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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Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 12, 2013

Experts simulate response to hypothetical cyber incident

By Jason Harmala

On April 12, the Atlantic Council and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) hosted the second scenario-driven, interactive conference to discuss the day-after response to a cyber incident. This event, “The Cyber 9/12 Project: Cyber Statecraft after Catastrophes,” brought together experts from sectors such as government, finance, telecommunications, and media to discuss the decision-making process in […]

Cybersecurity

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

President of Estonia: Cyber allows enemies to ‘paralyze a country without attacking its defense forces’

By Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune

From Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune:  Today, almost everything we do depends on a digitized system of one kind or another.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

SACEUR’s three big agenda items for 2013

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  As I look at NATO and U.S. European Command in 2013, I see three big agenda items.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

Iceland would like to join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By Postimees

From Postimees:  At his meeting in Reykjavik with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson said that Iceland would like to join the NATO Cyber Defence Centre located in Tallinn.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 9, 2013

Six U.S. Air Force cyber capabilities designated ‘weapons’

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said on Monday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2013

Poland to join NATO drone project in 2014

By Polish Radio

From Polish Radio:  Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak has announced that from 2014 Poland will participate in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Cyber Necessity: Stopping companies from selling insecure software

By Marc Maiffret, New York Times

From Marc Maiffret, New York Times: Too much of the debate begins and ends with the perpetrators and the victims of cyberattacks, and not enough is focused on the real problem: the insecure software or technology that allows such attacks to succeed.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Bulgaria offers to host NATO cyber defense center

By Novinite

From Novinite:  President Rosen Plevneliev has spoken in favor of the creation of a NATO cyber defense backup center in Bulgaria.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 4, 2013

The cyber age demands new rules of war

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

From Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times:  The sophisticated dissemination of computer viruses can disrupt the military industrial assets of rivals.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 4, 2013

Disrupting Undersea Cables: Cyberspace’s Hidden Vulnerability

By Paul Saffo

Early last week, operators noted that there were disruptions on multiple undersea communications cables that terminated in Egypt and nearby destinations, including I-ME-WE, TE-North, EIG, and SEA-ME-WE-3. The sheer number of breaks struck some observers as an odd coincidence, but was chalked up to the chronic problem of dragging ship anchors or tangled bottom-nets snagging the […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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