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Led by the Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS’s cybersecurity portfolio covers cyber warfare, encryption, military cyber capacity, hacking, financial terrorism, and more.

China’s Gray-Zone Infrastructure Strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: Roads, Dams, and Digital Domination

China is weaponizing infrastructure—dams, roads, railways, and digital—to reshape the Tibetan Plateau and coerce neighbors like India and Nepal. This report analyzes how China’s infrastructure development is being used to gain coercive power ahead of the next conflict.

Report by Thomas Hader, Benjamin Jensen, Divya Ramjee, and Jose M. Macias III — June 4, 2025

Criteria for Cyber Situational Awareness

Commentary by Julia Brock and James Andrew Lewis — May 22, 2025

Space Threat Assessment 2025

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Report by Clayton Swope, Kari A. Bingen, Makena Young, and Kendra LaFave — April 25, 2025

Back & Forth 4: Should the United States Adopt a “Hack-Back” Cyber Strategy?

Commentary by Matt Pearl and Alexander Klimburg — April 24, 2025

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Past Events

Space and Data Domain Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus

April 10, 2025 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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Hosted by Defense and Security

The Last Four Years of Cyber Policy: A Retrospective

December 9, 2024 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST

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Hosted by Strategic Technologies Program

Photo: SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images

Super Election Year: Recapping the Moldovan Elections

October 23, 2024 • 9:30 – 10:30 am EDT

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Hosted by Project on Prosperity and Development

Counterintelligence 2.0: A Fireside Conversation with NCSC Director Michael Casey

October 10, 2024 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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Hosted by Defending Democratic Institutions

A Discussion on the UN Cybercrime Convention

October 4, 2024 • 10:00 – 11:30 am EDT

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Hosted by Strategic Technologies Program

Symposium: AI in the Department of Justice

October 2, 2024 • 9:00 am – 3:30 pm EDT

Hosted by Strategic Technologies Program

Cyber Leaders Series: Winning the Cyber War; a Conversation with Israel Soong

September 20, 2024 • 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT

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Hosted by Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

AI and Advanced Technologies in the Fight: Combatant Command and Service Collaboration

September 13, 2024 • 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT

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Hosted by Wadhwani AI Center

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Beneath NATO’s Radars: Unaddressed Threats to Subsea Cables

This blog explores NATO’s approach to securing subsea telecommunication cables, its gaps, and its limitations.

Blog Post by Zelie Petit — December 2, 2024

Audio Briefs

Grand Strategy in the Next Administration Starts with Connecting Markets

An audio version of “Grand Strategy in the Next Administration Starts with Connecting Markets,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Benjamin Jensen with Jacob Clayton. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen and Jacob Clayton — November 25, 2024

Grand Strategy in the Next Administration Starts with Connecting Markets

This commentary outlines how the next administration can leverage existing frameworks to secure U.S. economic growth by advancing energy infrastructure, digitizing trade systems for transparency, and fostering public-private partnerships to counter authoritarian influences globally.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen and Jacob Clayton — November 21, 2024

Are Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Working?

This blog post explores how effective cyber incident reporting rules are based on interviews with over a dozen CISOs, lawyers and government officials.

Blog Post by Nate Low — November 15, 2024

Select List of Global Cyber Incidents Reporting Requirements

This blog presents a select list of requirements for cyber incident reporting around the world.

Blog Post by Zelie Petit — November 14, 2024

Operationalizing Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and Resilience

Cybersecurity is the foundation for a robust U.S.-Japan alliance. CSIS Japan Chair visiting fellow Taro Hashimoto analyzes the cybersecurity policies of both countries and the prospects for future collaboration on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and resilience.

Report by Taro Hashimoto — October 25, 2024