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An interconnected system of global networks, the Internet provides a massive platform for conducting commerce and linking people. Governments and the private sector must secure the Internet from adversaries and cyber criminals, while also developing norms and principles to standardize and support the Internet. The Atlantic Council advocates for US global leadership by convening communities to ensure a free, secure, and open Internet.

Recent analysis

Seven perspectives on securing the global IoT supply chain

New Atlanticist Aug 4, 2025

As the US retreats from internet governance, Europe must step up

By Konstantinos Komaitis

If Europeans do not actively defend their digital rights model abroad, then they risk seeing the global system drift toward norms that contradict their own.
European Union International Norms
Seven perspectives on securing the global IoT supply chain

New Atlanticist Jul 28, 2025

Latin America’s ambitious satellite internet plans are about more than Starlink and SpaceSail

By Olivia Torres

Increasing access to the internet is much more complex than a zero-sum competition between the United States and China for influence in the region.
Internet Latin America
Seven perspectives on securing the global IoT supply chain

AfricaSource Jun 30, 2025

Africa’s game revolution is loading

By Tom Bonsundy-O’Bryan

With the right investment, infrastructure, and visibility, Africa won’t just be a player in the global gaming industry—it will be the one pushing it forward.
Africa Economy & Business

Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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Content

New Atlanticist

May 19, 2020

Seven perspectives on securing the global IoT supply chain

By Trey Herr

Many IoT devices are manufactured abroad and many of these are extremely low cost with little consideration made for security. There is nothing inherently untrustworthy or insecure about foreign manufacturing, and individual firm and product lines are much more fruitful levels of analysis in establishing good security practices from bad. Importantly however—the United States has limited means to enforce its standards in foreign jurisdictions, like China, where the bulk of IoT products are manufactured.

Cybersecurity Internet

In the News

May 15, 2020

Bridging the digital divide

By Atlantic Council

Alongside Dr. Linton Wells II of George Mason University, Dr. Bray laid out practical ways for individuals, governments, and companies to address the digital divide on an episode of the STEMTalks podcast.

Economy & Business Entrepreneurship

In the News

May 14, 2020

Sherman in Lawfare: What’s in a New Bill to ‘Warn’ Americans Downloading Foreign Apps?
Cybersecurity Internet

In the News

May 12, 2020

Otis quoted in Reuters on COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation
Disinformation Internet

In the News

May 12, 2020

Dr. David Bray on leadership in crisis situations

By Atlantic Council

In a recent conversation with the team of OpenExo, Dr. David Bray, Director of the GeoTech Center, spoke on his expertise on government and popular response to crises, to offer guidance on how we as a society might leverage technology to emerge stronger from COVID-19. Citing his years of experience at the heart of teams in charge of anticipating and preventing crises, Dr. Bray explored the way that open societies in particular can take advantage of their strengths and identify threats before they come to fruition, without threatening individual liberties in the process. In order for this effort to succeed, though, Dr. Bray emphasized how intentional steps must be taken now to shape the future of data and society.

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

In the News

May 1, 2020

Sherman in WIRED: The Russian Doll of Putin’s Internet Clampdown

By Atlantic Council

Internet Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2020

The 5×5—On viral infections online and in the real world

By Simon Handler

Cybersecurity often gets reduced to breaches and hacking, but the world has witnessed multiple pandemics in cyberspace and could learn more about response to exponential events.

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

In the News

Apr 8, 2020

Sherman in Defense One: Putin Takes Another Step in Bid to Control Russia’s Internet

By Atlantic Council

As Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with a plan to create a domestic internet he can control, his government is concentrating more regulatory authority in Roskomnadzor, the internet and media regulator, to make that happen.  A couple of weeks ago, several regulatory authorities were shifted to Roskomnadzor from the agency it is ostensibly part of: the Ministry of Digital […]

Cybersecurity Internet

In the News

Apr 7, 2020

Connecting the unconnected for education, health, and employment

By Atlantic Council

On April 7, 2020, Dr. David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, participated in a live video discussion titled "Connecting the Unconnected" with Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Evangelist, Bill Callahan from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Samantha Schartman-Cycyk of the Marconi Society, and Linton Wells II, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTEch Center.

Civil Society Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2020

The battle for 5G leadership is global and the US is behind: The White House’s new strategy aims to correct that.

By John T. Watts

The West has fallen behind in the competition for leadership of the 5G transition, a reality that has huge economic implications and also risks the West facing the reality of a global telecommunications backbone that not only has serious security flaws, but is also shaped by political values incompatible with our own. A new White House strategy aims to close the 5G transition gap.

Defense Technologies Internet
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Jonathan Padilla

Chief Executive Officer, Snickerdoodle Labs

Millennium Leadership Program

Cybersecurity Digital Currencies
Esteban Ponce de Leon

Staff

Esteban Ponce de León

Resident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Artificial Intelligence Conflict

Fellow

Kenneth Propp

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

European Union Digital Policy

Fellow

Iria Puyosa

Senior Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Americas Civil Society

Fellow

Matthew Rose

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Arms Control Climate Change & Climate Action

Fellow

Mark Scott

Senior Resident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Disinformation
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