Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation
About
FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) seeks to advance U.S. prosperity and security through technology innovation while countering threats to the U.S. government, private sector, and allied countries.
Technology holds the promise of greater inclusivity and productivity for American society. At the same time, the cyber domain is providing new avenues for state and non-state actors to undermine our national security and democracy, pilfer intellectual property from private companies, and steal personal identifiable information. To capitalize on these opportunities and address these challenges, CCTI combines rigorous academic research of adversaries’ strategies and capabilities with scientific experimentation and interdisciplinary study to unlock technological, governance, and policy solutions. CCTI operates through three interrelated initiatives:
- CSC 2.0: FDD houses CSC 2.0, an initiative to preserve the legacy and continue the work of the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission. CSC 2.0 supports efforts to implement outstanding CSC recommendations, provides annual assessments of the implementation of the commission’s recommendations, and conducts research and analysis on several outstanding cybersecurity issues identified by the commission during its tenure.
- Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab: TCIL bridges the gap between existing technology, policy, and governance to drive revolutionary, society-wide improvements in cyber resilience. TCIL nurtures technologically feasible, testable pilot projects that begin to solve some of the hardest technical challenges afflicting society and the national security industrial base.
- Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: FDD’s CEEW project focuses on how authoritarian adversaries are using cyber means to undermine the foundation of U.S. strength — its economic wherewithal — to weaken America politically and militarily. CEEW researches the intersection between cyber operations and economic warfare, where technological developments are being adapted to cause strategic damage.
Dr. Samantha Ravich serves as chairman of FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. Mark Montgomery is the Senior Director of CCTI and leads CSC 2.0.
CCTI is one of FDD’s centers on American power, which also include FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power and FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power.
CCTI Experts
Samantha Ravich
- Cyber
- Sanctions and Illicit Finance
- North Korea
- Blockchain and Digital Currencies
- Military and Political Power
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
Dr. Georgianna Shea
Annie Fixler
Jiwon Ma
Max Lesser
Ivana Stradner
Leah Siskind
Johanna Yang
Emily Hester
Ari Ben Am
CCTI Board of Advisors
Products
The Battle for Display Dominance
Chinese dominance in display technologies poses a critical national security threat, demanding urgent US action to secure supply chains.
The National Interest
U.S. Cybersecurity at Risk Without Congressional Action
Policy Brief
Medical Devices Still Vulnerable to Hacking Despite New FDA Guidance
Policy Brief
Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain through the Equipment Authorization Program
Public Comment
Iranian and Pro-Regime Cyberattacks Against Americans (2011-Present)
Insight
The new frontier of influence operations
The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio
Impersonator Used AI to Mimic U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Voice in Calls to Officials
ASIS International
Trump seeks unprecedented $1.23 billion cut to federal cyber budget
CSO Online
FDD urges FCC to revoke existing equipment approvals to close national security gaps in communications supply chain
Industrial Cyber
Events
Battleground AI: U.S. National Security and Adversarial Use of AI
June 4, 2025 | 2:00 pm
Persistent Access, Persistent Threat: Ensuring Military Mobility Against Malicious Cyber Actors
April 17, 2025 | 12:00 pm