Research Library

The Roadmap to Community Cyber Defense: A Path Forward from the Cyber Resilience Corps

By: Sarah Powazek, Grace Menna

Community organizations — including nonprofits, hospitals, schools, local utilities, city governments, and small businesses — deliver vital services to the public, but they are often the least prepared to…

Survey of Search Engine Safeguards and their Applicability for AI

By: Evan R. Murphy, Nada Madkour, Deepika Raman, Krystal Jackson, Jessica Newman, Survey of Search Engine Safeguards and their Applicability for AI

A new research paper from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity examines how safeguards designed for search engines could be adopted by developers of AI systems like ChatGPT. The…

The South Korean Digital Paradox: How South Korea’s Internet Development Model Creates Unique Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

By: Nick Merrill, The South Korean Digital Paradox: How South Korea’s Internet Development Model Creates Unique Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

South Korea is home to one of the world’s most robust digital infrastructures, largely as a result of a government-led development model that has favored domestic technologies. Nearly…

Managing Commercial Spyware Through Export Controls: Lessons Learned from the Wassenaar Experience

By: Elaine Korzak

A new white paper from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity explores the use of international export controls to limit the dissemination of commercial spyware technologies. The paper, “Managing…

Intolerable Risk Threshold Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence

By: Deepika Raman, Nada Madkour, Evan R. Murphy, Krystal Jackson, Jessica Newman

January has already seen the release of new frontier models that are creating waves with unprecedented innovation in their development and uplift in their capabilities. Simultaneously, we are…

Impacts of Open Radio Access Networks for Operators, Policymakers, and Consumers

By: Jon Metzler

  A new white paper published by the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity examines the implications of “open radio access networks,” or Open RAN, a movement focused…

AI Risk-Management Standards Profile for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) and Foundation Models

By: Anthony Barrett, Jessica Newman, Brandie Nonnecke, Nada Madkour, Dan Hendrycks, Evan R. Murphy, Krystal Jackson, Deepika Raman

The first annual update to the AI Risk-Management Standards Profile for General-Purpose AI Systems (GPAIS) and Foundation Models (Version 1.1) has been published by a team of researchers…

CyberCAN: Cybersecurity for Cities and Nonprofits

By: Sarah Powazek, Shannon Pierson

A new CLTC report provides guidance to help government leaders in San Francisco and other cities more effectively support the digital security of local nonprofits. The report, “CyberCAN:…

Resistance to Text-to-Image Generators in Creator Communities

Text-to-image generators like DALL-E have sparked controversy among artistic creators, who are concerned about how generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) models have been trained with copyright-protected materials. A…

Cyber Resilience and Social Equity: Twin Pillars of a Sustainable Energy Future

By: Emma Stewart, Remy Stolworthy, Virginia Wright

A report published by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, Cyber Resilience and Social Equity: Twin Pillars of a Sustainable Energy Future, examines the importance of cybersecurity in ensuring equitable access to energy. In an era of worsening cybersecurity threats, the paper advocates for “sustainable energy delivery systems that ensure robust defenses without compromising the goals of reducing energy poverty and ensuring energy security.”