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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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Event Recap

Jan 11, 2017

A Nonstate Strategy for Saving Cyberspace

By Strategy Initiative

“A Nonstate Strategy for Saving Cyberspace,” the newest Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, written by Jay Healey and featuring a foreword by Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Jeff Moss, posits that the only way to ensure cyberspace remains as free, resilient, secure and awesome for future generations is to flip the relationship between Internet attackers and defenders, making cyber defense easier than offense.

Cybersecurity

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Jan 10, 2017

A nonstate strategy for saving cyberspace

By Jason Healey

America’s future, and that of other nations and peoples, will be most secure in the long term with an emphasis on future prosperity unlocked by the Internet. Prosperity for the United States and the global economy is only assured if the United States and like-minded nations, civil society, and other nonstate actors all work toward a goal of making defense easier than attack.

Cybersecurity Technology & Innovation
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Oct., 18, 2016

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2017

French Military to Boost Defenses Against Cyber Attacks: Minister

By Reuters and France24

From Geert De Clercq, Reuters:  In an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said there is a real risk of cyber attacks on French civil infrastructure

Cybersecurity France

In the News

Jan 6, 2017

Slavin Joins Voice of America News to Discuss Trump and US Intelligence

By Barbara Slavin

Listen to full interview here.

Cybersecurity Russia

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Jan 6, 2017

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and the Future of US Cyber Policy

By Cyber Statecraft Initiative

On December 14, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted an event gathering members of the Presidential Commission to discuss the findings and the report’s implications for cybersecurity, business, and the near future of cyber policy in the United States.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Warsaw Summit, July 6, 2016

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2017

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2016

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

2016 was full of major developments in European security. Moscow’s campaign against the Western democracies went beyond the DNC hack and interference in the US elections.

Cybersecurity Germany

Event Recap

Jan 5, 2017

US Intelligence Officials Testify on Foreign Cyber Threats

By Andrey Sazonov and Lukas Andriukaitis

In light of reports of Russian interference in the US elections, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) called for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to address the cyber threats facing the United States. The hearing, which took place on January 5, included testimony from Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., Under Secretary of Defense […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Foreign Policy Refers to Atlantic Council Report “In Cyber and Deterrence: The Military-Civil Nexus in High-End Conflict”

By Franklin D. Kramer

Read full article here.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
How should the military, civil authorities, and the private sector work together?

NATOSource

Jan 3, 2017

The Role of the US Military in Defending Essential Infrastructure in a High End Cyber Conflict

By Franklin D. Kramer, Robert J. Butler, and Catherine Lotrionte

This paper analyzes cyber’s role in deterrence and defense—and specifically the military-civil nexus and the relationship between the Department of Defense (DoD), the civil agencies, and the key private operational cyber entities,

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Report

Jan 3, 2017

Cyber and Deterrence

By Franklin D. Kramer, Robert J. Butler, and Catherine Lotrionte

Last year, the Barack Obama administration issued PPD-41, “Cyber Incident Protection,” setting forth cyber security incident roles and missions for federal agencies but with no explicit reference to the Department of Defense (DoD). By contrast, the DoD Cyber Strategy provides that DoD will be prepared to “defend the U.S. homeland and U.S. vital interests from […]

Cybersecurity English
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Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Trevor H. Rudolph

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Audrey Roh

Project Assistant

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Yasmine Abdillahi

Nonresident Fellow

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Chinmayi Sharma

Nonresident Fellow

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Urmita Chowdhury

Assistant Director, Trainings and Competitions

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