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
Preparing For Q-Day
A project exploring the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) era delivering a resource for emergency planning in a “break glass” scenario.
Cyber Civil Defense
Cyber Civil Defense programming and insights from Aspen Digital and Take9 leadership.
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
2026 Consumer Cyber Readiness Report
Consumer cyber confidence in the privacy of their data is down, with 9 in 10 consumers encountering at least one digital scam or cyberattack attempt.
Spring 2026 Aspen Digital Global Cybersecurity Group Meeting
In May 2026, Aspen Digital, in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Office of the Government of Japan, convened the Global Cybersecurity Group for two days of closed-door policy dialogue. Amid a moment of geopolitical tension and rapid advances in AI, the group discussed a range of priorities fronting each nation state and industry.
The IGI Framework for Responsible Early Access to Frontier AI Models
The latest frontier AI models have demonstrated advanced cybersecurity capabilities, including the ability to identify software vulnerabilities, generate exploits, and automate complex attack chains at speed and scale. Nevertheless, frontier models continue to represent the leading edge. Early access to frontier AI models would give defenders a crucial window to assess organizational risks, validate vulnerability…
New tools, old bonds
Buried in Section 3 of the recent Presidential memorandum “Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime” is a directive that creates a workaround for letters of marque in the cyberspace. In this new piece by a contributing author Devin Lynch, we explore what this means for operations moving forward.
Countdown to Q-Day: Preparing for the Next Technological Transition
Rapid advancements in quantum computing promise to seismically change what we know about online security. Governments, businesses, and other industries are racing to prepare for “Q-Day,” when quantum computers are powerful enough to break encryption that most of the world has relied on for digital security going back decades. This blog explores how Aspen Digital…
Beyond Model Restrictions: The Case For Arming Cyber Defenders With AI
During a time of constant Artificial Intelligence (AI) whiplash, it is helpful to step back and review what has happened since Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview in early April 2026.