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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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Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Douglas Lute, December 5, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 5, 2016

US Ambassador: NATO and EU Agree to Synchronize Hybrid Resistance, Cyber Defense, and Military Exercises

By Douglas Lute, US Mission to NATO

[T]he two organizations have agreed on 40 discreet and I think rather concrete actions that can move us forward towards better cooperation.

Cybersecurity European Union

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Nov 30, 2016

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Software Liability—the Good, the Bad, and the Uncomfortable

By Jack Detsch, CSM Passcode

With more cars and medical devices connecting to the internet, what happens if automakers and health care companies don’t start prioritizing digital security? Many cybersecurity experts worry that faulty code in the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) won’t just cause systems to malfunction and freeze. Instead, they say, flaws inside connected cars or pacemakers could […]

Cybersecurity Internet
The interactions of the Active Cyber Defence program

NATOSource

Nov 4, 2016

UK Announces New Policy on Cyber Attacks: ‘We Will Strike Back in Kind’

By Philip Hammond, UK Government

In recognition of the risk cyber attacks pose, the government’s 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review classified cyber as a Tier One threat to the UK – that’s the same level as terrorism, or international military conflict.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 4, 2016

The Department of Defense: Facing The Barrel of a Coded Gun

By Ian Fairchild

In October, Mirai malware used default login credentials to compromise thousands of routers, digital video recorders, Internet cameras, and other Internet-connected devices. Mirai then created a botnet with the hacked hardware and targeted Dyn, a key provider of domain name services. The result wreaked havoc across the Internet, taking down several prominent websites and disrupting […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Director General of the British Security Service Andrew Parker

NATOSource

Nov 2, 2016

MI5 Head: ‘Increasingly Aggressive’ Russia a Growing Threat to UK

By Ewen MacAskill and Paul Johnson, Guardian

Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK and is using all the sophisticated tools at its disposal to achieve its aims, the director general of MI5 has told the Guardian.

Cybersecurity Intelligence

In the News

Nov 1, 2016

Stifel Quoted by SC Magazine on Prosecuting Cyber Crimes

By Megan Stifel

Read full article here.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2016

Internet Under Siege: The Cost of Connectivity

By Rachel Ansley

In the rush to produce cost-effective connected devices, not enough focus has been placed on security measures. The cost of such inattention became evident on October 21 when hackers exploited vulnerabilities in hundreds of thousands of everyday devices, including baby monitors and cameras, to cripple the Internet. This attack was merely a sign of things […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Oct 19, 2016

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Hacking the Vote

By Jeff Stone, CSM Passcode

During an event on Wednesday at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, a panel of cybersecurity and election experts said troubles at the polls originated long before this election season.

Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2016

Protecting Cyber Life Zones

By Ian Fairchild

Humans and technology are converging in unexpected ways, and more rapidly than ever before.  For instance, Tesla is integrating radar into its cars.  Delta Airlines tracks luggage with microchips.  Even our home energy controls are becoming smarter.  As humans increasingly inlay technology into daily life, greater interaction necessitates both dialogue and action.  We must critically […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Informal Meeting of Speakers of the EU Parliaments, Oct. 7, 2016

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2016

EU Leaders to Hold Talks on Russia’s Interference in European Domestic Politics

By Arthur Beesley, Financial Times

EU leaders are to discuss covert Russian funding of far-right and fringe parties in Europe in light of intelligence findings that show that Moscow is interfering in European domestic politics.

Cybersecurity European Union
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Experts

Fellow

Joseph T. Bonivel Jr.

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies

Fellow

Kevin P. Chilton

Distinguished Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Defense Industry

Fellow

Danny Citrinowicz  

Nonresident Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Cybersecurity

Fellow

Dakota Cary

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

China Cybersecurity

Fellow

Winnona DeSombre Bernsen

Nonresident Fellow

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

China Chinese

Staff

Safa Shahwan Edwards

Director, Capacity Building & Communities

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Cybersecurity Spanish
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