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5 Urgent Actions in the Fightback Against Ransomware

In the News, Op-ed

5 Urgent Actions in the Fightback Against Ransomware

In an article for the World Economic Forum, Philip Reiner calls for global leaders to step up in the fight against ransomware, arguing that, taken together, they "would result in immediate and longer-term benefits, and show cybercriminals that ransomware is no longer an easy and safe strategy for financial gain."
collaboration, cybercrime, cybersecurity, law enforcement, Ransomware, World Economic Forum
May 12, 2021
Future Digital Threats to Democracy – Trends and Drivers

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Future Digital Threats to Democracy – Trends and Drivers

Based on a comprehensive literature review and conversations with subject matter experts, Alexa Wehsener, Vera Zakem, and M. Nina Miller identified nine trends that are likely to pose digital threats to democracy in the future.
apathy, attention, cognition, democracy, digital authoritarianism, geopolitics, ideology, information environment, privacy, surveillance, technology
May 5, 2021
Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action

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Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action

The Ransomware Task Force convened over 60 experts from industry, government, law enforcement, civil society, and international organizations to produce a comprehensive framework for action, with 48 actionable recommendations.
cyber, cybersecurity, defend, deter, protect, Ransomware, respond
April 21, 2021
Zoom Won’t Stop A Nuclear War

In the News, Op-ed

Zoom Won’t Stop A Nuclear War

In an article for Foreign Policy, Sahil Shah and Leah Walker make the case that although the red telephone is gone, a new generation of nuclear hotlines is sorely needed to manage international crises.
CATALINK, crisis communications, India, Innovation and Catastrophic Risk, nuclear hotlines, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Soviet Union
April 19, 2021
Back Story with Dana Lewis: Nuclear Hotlines

In the News, Podcast

Back Story with Dana Lewis: Nuclear Hotlines

Philip Reiner joined the podcast Back Story with Dana Lewis to discuss a proposal for a nuclear hotline for nations with nuclear weapons.
CATALINK, crisis communications, hotline, Innovation and Catastrophic Risk, nuclear, nuclear weapons, Soviet Union
March 3, 2021
Hotline Between Two Koreas: Status, Limitations and Future Tasks

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Hotline Between Two Koreas: Status, Limitations and Future Tasks

In this paper, Moon Chung-in and Boo Seung-Chan provide historical context on the hotlines linking South and North Korea and point to the lessons that can be learned from the decades-long effort.
CATALINK, communication, communication link, crisis, crisis management, escalation, history, hotlines, Innovation and Catastrophic Risk, NC3, nuclear, nuclear security, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon states, nuclear weapons, nuclear-use, secure communications
December 17, 2020
The Nuclear Risk Reduction Approach: A Useful Path Forward for Crisis Mitigation

Op-ed

The Nuclear Risk Reduction Approach: A Useful Path Forward for Crisis Mitigation

In an article for Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, IST’s Sylvia Mishra highlights the importance of advancing the nuclear risk reduction approach and explains why IST’s CATALINK Initiative should be incorporated as a component of such an approach.
Nuclear Crisis Communications: Mapping Risk Reduction Implementation Pathways

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Nuclear Crisis Communications: Mapping Risk Reduction Implementation Pathways

Nuclear Crisis Communications: Mapping Risk Reduction Implementation Pathways underscores the importance of nuclear risk reduction and the growing need for modern crisis communications and outlines two scalable pathways to integrate a crisis communications system like CATALINK.
Towards a Stronger Ukrainian Media Ecosystem

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Towards a Stronger Ukrainian Media Ecosystem

As Russian troops and military equipment surged on the border with Ukraine in 2021, IST used data gathered by VAST-OSINT Technologies to identify emerging narratives in Russian and Ukrainian across Ukraine’s media ecosystem. IST was able to pinpoint the origins of Russian disinformation narratives before they became mainstream and to provide timely insights to counter those narratives.
Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital must win over Silicon Valley

In the News, Op-ed

Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital must win over Silicon Valley

In December, the United States Department of Defense established the Office of Strategic Capital to build out the U.S.’s strategic advantage in technology and industry by partnering with private capital. In an op-ed for Defense News, IST’s Leah Walker and Alexa W. caution that the office’s success hinges on acceptance in Silicon Valley and innovation hubs across the country.

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