Richard A. Clarke

CEO, Good Harbor Security Risk Management

Richard Clarke is CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management which advises companies and governments on cyber security.

He served for thirty years in the United States Government, including an unprecedented ten continuous years as a White House officiat serving three consecutive Presidents. In the White House he was Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace, and National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism.

Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News for ten years, taught at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for five years, and written seven books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the national number one best seller Against All Enemies and Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It. His newest Novel, Pinnacle Event, was released in 2015.

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Chicken Little or Cassandra? How to Save the World from Future Disasters Being Ignored Today

Global security expert Richard A. Clarke explains the traits of a “Cassandra”—someone who predicts colossal disasters—and why people very rarely listen to their warnings.

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Misfortune Telling: How to Predict Disasters So We Can Prevent Them

ISIS, Hurricane Katrina, Fukushima—for each of these disastrous developments, there was someone with a bunch of data that no one would listen to.

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10 min

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Richard A. Clarke

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3 Dire Warnings That Could Stop Global Catastrophe

Career global security expert Richard Clarke identifies three potential game changing events that could adversely affect the wellbeing of humanity itself.

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12 min

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Richard A. Clarke