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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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2015

Hacks and Attacks: How Do You React When China Conducts a Cyber Attack?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

World had similar feeling of being violated after Snowden’s revelations, says Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey When the news broke earlier this summer that hackers had breached the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and accessed the records of more than twenty million current and former federal employees, it prompted calls to punish China, which was believed […]

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Aug 20, 2015

FCW Features Cyber Risk Wednesday

By Atlantic Council

Federal Computer Week features the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Risk Wednesday event on recent intrusions into sensitive US government systems such as the Office of Personal Management (OPM):

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Event Recap

Aug 19, 2015

US retaliation for OPM hack could set precedent in global cyberconflict

By Malena Carollo

After the recent string of high-profile breaches such as the one at the Office of Personnel Management, many experts and international policymakers are watching closely at how the US may retaliate against suspected hackers. When it comes to digital spying, international norms are noticeably absent; there’s little precedent for how nations should retaliate to each […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Webcasts

Aug 19, 2015

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Hacks, Attacks, and What America Can Do about It

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on August 19 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a discussion on appropriate responses to recent intrusions into sensitive US government systems, especially the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 14, 2015

Lawfare Features Cyber Risk Wednesday Event

By Atlantic Council

The Cyberlaw Podcast features the Atlantic Council event Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage in a discussion on US policy regarding stealing commercial secrets to give US companies a competitive edge:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Aug 6, 2015

TINA + LPTA beats DARPA + SEAL

By James Hasik

Lowest price is no way to buy IT, Silicon Valley or not. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Under Secretary Frank Kendall have dispatched their team to liaise with the worthies of Silicon Valley. Secretary Carter is soon expected there on a goodwill visit as well, and the Pentagon leadership seems serious. As Defense One reported, the new office at Moffett Field […]

Cybersecurity Defense Industry
Should the US build up a stock of cyberweapons?

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2015

Pentagon Seeks Cyber Weapons Strong Enough to Deter Attacks

By Financial Times and Los Angeles Times

From Sam Jones, Financial Times:  James Clapper, the Obama administration’s director of national intelligence, is not given to slips of the tongue.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Aug 4, 2015

Russians and Robots

By Blake Franko

Financial and sustainment problems are taking the Kremlin’s military modernization drive towards drone warfare. The Russian military has been in full gear for the last several months, trying to prove to NATO and the world that Russia is a great power with a modern, professional military. While the Ukrainians, Poles, Balts, and Nords have taken […]

Drones Technology & Innovation
Russia arms "crime syndicates with sophisticated hacking tools and malware"

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2015

New Twists in Russia’s Cyber Campaign Against NATO and Its Members

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

“I would say it’s pretty brazen really. We are being hit by the Russians more or less every day,” says one Nato military cyber defence specialist.

Cybersecurity NATO

Art of Future Warfare

Aug 4, 2015

Cole on Cyber World War

By August Cole

NPR’s On Point interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on his new novel Ghost Fleet, which imagines a hypothetical World War III where the battlefront goes deeply cyber:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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