Technology & Innovation

Borghard in Power Problems: Shining a light on the SolarWinds hack

By Atlantic Council

On January 12, Erica Borghard participated in the Cato Institute’s Power Problems new podcast episode titled “Shining a Light on the SolarWinds Hack” hosted by John Glaseron and featuring Brandon Valeriano. Erica discussed the SolarWinds breach and how to understand the incident in light of the US cyber strategy and policy. “Did Russia commit a cyber […]

2021 DC Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

The Atlantic Counci’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative will hold its second entirely virtual Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge on March 4-5, 2021. In lieu of our annual in-person challenge, we will host the entire event over the Zoom platform. The agenda and format will look very similar to past Cyber 9/12 Challenges, except that it will be held remotely. Plenary […]

Loomis and Scott in Lawfare: A role for the vulnerabilities equities process in securing software supply chains

On Jan. 14, something unusual happened—the National Security Agency (NSA) publicly announced that it had discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE 2020-0601) deep within Windows 10 and reported it to Microsoft for patching. The disclosure was lauded because of the bug’s severity; buried in a cryptographic library, it would have allowed opportunistic attackers to decipher encrypted […]

Warrick interviewed on Government Matters on security risks of Capitol attack

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense and Hariri Center non-resident senior fellow Thomas Warrick was interviewed on "Government Matters" on the security implications of the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol.

Cole’s “Burn In” named to best sci-fi of 2020 list by Polyon

By Atlantic Council

Polygon, a video game publication, named Burn In, co-authored by Forward Defense non-resident senior fellow August Cole, to its top sci-fi and fantasy books of 2020. Burn In is a thriller at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and security.

Borghard in NewPort Papers: Ten years in: Implementing strategic approaches to cyberspace

By Atlantic Council

Erica and co-author Shawn Lonergan published a book chapter, “Public-Private Partnerships in Cyberspace in an Era of Great-Power Competition” in the edited volume, Ten Years In: Implementing Strategic Approaches to Cyberspace.The chapter provides a framework for implementing a public-private collaboration to defend the U.S. in cyberspace. More about our expert