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Here’s the Big Deal Trump and Putin Could Actually Reach in Alaska

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Here’s the Big Deal Trump and Putin Could Actually Reach in Alaska

The meeting of Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska this week presents a rare and urgent opening for both leaders to make tangible progress on nuclear arms control, IST Senior Policy Advisor Sahil V. Shah and co-author IMEMO RAS research fellow Dmitry Stefanovich argue in Politico. 
arms race, CATALINK, crisis communication, New START Treaty, Russia
August 15, 2025
Picture Your Hospital

Video

Picture Your Hospital

What happens when a hospital — your hospital — can't delivery timely care?
critical infrastructure, emergency care, hospital cybersecurity, hospitals, patient care, water
August 15, 2025
Improving Private Sector Cyber Victim Notification and Support

Report

Improving Private Sector Cyber Victim Notification and Support

Building off the Cyber Safety Review Board’s recommendation that cloud service providers work with mobile device platform vendors to develop an “amber alert”-style notification mechanism, IST Adjunct Advisor Rob Knake explores the challenges to developing the native-notification concept and lays out a roadmap for overcoming them.
cyber, incident response, Victim Notification
August 14, 2025
Cybersecurity Considerations for Universal Service Fund Reform

Memo, Primer

Cybersecurity Considerations for Universal Service Fund Reform

As the speed, scope, and impact of cyber threats to K-12 schools continues to increase, Congress has expressed a clear desire to reinvigorate the Universal Service Fund (USF) through legislation. IST SVP for Policy Nicholas Leiserson explores how USF funding, through the FCC's E-Rate Program, could bolster cybersecurity resources for K-12 schools.
congress, cyber, cybersecurity, E-Rate, education, k-12, schools, Universal Service Fund, USF
July 25, 2025
Exercise VEIL STORM I: After Action Report

AAR, Report

Exercise VEIL STORM I: After Action Report

In partnership with Europol, the Institute for Security and Technology and the Ransomware Task Force’s International Engagement Working Group designed and delivered Exercise VEIL STORM I, a tabletop exercise focused on operational collaboration across international law enforcement agencies and private sector firms in responding to cyber incidents. This after-action report summarizes the proceedings and key takeaways of the exercise.
cyber insurance, cybersecurity, disruption, Europol, information sharing, operational collaboration, public-private collaboration, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware
July 23, 2025
Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels

Report

Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels

En réponse à la mesure 3.1.1 du rapport du Groupe de travail sur la lutte contre les rançongiciels, qui recommande à la communauté de la cybersécurité d’« élaborer un cadre clair de mesures exécutables d’atténuation, d’intervention et de récupération relatives aux rançongiciels », le Groupe de travail sur le Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels a intégré au présent document un sous-ensemble structuré de mesures de protection essentielles en matière de cyberhygiène3, puisées dans le site Web Contrôles de sécurité essentiels du contrôles du CIS® v8.
blueprint, cybersecurity, defend, protect, Ransomware, respond
July 14, 2025
Nick Leiserson and Michael Klein: Urgent Changes Needed to Update the E-Rate Program

In the News, Op-ed

Nick Leiserson and Michael Klein: Urgent Changes Needed to Update the E-Rate Program

For Broadband Breakfast, IST Senior VP for Policy Nicholas Leiserson and Senior Director for Preparedness and Response Michael Klein make the case for expanding the FCC’s E-Rate program to bolster the cybersecurity resilience of K-12 schools.
Reauthorization of CISA ’15: 10 Years Later, New Threats, Exigent Urgency

In the News, Op-ed

Reauthorization of CISA ’15: 10 Years Later, New Threats, Exigent Urgency

In an op-ed for Claroty Nexus, IST Chief Strategy Officer Megan Stifel calls on Congress to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA ’15), which improves and incentivizes the sharing of cyber threat indicators and information about defensive measures taken against cyber threats between public and private sectors.
Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Command, Control & Communications: A Technical Primer

Report

Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Command, Control & Communications: A Technical Primer

AI has been integral to nuclear weapons systems and operations for decades, but rapidly advancing “novel” models pose unforeseen technical opportunities. For the Institute for Security and Technology’s scenario-driven workshop on the integration of AI into NC3 systems, IST’s Sylvia Mishra and Philip Reiner co-authored a short primer to establish what constitutes 'novel' AI in the context of nuclear weapons decision-making.
Michael Klein joins press conference announcing $3.7 million grant for Kentucky school cybersecurity

In the News

Michael Klein joins press conference announcing $3.7 million grant for Kentucky school cybersecurity

IST Senior Director for Preparedness and Response Michael Klein joined a Jefferson County Public Schools press conference in Louisville, Kentucky to announce a $3.7 million award from the Federal Communications Commission to bolster the district’s cybersecurity defenses.