NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

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To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

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Joseph Webster

To ensure US AI leadership, the United States must harness all forms of energy, allow a level playing field, and remove red tape constraining the buildout of critical enablers, especially transmission lines and grid enhancing technologies.

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NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

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Feb 26, 2025

How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

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Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The United States needs to adjust its drone deployment strategy to ensure that MQ-9 Reapers are less vulnerable to the militant group’s attacks. 

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NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

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Feb 18, 2025

What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

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Trey Herr

The AI sector is evolving quickly, fueled by a self-reinforcing cycle of investment, commentary, and ambition. In this race for compute, patience is important to sorting out sustainable innovation from speculative excess.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2013

NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

By Danielle Kriz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its important and much-anticipated Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF). The Framework plan was put forward in February 2013 as part of  President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity Executive Order to push a collaborative concept in which NIST takes the lead in coordinating with all interested stakeholders in the development […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
EU Security Summit, December 19, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Key Conclusions from EU Security Summit

By Council of the European Union

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) will continue to develop in full complementarity with NATO

Cybersecurity European Union
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Catherine Ashton

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Ashton: To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle

By Catherine Ashton, Wall Street Journal

An effective and coherent security and defense policy is a necessity, not a luxury, for Europe.

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Dec 18, 2013

Third Cyber Risk Wednesday

At the third Cyber Risk Wednesday a series of government and private sector experts discussed the cyber risks and resilience in the electrical sector.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
The head of Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Procuremen Murad Bayar

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2013

Cyber Defense ‘Indispensible Part’ of Turkey’s National Security: Senior Official

By BURAK EGE BEKDIL, Defense News

New technologies and solutions against cyber threats promise to become an emerging market in Turkey, according to officials and industry sources.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2013

To Promote US Cybersecurity, Don’t Erect Borders in IT Procurement

By Maryam Cope

Wrapped up in last year’s Federal funding bill is a creeping policy seeking to improve cybersecurity in federal procurements of information technology (IT).  Since becoming law, however, this policy has done the opposite: it has threatened the health of the U.S. economy, particularly the job-creating tech sector, and negatively impacted the ability of federal agencies […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
French National Assembly

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2013

Legislation Will Soon Expand Cyber Power of French Government

By Wall Street Journal

The pending French measures would require Internet providers, telecom operators and content companies to give up “communications, information or documents processed or preserved by their networks or electronic communications services” when demanded by law enforcement.

Cybersecurity France
G 20 Meeting in St. Petersburg

NATOSource

Dec 10, 2013

Chinese Hackers Spied on Europeans Before G20 Meeting: Researcher

By Reuters and New York Times

From Jim Finkle, Reuters:  Chinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September’s G20 Summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye Inc.

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Report

Dec 9, 2013

Envisioning 2030: US strategy for the coming technology revolution

By Atlantic Council

Building upon this statement, this year’s Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for the Coming Technology Revolution, edited by Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew J. Burrows, explores the consequences of major disruptions that will be caused by emerging technologies and recommends that the United States must prepare now if it wants to remain competitive on the global stage.

Technology & Innovation
NATO AGS drone

NATOSource

Dec 4, 2013

Northrop Grumman Begins Building Drones for NATO’s AGS Program

By April M. Havens, Gulf Live

Many NATO countries have “a crying need” for the capabilities that will be provided by five unmanned aircraft being built by Northrop Grumman Corp., NATO’s Jim Edge said today.

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Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

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