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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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Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Feb 27, 2019

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Operationalizing Cyber Strategies

By William Loomis

On February 27, 2019, as part of its Cyber Risk Wednesday event series underwritten by Raytheon, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted a public panel discussion on how the United States can operationalize its cyber strategies. In 2018, the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the White House all released their own […]

Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2019

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Gets Underway in London

By Jack Watson

The two-day event is a unique and innovative cyber crisis and policy response simulation. The UK edition is part of a wider Atlantic Council effort to foster the next generation of multidisciplinary cyber professionals.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 18, 2019

Burrows quoted by the Sun on ISIS cyber capabilities

By Mathew Burrows

Conflict Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2019

Polish prime minister urges allies to beef up Cybersecurity budgets

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Polish prime minister said it is crucial to grasp the importance of the threat in cyberspace.

Cybersecurity Poland

New Atlanticist

Jan 4, 2019

Financial transparency legislation would help defend US national security

By Josh Rudolph

The Russian attack on the 2016 election broadened the nature of the threat from an esoteric need to police the financial system to a top national security priority.

Cybersecurity Disinformation

New Atlanticist

Jan 4, 2019

Angela Merkel’s data leaked

By David A. Wemer

The targeted leaks “[look] like a clear attempt to disrupt German politics,” said Ben Nimmo, an information defense fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab).

Cybersecurity Germany

Press Release

Jan 2, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Cyber Conference in Warsaw

Conference part of Council’s “100 Years Together” initiative aimed at forging the next century of Polish-American partnership WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council and PKO Bank Polski announced today a major cyber conference “A New Initiative for Poland: A Future Global Leader in Securing the 4th Industrial Revolution” to take place in Warsaw on January […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2018

US Sen. Mark Warner and Adm. Michael Rogers make the case for cyber security

By Ashish Kumar Sen

“On a percentage basis, our near peer adversaries… Russia and China, even with much smaller defense budgets, are disproportionately spending in the domains of cyber and misinformation, in particular,” said US Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 4, 2018

The threat of AI to energy security

By Lukas Trakimavičius

In the near future, this highly disruptive breed of malware will usher in a new era of threats to the energy industry, allowing hostile actors to wreak havoc on a scale hitherto unknown.

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 29, 2018

Porter in The Hill “China’s Cyberespionage isn’t Changing Rapidly — America’s Will to Confront it is”

By Chris Porter

Read the full article here.

China Cybersecurity
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Experts

Fellow

Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Staff

Audrey Roh

Project 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

Staff

Urmita Chowdhury

Assistant Director, Trainings and Competitions

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Bengali Cybersecurity
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