National Security Research·Cyber Threat Intelligence
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 →
How multiple state actors converge on strikingly similar critical-infrastructure tradecraft, and what the overlap reveals about intent.
East West Strategic Research Collective. 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 →
The companion to the flagship paper: how Beijing treated Southeast Asia as a single, centrally directed proving ground, refining the edge-device and telecom tradecraft that later surfaced as Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon inside U.S. critical infrastructure.
Why the moment calls for a cybersecurity reset, and a recommitment to the public-private partnerships that defend U.S. critical infrastructure.
USTelecom, with Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace. USTelecom →
An assessment of Iran-linked cyber threats to U.S. and allied infrastructure, with a companion telecom risk advisory.
Working paper. ResearchGate →
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 →
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 →
A communications-sector risk advisory issued alongside the Iran Cyber Threat Brief: exposure, likely vectors, and concrete mitigations for U.S. and allied telecom operators.
§ 03·Work
Managing Director, East West Strategic Research Collective
Independent research and advisory firm focused on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and the Indo-Pacific.
Principal Consultant, Cybersecurity & Innovation, USTelecom, The Broadband Association
Lead consultant supporting USTelecom's cybersecurity portfolio; directs member-facing working groups, intelligence programs, and flagship initiatives.
Co-Chair, Working Committee, Communications Sector Coordinating Council
The recognized industry counterpart to DHS/CISA for communications sector security, operating in partnership under the CIPAC framework.
Chief of Staff, International Communications CISO Council
A council of communications-sector CISOs spanning four continents, coordinating cross-border threat intelligence and sector defense.
Independent
An independent cross-sector cyber incident record spanning the sixteen U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.
16sectors.org§ 04·Speaking
USTelecom, Washington, D.C. Moderator, Panel 2: Contested Environments.
NYS Cybersecurity Conference, Albany, NY. With Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace.
InCyber Forum Europe, Lille, France. Critical infrastructure track.
Malaysia. Delegate.
NYS Cybersecurity Conference, Albany, NY. With Robert Mayer and Brianna Bace.
CyberSecAsia, 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. Much of his current work examines how PRC preparations toward a potential 2027 Taiwan contingency are shaping cyber pre-positioning inside allied critical infrastructure today.
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 seven of the sixteen U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, shapes how he reads emerging threats. That range runs from the communications and IT sectors through to food and agriculture security work in New York's Hudson Valley.
He is Managing Director of East West Strategic Research Collective and serves as Principal Consultant on cybersecurity and innovation to USTelecom, The Broadband Association, where he directs member-facing working groups and intelligence programs. He also co-chairs a working committee within the communications sector's national coordinating body and serves as Chief of Staff of an international CISO council. He has designed and built member-facing intelligence platforms used across the industry.
§ 07·Contact