Cybersecurity
Wed, Sep 4, 2024
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights
The Mythical Beasts project pulls back the curtain on the connections between 435 entities across forty-two countries in the global spyware market.
by Jen Roberts, Trey Herr, Nitansha Bansal, and Nancy Messieh, with Emma Taylor, Jean Le Roux, and Sopo Gelava
Wed, Sep 4, 2024
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Data and Methodology
Learn more about the methodology and dataset behind Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights
by Jen Roberts, Trey Herr, Nitansha Bansal, and Nancy Messieh, with Emma Taylor, Jean Le Roux, and Sopo Gelava
Wed, Sep 4, 2024
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights is concerned with the commercial market for spyware and provides data on market participants.
by Jen Roberts, Trey Herr, Nitansha Bansal, and Nancy Messieh, with Emma Taylor, Jean Le Roux, and Sopo Gelava
Mon, Aug 19, 2024
AI in Cyber and Software Security: What’s Driving Opportunities and Risks?
This issue brief discusses the drivers of evolving risks and opportunities presented by generative artificial intelligence (GAI), particularly in cybersecurity, while acknowledging the broader implications for policymakers and for national security.
Mon, Jul 29, 2024
Russia’s Digital Tech Isolationism: Domestic Innovation, Digital Fragmentation, and the Kremlin’s Push to Replace Western Digital Technology
Russia’s technological isolation is both a reality and a desired goal for Moscow. This piece explores the impacts of this phenomenon and offers recommendations for how to deal with that evolving digital ecosystem.
by Justin Sherman
Mon, Jul 1, 2024
The Impact of Corruption on Cybersecurity: Rethinking National Strategies Across the Global South
As the Global South prepares for the next stage in ICT development, governments must prioritize policies that reduce corruption in critical network software procurement to protect those countries' developing cyberspace.
by Robert Peacock
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
User in the Middle: An Interoperability and Security Guide for Policymakers
When technologies work together, it benefits users and the digital ecosystem. Policymakers can advance interoperability and security in tandem by understanding how each impacts the other.
Wed, Jun 12, 2024
“Reasonable” Cybersecurity in Forty-Seven Cases: The Federal Trade Commission’s Enforcement Actions Against Unfair and Deceptive Cyber Practices
The FTC has brought 47 cases against companies for unfair or deceptive cybersecurity practices. What can we learn from them?
Mon, May 13, 2024
International Cyberspace & Digital Policy Strategy: AC Tech Programs Markup
On May 6, the Department of State released the United States International Cyberspace & Digital Policy Strategy. Read along with AC Tech Programs staff, fellows, and experts for commentary and analysis.
by Emma Schroeder, Graham Brookie, Raul Brens Jr., Emerson Brooking, Safa Shahwan Edwards, Trey Herr, Rose Jackson
Tue, May 7, 2024
Lessons Learned from the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
Students from Tufts University tell us their greatest lessons learned from competing in the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge.
by Sara Mishra, Hannah Dora Patterson, Ethan Moscot, and Andrew Vu
Wed, May 1, 2024
The 5×5—The XZ Backdoor: Trust and Open Source Software
Open source software security experts share their insights into the XZ backdoor, and what it means for open source software security.
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
Markets Matter: A Glance into the Spyware Industry
The Intellexa Consortium is a complex web of holding companies and vendors for spyware and related services. The Consortium represents a compelling example of spyware vendors in the context of the market in which they operate—one which helps facilitate the commercial sale of software driving both human rights and national security risk.
by Jen Roberts, Trey Herr, Emma Taylor, Nitansha Bansal
