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The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the Atlantic Council Technology Programs, works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.

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Oct 5, 2010

US call for Nato cyber-strike capacity causes division

By Valentina Pop, the EUobserver

From Valentina Pop, the EUobserver:  Developing a Nato cyber-war capability and French opposition to joint nuclear planning are emerging as the main bones of contention in the debate on a new Nato "Strategic Concept," to be adopted next month.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2010

Cyberattacks After Stuxnet

By Derek Reveron

Recent revelations about the Stuxnet worm have changed the way we think about cyber attacks.  It is remarkable for a number of reasons. It is the first known worm to target exclusively industrial control systems that are used in factories, power plants, chemical facilities, and other large systems. In the most dramatic scenario, the worm […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2010

NATO SecGen proposes that cyber attacks trigger NATO response

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  [A] newspaper report in Germany says that NATO is considering a policy of making an online attack on one member an attack on the alliance as a whole. The German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen was pushing for the measure to be adopted at an alliance summit in […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2010

EU looks to toughen up defenses against cyber warfare

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: The EU is preparing to strengthen defenses against large-scale online cyber attacks that could be used as a weapon. Meanwhile, a newspaper says NATO is planning to make online assaults a military alliance matter. European Union policymakers have proposed plans to strengthen defenses against the threat posed to its member states by […]

Cybersecurity European Union

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2010

CYBERCOM won’t be fully operational by Friday deadline

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes:  U.S. Cyber Command will not be fully operational by Friday’s deadline, military officials revealed Wednesday. “I don’t know that the 1 October deadline is holding strong and fast,” Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Rene White said. Perhaps the biggest issue is defining what it means to be fully operational. “That’s a good […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2010

A NATO Cyber Alliance

By Kevin Coleman, Defense Tech

From Kevin Coleman, Defense Tech: Last week U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III discussed the five-pillar strategy with NATO leaders in Europe in efforts to promote joint cyber security initiatives.  According to a press services report, Lynn held the discussion with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before delivering a briefing to the alliance’s […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2010

US urges NATO to build “cyber shield”

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO must build a "cyber shield" to protect the transatlantic alliance from any Internet threats to its military and economic infrastructures, a top US defence official said Wednesday. Cyber security is a "critical element" for the 28-nation alliance to embrace at its summit of leaders in Lisbon on November 19-20, US Deputy Defence […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 15, 2010

Secretary General reveals key challenges to new Strategic Concept

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am just about to complete my draft of the Strategic Concept. I will send it to nations, this month, and there will be on October 14th, what we call a “Jumbo” meeting of all the NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers, here in this building, to give their views on […]

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Sep 14, 2010

Deputy SecDef briefs NATO on new cybersecurity strategy

By Jim Garamone, Armed Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, Armed Forces Press Service:  Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III stirred a lot of interest and questions on cybersecurity during a briefing to the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters here today.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 9, 2010

NATO Reset With Russia, but With Reassurance

By Linas Linkevicius, the International Herald Tribune

From Linas Linkevicius, the International Herald Tribune: The strategic concept will have to explain to our societies what NATO stands for in the 21st century. Allies approach this task from two different perspectives.

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Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Staff

Audrey Roh

Project Assistant

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Yasmine Abdillahi

Nonresident Fellow

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Africa Cybersecurity

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Chinmayi Sharma

Nonresident Fellow

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Urmita Chowdhury

Assistant Director, Trainings and Competitions

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

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