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Herb Lynn

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Herb Lin researches offensive cyber operations, information warfare, and the strategic risks posed by emerging technologies to national security. He is the author of Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons and previously served on President Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything Herb Lynn said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Assertion Supported

Lynn: Stuxnet was not the first malware causing physical damage

“It did have physical consequences. It was certainly not by any means the first time.”

Herb Lynn Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:19 a16z Podcast | Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room

a16z Insight

Lynn: Reputational damage from cyber breaches is not unique

“What I was saying is that it's not new to cyber. ... No matter whatever stupid thing you do, it damages your brand.”

Herb Lynn Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:26 a16z Podcast | Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room

a16z Insight

Lynn: Cyber weapons span a continuum from mild annoyances to total destruction

“There has been a trend away from weapons that have a very large boom to weapons that have a much smaller boom. And there's a sense in which cyber weapons can do something with, just do an annoyance to somebody, to something that might, you know, destroy the en…”

Herb Lynn Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:44 a16z Podcast | Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Lynn: Nations increasingly recognize the high operational utility of cyber weapons

“Cyber weapons are the, are weapons that are eminently usable for a variety of purposes. And one of the most interesting things of the past 10 years is that nations are starting to wake up to this. They're starting to see that these weapons are enormously usabl…”

Herb Lynn Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:33 a16z Podcast | Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Lynn: Stuxnet alerted nation-states to physical cyber attacks

“I was totally wrong about that, because what it did was it woke states up, policymakers up, to the possibility that this was a possible, feasible thing to do.”

Herb Lynn Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:40 a16z Podcast | Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Herb's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University	1	5	100% 1/1	full record on the a16z Podcast →