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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Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Apr 28, 2014

Beyond Data Breaches: Industry Risk Reports

By Cyber Statecraft Initiative

As the Internet increasingly connects with real life and permeates all facets of society, it can be a source of global shocks for which risk managers, corporate executives, board directors, and government officials might not be prepared.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 23, 2014

Computer Business Review: New Report Highlights Seven Cyber Risks

By Atlantic Council

Computer Business Review mentions a new Atlantic Council report jointly written with Zurich Insurance Group which looks at cyber risks that have could potentially become system-wide risks:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Healey: “One Risk at a Time” Approach is Outdated

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey joins KPCC’s Airtalk to discuss a new Atlantic Council report and the importance of safeguarding against future Internet shocks:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Healey on Safeguarding Against Future Internet Shocks

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey is quoted by Inside Cybersecurity on a new report from the Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance Group which emphasizes the need to bolster cybersecurity infrastructure in order to withstand future global shocks to the Internet:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Event Recap

Apr 17, 2014

The Promise of Human Space Exploration

Space exploration captured Americans’ imaginations in the 1960s and became a significant cultural touchstone in American history due to the Apollo programs and that iconic moment when man first walked on the moon in 1969. Lately, this sense of wonder seems to be fading as NASA gets less funding, private industry steps in to fill […]

Space
Technology & Innovation

In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Healey on Global Interconnections of Internet Shocks

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey joins KCBS to discuss the global interconnections of cyber risk: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 16, 2014

Healey: Internet of Tomorrow Likely to be “Less Resilient”

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey co-writes for US News and World Report on the importance of managing cyber risk in order to avoid future catastrophes: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 16, 2014

Healey Talks Heartbleed Revelation

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey joins KCRW’s To The Point to discuss the Heartbleed security vulnerability:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Webcasts

Apr 16, 2014

Webcast: Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk

Please join the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group for the launch event of the Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk report on April 16, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.Join the conversation online using #RiskAfterNext

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 16, 2014

As China Builds Ability to Attack Satellites, Here is How US Should Respond

By Bharath Gopalaswamy and Dylan Rebstock

As searchers in the Indian Ocean inch toward finding the disappeared Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, a reminder of the rising role of China in space is that the critical first step in learning the plane’s fate was an innovative analysis of routine satellite data – and that Chinese space assets played an unusually prominent role […]

China
Indo-Pacific

Experts