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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Art of Future Warfare

Sep 23, 2015

To cyber the kill chain, cyber the supply chain

By James Hasik

When safeguarding the global commons, should we rely on it less? Defense Secretary Ashton Carter would like to stop buying and launching navigation satellites—at least as a military project. Sure, Lockheed is testing GPS III, and a team at the University of Texas is working on centimetric accuracy without differential. Through the MEOSAR project, the Canadian military […]

Cybersecurity Defense Industry

In the News

Sep 15, 2015

Fortune Previews Atlantic Council Report on Cyber Futures

By Atlantic Council

FORTUNE previews the recently released report, Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures, published in partnership by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Zurich Insurance Group:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2015

ICT Drives Global Growth, But it Doesn’t Come for Free

By Alejandro Alvarez

Data insecurity and the buildup of offensive cyber capabilities  are among the gravest threats to global economic prosperity in the modern era, according to a report by the Atlantic Council, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group and the University of Denver’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. The key message is that ICT drives […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Bloomberg Features Atlantic Council Report on Economics of Cyber Risks

By Atlantic Council

Bloomberg Business features the recently released report, Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures, on the annual costs of cyber disruptions and the incentives of connectivity, published by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Zurich Insurance Group:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Wall Street Journal Highlights Cyber Report

By Atlantic Council

The Wall Street Journal highlights the recently released report, Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures, on the trade-off between security and functionality in technology, jointly published by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Zurich Insurance Group:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Healey on Cyberhacking and China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey joins Channel News Asia to discuss the United States cybersecurity amongst Chinese cyberhacking:

China Cybersecurity

Report

Sep 10, 2015

Risk Nexus: Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures

By Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Zurich Insurance Group, and The University of Denver's Pardee Center on International Futures

In 2030, will the Internet and related information and communications technologies (ICTs) continue to drive global innovation and prosperity? Or will that bright promise be swamped by an unstable and insecure Internet, so overwhelmed by non-stop attacks that it has become an increasing drag on economic growth? The answers, as far as we can predict, […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Press Release

Sep 9, 2015

Atlantic Council / Zurich Insurance Report Finds the Global Benefits of Cyber Connectivity Expected to Outweigh Costs by $160 Trillion through 2030

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group and the Pardee Center for International Futures, released a report today that examines the economic impact of cyber costs versus the benefits of interconnectivity under an array of complex scenarios. Written by Jason Healey of the Atlantic Council and Barry B. Hughes of the University of […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers, Jan. 31, 2012

NATOSource

Sep 9, 2015

NSA Chief Says Cyberattack at Pentagon Was Sophisticated, Persistent

By Damian Paletta, Wall Street Journal

A recent breach of the unclassified network for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff was persistent and evolved quickly from a failed attack just a week before, the head of the National Security Agency said Tuesday,

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 8, 2015

Healey on Cyber Attacks and Cyber Espionage

By Jason Healey

CSO quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on cyber espionage since the Cold War: 

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