Garrett Hinck
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Garrett Hinck was a research assistant with the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has interned for Lawfare at the Brookings Institution and the global public policy team at Verisign.


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BSFS, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University

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In The Media
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Setting a Course Away From the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

As the new administration reassesses U.S. nuclear policy, it will be forced to make decisions about the future of the country’s ground-based, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) arsenal.

· February 16, 2021
commentary
A Few Questions on Cybersecurity and the Cloud

Most organizations—governments and companies—struggle to protect themselves against efforts to undermine their information systems. Few organizations can rival the security teams of the large cloud service providers, so many opt to entrust these teams with their security.

· September 21, 2020
Lawfare Blog
Q&A
How Cloud Computing Can Deal With Lightning Strikes and Hackers

As cloud computing becomes more prevalent, its advantages and drawbacks have been forced into the limelight. What makes the cloud so secure and what are the risks that it is vulnerable to?

· September 14, 2020
paper
Cloud Security: A Primer for Policymakers

The shift to cloud computing has helped improve cybersecurity, but it isn't without risk. Mapping out those risks and their impacts is vital to ensuring the cloud remains safe and secure.

· August 31, 2020
In the Media
Foreign Hackers Have Made It Harder for the U.S. to Prosecute Them

The Justice Department’s dropped charges against two indicted Russian companies shows a new challenge to the U.S. strategy of combating foreign hacking through law enforcement actions.

· April 8, 2020
Washington Post
In the Media
Persistent Enforcement: Criminal Charges as a Response to Nation-State Malicious Cyber Activity

Malicious cyber activities by foreign states present major challenges to the U.S. government. One tool brought to bear most recently against these state actors is the criminal indictment.

· January 24, 2020
Journal of National Security Law and Policy
Q&A
What Happens If the Last Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Expires?

New START is the last nuclear arms control pact left between the United States and Russia. If it isn’t extended, there will be no limits on either countries’ nuclear arsenals for the first time in decades.

In the Media
The Trump Administration Wants to Be Able to Break into Your Encrypted Data. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Different governments have different objectives on encryption. Most would list counterterrorism and law enforcement, but others have concerns about foreign intelligence and the relationships foreign companies have with their own governments.

· July 29, 2019
Washington Post
commentary
What’s the Point of Charging Foreign State-Linked Hackers?

The use of criminal charges as an instrument of foreign policy is striking in its recent prominence and in the complex equities it implicates for policymakers.

· May 24, 2019
Lawfare