7] Jeffrey Carr founded Taia Global Inc in 2010. Taia Global provides physical and cyber security countermeasures to protect corporate executives and government officials.[8]

Public Life

Lectures

Jeffrey Carr has lectured cybersecurity issues at The Defense Intelligence Agency, US Army War College, Air Force Institute of Technology, NATO’s CCDCOE Conference on Cyber Conflict, and DEF CON.[9] Many news sites have quoted him including New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, BusinessWeek, WMD Insights, The Industry Standard, Info security News[10] Parameters and Wired.[11]

Publications

Jeffrey Carr was the author of the Intelfusion Blog until September 1, 2010.[12] He started but has now stopped writing in The Firewall, a cyber security blog at Forbes.com because of disagreement[13][14] He was also a columnist for Symantec’s Security Focus.[15] He also wrote the book Inside Cyber Warfare which was published on December 15, 2009.[16] The book documents cyber conflicts from 2002 until 2009.[17] Both General Chilton, Commander USSTRATCOM and his Chief of Staff MG Abraham Turner have endorsed this book.[18]

Stuxnet

Jeffrey Carr does not agree with many experts about the origin of the Stuxnet worm believing it to come from China and not a joint US-Israel venture. He has repeatedly presented his opinion on his blog at Forbes.com.[19]He believes it is China because China has the cyber capabilities to produce the Stuxnet worm.[20] India’s satellite program was also infected with the Stuxnet worm.[21]China has cyber attacked India in the past and is engaged in a space race with India.[22][23]Also, the other countries infected the most were in Asia or Eurasia and produce key resources which China needs.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Russia’s Silicon Valley Dreams May Threaten Cybersecurity",CI& CT News 15 November 2010 http://cicentre.net/wordpress/index.php/2010/11/15/russias-silicon-valley-dreams-may-threaten-cybersecurity/ <retrieved on February 10 2011>
  2. ^ Taia Global, https://taiaglobal.com/<accessed on February 10 2011>
  3. ^ 12th Annual 2009 NYS Cyber Security Conference, New York State: Office of Cyber Security http://www.cscic.state.ny.us/security/conferences/security/2009/call.cfm <accessed on February 10 2011>
  4. ^ O'Reilly Community, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3720 <accessed on February 10 2011>
  5. ^ O'Reilly Community, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3720 <accessed on February 10 2011>
  6. ^ http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/03/cyber-warfare-project-grey-goose-phase.html<accessed on February 10 2011>
  7. ^ http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/03/cyber-warfare-project-grey-goose-phase.html <accessed on February 10 2011>
  8. ^ Taia Global Inc, https://taiaglobal.com/ <accessed on February 10 2011>
  9. ^ O'Reilly Community, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3720 <accessed on February 10 2011>
  10. ^ 12th Annual 2009 NYS Cyber Security Conference, New York State: Office of Cyber Security, http://www.cscic.state.ny.us/security/conferences/security/2009/call.cfm <retrieved on February 10 2011>
  11. ^ O'Reilly Radar, http://radar.oreilly.com/jeffc/ <accessed on February 10 2011>
  12. ^ Greylogic, http://greylogic.us/ <accessed on February 10 2011>
  13. ^ FORBES,http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffreycarr/
  14. ^ Greylogic,http://greylogic.us/ <accessed on February 10 2011>
  15. ^ O'Reilly Radar,http://radar.oreilly.com/jeffc/<accessed on February 10 2011>
  16. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596802153<accessed on February 10 2011>
  17. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596802153<accessed on February 10 2011>
  18. ^ The Firewall, Forbes.com, http://blogs.forbes.com/people/jcarr/<retrieved on February 10 2011>
  19. ^ Forbes Finder, http://search.forbes.com/search/find?start=1&pubOther=ap,afx,heath,reuters&max=10&MT=Stuxnet%20worm , <accessed on February 11 2011>
  20. ^ Miks, Jason, ‘Was China Behind Stuxnet?’, The Diplomat, http://the-diplomat.com/china-power/2010/10/21/was-china-behind-stuxnet/ <retrieved on February 11 2011>
  21. ^ Parashar, Sachin, ‘China hitting India via Net worm?’, Times of India, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/China-hitting-India-via-Net-worm/articleshow/6725747.cms#ixzz11zT5shVQ <retrieved on February 11 2011>
  22. ^ Parashar, Sachin, ‘China hitting India via Net worm?’, Times of India, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/China-hitting-India-via-Net-worm/articleshow/6725747.cms#ixzz11zT5shVQ <retrieved on February 11 2011>
  23. ^ Miks, Jason, ‘Was China Behind Stuxnet?’, The Diplomat, http://the-diplomat.com/china-power/2010/10/21/was-china-behind-stuxnet/ <retrieved on February 11 2011>
  24. ^ Miks, Jason, ‘Was China Behind Stuxnet?’, The Diplomat, http://the-diplomat.com/china-power/2010/10/21/was-china-behind-stuxnet/ <retrieved on February 11 2011>

External links

http://twitter.com/jeffreycarr

Carr, Jeffrey. Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld. Sebastopol, California: O’Reilly Media, 2009.