Technology & Innovation

The Bear is Inside the Wire

By Frank J. Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash

Russian hackers, fresh from breaching the State Department’s unclassified networks in recent months, have managed to sneak into “sensitive but unclassified” White House networks, CNN reported on April 7. The perpetrators gained access to real-time non-public details of the President’s schedule, precisely the type of information foreign intelligence services prioritize for collection. The White House […]

Nuclear Deal May Elicit More Bad Behavior from Iran, Says Ex-NSA Jones

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Free of sanctions, Tehran ‘will become more aggressive’ A nuclear deal in hand and free of Western sanctions, Iran could more aggressively undermine US allies through “cyber attacks, subversion, and terrorism,” retired Gen James L. Jones, Jr., said April 8. “Even if a deal is concluded, it is possible that an emboldened Iran free of […]

The Role of Offensive Cyber Operations in NATO’s Collective Defense

By James A. Lewis, NATO CCD COE

The central question for NATO’s cyber doctrine is how the lack of an articulated offensive cyber capability affects its ability to deter or defend.

2014 Year in Review: Saving cyberspace

 In 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative continued to promote its ideas on Saving Cyberspace, examining the best (and worst) cyber futures, and collaborating on groundbreaking ideas with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and other stakeholders. The overarching goal of the Initiative partners was to ensure that the Internet and cyberspace remain at least as […]

Obama Declares National Emergency Due to Foreign Cyber Attacks

By Barack Obama, White House

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United […]

Brainstorming the Gulf: Innovation and the knowledge economy in the GCC

By Peter Engelke

In Brainstorming the Gulf: Innovation and the Knowledge Economy in the GCC, the report's author, Peter Engelke, Senior Fellow for the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, highlights the successes that Gulf states have enjoyed to date and addresses the major hurdles to sustaining and expanding these successes.

Secretary General Details NATO’s Policy on Cyber Attacks and Article 5

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

In a crisis, the first responder will be the nation that is targeted. But NATO must be there to support any national efforts. This is a matter of planning and of political will; and making sure that we complement and reinforce each other.

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge: US competition 2015

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council's third annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge was held on March 13-14 in Washington, DC. Twenty teams from across the country competed to offer their best national security policy prescriptions for combating increased cyber conflict.

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

By John Thor Dahlburg, AP

When the discussion turned to the growing threat of cyber-attacks being used to undermine a country’s economy or security,