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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Sep 6, 2012

Coming soon on demand: Cyber weapons

By John Reed, Killer Apps

From John Reed, Killer Apps:  Last month, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) gave six firms contracts valued at up to $300 million under a program called Agile Cyber Technologies (ACT), which will essentially keep these companies on retainer to provide cyber weapons on-demand under a form of contracting known as Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2012

Clinton tells China ‘it is vital’ to curb increasing number of cyber attacks

By the Department of State

From the Department of State:  Excerpts from remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2012

Scandinavia wants cyberwar weapons

By SC Magazine

From SC Magazine:  Finland has joined Sweden in plans to build an offensive capability as part of its national online defence arsenal.

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NATOSource

Sep 3, 2012

Taiwan investing in new ‘cyberwarfare’ capabilities

By Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung, the Taipei Times

From Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung, the Taipei Times:  With increasing numbers of cyberattacks targeting Taiwan, the US and Japan being traced back to China, the government has increased its budget for cyberwarfare capabilities, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in a report on Friday.

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NATOSource

Aug 29, 2012

U.S. Air Force soliciting cyber warfare capabilities

By U.S. Air Force

From U.S. Air Force:  The AFLCMC/HNJG Program Office is an organization focused on the development and sustainment of Cyberspace Warfare Attack capabilities that directly support Cyberspace Warfare capabilities for the operations Air Force.

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Aug 24, 2012

US military carried out cyberattacks against enemy in Afghanistan

By Raphael Satter, the AP

From Raphael Satter, the AP:  The U.S. military has been launching cyberattacks against its opponents in Afghanistan, a senior officer says, making an unusually explicit acknowledgment of the oft-hidden world of electronic warfare.

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NATOSource

Aug 24, 2012

Why independent Scotland must stay in NATO

By George Kerevan, the Scotsman

From George Kerevan, the Scotsman:  [A]t its Chicago summit in May, under heavy German pressure, Nato altered its so-called “deterrence and defence posture”.

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Aug 22, 2012

Breaking the public-sector/private sector stalemate in cyber security

By Derek S. Reveron, the New Atlanticist

From Derek S. Reveron, the New Atlanticist:  As Cyber Command matures, it tends to dominate national cybersecurity discussions.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2012

Cyber-something: It’s Not Cyberwar, Exactly, But It’s a National Security Priority

By Derek Reveron

 With cyberattacks gaining increasing media attention, it soon becomes apparent that our language does not quite match reality. War, for example, is understood to be state-directed violence to achieve political purposes. Adding a qualifier like a “one thousand battle deaths annually” certainly excludes every reported incident of cyberwar, which more closely resembles espionage, sabotage, or […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2012

Reversing the Anti-American Sway in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

While John Brennan’s, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor, recent speech on U.S. policy in Yemen still echoed in the halls of the Council of Foreign Relations, the rebel Houthi movement was busy planning an anti-American demonstration galvanizing hundreds of supporters across the country. Although the Houthis are by no means representative of the Yemeni public, […]

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