Cybersecurity

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge: 2014 Gallery

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge: 2015 Registration

COMPETITORS Graduate and undergraduate students from US and international universities, including defense colleges and military academies, who are interested in the disciplines of cybersecurity policy, international relations, computer science, law, and other related fields are invited to apply to compete in teams of four individuals. Teams that register less than four competitors may be considered […]

2015 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Competition

By Atlantic Council

The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge is the only student competition devoted to high-level policy recommendations for day-after responses to a major cyber incident. The annual event organized by the Atlantic Council and hosted by American University is the “must attend” student event in international cybersecurity policy. The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge engages students with a […]

Healey on Holiday Cyber Hacking

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the likelihood that internet shoppers will have their data stolen during the holiday season:

Healey on NATO and Cyber Threats

By Jason Healey

Breaking Defense quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey and cites an Atlantic Council event on cyber deterrence:

Lunch with the Minutemen of Cyber

Is Internet conflict NATO’s next defense-industrial agenda, or just a matter for industry?   “Where [was] the industrial agenda for the NATO Summit?” Hugo Rosemount of Defense One asked after Wales. Successful industrial engagement has not traditionally been NATO’s long suit, but after the talks had concluded, we had our answer: cyber was priority one. That might seem […]

Confidence-Building Measures in Cyberspace: A Multistakeholder Approach for Stability and Security

By Jason Healey, John C. Mallery, Klara Tothova Jordan, and Nathaniel V. Youd

Read the Report (PDF)Confidence-building measures (CBMs) are an instrument of interstate relations aimed to strengthen international peace and security by reducing and eliminating the causes of mistrust, fear, misunderstanding, and miscalculations that states have about the military activities of other states. The anonymous and complex nature of the Internet and the potency, low cost, and […]