Cybersecurity

October 9, 2026 | Annie Fixler, Zoe Rice, Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham, Sophie McDowall, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Securing the United States Bulk-Power System

October 8, 2026 | Georgianna Shea, Shaun C. Six

A Practical Path to Post-Quantum Readiness in Operational Technology

How to develop an OT cybersecurity roadmap to transition to PQC algorithms designed to resist quantum-computer-enabled decryption.

October 5, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, Elisa Montgomery

Federal Grant Program’s Third Lapse Endangers State Cybersecurity

U.S. states are once again being left with limited access to cybersecurity resources as funding for the federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) lapsed on September 30....

September 29, 2026 | Johanna Yang |

America runs on GPS. It needs a backup plan

Most Americans think GPS merely provides directions: open the map, follow the blue dot and get where you need to go. But that’s just the consumer application. The national security applications of GPS...

September 28, 2026 | Jiwon Ma |

Strengthening NATO Through Military Mobility and Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

September 23, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, Elisa Montgomery

Maritime Cyber Incidents Test Coast Guard Cyber Preparedness

The Coast Guard and the FBI are investigating multiple suspected cyberattacks on oil tankers that have disrupted trade routes throughout the Atlantic Ocean. On August 7, an oil tanker bound for the United...

September 22, 2026 | Josh Birenbaum, Amit Sharma

How Boosting Your Privacy Will Make America More Secure

New digital identity tools could give individuals greater control over personal data while helping combat fraud, illicit finance, and AI-enabled threats.

September 20, 2026 | Jacob Nagel |

Israel’s AI advantage is strategic, but humans in the IDF remain responsible

AI can help process intelligence, identify threats, and support operations, but it does not replace human judgment in battlefield decisions.

September 17, 2026 | Jiwon Ma |

South Korea’s Cyber Response Options Beyond the Peninsula

Introduction Since 2015, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) cyber operations have evolved into one of the fastest growing and most consequential asymmetric threats in the Indo-Pacific....

September 16, 2026 | Craig Singleton |

Import Controls

Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats

September 2, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, Kateryna Kvasha

7 Ways the U.S. Is Trying To Defend Its Water System From Hackers

In the wake of nationwide cyberattacks on America’s water infrastructure, the Trump administration launched Project Watershed 250 on August 31. The six-month pilot, based in Texas, pairs local water...

August 31, 2026 | Bridget Toomey, Janatan Sayeh

Iran’s Cyber Retaliation Strategy

Over the last decade, Iran has developed cyber capabilities that can target US and European water and electricity systems.

August 17, 2026 | Craig Singleton, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Jack Burnham

Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks

August 17, 2026 | Ari Ben Am |

Open-Source Intel Makes U.S. Troops an Easier Target for Iran

Iran is reading American service members’ social media feeds to deadly effect. The fact is that not all intelligence must be gleaned from secret, closed sources for it to be effective, and Tehran...

August 4, 2026 | Georgianna Shea, Stephen Thursby

Insurers Should Require a Cyber Safety Standard of Care for the Built Environment

The American built environment has become more digitally connected, and the insurance market is increasingly exposed to cyber-physical losses that traditional underwriting categories do not fully capture....

August 4, 2026 | Georgianna Shea |

How companies could share cyber risks without exposing their secrets

A cryptographic technique could let companies prove they're vulnerable to critical flaws without revealing the sensitive data that attackers could exploit.

August 4, 2026 | Georgianna Shea, Cason Smith, Haden Snyder

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Detecting Systemic Cyber Vulnerabilities Among Critical Infrastructure Operators

July 23, 2026 | Jim Langevin, Thomas A. Fanning

Don’t wire foreign enemies into America’s power grid

Excerpt The U.S. is racing to build infrastructure that will power artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and the next generation of economic growth. Electricity demand is surging for...

July 21, 2026 | Georgianna Shea, Nicole Chiappone

Protected in Name Only: HIPAA’s Health Data Gap Is Becoming a National Security Risk

Protected health data is only as secure as the system designed to protect it.

July 21, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Nidhi Ummettala

The AI Cyber Fix Washington Can’t Afford To Botch

From the export controls on Anthropic’s latest models to President Trump’s executive order on AI security, the White House has now shifted its focus to AI-enabled cyber security risks. On July 14,...