Expertise
- Science and Technology
- Security and Defense
Wilson Center Projects
What鈥檚 Old Is New 鈥 and Other Lessons about 鈥淐yber War鈥 from the Russo- Ukraine Conflict
Full Biography
Mary Brooks is a researcher, writer and documentarian at the nexus of foreign policy, conflict, cybersecurity, and technology. She was previously a Fellow in the Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats program at the R Street Institute, where she wrote on a number of cutting-edge issues, including supply chain policy and novel methods of measuring trends in cybersecurity, and has published work in Lawfare, The Hill, and Morning Consult.
Prior to that, she worked as the associate producer of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary The Perfect Weapon鈥an exploration of how the use of cyber weapons by both states and private actors is changing global power. She is currently also serving as a consulting producer on a forthcoming HBO documentary about the Biden Administration鈥檚 efforts to deal with national security challenges.
Mary graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in Government and a language certificate in Arabic.
Major Publications
- How to Focus on the China Challenge in the Midst of a Russian War, The National Interest, April 6. --
- Last Call at the 鈥淪tar Wars Bar鈥: Harmonizing Incident and Breach Reporting Requirements, Lawfare Blog. --
How Crowd-Forecasting Might Decrease the Cybersecurity Knowledge Deficit, Lawfare:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-crowd-forecasting-might-decrease-cybersecurity-knowledge-deficit