Cybersecurity

FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

Podcast Episode

How is Russia conducting cyber and information warfare in Ukraine?

Jessica Brandt and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 3, 2022

TechStream

How to prioritize the improvement of open-source software security

Frank Nagle

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Hand out photo dated September 11, 2020 of Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and United States Navy warships sail in formation during the Pacific Vanguard 2020 exercise. Pacific Vanguard serves as an opportunity to exercise and improve multinational interoperability at all levels; to improve tactical proficiency; and to adapt to ever changing regional challenges. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force. Photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Samuel Hardgrove/US Navy via ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Defense

Military innovation and technological change: Preparing for the next generation of cyber threats

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2022

TechStream

Lessons for policymakers from the NSO Group saga

Matt Tait, Runa Sandvik, and Tarah Wheeler

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Reports

Europe

Opportunities to deepen NATO-EU cooperation

Giovanna De Maio

December 2021

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Telecommunications & Internet

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

Jacob Gursky and Samuel Woolley

June 2021

Telecommunications & Internet

The Breakout Scale: Measuring the impact of influence operations

Ben Nimmo

September 2020

FILE PHOTO: A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

Technology & Innovation

The role of technology in online misinformation

Sarah Kreps

June 2020

The 380-metre tall electricity pylon to carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands with a distance of 2,656 metres, which is the tallest power transmission tower in the world, is being capped at the construction site in Cezi islands, Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 11 August 2018.Construction on a giant power supply pylon, believed to be the world's tallest, completed in east China's Zhejiang Province, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company announced. At an impressive 380 meters tall, the pylon is four times the height of London's Big Ben. The pylon will carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands, a distance of 2,656 meters, It breaks the world record for the tallest power pylon currently held by China's Damaoshan pylon which stands at 370 meters, also in Zhoushan. The new pylon is a part of a new ultra-high voltage power line project between cities of Zhoushan and Ningbo. The project is expected to be put into use in 2019.No Use China. No Use France.

Report

Secure power: Gigawatts, geopolitics, and China’s energy internet

Tom Stefanick

April 2020

Blog Posts

A general view of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to news reports, President Biden has begun pushing for a scaled down version of his Build Back Better spending plan, in the range of $1.9 trillion instead of $3.5 trillion, as negotiations continue between Democrats on Capitol Hill. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

TechStream

Why the FTC is telling companies to patch Log4j vulnerabilities

Riana Pfefferkorn

Thursday, January 13, 2022

A pile of destroyed desktops and screens are seen in a performance of Spanish Bip-Bip Foundation during the International Telecoms Fair (SIMO) in Madrid November 6, 2007. The foundation is a non-profit organization looking to breach the digital divide between those that have access to new technologies and those that do not. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN)

TechStream

The urgent need to stand up a cybersecurity review board

Adam Shostack, Tarah Wheeler, and Victoria Ontiveros

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

A view shows a laptop display showing part of a code, which is the component of Petya malware computer virus according to representatives of Ukrainian cyber security firm ISSP, at the firm's office in Kiev, Ukraine July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

TechStream

How the NotPetya attack is reshaping cyber insurance

Josephine Wolff

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Events

2021

Oct

Past Event

NATO in a competitive world: A conversation with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Becoming a digital power: Japan’s path for domestic transformation and international influence

8:00 PM - 9:15 PM EDT

The future of the Coast Guard

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Beyond Disruption: Technology’s Challenge to Governance

Contributions by William Drozdiak

2018

Beyond Snowden

By Timothy H. Edgar

2017

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know

By Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman

2014

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Experts

John Villasenor

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

How did the US government get hacked?

Tarah Wheeler and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

TechStream

Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

Chuck Kapelke

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Employees of the Afontovo private regional TV company work during the broadcast of an annual nationwide televised phone-in show attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Krasnoyarsk, Russia June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Podcast Episode

Fighting Russian disinformation

Alina Polyakova and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, September 30, 2019

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Cybersecurity

How is Russia conducting cyber and information warfare in Ukraine?

How to prioritize the improvement of open-source software security

Military innovation and technological change: Preparing for the next generation of cyber threats

Lessons for policymakers from the NSO Group saga

Reports

Opportunities to deepen NATO-EU cooperation

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

The Breakout Scale: Measuring the impact of influence operations

The role of technology in online misinformation

Secure power: Gigawatts, geopolitics, and China’s energy internet

Blog Posts

Why the FTC is telling companies to patch Log4j vulnerabilities

The urgent need to stand up a cybersecurity review board

How the NotPetya attack is reshaping cyber insurance

Events

NATO in a competitive world: A conversation with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Becoming a digital power: Japan’s path for domestic transformation and international influence

The future of the Coast Guard

Related Books

Beyond Disruption: Technology’s Challenge to Governance

Beyond Snowden

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know

Experts

John Villasenor

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

Multimedia

How did the US government get hacked?

Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

Fighting Russian disinformation

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