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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Jun 9, 2014

National Security and Digital prosperity after Snowden: A discussion with David Ignatius.

Edward Snowden’s revelations of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) extensive data collection programs last year sparked an intense debate on the future of electronic surveillance in the United States and globally. As the extent of electronic surveillance has moved to the forefront of the American political discourse, the effects of Snowden’s revelations on the future […]

Cybersecurity National Security
Secretary General and NATO Defense Ministers, June 4, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2014

NATO Defense Ministers Approve Initiative on Multinational Forces and a New Cyber Policy

By NATO

Ministers approved Germany’s initiative on “Framework Nations”, which will help boost multinational cooperation to develop the forces and capabilities needed to meet NATO’s requirements and cope with new security challenges.

Cybersecurity Germany

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Jun 5, 2014

Cyber Statecraft Report Cited in Warning About Cloud Services

Computer World cites a recent report published by the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, warning of vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure should web-based cloud services be compromised:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 5, 2014

Healey on Snowden, One Year Later

By Jason Healey

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the impact of the intelligence breach conducted by Edward Snowden one year ago:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Estonia plans to upload government databases to the cloud

NATOSource

May 29, 2014

Concerned About Russian Invasion, Estonia Plans ‘Data Embassies’ in Allied Countries

By Tom Cheshire, SKY News

Estonia intends to back up crucial national databases in the UK and other countries, because of fears of a Russian invasion.

Cybersecurity Northern Europe

In the News

May 28, 2014

Healey and Gen. Dempsey Agree on Lack of Coherent National Cyber Strategy

By Jason Healey

Inside Cybersecurity quotes Jason Healey, director of Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council on General Dempsey’s recent event at the Atlantic Council, some of which revolved around US cyber strategy:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Locked Shields is the largest international cyber exercise in the world

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

Estonia Exercise Shows NATO’s Growing Worry About Cyber Attacks

By Peter Apps, Reuters

With more than 300 participants and teams from 17 nations, organizers said it [Estonia’s Locked Shields cyber exercise] was the largest international cyber maneuver yet mounted, simulating an attack on a fictional nation called “Berylia” by a 50-strong team of computer experts.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

May 27, 2014

Greenfield on Obama’s Drone Program Policy

By Danya Greenfield

Huffington Post quotes Acting Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Danya Greenfield on President Obama’s drone policy:

Drones Technology & Innovation

Defense Industrialist

May 22, 2014

“I want drones!”

By James Hasik

Allies and adversaries will get them, whether the US exports them or not. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) had a strong reaction this week to the story of Deborah Peter, a young woman visiting the Congress, about the murder of her family by Boko Haram: I want drones, I want something, because they don’t belong on this earth.The congressman from […]

Drones Technology & Innovation

In the News

May 19, 2014

Healey on the Justice Department’s Cyber Espionage Charges

By Jason Healey

The Daily Beast quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the Chinese army offices charged by the US Justice Department with cyber espionage: 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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