ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 2024) – Michael Fischerkeller received the 2024 Larry D. Welch Award for Best External Publication for “Cyber Persistence Theory: Redefining National Security in Cyberspace.” He co-authored the book with Emily Goldman, a cyber strategist at the U.S. Cyber Command, and Richard Harknett, a professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, director of the School of Public and International Affairs and chair of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2022.