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Law, Targeting and Nuclear Weapons

Law, Targeting and Nuclear Weapons

This report by William Boothby seeks to explain the law of armed conflict rules that regulate respectively the resort to nuclear force and the use of nuclear force during an international armed conflict and to provide an accepted baseline for the dissemination of the law with a view to achieving a common understanding and acceptance of it by all nuclear States.

API, armed conflict, civilian, first strike, Geneva Conventions, International Court of Justice, NC3, nuclear, planning, territorial integrity, threat, United Nations, warfare

October 21, 2019

Counter Nuclear Command, Control and Communications

Counter Nuclear Command, Control and Communications

This report by Carol Ann Jones seeks to introduce the nuclear command, control, and stability framework; collect open source NC3 system information on the eight declared nuclear nations to fill in the framework; describe counter NC3 activities; and introduce a few alternate NC3 approaches that may contribute to nuclear stability.

November 7, 2019

NC3 Insider Threats

NC3 Insider Threats

Ron Schouten examines fundamental concepts of insider threats and provides an overview of the extent and significance of insider threats in US and other NC3 systems.

Bystander Effect, capability, chemical, civilian, classified materials, critical infrastructure, deterrence, espionage, IAEA, information systems, insider threat, NC3, nuclear, organizational culture, stability, threat, vulnerability

November 14, 2019

For Better or for Worse: The Future of C3I Entanglement

For Better or for Worse: The Future of C3I Entanglement

James Acton evaluates the risk of inadvertent escalation arising from attacks on dual-use (nuclear and conventional warfare) command, control, communication, and intelligence (C3I) capabilities in a conventional war because such attacks would degrade the target’s nuclear command-and-control system.

November 21, 2019

Roundtable Discussion: AI and Human Decision Making

Roundtable Discussion: AI and Human Decision Making

On June 29, 2018, Technology for Global Security and the Center for Global Security Research hosted a roundtable discussion. The discussion specifically investigated the potential security implications of these technologies as they are considered for use in military capacities. The discussion was attended by a mix of academics, research scientists, venture capitalists, civil society, and industry.

artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, black box, cyber attacks, decision-making, deterrence, disinformation, ethics, military, stability

November 28, 2018

AI and Human Decision Making: AI and the Battlefield

AI and Human Decision Making: AI and the Battlefield

As the 21st-century geopolitical balance shifts in uncertain ways, there is an increasing eagerness to deploy AI tech into both the physical and digital battlefields to gain both tactical and strategic advantage over adversaries. Based on workshops with IST and the Center for Global Security Research, "AI and Human Decision-Making" considers the implications of AI and ML for the physical and digital battlefield.

algorithms, arms race, artificial intelligence, black box, decision-making, fog of war, military, wargaming

November 28, 2018

Atlas of Crisis Communications: Nuclear States

Atlas of Crisis Communications: Nuclear States

Leah Walker and Andrew Facini present an atlas of hotlines between states with nuclear weapons, part of IST’s work efforts to reinvigorate broader nuclear crisis control through research and development aimed at identifying and solving practical nuclear risk reduction gaps.

crisis communications, CATALINK, nuclear risk reduction, Innovation and Catastrophic Risk, hotline, atlas

Testimony: Rising Threats: Ransomware Attacks and Ransom Payments, Enabled by Cryptocurrency

Testimony: Rising Threats: Ransomware Attacks and Ransom Payments, Enabled by Cryptocurrency

On June 7, 2022, IST Chief Strategy Officer Megan Stifel testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for the hearing entitled, "Rising Threats: Ransomware Attacks and Ransom Payments, Enabled by Cryptocurrency."

cybersecurity, Ransomware, ransom payments, cryptocurrency, blueprint

The Ransomware Task Force: One Year On

Progress Report

The Ransomware Task Force: One Year On

In the year since the publication of the RTF report, the Ransomware Task Force reflects on progrsss, noting a great deal of action to combat ransomware and a continued rise observed incidents. This summary briefly discusses some of the ransomware-related activity of the last year, its impact, the current threat level, and the RTF's recommendations for moving forward.

Ransomware, Future of Digital Security, RTF, cyber attacks, respond, deter, prepare, disrupt

The Lawfare Podcast: Cybersecurity and Ukraine

In the News, Podcast

The Lawfare Podcast: Cybersecurity and Ukraine

Megan Stifel joined the Lawfare Podcast to discuss the importance of cybersecurity in the war in Ukraine.

cybersecurity, Ukraine