Cybersecurity
A Few Questions on Cybersecurity and the Cloud
Trey Herr, Garrett Hinck, Tim Maurer Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 9:08 AM
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Tim Maurer co-directs the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on cyberspace and international affairs, namely cybersecurity, human rights online, and Internet governance. Maurer is a member of several U.S. track 1.5 cyber dialogues and the Freedom Online Coalition’s cybersecurity working group “An Internet Free and Secure.” He was a member of the Research Advisory Network of the Global Commission on Internet Governance, co-chaired the Advisory Board of the 2015 Global Conference on CyberSpace in The Hague, and developed the Global Cyber Definitions Database for the chair of the OSCE to support the implementation of the organization’s cyber confidence-building measures.
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Cybersecurity and Deterrence
What’s the Point of Charging Foreign State-Linked Hackers?
Garrett Hinck, Tim Maurer Fri, May 24, 2019, 11:20 AM
The May 7 indictment of a Chinese national and unnamed conspirator for hacking and stealing data from nearly 80 million customers of the health care company Anthem in 2015, which researchers previously linked to Chinese state-sponsored actors, is the latest iteration of a four-year U.S.
Aegis Paper Series
The Case for Pragmatism and an Opportunity for Sino-US Leadership: Protecting Financial Stability Against Cyber Threats
Tim Maurer Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 12:53 PM
Geopolitical tensions are on the rise worldwide, including between China and the United States. This will make multilateral cooperation and engagement generally, and diplomatic efforts focusing on more comprehensive frameworks specifically, more challenging. At the same time, the technological change will persist, transforming societies that become increasingly digitally connected in terms of both humans and machines. Governments can either manage emerging risks associated with this transformation proactively or respond reactively to them after major incidents.
Election security
Why Latin America Needs to Prepare Now for Election Meddling
Tim Maurer, Agustin Rossi Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 10:30 AM
The Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 U.S. elections caught the world by surprise. This wasn’t because election interference of that kind hadn’t happened before—it had, just ask the Ukrainians—but simply because no one thought the Kremlin would dare to challenge one of the world’s great powers so blatantly.
Cybersecurity
Toward A Global Norm Against Manipulating the Integrity of Financial Data
Tim Maurer, Ariel E. Levite, George Perkovich Tue, Mar 28, 2017, 10:14 AM
On March 18, 2017, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors issued a communiqué highlighting that:
Cybersecurity: LOAC-Military
What to Read: International Relations in Cyber Security
Tim Maurer, Hannes Ebert Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 2:26 PM
With the release of the much-anticipated Tallinn Manual 2.0, some additional attention is focused on the difficult questions of international law in cyberspace.