Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is essential to modern life. It’s the way we bank, shop, learn, and — increasingly — it’s the way we drive, heat our homes, and even vote. Protecting our digital lives is no longer just about ensuring we don’t lose our family pictures. It’s about protecting our values, our health, our culture, and our democracy. 
 
Aspen Digital connects, grows, and challenges cyber leaders from industry, government, and civil society to generate solutions to the critical security challenges of the digital age and maximize the positive impact of innovation on society.

Aspen Cyber Summit

An annual gathering of top leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to discuss the world’s urgent cyber issues

Emergency Management

Connecting emergency management leaders from across government, industry, and civil society to safeguard communities using technology

Featured Cyber Projects

Initiatives from our cross-sectoral convenings with leading cybersecurity experts and timely commentary by top policy leaders on the most pressing challenges they face

Global Cybersecurity Group

A broad and varied collective of approximately 40 leaders from allied and like-minded nations committed to preserving peace and freedom online

U.S. Cybersecurity Group

The nation’s leading cross-sector, public-private cybersecurity forum for translating pressing cybersecurity conversations into action

Insights and Events

Wait, Are We Winning?!: ​​Measuring Software Security

For decades, attackers in cyberspace have had more advantages than defenders. Until this balance flips and we are able to measure what winning looks like, cyber risk to software security will continue to escalate. This piece describes a framework of software security metrics to determine and assess how cyber defenders are winning, and what success…

Lost Legacy: The Risk of “End-of-Life” Technology

The US faces a dire situation – we lack the data to fully measure the risks stemming from end-of-life technology too old to fix. Any effort to develop a “cyber dashboard” must reflect this data to protect our nation’s critical systems.

The Case for a National Cyber Metrics Dashboard

Governments must work to develop national cyber metrics for cybersecurity to better inform decision-makers and allocate resources effectively.

2026 Aspen Cyber Summit

Join us in celebrating 11 years of dialogue at the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, November 18.

Old Tools, New Problems

Governments, not private mercenaries, must lead cyber retaliation. What worked in the high seas will not work in the digital battlefield.

Markle Foundation Launches AI Initiative Focused on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Press Release

New multi-sector, bipartisan effort to harness AI to save lives and protect communities through emergency preparedness and recovery.