Martin Zuber

  • Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Issues

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Defense Technologies Security & Defense Technology & Innovation

Regions

Europe & Eurasia Middle East
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Issue Brief

May 28, 2026

Information fires: Building C-C5ISRT advantage in competition 

By Martin Zuber, Caleb Eames, Dan Minnocci, Amy Cowley

Countering adversary command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (C5ISRT) has emerged as a critical operational priority.

China Defense Policy

Issue Brief

Apr 7, 2026

Fusion on paper or in practice? Making the cloud work for ISR and NATO

By Martin Zuber, Trey Herr

NATO’s eastern flank is under persistent pressure across multiple domains. The Alliance's core challenge is not sensing capacity

Defense Technologies NATO

Martin Zuber is a nonresident senior fellow in the Forward Defense Initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.  He previously served as the Atlantic Council’s 2025-2026 senior US Navy fellow.

Zuber began his naval service as a surface warfare officer before later specializing in cryptology and cyber warfare. His work focuses on information operations, cybersecurity, and the applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning on military operations in the maritime domain.

At sea, he managed C5I systems aboard USS Russell (DDG-59), USS America (LHA-6), and USS Somerset (LPD-25). His operational experience includes ballistic missile defense, maritime interdiction, and expeditionary operations across the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and South Pacific. Ashore, he has worked to strengthen NATO and European alliances, along with multiple tours conducting signals intelligence and cyber operations.

Zuber is a native of Houston, Texas. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy with a dual major in computer science and information technology, he earned a master’s certificate in cybersecurity from the Naval Postgraduate School. He later went on to obtain a master of science in business analytics, with a concentration in artificial intelligence and applied machine learning, from the University of Texas at Austin.