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Q&A with Josh Corman on UnDisruptable27

This month at BSides Las Vegas, IST Executive in Residence Joshua Corman announced the launch of UnDisruptable27, a new initiative that seeks to inform, influence, and inspire community action to strengthen the safety and security of our lifeline critical infrastructure systems by 2027. Director of Strategic Communications Sophia Mauro sat down with Josh to learn more about the newly-launched effort to strengthen the resilience of lifeline critical infrastructure.

China, critical infrastructure, TechnologIST

August 26, 2024

A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks

WIRED's Lily Hay Newman interviewed Josh Corman on the launch of UnDisruptable27. "A longtime critical infrastructure security researcher is launching a project to communicate with utility operators, municipalities, and regular people in creative ways about both urgency and optimism around protecting critical infrastructure now,” writes Newman.

BSides, China, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity

August 6, 2024

Unlocking U.S. Technological Competitiveness: Proposing Solutions to Public-Private Misalignments

This concept paper, the third and last working paper in the series, lays out how a third round of working group meetings further explored those initial solutions, building out specific ways to operationalize them, identifying specific questions that need to be addressed to achieve these goals, and suggesting potential mechanisms for achieving them

biotech, China, energy, industrial strategy, quantum

June 28, 2024

China: Nuclear Crisis Communications and Risk Reduction

In this brief, IST's Sylvia Mishra interviewed Dr. Tong Zhao for his insights on China’s approach to crisis communications and nuclear risk reduction.

China, nuclear crisis communications, nuclear risk reduction

June 26, 2024

Testimony: Red Alert: Countering the Cyberthreat from China

On May 15, 2024, Chief Trust Officer Steve Kelly testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation in a hearing entitled, "Red Alert: Countering the Cyberthreat from China."

China, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity

May 28, 2024

The Hill: The future of clean energy hinges on cybersecurity

For The Hill, IST’s Steve Kelly & CLTC Berkeley’s Sarah Powazek tackle the cybersecurity of clean energy. “As the energy grid evolves to accommodate clean electricity…the cybersecurity of these distributed technologies must evolve with it,” they write.

China, CISA, clean energy, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity

April 23, 2024

Unlocking U.S. Technological Competitiveness: Evaluating Initial Solutions to Public-Private Misalignments

In February, Strategic Balancing Initiative working groups identified key misalignments between the public & private sectors in biotech, energy & quantum. Now, SBI draws from working group insights to outline potential solutions that can bridge gaps between emerging tech and the policy apparatus.

biotech, China, energy, quantum, technological competitiveness

March 29, 2024

Strategic Balancing Initiative Hosts DC Event on Overcoming Misalignments in the Tech Development Ecosystem

On February 9, 2024, the Institute for Security and Technology's Strategic Balancing Initiative convened public and private sector stakeholders in Washington DC for a series of discussions on overcoming misalignments in the emerging technology development ecosystem to accelerate American and likeminded nations’ economic competitiveness and national security strength in the face of a systemic and well-coordinated approach by the PRC to lead in critical and emerging technologies.

China, public-private misalignments, tech competition

February 29, 2024

Episode 33: Securing, Defending, and Bringing Resilience to Infrastructure with Robert Shaughnessy

In this episode of Hack the Plant, Bryson sits down with Psymetis CEO Robert Shaughnessy to discuss his work with Psymetis, an Operational Technology security company that works on critical infrastructure; challenges to innovation in the private sector; and the role of government in developing new technologies.

China, critical infrastructure, electricity, Operational Technology

February 28, 2024

Unlocking U.S. Technological Competitiveness: Public-Private Misalignments in Biotechnology, Energy, and Quantum Sectors

This initial Strategic Balancing Initiative report summarizes key takeaways from Working Group discussions with stakeholders in the biotechnology, quantum, and energy industries, identifying the unique challenges that they face to improving U.S. competitiveness in each respective sector. The report then engages in a ‘deep dive’ on a key concept from each industry that, if actioned, would improve innovation and could ultimately drive U.S. competitiveness.

biotech, China, energy, public-private misalignments, quantum, techno-industrial competition

February 20, 2024

October 24, 2023 4:00 pm

Money Moves: Tech Investment and U.S.-China Relations

On October 24, 2023, Michael Brown, Partner at Shield Capital and former Ambassador Craig Allen, President of the U.S.-China Business Council, sat in conversation with IST Advisor Pavneet Singh to discuss the role of investment in the technology competition between the U.S. and China. Vice President for Geostrategic Risk Ben Purser kicked off the discussion with an introduction to IST’s Strategic Balancing Initiative.

China, outbound investment, technology transfer, venture capital

October 24, 2023

Ben Purser Joins IST as Vice President for Geostrategic Risk

The Institute for Security and Technology announced today the addition of Ben Purser as Vice President for Geostrategic Risk.

announcements, China, hiring

September 6, 2023

“De-risking” beyond China: Prescriptive Diversification & Allied Engagement

The recent G7 Hiroshima Leaders' Communique notably included the newer D.C. and EU rhetoric on "de-risking" with China. Although this shift sits within the context of states' relationships with China, there is significance beyond China policy, writes IST's Katherine Schmidt.

China, de-risking, industrial policy, semiconductor

June 8, 2023

November 16, 2022 10:00 am

Averting Catastrophe: Walking the Talk on Nuclear Risk Reduction and Crisis Communications

How can states build greater transparency and predictability to prevent or manage crises when prevention fails? On November 16, 2022, IST hosted a conversation with experts to share Chinese and Russian perspectives on nuclear risks.

China, nuclear crisis communications, nuclear risk reduction, Russia

November 16, 2022

Forecasting the AI and Nuclear Landscape

This report, the product of a partnership between IST and Metaculus, aims to assess the risks of escalation between the U.S. and China, including by the integration of AI into NC3.

AI, China, command, communications, control, Innovation and Catastrophic Risk, nuclear

September 21, 2022

A Most Dangerous Precedent

As digital authoritarian regimes rise across the globe, the internet has increasingly turned towards balkanization, isolating citizens within digital borders.

China, cybersecurity, digital authoritarianism, vulnerability management, zero days

July 19, 2021