Martin C. Libicki is an American scholar and Professor at the

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Early life

Martin C. Libicki graduated from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT) in

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, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.RAND Corporation biography
/ref> He went on to receive a master's degree in City and Regional Planning as well as a PhD in Economics from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Career

He worked for the

National Defense University The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders. As ...

for twelve years.Georgetown University Center for Security Studies
/ref> He then served on staff for the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

for three years. He went on to work for the U.S. General Accounting Office's Energy and Minerals Division. He joined the

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in 1998, where he served as Senior Management Scientist and Professor at the

. He has also worked as a consultant for the

United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United State ...

, the

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(DARPA) and the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

(FBI). He has participated in

Track II diplomacy Track II diplomacy or "backchannel diplomacy" is the practice of "non-governmental, informal and unofficial contacts and activities between private citizens or groups of individuals, sometimes called 'non-state actors. It contrasts with track I dip ...

with regards to negotiations between the United States and China on

cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

.Martin C. Libicki
Managing September 12th in Cyberspace: Testimony Presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
RAND Corporation, March 21, 2013 On the United States response to possible cyberattacks, he has argued for a conservative approach, suggesting that overreacting may hurt US national security interests more. He currently holds the ''Maryellen and Richard L. Keyser Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Cyber Security Studies'' at the

U.S. Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of ...

, where in addition to teaching, carries out research in cyber war, and the general impact of information technology on domestic and national security.

Bibliography

*''Information Technology Standards: Quest for the Common Byte'' (Digital Press, 1995). *''Who Runs What in the Global Information Grid'' (2000). *''Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007). *''Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences'' (with Peter Chalk and Melanie W. Sisson, 2007). *''How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida'' (with Seth G. Jones, 2008). *''Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar'' (2009). *''How Insurgencies End'' (with Ben Connable, 2010). *''https://www.usna.edu/CyberCenter/People/Biographies/Libicki.php'' *''Hackers Wanted: An Examination of the Cybersecurity Labor Market'' (with David Senty and Julia Pollak, 2014) *''Cyberspace in Peace and War'' (2016).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Libicki, Martin C. Living people Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni National Defense University faculty RAND Corporation people UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)