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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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Why Venture Capital Is Indispensable for U.S. Industrial Strategy: Activating Investors to Realize Disruptive National Capabilities

Michael Brown and Pavneet Singh

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Reports

The Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Shifting the Offense-Defense Balance

Jennifer Tang, Tiffany Saade, Steve Kelly

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Fact Sheet

IST’s Efforts in the Age of AI: An Overview

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

Ben Purser, Pavneet Singh

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Articles

The Phone-a-Friend Option: Use Cases for a U.S.-U.K.-French Crisis Communication Channel

Daniil Zhukov

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China: Nuclear Crisis Communications and Risk Reduction

Dr. Tong Zhao

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Use-Cases of Resilient Nuclear Crisis Communications: A View from Russia

Dmitry Stefanovich

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Roadmap to Potential Prohibition of Ransomware Payments

Ransomware Task Force Co-Chairs

SUMMARY

“We, the RTF Co-Chairs, have developed steps that governments and the private sector could take together to reduce the need for a prohibition on ransomware payments, or alternatively could provide a roadmap to facilitate an eventual imposition of a prohibition of ransomware payments.”

This memo from the Ransomware Task Force Co-Chairs outlines 16 proposed milestones along 4 lines of effort, primarily based on recommendations first outlined in the Ransomware Task Force report.

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