Transatlantic Cyber Forum

• Use of surveillance software by law enforcement agencies

• Government disclosure decision processes

• Securing elections

• Technological innovation for intelligence surveillance control

• Securing machine learning applications

• Protection of the machine learning supply chain

• Government's role in securing Open-Source Software

• Cybersecurity support deployment

• Responsible active cyber defense operations

• Responsible vulnerability disclosure and mitigation sharing

The work was conducted by working groups with 30-50 experts each through online and face-to-face workshops in Berlin and Washington D.C., and through online collaboration.

The current TCF working group focuses on 'Irresponsible Behavior During Cyber Operations,' with a particular emphasis on state-backed Chinese campaigns.

Members of this working group are:

1. Charles-Pierre Astolfi (Seedfence)
2. Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug
3. Eugenio Benincasa (ETH Zurich)
4. Dakota Cary (Atlantic Council)
5. Mei Danowski (Natto Thoughts)
6. the grugq (PhD Researcher)
7. Thomas 'halvarflake' Dullien
8. Finn Hagemann (valantic)
9. Lars Fischer (Bremerhaven University of Applied Science)
10. Yorck Hesselbarth (London School of Economics)
11. Antonia Hmaidi (Mercator Institute for China Studies)
12. Sherry Huang
13. Joanna Kulesza (Lodz Cyber Hub)
14. Christoph Lobmeyer
15. Igor Mikolic-Torreira (Center for Security and Emerging Technology)
16. Lukasz Olejnik (King's College London)
17. Alexandra Paulus (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
18. Pavlina Pavlova (New America)
19. Daniel Plohmann (University of Bonn)
20. Jörg Pohle (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society)
21. Thomas Reinhold (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt)
22. Kristin del Rosso (DEVSEC)
23. Matthias Schulze (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy)
24. Adam Segal (Council on Foreign Relations)
25. Fernando Sol (Tufts University)
26. Aleksandra Sowa (PET, GI e.V.)
27. Jasmin Stadler (GovCERT NCSC-CH)
28. Timo Steffens (German Federal Office for Information Security)
29. Megan Stifel (Institute for Security and Technology)
30. Fei Su (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
31. Tom Uren (Risky Business)
32. Eric Veith (OFFIS)
33. Julian-Ferdinand Vögele (Recorded Future)

• Policy Brief – Vulnerability Disclosure: Guiding Governments from Norm to Action

• Policy Brief - Active Cyber Defense: Toward Operational Norms

• Policy Brief - Cybersecurity Support Deployments: An Emerging Cooperative Approach

• Policy Brief - Fostering Open Source Software Security 

• Policy Brief - Active Cyber Defense Operations: Assessment and Safeguards 

• Policy Brief - Securing Artificial Intelligence (Part 2) - Understanding the Security Implications of the Machine-Learning Supply Chain

• Policy Brief - Securing Artificial Intelligence (Part 1) - The attack surface of machine learning and its implications

• Policy Brief - Governmental Vulnerability Assessment and Management

• Policy Brief - A Framework for Government Hacking in Criminal Investigations

• Policy Brief - Securing Democracy in Cyberspace: An Approach to Protecting Data-Driven Elections

• Impulse - Options for more Effective Intelligence Oversight

• Policy Brief - Cyber Operations: Defending Political IT-Infrastructures

• Policy Brief - Government Hacking: Computer Security vs. Investigative Powers

• Statement - Initial Take-Away: Encryption Policy and "Government Hacking"

The TCF project team regularly engages in events and presentations including the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, the European Parliament and the German Bundestag and is cited in national and international media including leading German media outlets as well as for example the New York Times and the Washington Post.