ASD contributes long and short form research products and analysis to inform and engage our audience on a range of issues related to malign foreign interference. In addition, we develop policy recommendations and strategies to close vulnerabilities and safeguard institutions from authoritarian threats.
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary In Senate hearing, Twitter and Facebook executives admit to mistakes, while Google is conspicuously absent: Facebook COO Sharyl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligenc [...]
Sweden — Preparing for the Wolf, not Crying Wolf: Anticipating and Tracking Influence Operations in Advance of Sweden’s 2018 General Elections
Since early 2017, the Swedish government has been training citizens, media, and civil services to be on alert for foreign influence operations, especially from the Russian government, aimed at undermining the September 9 parliamentary elections. Thi [...]
Tech Companies Must Do More to Secure U.S. Elections from Authoritarian Interference
With only two months until the November midterms, Silicon Valley’s efforts to secure our elections from authoritarian interference have been more talk than action. Recent steps by several tech companies to uncover and expose interference operations [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary Efforts to secure the November midterms are still lagging: The Secure Elections Act, which seeks to improve the security of U.S. election systems, is currently stalled in the Senate. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary Microsoft and social media companies uncover influence campaigns from Iran, Russia: Last week, Microsoft announced it dismantled a phishing campaign by the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Fancy Bear (also known as APT28 or [...]
Russian Investments in the United States: Hardening the Target
The United States is the single largest recipient of foreign investment worldwide. This openness reflects the country’s innovative industries, deep capital markets, and ease of doing business – and it also contributes to making them possible. At the [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary Federal and state officials address vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted a three-day “National Election Cyber Exercise” to “identify best practices and areas for improvemen [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary U.S. sanctions Russia over Skripal poisoning: The United States announced new sanctions on Russia as mandated under the 1991 Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act for the “attempt to assassinate U.K [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
ASD Congressional Testimony on "Foreign Influence Operations on Social Media" The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Director Laura Rosenberger testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on August 1 to discuss foreign adversaries’ [...]
Laura Rosenberger’s Oral Statement at SSCI’s Hearing on Foreign Influence Operations on Social Media
Thank you Chairman Burr, Vice Chairman Warner, and Distinguished Members of the Committee. I submitted my full statement for the record, but let me highlight key points on the national security context of these activities and steps we need to take [...]
Foreign Influence Operations and their use of Social Media Platforms
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger testified at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's hearing about "Foreign Influence Operations and their use of Social Media" on August 1, 2018. Rosenberger's complete written statement that was submitted to t [...]
Securing Democracy Dispatch
News and Commentary U.S. lawmakers push for more sanctions against Russia: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) announced their push for additional sanctions against Russia for its attempts to undermine democracies. The senators s [...]