Cybersecurity

In cyberspace, adversaries are growing more sophisticated and outpacing advancements in policy, education, and defense technologies. In an era of great-power competition, it is vital that policy makers and tech experts understand the underlying factors and motivations impacting the field of cybersecurity. With a focus on strategy and foresight, the Atlantic Council shifts attention from singular incidents to better understand larger cyber campaigns.

Recent analysis

China’s military cyber policy: ‘Winning local wars under the conditions of informationization’

Report
Jan 29, 2026

The US needs a cybersecurity roadmap

By
Franklin D. Kramer, Robert J. Butler, and Melanie J. Teplinsky

A national cybersecurity strategy will require an operational road map.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

China’s military cyber policy: ‘Winning local wars under the conditions of informationization’

Report
Sep 30, 2025

404 Accountability not found: Spyware accountability through software liability

By
Sara Ann Brackett, Jen Roberts

This report proposes a legislative safe harbor framework that would incentivize technology companies to engage in spyware accountability.

Cybersecurity
United Kingdom

China’s military cyber policy: ‘Winning local wars under the conditions of informationization’

Issue Brief
Sep 10, 2025

Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market

By
Sarah Graham, Jen Roberts, and Nitansha Bansal

The second edition of the Mythical Beasts project assess how the global spyware market has developed and changed over the past year.

Cybersecurity

Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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Content

NATOSource

Apr 16, 2013

China’s military cyber policy: ‘Winning local wars under the conditions of informationization’

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  China’s armed forces unswervingly implement the military strategy of active defense, guard against and resist aggression, contain separatist forces, safeguard border, coastal and territorial air security, and protect national maritime rights and interests and national security interests in outer space and cyber space.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

DOD requests $4.7 billion to help fund offensive cyber teams

By John Reed, Killer Apps

From John Reed, Killer Apps:  Despite a climate of what defense officials love to describe as "fiscal uncertainty," the Pentagon’s 2014 budget request includes $4.7 billion for increased "cyberspace operations," including dozens of cyber attack teams

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

NATO and Japan sign Political Declaration for a stronger partnership

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  This Declaration highlights our shared values and our shared interests.  And it indicates areas where we can develop closer cooperation.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

Rasmussen: ‘NATO and Japan – natural partners’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  My visit to Asia is about partnerships. It is an opportunity to showcase these partnerships and to make them stronger. Because our partnerships are in the interest of peace.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2013

Russia threatens to use ‘asymmetrical’ measures to neutralize space weapons

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Russia will considerably beef up its space forces by 2030 to counter possible threats, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 12, 2013

Experts simulate response to hypothetical cyber incident

By Jason Harmala

On April 12, the Atlantic Council and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) hosted the second scenario-driven, interactive conference to discuss the day-after response to a cyber incident. This event, “The Cyber 9/12 Project: Cyber Statecraft after Catastrophes,” brought together experts from sectors such as government, finance, telecommunications, and media to discuss the decision-making process in […]

Cybersecurity

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

President of Estonia: Cyber allows enemies to ‘paralyze a country without attacking its defense forces’

By Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune

From Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune:  Today, almost everything we do depends on a digitized system of one kind or another.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

SACEUR’s three big agenda items for 2013

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  As I look at NATO and U.S. European Command in 2013, I see three big agenda items.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

Iceland would like to join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By Postimees

From Postimees:  At his meeting in Reykjavik with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson said that Iceland would like to join the NATO Cyber Defence Centre located in Tallinn.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 9, 2013

Six U.S. Air Force cyber capabilities designated ‘weapons’

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said on Monday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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Experts

Fellow

Yasmine Abdillahi

Nonresident Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Cybersecurity

Fellow

Michael Allen

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Cybersecurity

Fellow

Victor Atkins

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Cybersecurity

Staff

Nitansha Bansal

Associate Director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Fellow

Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Ryan Berger

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Americas Cybersecurity
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