This week we catch up with Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the think tank Silverado Policy Accelerator (SPA) and co-founder of Crowdstrike. He shares details on the newly launched Alperovitch Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies offering MA-PhD programs that intertwine cybersecurity and statecraft giving students the opportunity to study adversaries' unique motivations, capabilities and histories. We also discuss the key policy areas that SPA is focusing on including cyber trade and industrial security and eco-sec as we consider the impact and future of security. He also breaks down the CHIPS Act, why offensive strategies are important and their potential psychological impact on cyber gangs, and how cryptocurrency exchange sanctions could impact the financial incentive of ransomware gangs. On December 7th at 9:00 a.m. ET be sure to tune into SPA's moderated discussion, led by Alperovitch and a panel of lawmakers and policy experts discussing the national security challenges stemming from America's dependence on East Asia for semiconductor manufacturing. More details are at silverado.org/events.

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