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.

Content

In the News

Jul 27, 2021

GeoTech commissioner Vint Cerf and others release the report, “Strategy toward a solar system internet for humanity”

By the GeoTech Center

As part of the InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG), GeoTech Commissioner Vint Cerf was one of the five authors that released a report that discussed the technical, operational and political challenges toward the development of a Solar System Internet (SSI).

Internet
Space

In the News

Jul 25, 2021

Manning in the Hill: Bye-bye, Bitcoin

By Atlantic Council

On July 25, Manning published an op-ed in The Hill calling for the banning of cryptocurrencies, which quickly accrued more than a million views. “But the insidious new industry of cyber hacking and ransomware is an unacceptable disruptive threat to American economic security. It is a problem that is growing, not subsiding. And the proliferation […]

Cybersecurity
Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 23, 2021

Rosenblum interviewed by the Federal News Network on cybersecurity and the National Guard

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Todd Rosenblum interviewed by the Federal News Network on the role of the National Guard in combatting cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity
Internet

In the News

Jul 23, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford consider the future of war in outer space and cyber space

By Atlantic Council

On July 23, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss the future commercialization and militarization of space, calling for cooperation and international standards to help guide future space exploration and […]

Arms Control
China
Informaition Defense

In-Depth Research & Reports

Jul 22, 2021

Information defense: Policy measures taken against foreign information manipulation

By Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer

A joint report from the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab and Europe Center on the policy measures government and private sector can take against foreign information manipulation.

Cybersecurity
Digital Policy

The 5×5

Jul 22, 2021

The 5×5—If it blinks, it sinks: Adventures in securing operational technology

By Will Loomis, Simon Handler

With rising sophistication, automation, and interconnectivity in operational technologies, security has become an overwhelming need.

Cybersecurity
Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fast Thinking

Jul 21, 2021

FAST THINKING: Will quantum computing be the next frontier of competition with China?

By David Bray, William Jeffrey

On June 29, 2021, the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei unveiled “Zuchongzhi,” the fastest quantum computer in the world, which at fifty-six qubits is just a nose ahead of Google’s Sycamore quantum computer. But are we calling the race too soon? Will the United States and its allies catch up?

China
Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jul 21, 2021

Rodriguez at the Heritage Foundation on the future of US technology in space

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez discusses revolutionary technology for US space dominance.

Defense Technologies
Space

In the News

Jul 20, 2021

Sadat in Politico on the future of space travel

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Mir Sadat considers the direction of space travel over the next decade.

Space
United States and Canada

Fast Thinking

Jul 19, 2021

FAST THINKING: A turning point on Chinese hacking

By Atlantic Council

What does NATO’s buy-in mean for the world’s response to Chinese hacking? What tools do these allies have to fight back? Our experts messaged us (securely) with the answers.

Australia
China

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Events