RUSI’s Cyber research group takes a global approach to its research, examining UK and international strategic responses to cyber. The team leverages the broader experience of RUSI staff and Associate Fellows and has fostered a growing network of cyber experts from both the public and private sectors and academia.
Our research agenda is structured around the following themes: cyber strategy, cyber resilience, cyber threats and offensive cyber. The team pursues different aspects of these themes, depending upon policy priorities at any given time.
We take what can sometimes be a complex and technical subject and aim to communicate it in plain language, for non-technical audiences. Our programme of work informs and enriches policy approaches to cyber-related challenges by developing a strong evidence base that is available to policymakers and practitioners.
Current research projects examine the implementation of the UK’s 2022 National Cyber Strategy, offensive cyber operations, technology and national security in the context of the Net Zero environmental transition, cyber insurance and ransomware, responsible cyber power, and cyber capacity building.
KEY CONTACTS
James Sullivan
Director, Cyber Research
Cyber
Programmes
View the research programmes and projects by the Cyber research team.
Cyber Strategy Programme
Examining how policy and strategy can tackle the challenges posed by cyber.
Cyber Resilience Programme
Analysing how to mitigate cyber risks through building cyber-resilient societies.
Cyber Operations Programme
Examining the value and impact of interstate cyber operations and exploring different national approaches to cyber strategy, capability and development.
Cyber Threats Programme
Analysing the types of cyber threats facing societies and identifying how to mitigate them.
Related Research Programmes
Technology and National Security Research Programme
A programme at the forefront of national and international debates on the role of technology in transforming the global security landscape.
Climate, Energy and Environmental Security Research Programme
A programme addressing climate change as the backdrop to all national security, defence and foreign policy discourses.
Our team
James Sullivan
Director, Cyber Research
Cyber
Conrad Prince CB
Distinguished Fellow and Senior Cyber Adviser
Dan Marks
Research Fellow for Energy Security
Cyber
Jamie MacColl
Research Fellow
Cyber
Louise Marie Hurel
Research Fellow
Cyber
Pia Hüsch
Research Analyst for Cyber, Technology and National Security
Cyber
Joseph Jarnecki
Research Analyst
Cyber
Hugh Oberlander
Programme Manager, Cyber
Cyber
Fellows
Professor Ciaran Martin CB
Distinguished Fellow
Sir Rob Wainwright KCMG
Distinguished Fellow
Professor Madeline Carr
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Tobias Feakin
Senior Associate Fellow
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Oz Alashe MBE
Associate Fellow
Dr Jason R. C. Nurse
Associate Fellow
Robert Hannigan CMG
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Casey Babb
Associate Fellow - Expert in AI, national security and cyber conflict
George Balston
Associate Fellow
William Dixon
Associate Fellow
Dr Adrian Nish
Associate Fellow
Dr Jamie Collier
Associate Fellow
Dr Max Smeets
Associate Fellow - Expert in cyber conflict
