Stewart Scott
Stewart Scott is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the the Atlantic Council Tech Programs. He works on the Initiative’s systems security portfolio, which focuses on software supply chain risk management and open source software security policy.
Stewart earned his B.A. from Princeton University at the School of Public and International Affairs along with a minor in Computer Science. His course of study centered on misinformation, computer science, social media policy, online extremism, journalism, and American political and economic history. He joined the Atlantic Council after interning with its Cyber Statecraft Initiative.
April 2024
O$$ Security: Does More Money for Open Source Software Mean Better Security? A Proof of Concept
A proof-of-concept study looking for correlation between open source software project funding and security practices at scale.
February 2024
Hacking with AI
Can generative AI help hackers?
By deconstructing the question into attack phases and actor profiles, this report analyzes the risks, the realities, and their implications for policy.
January 2024
The Great Despiser: The BSA, Memory Safety, and How to Make a Good Argument Badly
Memory-safe programming languages are in the cyber policy mainstream, but some hesitation remains. Looking at the arguments around memory safety is informative for larger cyber policy debates too.
