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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In the News

Oct 24, 2015

Healey on Risk Nexus Report

By Jason Healey

The Boston Globe quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on the costs and benefits of the internet and data as reported in the joint Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group study, Risk Nexus: Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 23, 2015

Taking on Cyber Threats Together

By Alejandro Alvarez

Increased cooperation between the public and private sector is essential to tackle growing issues with big data security, experts and analysts agreed at a symposium on big data and cybersecurity on Oct. 22 at the Atlantic Council. The all-day event, “Big Data, Bad Actors,” was jointly produced by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on […]

Cybersecurity National Security

Webcasts

Oct 22, 2015

Big Data, Bad Actors

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Big Data, Bad Actors, a conference produced by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and Thomson Reuters, will take place at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters (1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor, West Tower Elevator, Washington, DC 20005) from 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on October 22. 8:30 – Introduction and Cross-Border Data […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Oct 15, 2015

Overcome by Cyber Risks?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Newspaper headlines inundate us with stories about massive data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and espionage against government agencies and companies. With risks mounting, a new Atlantic Council report Overcome by Cyber Risks? Economic Benefits and Costs of Alternate Cyber Futures, published in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group and University of Denver’s Pardee Center for International Futures,uses […]

Cybersecurity
Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin's War in Ukraine

Report

Oct 15, 2015

Hiding in plain sight: Putin’s war in Ukraine

By Maksymilian Czuperski, John Herbst, Eliot Higgins, Alina Polyakova, Damon Wilson

Drawing upon open source information, Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin's War in Ukraine provides irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine.

Conflict Disinformation

Webcasts

Oct 15, 2015

Overcome by Cyber Risks?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Note: We apologize for any inconvience. The webcast will be available after today’s event.  Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on October 15 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. for a discussion on the implications of our groundbreaking report Risk Nexus: Overcome by Cyber Risks? Economic Benefits and Costs of Alternate […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 20, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 13, 2015

US Concerned About the Kremlin’s Ties to Russian Cyber Gangs

By Cory Bennett, The Hill

In Russia, “there are private actors, there are government actors, and there are some that have almost a contractual relationship with the government,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

China Cybersecurity
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Stavanger, Oct. 12, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2015

Secretary General: NATO Needs ‘Strong Forces’ to Prevent War

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

NATO’s deterrence is significant and it is real. If Turkey needs NATO’s help, NATO will be there.

Cybersecurity NATO

Event Recap

Oct 5, 2015

What to expect from the US-China dyber deal?

By Atlantic Council

What to Expect from the US-China Cyber Deal? with Jason Healey Senior Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Atlantic Council James Mulvenon Deputy Director of Advanced Analysis DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis Adam Segal Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy […]

Cybersecurity

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Tothova Jordan: Why Microsoft’s Data Access Case Matters to Everyone

By Klara Jordan

Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Klara Tothova Jordan writes for the Christian Science Monitor on balancing privacy with the advancement of technology:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Experts

Events