“Decision Points in AI Governance” takes an in-depth look at recent efforts to translate artificial intelligence (AI) principles into practice. Authored by CLTC Research Fellow and AI Security Initiative (AISI) Program Lead Jessica Cussins Newman, the report provides an overview of 35 efforts already under way to implement AI principles, and highlights three recent efforts as case studies.
To mark our five-year anniversary, the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) has produced a new report looking back on what we’ve achieved so far — and where we’re going. “Five years ago, we launched CLTC with a mission to look over the horizon,” wrote Steve Weber and Ann Cleaveland,…
CLTC has launched a new series of “explainer videos” to break down complex cybersecurity-related topics for a lay audience. The first of these videos focuses on “adversarial machine learning,” when AI systems can be deceived (by attackers or “adversaries”) into making incorrect assessments. An adversarial attack might entail…
In 2015, CLTC developed a set of scenarios depicting various “cybersecurity futures” for the year 2020. As the year 2020 has arrived, Professor Steve Weber, Faculty Director for CLTC, wrote a post on the CLTC Bulletin assessing those scenarios, including what we foresaw — and what we didn’t.
To what extent is the internet “splintering” across national borders? That hotly debated question is at the center of a new research initiative from the Daylight Security Research Lab. The “Internet Fragmentation Index” is a first-of-its kind analysis of how different countries’ internets are (or are not) similar.
This report by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and Booz Allen Hamilton uses insights gleaned from board members with 130+ years of board service across nine industry sectors to offer guidance for boards of directors in managing cybersecurity within large global companies. The report, “Resilient Governance for Boards of Directors: Considerations for Effective Oversight of Cyber Risk,” provides an innovative framework to help boards take a dynamic approach to cybersecurity governance and oversight. The report identifies four “dynamic tensions” likely to shape board governance and oversight of cybersecurity. This includes an organization’s overall risk model or mindset; distribution of cybersecurity expertise on the board; balance between cooperation and competition with other enterprises; and the model for information flows between management and the board.
A new report co-published by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and Technology for Global Security (Tech4GS) provides a blueprint for how the U.S. government and private-sector companies can collaborate to prepare for a cyberwar or other massive cyberattack on U.S. interests. Authored by Jonathan Reiber, former Chief Strategy Officer for Cyber Policy and speechwriter in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, “A Public, Private War: How the U.S. Government and U.S. Technology Sector Can Build Trust and Better Prepare for Conflict in the Digital Age” outlines a series of policy recommendations for both the government and companies to improve their preparedness.
CLTC has launched a new “publication” on Medium, the popular blogging platform. Designed to be a more informal outlet for our communications, the CLTC Bulletin features news, research and opinions from CLTC staff and researchers. Check it out at https://medium.com/cltc-bulletin.
This report, “Cyber Industrial Policy in an Era of Strategic Competition,” outlines diverse industrial policy approaches that governments can use to bolster their domestic cybersecurity and technology industries. ‘Industrial policy’ refers to non-market efforts by governments to grow sectors of the economy that are deemed to be strategically important, but that are under developed as a result of market dynamics.In their report, the authors—Vinod K. Aggarwal, Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, and Andrew W. Reddie, PhD candidate—argue that cybersecurity is particularly well-suited for government intervention because cyberattacks pose a significant security and economic problem for governments and firms, but growth in the cybersecurity industry has been limited by labor shortages and other challenges.
“Improving Cybersecurity Awareness in Underserved Populations” highlights how ‘underserved’ residents in San Francisco—including low-income residents, seniors, and foreign language speakers—face higher-than-average risks of being victims of cyber attacks. The report was authored by Ahmad Sultan, a recent graduate of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, who partnered with officials from the City and County of San Francisco to study the cybersecurity awareness of underserved citizens.
The 2018 Annual Report highlights many of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s achievements from the year 2018, a year that saw the launch of Citizen Clinic, the world’s first public-interest cybersecurity clinic, as well as a year-long collaboration with the World Economic Forum focused on the future of cybersecurity.
Authored by Jessica Cussins Newman, Research Fellow with the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), this paper “Toward AI Security: Global Aspirations for a More Resilient Future,” introduces a new framework for global artificial intelligence (AI) security alongisde an analysis of government strategies from around the world, including the US, China, France, and India. The report highlights significant divergences between government approaches to the security implications of AI, but also identifies numerous synergies that can be leveraged to support global coordination.
Produced through a collaboration between the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), CNA’s Institute for Public Research (CNA), and the World Economic Forum’s Global Centre for Cybersecurity (C4C), this report includes a set of four scenarios depicting possible futures that could result from the rise of artificial intelligence, ubiquitous sensors, quantum computing, divergent internet regulations, and other trends. The project team convened a series of workshops in seven international cities to engage experts and decision-makers in dialogue about the challenges and opportunities the scenarios depict. The report provides an overview of key findings, as well as the full scenarios themselves.
Authored by Sean Brooks, Research Fellow with the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), this paper “Defending Politically Vulnerable Organizations Online,” provides an overview of cybersecurity threats to civil society organizations targeted for political purposes, and explores the ecosystem of resources available to help these organizations improve their cybersecurity. The report details how media outlets, human rights groups, NGOs, and other politically vulnerable organizations face significant cybersecurity threats—often at the hands of powerful governments— but have limited resources to protect themselves.
This report was published by the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity in partnership with researchers from the Internet of Things Privacy Forum. The report provides an overview of some of the key privacy issues resulting from the expansion of the IoT, as well as emerging frameworks that could help policymakers and corporate leaders reduce potential harms through regulation and product design.
Authored by researchers from American University and published by the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, this report details findings from a novel experiment that assessed how diverse actors—including nation-states, non-state organizations like ISIS, cyber-activist groups such as Wikileaks, and other groups—are likely to use cyber operations in the context of an escalating conflict.
The 2017 Annual Report highlights different areas of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s operations from 2017, including our research and thought leadership, education, collaboration and strategic communication, and continuing organizational development.
Authored by Jonathan Reiber, Visiting Scholar at CLTC and former Chief Strategy Officer for Cyber Policy in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Arun Mohan Sukumar, head of the Technology, Society, and Security Program at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, the study focuses on how technological growth could place populations at risk in cyberspace, and explores the nexus of nationalism and cyberspace operations in one of the world’s most dynamic economic regions.