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Our virtual library is an online repository of all of the reports, papers, and briefings that IST has produced, as well as works that have influenced our thinking.

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Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3): A Primer on Strategic Warning, Decision Support, and Adaptive Targeting Subsystems 

Alice Saltini, Sylvia Mishra, Philip Reiner

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Securing the Signal: Mitigation Strategies to Strengthen Crisis Communication Channels

Christian Steins

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Strengthening Nuclear Crisis Communications: Steps to Implement Mesh Networks to Enhance Resilience & Security

Christian Steins

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Enhancing Cyber Resilience through Insurance: Revisiting Anti-Bundling Regulation

Sophia Mauro and Taylor Grossman

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ROOST Reminds Us Why Open Source Tools Matter

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Navigating AI Compliance, Part 2: Risk Mitigation Strategies for Safeguarding Against Future Failures

Mariami Tkeshelashvili, Tiffany Saade

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Deterring the Abuse of U.S. IaaS Products: Recommendations for a Consortium Approach

Steve Kelly, Tiffany Saade

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DOD and SBA Launch the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology (SBICCT) Initiative

Strategic Balancing Initiative

SUMMARY

The U.S. government continues its push to create access to government-backed financing to reduce risk for investing in emerging technologies. On Friday, September 29, 2023, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the launch of the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology (SBICCT) Initiative. This will pair private capital with federally-guaranteed loans in a program executed jointly by the DoD’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the SBA’s Office of Investment and Innovation (OII). Per the Investment Policy Statement (IPS), emphasis will be placed on investment into the following:

  1. Enabling technologies: Advancing component technologies with broad effects across technology areas.
  2. Enhancing U.S. competitiveness: Creating advantages in manufacturing, strengthening market positions, and intellectual property development.
  3. Patient capital: Investing in opportunities that require patient capital to overcome commercialization and scale challenges (i.e., capital-intensive hardware-based technologies.
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