Suzanne Spaulding

Jul 10, 2024 | fdd.org | Suzanne Spaulding

In the future, NATO will need an institutional platform for operational collaboration in cyber among member states and the private sector. A new cyber center scheduled to be announced at the July summit will fall short of this aspiration, but it should prioritize the situational awareness and information sharing necessary to support a rapid transition to operational collaboration. At its first annual Cyber Defence Conference in Berlin last November, NATO agreed to establish a NATO cyber center.

Jul 8, 2024 | csis.org | Suzanne Spaulding |Mark Montgomery

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary. In the future, NATO will need an institutional platform for operational collaboration in cyber among member states and the private sector.

Jul 11, 2023 | csis.org | Emily Harding |Suzanne Spaulding

In May 2021, papers across the country were covered with pictures of long lines at gas stations and stories of gas shortages all over the East Coast. The cause was a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, but it wasn’t on their operational technology (OT)—it was on their billing department. The company decided to shut down its entire OT because it was unsure how far the malware had spread.