Virtual Library

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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Fact Sheet

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

Strategic Balancing Initiative

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Fact Sheet

White House Releases Outbound Investment Executive Order

Strategic Balancing Initiative

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Reports

Strengthening Resilience in 21st Century Crisis Communications

Alexa Wehsener, Sylvia Mishra

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Fact Sheet

DoD Releases the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy

Strategic Balancing Initiative

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Reports

Mapping Threat Actor Behavior in the Ransomware Payment Ecosystem: A Mini-Pilot

Zoë Brammer

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Reports

May 2023 Progress Report: Ransomware Task Force: Gaining Ground

Ransomware Task Force

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Reports

Castles Built on Sand: Towards Securing the Open-Source Software Ecosystem

Zoë Brammer, Silas Cutler, Marc Rogers, Megan Stifel

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The Truth about Ransomware (and How to Stop It)

Megan Stifel and Eric Greenwald

SUMMARY

“In the latest episode of Finite State’s podcast, “IoT: The Internet of Threats,” Megan Stifel, Chief Strategy Officer at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) and co-chair of the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) Working Group, joins podcast host Eric Greenwald to discuss the current and future state of ransomware, what small- and medium-sized businesses can do to fight ransomware, and whether tactics like regulation and insurance actually help or hurt the fight against ransomware​​.”

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