Preventing and Managing Nuclear Crises in the 21st Century (NPT PrepCom Side Event)

On Wednesday, April 30 at 1:15 PM ET, IST and the Vienna Center for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (VCDNP) will co-host a panel discussion at the 2024 Preparatory Committee for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event will be sponsored by and opened by senior leaders from the governments of Switzerland and Germany, which both fund and politically sponsor IST’s CATALINK initiative, and will investigate how states can more readily reduce the risks of and ultimately prevent nuclear crises and conflicts in the 21st century.

Germany’s Acting Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control Amb. Susanne Riegraf and Switzerland’s Ambassador to Geneva-based International Organizations Amb. Julien Thöni will open the event, after which Reto Wollenmann will moderate a discussion featuring insights from IST’s Philip Reiner, Sylvia Mishra, and Sahil V Shah, as well as VCDNP’s Nikolai Sokov. 

Critical Effect DC

ICS Village, in partnership with the Institute for Security and Technology, Crowell LLP, the National Security Institute, and the Wilson Center, proudly present Critical Effect DC! Formerly known as Hack the Capitol, Critical Effect DC is a multi-track conference committed to bridging the gap between technical experts and policy professionals.

Register now to join us June 12-13, 2025 in Washington, D.C.!

Exploring the UK’s Ransomware Legislative Proposals

On Wednesday, March 26 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 4PM GMT, IST and the Ransomware Task Force hosted an in-depth discussion on the UK’s government recent open consultation on ransomware, which proposes significant changes to how ransomware incidents are reported and how ransomware payments are regulated. Following a short presentation on the proposals from the UK’s Home Office, Jen Ellis, Michael Klein, and Jamie MacColl participated in a panel discussion about the practical and policy implications of the proposals.

2nd Annual Cyber Policy Awards

At the Second Annual Cyber Policy Awards™ celebration in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 6, hosted by the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and presented by Microsoft, seven recipients of the Atlas trophy were announced and celebrated before a packed house of senior policy leaders, veteran cyber experts, and eminent members of industry.

Operationalizing Public-Private Partnerships — Disrupting Cyber Threats at Scale

On October 22, 2024, at 1 PM ET / 11 AM PT, the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) and the American University Washington College of Law’s Tech Law & Security Program, with the support of Microsoft, hosted an event featuring 3 panels with stakeholders from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft, and more. Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis delivered a keynote address.

Artificial Intelligence Integration in NC3: Implications for the Global Nuclear Order

The rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and the incremental integration of AI into nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems signal a new era in military strategy. On Monday, September 9, IST CEO Philip Reiner hosted a side event at the REAIM Summit in Seoul, South Korea with panelists Madeline Mortelmans (U.S. Department of Defense), Giacomo Persi Paoli (UNIDIR), Tong Zhao (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), and Anthony Bak (Palantir Technologies).

Takeaways from Trust Con

What are the key insights and takeaways from TrustCon? On August 1, Alexis Crews (Senior Fellow, Information Integrity, All Tech Is Human), Theodora Skeadas (Advisor, All Tech Is Human), Eric Davis (Senior Vice President, Institute for Security and Technology), Swapneel Mehta (Founder, SimPPL and Affiliate, All Tech Is Human), and Diane Chang (Founder, Invisible Fabric and Mentor, All Tech Is Human) hosted an interactive livestream recapping community developments on August 1, 2024, at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Watch on LinkedIn.

Hack the Capitol 7.0

May 30-31, 2024
Hack the Capitol is a cybersecurity conference held annually in the Washington DC area, focused on the security of industrial control systems. The event provides policymakers, think tanks, and the media with an opportunity to listen to leading voices in ICS security and the broader world of cybersecurity and gain hands-on experience.

Cyber Policy Awards

April 24, 2024
The Institute for Security and Technology (IST), in partnership with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, hosted the inaugural edition of The Cyber Policy Awards—an annual gathering of the U.S. cyber policy community to honor and celebrate those who drove significant progress in the preceding year, and to make resolutions for the new year.

24 in ’24: Doubling Down on Ransomware Task Force Recommendations

April 24, 2024
The Ransomware Task Force’s annual convening returned this year for 24 in ‘24: Doubling Down on the Ransomware Task Force Recommendations. As of May 2023, 50% of the Ransomware Task Force’s original 48 recommendations have seen significant progress–but what about the other 24? On April 24, we zeroed in on those 24 and discussed how we might redouble our efforts.