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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Mar 7, 2012

Lawmakers criticize Air Force for mothballing $3.8 billion worth of UAVs

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  Lawmakers on Tuesday called top Air Force officials to task over recent acquisition missteps and raised concerns about their budget plans for fiscal 2013, which calls for cancellation of Northrop Grumann Corp’s unmanned Global Hawk plane.

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Event Recap

Mar 5, 2012

Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Military Cyber Units

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative held a workshop examining the early history of cyber conflict through military units that were established to operate in this new domain of warfare on March 5.

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Feb 29, 2012

New NATO contract will be cyber defense template for Europe and North America

By Carola Hoyos, the Financial Times

From Carola Hoyos, the Financial Times:  Nato is set to award the biggest cyber defence contract ever agreed outside the US on Wednesday, a move expected to prompt the alliance’s 28-member countries to follow suit and roll out their own cyber security systems.

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Feb 27, 2012

Transcript: Transforming Toward a Smarter Alliance – NATO’s Role in Cyber Security

By Jason Harmala

Full transcript of the February 27, 2012 event “Transforming Toward a Smarter Alliance: NATO’s Role in Cyber Security.”

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Issue Brief

Feb 27, 2012

NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Jason Healey and Leendert van Bochoven

Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and Leendert van Bochoven, NATO and European Defense leader at IBM, argue that NATO must “double down” on a core set of priorities following the recent cyber defense policy, leveraging the best capabilities, policies, and practices from member nations and industry partners. Download the PDF

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Event Recap

Feb 27, 2012

Transforming Toward a Smarter Alliance: NATO’s Role in Cyber Security

By Adrienne Chuck

On February 27, the Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion on NATO’s evolving role in cyber defense and security. The panel discussed key cyber challenges confronting the transatlantic Alliance.

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Feb 23, 2012

Thieves grab top-secret plans for joint French/UK UAV

By Paul Roberts, ThreatPost

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Issue Brief

Feb 22, 2012

Beyond Attribution: Seeking National Responsibility in Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

For more than two decades, cyber defenders, intelligence analysts, and policymakers have struggled to determine the source of the most damaging attacks. This “attribution problem” will only become more critical as we move into a new era of cyber conflict with even more attacks ignored, encouraged, supported, or conducted by national governments according to Jason […]

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Feb 20, 2012

US defense spending on cyber, special ops stays flat

By Lolita C. Baldor, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, the AP:  Spending on two of the Pentagon’s top priorities, cybersecurity and special operations forces, would largely remain flat or dip slightly in 2013

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Feb 17, 2012

Britain and France plan joint expeditionary force and carrier group

By defensemanagement.com

From defensemanagement.com:  The UK and France are to deepen defence cooperation efforts, speeding up work on a new joint expeditionary force and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programmes, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

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