As cyber connectivity increases, foreign actors have been able to exploit vulnerabilities on smartphones, computers, and the digital infrastructure that supports them to undermine democracies. Probing and penetrating computer networks and connected systems allows malign actors to surreptitiously steal, alter, and collect data, damaging citizens’ privacy and disrupting organizational and institutional processes in democracies. Find ASD’s work on cybersecurity on this page.
Jennifer Gurev and David Levine on Holding Safe Elections Under Coronavirus
ASD Junior Fellow Jennifer Gurev and Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discuss election integrity during the threat of coronavirus, and explore examples like the elections in Poland and the cyber attacks in North Macedonia. [...]
Zack Cooper and Bret Schafer Discuss Election Preparedness at The City Club of Cleveland
ASD Director Zack Cooper and Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer joined Girma Parris of Case Western Reserve University on a panel at The City Club of Cleveland to discuss the United States' disinformation and election security prep [...]
Laura Rosenberger Discusses Progress Made Since 2016 on CFR’s Why It Matters Podcast
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger sat down with Gabrielle Sierra of the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss efforts the United States has taken since 2016 to secure the integrity of our political system on CFR's Why It Matters Podcast. [...]
Laura Rosenberger Discusses Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy on the ‘Deep Dish Podcast’
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger joined Stanford University’s Jacob Helberg to discuss digital interference, misinformation, and data privacy within the lens of geopolitics on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' "Deep Dish Podcast." [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Protecting the Digital Landscape and our Elections at the Aspen Institute
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger joined Renee DiResta of the Stanford Internet Observatory at the Aspen Institute to discuss the intersection between the digital landscape and safeguarding the integrity of our elections. [...]
Lindsay Gorman and Karen Kornbluh in NBC Think: China tries to push U.S. tech companies around in Hong Kong. Here’s how to push back.
To counter authoritarian information manipulation and control, the United States needs to support free expression and harness innovation through organizations like the Open Tech Fund, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman and Karen Kornbluh, d [...]
Laura Rosenberger on the National Security Implications of the Twitter Hack on CNN
The hijack of several high-profile Twitter feeds raises concern:could America's adversaries crash markets, ruin elections, or start a war with fake tweets? Director Laura Rosenberger discussed CNN to discuss these concerns. [...]
David Levine and Bret Schafer on Social Media and Foreign Interference on the 2020 Elections at the Secure Elections Network
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer discuss social media and foreign interference in the upcoming 2020 election in an online discussion with the Secure Elections Network. [...]
A Note on Coming Updates to the Authoritarian Interference Tracker
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Authoritarian Interference Tracker maps and catalogs over 400 instances of Russian state-sponsored efforts to undermine democracy in over 40 countries. The Tracker documents five tools authoritarian regimes use [...]
Laura Rosenberger Talks 2020 Election Security on ‘Intelligence Matters’
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with ASD Director Laura Rosenberger. Rosenberger details the breadth of foreign interference threats the U.S. faces ahead of the 2020 presidential election from known actors like Ru [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy in Foreign Affairs
Democratic countries view information as an empowering force in the hands of people, while authoritarian systems see this model as a threat; they use surveillance, censorship, and information manipulation to shore up their power and weaken democrati [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Protecting Democracy in the Digital Era at the Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková gave a talk on protecting democracy in the digital age at the Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable in Lisbon. [...]