Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

Rachel Weatherly — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:55:19 -0500

The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge is the only student competition devoted to high-level policy recommendations for day-after responses to a major cyber incident. The competition will take place on June 15, 2013 in Washington DC. The annual event organized by the Atlantic Council and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the “must attend” student event in international cybersecurity policy. Applications are no longer being received.

15th Anniversary of PDD-63: History of Cyber Critical Infrastructure Protection

Jason Harmala — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:24 -0500

On May 22, the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative will hold a discussion on the history of cyber critical infrastructure protection in recognition of the 15th anniversary of Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63). This event will be streamed LIVE from 3:00 p.m.

Chinese Cyber Espionage: US Must Shout but Also Listen

Jason Healey — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:53:02 -0500

After years of silence, the United States has finally had enough of Chinese cyber-theft of trade secrets. American officials have repeatedly raised the issue with their Chinese counterparts in language that is increasingly frank.

Jason Healey on Cyber 9/12 (Federal News Radio)

Jason Harmala — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:24:42 -0500

Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey joins In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the Council’s Cyber 9/12 Project and how to prepare various sectors for cyber catastrophes.

Stuxnet and the Dawn of Algorithmic Warfare

Jason Healey — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:41:41 -0500

Though autonomous, destructive robots are a long-time, hackneyed science fiction plot, for some time, this new kind of warfare has been shifting from yesterday's movie to today's reality. But unforeseen by the imaginations of both headline and science fiction writers, it was not a missile-laden drone or humanoid Terminator that introduced this new kind of combat, but a piece of software.

To Stop North Korean Cyber Attacks, Start in Beijing

Jason Healey — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:55:21 -0500

The recent cyber attacks on South Korea highlight four truths of cyber conflicts as they have actually been fought. The implications of three of them are obvious, the fourth not yet so. Such conflicts are disruptive, but far from warfare. And cyber conflicts are both easier to predict than popular myth has it and the nation responsible is often perfectly obvious.

Experts Simulate Response to Hypothetical Cyber Incident

Jason Harmala — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:05:17 -0500

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.

The Cyber 9/12 Project: Cyber Statecraft After Catastrophes

Rachel Weatherly — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0500

On April 12, the Atlantic Council and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) will host the second scenario-driven, interactive conference to discuss the day-after response to a cyber incident.