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 computing, supply 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.
March 2022
What are the risks and benefits of US/NATO military options in Ukraine? Our strategic risk calculator has answers.
A strategic risk calculator for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic to assess the possible risks and benefits of boosting their military assistance to the Ukrainian government.
February 2022
Herr testifies to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee on responding to and learning from the Log4shell vulnerability
On February 8, 2022, Trey Herr,
September 2021
Cyber defense across the ocean floor: The geopolitics of submarine cable security
The vast majority of intercontinental global Internet traffic—upwards of 95 percent—travels over undersea cables that run across the ocean floor. The construction of new submarine cables is a key part of the constantly changing physical topology of the Internet worldwide. However, this dependence is not matched by increased security, leaving our undersea cables—the core of the global internet—at risk.
