NDM Article - WID Member Leads Global Tech Security Effort

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April 2005

WID Member Leads Global Tech Security Effort

by Heather Owens

K. Eileen Giglio, a longtime member of Women In Defense, is leading a major Pentagon effort to increase understanding the issues surrounding international technology security.

Giglio, shown above, is director of special projects in the office of international technology security, which reports to the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.

The office’s mission is to direct the militarily critical technologies program by defining and assessing technologies, safeguard critical technologies by developing acquisition polices for the export control process and enable technology transfer to the nation’s closest allies, while protecting U.S. technological superiority.

The office recently posted a new website that focuses on these subjects (www.acq.osd.mil/its). “This is a unique Internet site for the office of the secretary of defense,” Giglio said. “It was developed as a resource for anyone to get a snapshot of the rules, regulations, procedures and players in this arena.”

The website has links to military services, other federal agencies and civilian organizations (including NDIA) that contribute to U.S. technology security. “The site actually demonstrates the vast scope of the partners in this area of national security,” Giglio said.

Among the information on the site are descriptions of the various technology security communities. These include the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the Australia Group, the Zangger Committee, and the MCTP Technical Working Groups.

In addition to the website, Giglio supports a variety of international technology projects, including the militarily critical technologies program, a nanotechnology initiative, high-performance computer-control parameters and outreach to industry.

Giglio has served at the White House, State Department, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and Capitol Hill. She is a senior executive fellow of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She also coordinates the new WID Executive Breakfast Series.