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Like most aspects of modern existence, more and more of our financial lives have migrated to the digital realm. With the benefits of ease that our Internet allows us, that transition also raises numerous – and dangerous – threats to national security, our money, and the systems we use to store and transfer it. In TheUnhackable Internet, financial services and technology expert Thomas P. Vartanian exposes the vulnerabilities of the many networks that we rely on today as well as the threats facing the integrity of our national security and financial services sector.

From cyberattacks by foreign adversaries like China and Russia, the explosion of cryptocurrency, the advancement of ransomware, phishing, surveillance apps, spying software, and logic bombs, along with the increasing savvy and daring shown by Internet hackers, the next financial panic is likely to be delivered to us through use or abuse of technology. The Unhackable Internet describes how society can remake an Internet that was never conceived as a secure environment and badly tainted by the original sin of substandard coding. Vartanian argues for increasing the use of private and offline network infrastructures, controlling the ownership of Internet infrastructure, and imposing enhanced authentication, governance, and enforcement standards. This online universe would look more like our analog lives, authenticating all digital traffic to a real person and removing any virtual traveler that violated the new rules of the road.

The Unhackable Internet poses a challenge to America: take the lead and create a coalition of democratic nations to implement financial cyber strategies or be left with no counterweight short of military power to respond to those who weaponize technology. This comprehensive and compelling book makes it clear that nothing less than the control of global economies is up for grabs, and that how we use technology is our choice.

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"The Unhackable Internet offers comprehensive and insightful cybersecurity solutions that just may change the Internet forever. It should be required reading for every executive, and policymaker.” – Forbes

“The greatest threat to today’s global financial system is not financial risk or geopolitical uncertainty, but the danger of cyber-attack through a poorly defended Internet. In TheUnhackable Internet, Tom Vartanian describes in detail how we got to this point and suggests practicable steps that could make us safer. Most important, he makes clear that our openness to such attack is a choice, and one we can change. Governments and markets should listen.”–Randal K. Quarles, Chairman and Founder of The Cynosure Group, former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System for Supervision, Chairman of the G-20’s Financial Stability Board, member of the Federal Open Market Committee, and Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury

“The UnhackableInternet brings order to the digital wild west. Data is the world's most valuable economic asset and yet we live in the age of eternal breach. Hindsight has proved the folly of Mark Zuckerberg's mantra ‘move fast and break things.’ We ignore the lessons of history at our peril; a less hackable Internet is the imperative of our time. Vartanian's compelling vision – achievable if we pull together – puts the adults back in charge of the Internet.”

– James Dever, Co-Founder and Principal at Lockhaven Solutions LLC and former U.S. Air Force Professor of Cyber Warfare and U.S. Army Cyber Warfare Judge Advocate

“TheUnhackable Internet is a painstaking dissection of the threats of a virtual financial life. Its detailed history of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and official responses over the last 25 years is unparalleled. Vartanian’s creative presentation of the path that can lead to a more secure Internet and avert future financial calamities is grounded in his five decades of practical, real-world experience and is sure to spark a discussion of new ways to recreate the Internet.” – Brian P. Brooks, CEO, Bitfury, former CEO of Binance US and Acting Comptroller of the Currency

“For anyone interested in the future of the internet, this book is a tour de force. ‘Security’ is the word that comes to mind for anyone developing a business over the internet. The Unhackable Internet provides an experienced and creative approach to dealing with the risks and threats to financial infrastructures exposed by internet growth. Vartanian clearly presents the past and present of online banking, engaging in a very much needed debate on the possible paths for the future of internet security. The Unhackable Internet leaves readers not only informed, but willing to move ahead with viable alternatives to keeping the internet in the boundaries of law and order without killing its creativity drive.” – Sylvia Elaluf-Calderwood, PhD,Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Florida International University College of Business

“Vartanian’s tour de force analyzes a continuum of solutions to make the Internet safer and more unhackable. It lays out a sober assessment of the financial Armageddon, however unthinkable, that could be avoided but for the demoralizing and dispiriting failure of leadership which has followed a predictable cycle of attack, rinse, and repeat. The Unhackable Internet offers comprehensive and insightful cybersecurity solutions that just may change the Internet forever. It should be required reading every executive and policymaker.” – Roslyn Layton, PhD, Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, National Security Institute, George Mason University

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Thomas P. Vartanian leads the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center today, having previously chaired the financial institution’s practices at two international law firms, Dechert LLP and Fried Frank LLP. He also has served as General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the FSLIC during the S&L crisis, and as Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Vartanian was the Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee and is a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Law. He has represented either the government or private parties in a majority of the financial disasters over the last five decades and worked on technological advancements from the development of ATMs to the tokenization of financial instruments on blockchain networks.

Vartanian has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, Fox News,Newsmax, and PBS, among others.He is the author of 200 Years of American Financial Panics. For more, visit www.thomasvartanian.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prometheus (February 15, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633888835
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1633888838
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1.04 x 9.19 inches

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Thomas P. Vartanian is a former regulator, legal adviser, academic and author who has worked in the financial services industry over six decades. He is currently the Executive Director of the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center.

He previously was the Executive Director of the Program on Financial Regulation & Technology at George Mason University's Scalia Law School, and before that, he chaired the Financial Institution’s practices at two international law firms, Dechert LLP and Fried Frank LLP, through four financial crises. Both as a regulator and private practitioner, he has advised parties in 30 of the 50 largest financial institution failures in American history, developing a deep understanding of the causes of financial collapses. He has been described by clients in Chambers as “one of the best financial services lawyers in America.”

Mr. Vartanian served in the Reagan Administration as General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the FSLIC, where he authorized the receivership, sale, or liquidation of hundreds of failed institutions in the S&L crisis, including the first national and cross-industry financial institution combinations in the country. Prior to that, he served in the Carter Administration in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel.

Mr. Vartanian is a futurist and expert in financial technology. He was Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee between 1998 and 2002, where he chaired an international task force of lawyers from twenty countries which issued a seminal report on the novel issues created at that time by doing business over the Internet.

Since leaving government service in 1983, Mr. Vartanian has been approached by the Reagan, Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations to head federal financial regulatory agencies, including being interviewed to become the first Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Rather than return to government service, since the 1980s, he has represented a variety of government entities, financial companies, and their investors, as well as informally advised several Presidential Administrations.

Mr. Vartanian has authored more than four hundred articles and eight books. He is a frequent lecturer and media commentator on the financial services industry, having appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, Fox News, PBS and a variety of radio shows. He has taught banking and electronic commerce law at Georgetown Law School, George Washington Law School, and Boston University School of Law, and has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School.

In 2008, Mr. Vartanian was named “Washingtonian of the Year” based on his use of music and sports to raise money for charities in the D.C. metropolitan area. As a musician, he appeared in the first production in the United States in 1970 of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His classic rock band, The Johnny Esquire Band, has helped raise approximately $5,000,000 for charities in the Washington D.C. area over the last twenty years. Mr. Vartanian founded and plays on the Washington All Stars, a senior baseball team that has raised $500,000 for Special Olympics since 1998.

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R. Michael Shehorn

A Cyber Wake-up Call

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023

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Vartanian again raises the clarion call to action. The topic this time is about the not so well understood, but ever so increasingly important, risks attendant with cybersecurity. His straight-shooting and intensely researched writing on the subject as he covers the wide ranging waterfront of the risk environment is akin to taking a white-knuckle ride alongside Tom Cruise in his Darkstar test jet when he breaks Mach 10 at the beginning of the movie Top Gun;Maverick. Indeed, it takes courage and fortitude to continue reading as one reflects on the vulnerabilities of a system that we have long taken for granted, or at least in the author’s words, considered “good enough”. Still, the effort is well worth it as America needs to be disabused of the notion of good enough on cybersecurity and instead dedicate the same attention as paid to nuclear weapon security.

As the book demonstrates all too well, this will be a daunting, indeed a Herculean task, but the risk and devastating consequences of a cyber calamity are such that its imperative that a fix be pursued vigorously, even given the ever growing constellation of other global and national challenges facing us at the moment. As this is written the breach of the U.S. Marshals’ database and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank are prominent in the news and one suspects that the post mortem on these events will indicate that complacency on the part of a number of parties played a key role in creating the crisis. That said, these events highlight the danger of complacency and serve to underscore the need for immediate action as we can no longer afford the luxury of awaiting the occurrence of a calamitous event before initiating change.

Fortunately, Vartanian does not leave us twisting in the wind with a doomsday scenario. Instead, he puts forward a number of recommendations which those far more tech savvy than the reviewer will hopefully find useful in their quest to keep us safe. The kaleidoscope-like chart ( Figure 16.2) on improvements needed to enhance internet security gives an idea as to the magnitude of the challenge ahead.

At the conclusion, the reader is perhaps left with the impression that we are now at a juncture much like where Winston Churchill was on the eve of WWII. Churchill was certainly clear eyed about the growing storm clouds in Europe but many others were late in jumping aboard the train. Indeed the 50% probability assigned by a quoted expert in the book that a U.S. President might have to step up to a podium circa 2030 to address the aftermath of a financial and energy Armagedon is nothing short of chilling.

Still, this need not occur if constituents take note of Mr Vartanian’s warning and join together at all levels in a collaborative effort to address serious vulnerabilities and provide for a safer internet. One final and hope giving thought is Winston Churchill’s famous it’s always darkest before dawn observation which history suggests was first professed by English theologian and historian Thomas Fuller. This reviewer prays that this is where are at the moment and further that the late Colin Powell’s corollary “ it always looks better in the morning” will truly come to pass. If it does, we will again owe deep gratitude to Mr. Vartanian for his advocacy on the subject. In conclusion, this book , like his earlier book entitled 200 Years of American Financial Panics , should be required reading for all legislators, business executives, military leaders and all other concerned constituents.

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Scott M. Volmar

This Book Creates Awareness About Re-thinking the Internet to Provide Real Security at the Core

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023

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No one can escape news on a daily basis of the most recent high profile cyberattacks. We rely on the internet/web for so much in our lives, we let others worry about internet/web security – and are only angered when it impacts us directly, i.e., malware on our computers and smartphones, lost money from our bank accounts, false credit or debit card charges, mailed notices from health care providers, schools, card providers, governments and more. In reality, these personal experiences and high profile hacks are only a fraction of cybercrime committed on the internet/web around the clock.

With his financial regulatory experience, Mr. Vartanian has also been a student of the PC, web, and smartphone eras. Called to serve in leading regulatory positions during times of crisis, he has reviewed U.S. history, studying the causes of “Financial Panics” and connected human behavior to the open protocols and the easy-to-manipulate internet and web. The internet/web combination now dominates every aspect of our lives – government, finance, production, healthcare, services, and each one of us individually.

For anyone wary of reading a book about technology, Tom writes with exceptional clarity and ease of reading. Writing in a style I call “technicolor” Mr. Vartanian uses parallels from movies, pop-music, television, books, and history to ensure the reader comprehends the subject, while simultaneously snagging our interest and strengthening our understanding.

Cyberspace should enjoyed without worrying about identity and data theft, data collection and abuse and financial loss. Digitally, we are just coming out of the dark ages and can indeed enter into a far less expensive, far more effective digital industrial era if we will do something about it. Mr. Vartanian provides real world examples that underscores this can be done.

The Unhackable Internet is readable by any user of the PC or smartphone. Importantly, the executive branch, congress, supreme court, boards of directors, leaders and managers at all levels should read this book. There must be unity of purpose if the problem is going to be solved for the U.S. and free nations. Mr. Vartanian’s efforts to bring awareness to the private and government sectors specifically and to the masses in general is doing a tremendous service to us all.

Scott Volmar
CEO, InterComputer Corporation

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Richard Klein

A cybersecurity must read! Provocative, timely and thoughtful!

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023

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The Unhackable Internet is a fascinating and frightening look at how the internet has evolved over time and has become integral to almost every aspect of the world we live in. Vartanian walks the reader from ARAPNET through to today’s crypto mania, focusing on the risks and associated challenges of keeping data and users secure in our digital world. From defense, healthcare, transportation, communication and finance, he persuasively lays out the threats to our systems and calls for a rethinking of the way we structure, operate and protect them. This book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the issues society currently, and will, face, and posits ways that our thinking must evolve to deal with the risks. Most importantly, it should be required reading for policymakers.

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Robert Ledig

A path to confronting our dangerous exposure to cyber threats to our financial system

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023

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My long-time colleague Tom Vartanian has spent much of his career trying to protect and promote financial stability. His new book shines a critical light on how vulnerable our current financial system is to massive compromise by hostile states and rogue actors. He lays out a compelling argument that we must aggressively move beyond our current approach of just getting by and shift to a method of global interaction and communication that is actually designed for, and adequate to confront, the risks that our financial system faces.

Robert H. Ledig
Managing Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center

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