Emerson T. Brooking is director of strategy and resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) of the Atlantic Council Technology Programs. In this capacity, Brooking oversees the center’s efforts to identify, expose, and disrupt foreign information manipulation. He also leads the DFRLab’s work to foster information resilience around the world. Brooking regularly advises US technology companies and national-security entities on issues relating to information security.

From 2022 to 2023, he took leave from the DFRLab to serve as cyber policy advisor within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where he was an author of the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy. 

Some of Brooking’s publications include:

• Americans Were Worried About the Wrong Threat
• Op-Ed: For right-wing extremists, this was a victory
• Foreign Influence Operations After 2020
• The Head of US Intelligence Has Ceased to Be an Honest Broker
• Dichotomies of Disinformation: Project Overview & Codebook
• War Goes Viral