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Active Defense, the Congressional Agenda, Teen Hackers, and Critical Infrastructure Resilience: IST at RSA
IST will once again join the global community of cyber experts in convening in San Francisco for RSAC this March! From active defense, to the congressional agenda, to stopping teen hackers, the IST team and adjuncts will tackle complex issues across sectors.
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artificial inteligence
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critical infrastructure
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cyber
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cyber attacks
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Cyber Civil Defense
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cybersecurity
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Ransomware
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resilience
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RSA
January 28, 2026
Blog
The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon – IST Hosts Book Talk with Author Ankit Panda
IST’s Nuclear Policy team hosted international security expert and author Ankit Panda in Palo Alto to learn more about his latest book unpacking the trilateral nuclear competition between the United States, China, and Russia. IST CEO Philip Reiner sat down for a fireside chat with Ankit, highlighting in their discussion the need to collectively identify political and technical solutions to address the nexus of emerging technologies and the new nuclear age.
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and communications
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artificial inteligence
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China
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control
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NC3
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nuclear
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nuclear command
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nuclear risk
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Russia
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United States
November 17, 2025
Report
Navigating AI Compliance, Part 1: Tracing Failure Patterns in History
What is the risk of compliance failure in AI foundation models, and how can it be mitigated? The AI Risk Reduction Initiative’s latest report analyzes the history of failures across industries in an effort to avoid future pitfalls, and offers practical frameworks and definitions for practitioners navigating the complex compliance landscape. The first of a two-part series, this report examines 11 case studies from AI-adjacent industries to identify three distinct failure categories: institutional, procedural, and performance.
artificial inteligence
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compliance
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cybersecurity
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Future of Digital Security
December 10, 2024
Report
How Does Access Impact Risk? Assessing AI Foundation Model Risk Along a Gradient of Access
Uninhibited access to powerful AI models and their components significantly increases the risk these models pose across a range of categories, as well as the ability for malicious actors to abuse AI capabilities and cause harm.
artificial inteligence
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bias
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capability overhang
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compliance failure
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foundation model
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human out of the loop
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LLMs
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malicious use
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risk-mitigation
December 13, 2023
Event
August 23, 2020 1:00 pm
Reddit Ask Me Anything with Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and Harvard PhD student
The Institute for Security and Technology facilitated a Reddit AMA with Elsa Kania, an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. Elsa researches Chinese military innovation and the geopolitical implications of emerging technologies like 5G and artificial intelligence.
5G
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artificial inteligence
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China
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emerging technologies
August 23, 2020
Podcast
China, Technology, and the Security Dilemma
In this episode, Elsa Kania joins Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes to assess how emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fifth-generation telecommunications, and quantum communications—may affect China’s NC3.
5G
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artificial inteligence
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China
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cloud computing
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complexity
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NC3
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quantum
September 5, 2019
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