In our conversations with Latin American government officials and private sector representatives, we were struck by a shared sense of urgency to address ransomware.

The Biden administration today released its 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy. We note 3 key priorities from the strategy that have the potential to directly affect our work.

In 2022, cybersecurity took center stage. Three prominent developments stand out: first, cyber threats are multiplying, drawing increasing attention from professionals across multiple economic sectors; second, assumptions about the benefits of technology-driven transparency seem increasingly tenuous; and third, a growing consensus about the range of cyber threats is breathing new life into efforts at cyber capacity building. 

In the 6 months since the publication of the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) Progress Report this May, we have seen a great deal of action to combat ransomware, but we have also seen the scale of the threat continue to grow, even as stakeholders continue to focus on it.

Cryptocurrency and Web3 operate on many of the same concepts and technologies, including decentralization, peer to peer networking, and the blockchain. As a result, many of the issues identified with cryptocurrency are likely to introduce instability and new security concerns to the Web3 space. 

As cryptocurrencies become increasingly popular, so do new efforts to regulate them. This post outlines the challenges that arise in applying existing regulatory approaches to cryptocurrencies.