The Cyber Statecraft Initiative works at the nexus of geopolitics, technology, and security to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users. This work extends through the competition of state and non-state actors, the security of the internet and computing systems, the safety of operational technology and physical systems, and the communities of cyberspace. The Initiative convenes a diverse network of passionate and knowledgeable contributors, bridging the gap among technical, policy, and user communities.

Our work

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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In the News

Jul 30, 2015

POLITICO Features Cyber Risk Wednesday Event

By Atlantic Council

POLITICO features the Cyber Statecraft Initiative’s Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage in a discussion on US involvement in cyber espionage to benefit US companies:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Webcasts

Jul 29, 2015

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on July 29 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a discussion on new ideas on commercial cyber espionage and intellectual property theft.

In the News

Jul 10, 2015

Healey in Federal News Radio: What Does it Mean to Win a Cyber War?

By Jay Healey

Read the full article here.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 9, 2015

Healey on Cyberspace Regulations

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on the long-awaited rules and regulations of cyber diplomacy among nations:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 27, 2015

Tothova Jordan on OPM Cyber Attacks

By Klara Jordan

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Klara Tothova Jordan on how the Office of Personal Management cyber attacks raise delicate political questions about US-Chinese relations: 

China
Cybersecurity

Event Recap

Jun 19, 2015

What Does it Mean to ‘Win’ a Cyberwar?

By CSM Passcode

What we learned from an Atlantic Council event discussing the dynamics of global cyberconflict. Even as countries build up digital defense networks and train armies of hackers, the nature of cyberconflict remains little understood. There isn’t even a firm grasp on what it means to fight – let alone win – a cyberwar. That was […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Webcasts

Jun 17, 2015

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Waging Cyber Conflict

Join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on June 17 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a moderated panel discussion on the dynamics of cyber conflict with leading cyber historians and experts in the field.

In the News

Jun 17, 2015

Healey on Cyber Security

By Jason Healey

CNN Money quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Senior Fellow Jason Healey on the widespread threat of cyber security breaches:

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Jun 9, 2015

Pavel and Healey: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

By Jason Healey, Barry Pavel

Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel and Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey write for Defense News on Cyber Command’s growing pains: 

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2015

A ‘Disaster’ if China was Behind OPM Cyber Attack

By Ashish Kumar Sen

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the cyber attack on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) it would be a “disaster” in terms of counterespionage, says the Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey.“The kind of information that OPM has is a goldmine for intelligence agencies,” Healey, a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Cyber […]

China
Cybersecurity

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