Nitansha Bansal is an assistant director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative (CSI), part of the Atlantic Council Tech Programs. In this role, her research focuses on the proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities, including spyware and its policy implications for human rights and national security, as well as open source software security. She also supports the CSI’s capacity building efforts and runs the Atlantic Council’s Congressional Cyber and Digital Policy Program.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Nitansha worked with government agencies and think tanks in India on technology policy. She holds a master’s in public administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she focused on cybersecurity and business risk, social media policy, and data analysis.