National Security

Cyber Defense Assistance and Ukraine

Over the past three years, companies from the West have acted to provide cyber defense assistance to Ukraine. What are the lessons learned?

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Aspen Security Forum Goes to Washington

Explore key takeaways from the 2024 Aspen Security Forum: DC Edition.

Climate Security and the Cost of Conflict: Lessons from the NATO Youth Summit

At the 2024 NATO Youth Summit, experts discussed the geopolitical implications of climate change as a threat multiplier, and NATO’s efforts in environmental security.

2023 Aspen Cyber Summit

Following President Biden’s landmark Executive Order, leaders broke down how Generative AI will impact cybersecurity today and in the future.

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The Evolving Role of the CISO

Guidelines for how organizations can equip their information security teams to handle both the evolving threat landscape and their broader corporate responsibilities.

Stronger Together: Cyber Civil Defense at One Year

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 — Each of us has the ability to improve our own cybersecurity, protect our own data and privacy and, by extension, our national and economic security. craig newmark philanthropies and Aspen Digital will highlight the one-year anniversary of Craig Newmark’s launch of the Cyber Civil Defense (CCD) initiative, a broad coalition of organizations dedicated to educating and protecting Americans amid escalating cybersecurity threats.

An “All-Tools” Approach to Disrupting Digital Threats

MARCH 15, 2023 – A discussion of the “all-tools” approach to disrupting digital threats, and how the U.S. government uses investment strategy, trade policy, prosecutions, and export controls to address threats to national security.

The Cyber Defense Assistance Imperative – Lessons from Ukraine

Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed moment, and unique in that a major nation-state had engaged in coordinated, convergent digital and physical attacks in an effort to conquer a neighboring country. Leaders will draw lessons from this conflict for years, but one is already clear: the ability to deliver cyber defense assistance must be a key national security capability.

The Space Imperative: A Whole-Of-Nation Approach to a Sustainable, Secure, and Resilient Space Domain

U.S. leadership in space is at a critical juncture. Commercial, civil, and military stakeholders need to take a whole-of-nation approach to handle the increased competition in space, according to a study by MITRE and the Aspen Institute.

Our Way of Life Depends on Building a New, Just Energy System

We need the right policies to meet the energy needs of today without derailing our climate goals for the future.

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