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The Cyber 9/12 Project

Report Jun 25, 2025

Crash (exploit) and burn: Securing the offensive cyber supply chain to counter China in cyberspace 

By Winnona DeSombre Bernsen

If the United States wishes to compete in cyberspace, it must compete against China to secure its offensive cyber supply chain.
China Cybersecurity
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New Atlanticist Jun 5, 2025

Cyberattacks are hurting US businesses. Here’s how Congress can upgrade cybersecurity information sharing.

By Tanner Wilburn, Sara Ann Brackett, and Urmita Chowdhury

Hackers are targeting small and medium-sized businesses, and the existing framework for sharing important information is leaving these US companies out of the loop.
Cybersecurity Economy & Business
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Russia Tomorrow May 20, 2025

Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll

By Justin Sherman

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series explores Russia’s wartime cyber operations and broader cyber web.
Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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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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Cyber 9/12 Project

Dec 8, 2011

The Cyber 9/12 Project

On December 8, the Atlantic Council and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) hosted an all-day, scenario-driven, interactive conference to discuss the day-after response to a transatlantic cyber incident held at the International Spy Museum. During off-the-record panel sessions, representatives from various sectors, including US and foreign governments, and information and communication technology companies, discussed the […]

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NATOSource

Nov 30, 2011

Can NATO Adapt to Cyber Warfare?

By Robin Tim Weis, FrumForum

From Robin Tim Weis, FrumForum:  What is the likelihood that NATO would invoke Article Five–NATO’s collective defense clause–in response to a cyber attack? The possibility first entered media discourse back in October 2010 when the German Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on an internal memo in which NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the use of Article […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2011

Norway hit by major data-theft attack

By the AP

From the AP:  Data from Norway’s oil and defense industries may have been stolen in what is feared to be one of the most extensive data espionage cases in the country’s history, security officials said Thursday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2011

Pentagon warns of cyber and kinetic retaliation to significant cyber attack against the US

By Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring

From Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring:  The president is ready to approve military cyberattacks or "kinetic" bombing raids in response to major cyberattacks on the United States, according to a Pentagon report to Congress.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2011

U.S. joining NATO’s fight against cyber threats

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes:  The United States will join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence during a formal ceremony scheduled for Thursday at the center’s headquarters in Estonia, a country that experienced a massive cyber attack that disabled websites of numerous government institutions in 2007.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2011

NATO “agencies and commands under a single cyber defense roof by the end of 2012”

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  Maj. Gen. Patrick Fermier, director of NATO C3 Staff, dodged a question about whether there was a need to improve cyber offensive capacity to improve cyber defense.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between

Event Recap

Nov 14, 2011

The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between

By Adrienne Chuck

On Monday November 14th, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council hosted an all-day roundtable workshop entitled “The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between”.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2011

Cyber-warfare is coming

By Ilmar Tamm, Public Service Europe

From Ilmar Tamm, Public Service Europe:  Various states have managed to agree on laws that govern borders, international sea and air space, even outer space – but now we are faced with the task of adapting or creating laws and precedents for cyberspace.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2011

NATO working with private sector to improve cyber security

By NATO

From NATO:  In today’s world, life without computers is unimaginable. From personal gadgets to state infrastructure, the prevalence of computers has changed almost everything about the world we live in.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2011

Why the US Explored “Cyber War” Against Libya, And Why It Backed Down

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  [W]e should have been not just surprised but shocked if we’d heard that the US ruled out cyber capabilities without even considering them.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Martin Zuber

Senior US Navy Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Staff

Audrey Roh

Program Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Fellow

Yasmine Abdillahi

Nonresident Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Cybersecurity

Fellow

Chinmayi Sharma

Nonresident Fellow

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy
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