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The CSI5x5 series by the Cyber Statecraft Initiative features five experts answering five questions on a common theme, trend, or current event in the world of cyber. Interested in the CSI5x5 and want to see a particular topic, event, or question covered? Contact Simon Handler with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at [email protected].
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Tue, Dec 22, 2020
A cyber wish list at a ‘moment of reckoning’
The recent SUNBURST compromise of numerous government and private sector company networks has led some, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, to dub the incident a “moment of reckoning.” Here’s what our experts are wishing for this holiday season.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
Trick or Threat? The ghouls and goblins behind this year’s cyber incidents
This year has witnessed its fair share of unnerving cyber incidents from a range of spooky characters. But 2020 is not over yet. What further ghouls and goblins might lurk? Cyber Statecraft Initiative experts go CSI5x5 to discuss spine-chilling cyber incidents this Halloween.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Wed, Oct 7, 2020
Cybersecurity and the 117th Congress
Approximately eighty congressional committees and subcommittees claim jurisdiction over at least some dimension of cybersecurity policy. As the agenda for the coming years is only getting more crowded, Congress must improve its agility in order to pass meaningful cybersecurity legislation effectively.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
Five big questions as America votes: Cybersecurity
With the next US presidential election looming, the next administration will face no shortage of substantive cyber policy issues. US adversaries such as China and Russia continue to undermine and fracture the free and open internet, while the technology ecosystem has been altered by the rapid adoption of cloud computing, placing immense power and responsibility in the hands of few technology giants, such as Amazon and Microsoft.
Elections 2020 by Cyber Statecraft Initiative
Wed, Jul 29, 2020
Fighting COVID-19 with surveillance: Perspectives from across the globe
As more countries rely on digital tools to contain the spread of COVID-19, how will enhanced surveillance challenge privacy norms in the future? According to the World Health Organization, public health surveillance is critical to containing the pandemic. However, can enhanced surveillance during a public health crisis set precedents for digital surveillance in the future?
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler and Lily Liu
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Baseball and cybersecurity: Stealing insights from America’s pastime
Whether you have played, watched, hated, or never heard of baseball, lessons from the sport can be applied to many things in life—including cybersecurity. Cyber Statecraft Initiative experts go CSI5x5 to draw parallels between America’s pastime and today’s cybersecurity issues.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, May 26, 2020
Is it a game or is it real? Simulations and wargaming in cyber
Greater insight into risk and response allow public and private sector organizations to better prepare for crisis before it happens and rerun history to stave off defeat in future. Wargames can be complex live events or low-cost simulations. They can even be the basis for major reforms to policy and doctrine, giving us much to understand about them. Shall we play a game?
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, Apr 21, 2020
On viral infections online and in the real world
Cybersecurity often gets reduced to breaches and hacking, but the world has witnessed multiple pandemics in cyberspace and could learn more about response to exponential events.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Minding the cyber talent gap
Defending against threats in cyberspace is hard enough, but severe cybersecurity talent deficiencies have consistently made the challenge harder for both public and private sector organizations. Our Cyber Statecraft Initiative experts go CSI5x5 to dig into the people problem of cybersecurity, its implications, and possible solutions.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
The evolution of the internet and geopolitics
The internet has been a pivotal force behind the growth of the global digital economy and altered the relationship among states, their citizens, and the private sector. These changes have disrupted the geopolitical balance of power and ushered in a new generation of globally-powerful multinational companies. However, new dynamics of conflict are threatening the internet as we know it.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, Jan 28, 2020
The 2010s: A cyber decade in review
The past ten years have, among other things, witnessed the most-costly cyberattack on record, the discovery of a computer worm capable of wreaking physical destruction, and USCYBERCOM’s elevation to unified combatant command status. As we turn the page to 2020, we’re looking back to recap the most significant, overblown, and emergent cyber incidents of the decade.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
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