Strategic Balancing Initiative

TechnologIST Talks: Why Venture Capital is Indispensable for U.S. Industrial Strategy

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Innovation and Catastrophic Risk

Announcing Continued Support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office for the CATALINK Initiative 

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is pleased to announce the generous political and financial support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office Germany to continue the CATALINK Initiative through 2027.

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TechnologIST Talks

TechnologIST Talks: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

“Software is such a prevalent root cause of so many of the supply chain attacks that we’re seeing and that have been occurring. It’s the next step of evolution. We are requiring software vendors to provide verifiable attestations of those software practices.”

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announcements

Announcing Finalists for the Second Annual Cyber Policy Awards™ presented by Microsoft

The Cyber Policy Awards™ organizing committee is pleased to announce selection of 24 finalists who are in contention to receive “The Atlas” trophy, chosen by an august panel of judges from across the cyber community. The winners in each category will be revealed and celebrated at a ceremony held on the evening of Thursday, February 6, 2025 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.

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TechnologIST Talks

TechnologIST Talks: The Offense-Defense Balance

“Are we going to find vulnerabilities faster on the defense side or the offense side? And then how quickly can we fix them? And that, I think, ultimately is just to make a very complicated conversation, very simple. That’s the linchpin in this question. Who’s going to win is going to be who runs faster at the software vulnerability problem, in my view.”

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Future of Digital Security

Cybersecurity and the Clean Energy Transition

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announcements

Ransomware Task Force Announces New Funding and Partners for 2024 and Beyond

December 19, 2024 – The Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force, now in its fourth year of action, is excited to welcome Zscaler and Mastercard as new supporters. In addition, for 2024, we are grateful for the sustaining support of Craig Newmark Philanthropies, AWS, Bank of America, Banco Santander, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, […]

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Geopolitics of Technology

TechnologIST Talks: A Transatlantic Perspective on Quantum Tech

In this episode, IST Chief Strategy Officer Megan Stifel sits down with Markus Pflitsch, founder and CEO of Terra Quantum, a leading quantum technology company that offers Quantum as a Service in the areas of quantum algorithms, quantum computing, and quantum security. The two unpack the disruptive nature of quantum, contrast approaches to R&D and […]

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Cyber Policy Awards

IST Welcomes Microsoft as Presenting Partner for the Second Annual Cyber Policy Awards™

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is proud to announce Microsoft as the Presenting Partner for the upcoming Cyber Policy Awards™. The Second Annual Cyber Policy Awards™ presented by Microsoft will be held on the evening of Thursday, February 6, 2025 at the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.

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