Programs

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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Content

In the News

Jul 26, 2022

Panikoff in DefenseOne: Pass the CHIPS Act

By Atlantic Council

Americas Cybersecurity

Report

Jul 25, 2022

Cybersecure the future: Ransomware

By Trent Teyema, Kiran S. Jivnani, David Bray

This report endeavors to examine key challenges in predicting, safeguarding against, and dealing with ransomware attacks, thereby better informing US and international policy to combat such attacks and their perpetrators.

Cybersecurity Technology & Innovation

Conflict, Risk, and Tech

Jul 25, 2022

Hackers, Hoodies, and Helmets: Technology and the changing face of Russian private military contractors

By Emma Schroeder, Gavin Wilde, Justin Sherman, and Trey Herr

This issue brief explores the technological capabilities of Russian private military companies and how they are used across various types of missions in support of and in parallel with Russian policy.

Africa Cybersecurity
cyber threats, energy transition

Report

Jul 12, 2022

Securing the energy transition against cyber threats

By the Atlantic Council Task Force on Cybersecurity and the Energy Transition

This report recommends a suite of key actions that government can take to shore up the US energy sector against future cybersecurity threats.

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

In the News

Jul 11, 2022

Missing Key report cited in PanaTimes on CBDC trials using untested security protocols

Read the full article here.

Caribbean China

In the News

Jul 5, 2022

Cary quoted in Bloomberg: Shanghai Data Breach Exposes Dangers of China’s Trove

On July 5, 2022, Global China Hub fellow Dakota Cary was quoted in a Bloomberg article titled, “Shanghai Data Breach Exposes Dangers of China’s Trove”. “The PRC government is likely in crisis mode right now. It seems obvious to ask why Shanghai MPS needed access to all this data, but this is the exact system […]

China Cybersecurity

UkraineAlert

Jul 3, 2022

Investing in Ukraine’s brains is vital for the country’s post-war prosperity

By Gerson S. Sher

International support for the development of Ukraine's education and tech sectors could hold the key to a strong and sovereign Ukrainian state once the current war with Putin's Russia is over, writes Gerson S. Sher.

Conflict Cybersecurity

In the News

Jul 1, 2022

Nikoladze cited in Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on cybersecurity export controls

Read the full article here.

Cybersecurity Economic Sanctions
New satellite imagery taken this morning June 30, 2022 shows smoke coming from the contested Snake Island (45.255721, 30.204173) which Russia announced its withdrawal from June 30. Russian forces have left Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Thursday June 30, after carrying out what they said was a successful operation. The Ukrainian Armed Forces said that the enemy hastily evacuated the remnants of the garrison in two speedboats and probably left the island. (Maxar via EYEPRESS)

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2022

Russian War Report: Russia claims Snake Island losses were ‘gesture of goodwill’

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Plus, Russian diplomatic accounts spread a questionable story about anti-Russian stickers placed at an Auschwitz memorial.

Conflict Cybersecurity

In the News

Jun 29, 2022

Dr. Akhtar featured in Business Recorder: ISSI holds seminar on ‘ensuring traditional security through technology optimisation’

By Atlantic Council

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies
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Experts

Staff

Coley Felt

Assistant Director

GeoTech Center

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Millennium fellow

Julia Groeblacher

Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

Millennium Leadership Program

Cybersecurity Middle East

Fellow

Wendy Hall

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Technology & Innovation

Staff

Trey Herr

Senior Director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Brian Higgins

2023-24 Senior US Air Force Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

Fellow

Carole House

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Cybersecurity Digital Currencies
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