• Director

Trey Herr

Dr. Trey Herr is Senior Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the Atlantic Council Technology Programs and assistant professor of Global Security and Policy at American University’s School of International Service. The CSI team works at the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitics across conflict, cloud computingsupply chain policy, and more. Previously, Trey was a senior security strategist with Microsoft handling cybersecurity policy as well as a fellow with the Belfer Cybersecurity Project at Harvard Kennedy School and a non-resident fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He holds a PhD in Political Science and BS in Musical Theatre and Political Science.

December 2024

The Eight Body Problem: Exploring the Implications of Salt Typhoon 

by Cyber Statecraft Team

The Cyber Statecraft community and friends offer their thoughts on the implications of the Salt Typhoon campaign based on what is known to date, what the campaign says about the last four years of cybersecurity policy, and where policymakers should focus in the months ahead.
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September 2024

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

The Mythical Beasts project pulls back the curtain on the connections between 435 entities across forty-two countries in the global spyware market.
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September 2024

Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Data and Methodology

by Jen Roberts, Trey Herr, Nitansha Bansal, and Nancy Messieh, with Emma Taylor, Jean Le Roux, and Sopo Gelava

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
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