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Something Mysterious Is Happening
In a blog reflecting on her co-authored report, AI Loss of Control Risks, Mariami Tkeshelashvili writes, "There is a difference between embracing mystery as a driver of discovery and being incurious about risks that are already becoming visible. Monitoring AI behaviours that we cannot fully explain is not pessimism—it is responsibility. It is what keeps us safe."
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February 19, 2026
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UnDisruptable27 Newsletter: Innovate narrowly, scale widely
From working with small and local communities to connecting with policymakers, UnDisruptable27’s mantra is to innovate narrowly and scale widely. As the team continues working to identify potential communities for piloting our cyber-informed, engineering first approach, we’re turning our attention to the policy sphere.
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February 17, 2026
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The Light Is Blinking Red: It’s Time for Policymakers to Wake Up to the Residential Proxy Threat
While many in Washington are still getting up to speed on the term "ResProxies," global threat actors are already using them to move through our front doors—literally. Residential proxies, which act as an intermediary to route traffic through IP addresses assigned to customers by their internet service provider, are quickly becoming a tool for cyber criminals to obfuscate their traffic and launch cyberattacks.
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February 12, 2026
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IST Launches the Andrew Carnegie AI–Nuclear Policy Accelerator
The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is pleased to announce the launch of the Andrew Carnegie AI–Nuclear Policy Accelerator, a new, practitioner-focused initiative designed to strengthen decision-making at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear policy.
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February 10, 2026
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Cybersecurity Community Celebrates Winners of Third Annual Cyber Policy Awards
Members of the cyber policy community were honored at the Third Annual Cyber Policy Awards on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before a packed house of cyber community veterans, leaders, and industry partners in Washington, D.C.
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February 6, 2026
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Spotlighting Sponsors for the Third Annual Cyber Policy Awards™
The Institute for Security and Technology, along with the Cyber Policy Awards organizing committee, is pleased to spotlight the sponsors of the Third Annual Cyber Policy Awards™.
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January 28, 2026
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