Cyber Threat Intelligence·National Security Research
Christopher Braccia is a cyber threat intelligence and national security researcher focused on nation-state operations against critical infrastructure, the communications sector, and the Indo-Pacific.
Research cited by the CTO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, and syndicated by RealClearDefense, the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, and the Australian Centre for International Studies.
§ 01·Cited & Syndicated
Direct links to each syndication added where available.
§ 02·Selected Writing
How PRC-linked actors refined grey-zone cyber tactics across Vietnam and ASEAN, then turned the same playbook against Western critical infrastructure.
Cited by the CTO of the UK NCSC. Syndicated by RealClearDefense, ISEAS, and others. SSRN →
Subsea cables and LEO satellite ground stations have become a single convergent communications-risk domain, with AI accelerating both attack and defense across the seam between them.
AI-accelerated convergent failure in communications infrastructure. SSRN →
Accountability and oversight for frontier AI deployed inside critical communications systems, and the function-based framework operators and regulators can build around.
Working paper. ResearchGate →
How Russia, and to a lesser degree China, are building Iran's cyber arsenal against critical infrastructure, traced across all sixteen U.S. sectors.
East West Strategic Research Collective. ResearchGate →
An assessment of Iran-linked cyber threats to U.S. and allied infrastructure, with a companion telecom risk advisory.
Working paper. ResearchGate →
Why the moment calls for a cybersecurity reset, and a recommitment to the public-private partnerships that defend U.S. critical infrastructure.
With Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace. USTelecom →
How multiple state actors converge on strikingly similar critical-infrastructure tradecraft, and what the overlap reveals about intent.
East West Strategic Research Collective. ResearchGate →
§ 03·Work
Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity & Innovation
USTelecom, The Broadband Association
Co-Chair, Working Committee
Communications Sector Coordinating Council
Co-Chair, Strategy Coordination Committee
Communications Sector Coordinating Council
Chief of Staff
International Communications CISO Council
Founder
East West Strategic Research Collective
An independent cross-sector cyber incident record covering all sixteen U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.
16sectors.org
A live tracker of federal supply chain security initiatives across agencies, built for USTelecom.
supplychaintracker.org
A live record of threats, incidents, and policy actions affecting the communications sector and its infrastructure.
communicationtracker.org
§ 04·Speaking
NYS Cybersecurity Conference, Albany, NY. With Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace.
Lille, France. Critical infrastructure track.
Malaysia. Delegate.
NYS Cybersecurity Conference, Albany, NY. With Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace.
Vietnam.
Malaysia. Delegate.
For speaking invitations and media inquiries, reach me at Cbraccia@protonmail.com. A current bio and headshot are available on request.
Invited / upcoming: InCyber Canada · InCyber Japan.
§ 05·About
Christopher Braccia is a cyber threat intelligence and national security researcher. He studies how nation-state actors target critical infrastructure, with particular focus on the communications sector and the Indo-Pacific.
He has spent over twelve years based between Saigon and New York, which gives him a field perspective on the region where many campaigns against U.S. infrastructure are first tested. That vantage point, combined with direct work across several of the sixteen U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, shapes how he reads emerging threats.
He advises USTelecom on cybersecurity and innovation, co-chairs a working committee within the Communications Sector Coordinating Council, serves as Chief of Staff for the International Communications CISO Council, and founded East West Strategic Research Collective. His research has been cited by the CTO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre and syndicated internationally.
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