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The 5×5—The evolving role of CISOs and senior cybersecurity executives

01 23 2024 •

The 5×5 Homepage

By DFRLab

Buying Down Risk

Assumptions and Hypotheticals

Additional Research and Response

The 5×5—The evolving role of CISOs and senior cybersecurity executives

09 27 2023

Kink in the Chain: Eight Perspectives on Software Supply Chain Risk Management

by Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Software supply chain attacks are popular, impactful, and are used to great effect by malicious actors. To dive deeper on this topic, we asked eight experts about these threats and how policymakers can help protect against them.

Cybersecurity Software Supply Chains

So much for a ‘world without borders’? Countries are marking their territory in cyberspace.

How operational collaboration can improve US cyber capability and response

How governments can use cyber tools irresponsibly to preserve power

Collective defense of human dignity: the vision for NATO’s future in cyberspace

Makings of the Market: Seven perspectives on offensive cyber capability proliferation

The zero-day war? How cyber is reshaping the future of the most combustible conflicts

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, under the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.

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Series and Response

CSI_ 5X5_CISOs and senior cybersecurity executives

Wed, Oct 23, 2024

The 5×5—The evolving role of CISOs and senior cybersecurity executives

For the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, senior cybersecurity executives share their insights into the evolution of their roles.

by Nitansha Bansal

Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Standards and Requirements

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.

by Nitansha Bansal, Stewart Scott

Cybersecurity Open Source Software

Wed, Feb 28, 2024

The 5×5—Alumni perspectives on Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

Alumni of Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge share their experiences, and discuss the impact of such simulated exercises to prepare for real life cyber attacks.

by Nitansha Bansal, Isabella Wright

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Cybersecurity

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

The 5×5—The Cybersecurity Implications of Artificial Intelligence

A group of experts with diverse perspectives discusses the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

by Maia Hamin and Simon Handler

Artificial Intelligence Series and Response

Tue, Jul 18, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan: A CSI Markup

On July 13, the White House released the Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy. Read along with CSI staff, fellows, and experts for commentary and what the NCSIP means for the Strategy.

by Trey Herr, Stewart Scott, Maia Hamin, Will Loomis, Sara Ann Brackett, Jennifer Lin

Cyber Strategy Cybersecurity