Laura Garcell

As cities face a more challenging future, city leaders need to know the best practices that will allow them to face new threats, tap funding, increase the level of trust among their citizens, and make the best investment decisions. ThoughtLab’s fourth urban research program, Building a Future-Ready City, will provide urban leaders with an action plan […]

In today’s unpredictable world, resilience is essential for urban future readiness. No city today understands this better than Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city. Just recovering from the pandemic, Kyiv is now facing even a larger crisis: a fight for survival in the battle with Russia. Kyiv’s experience outlines how future-ready digital technologies can help cities stay […]

As cities around the world continue to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and other disruptions, their highest priority has become to ensure a safe, resilient, and economically stable future for their residents. This has heightened the urgency for cities to become future-ready —smart, sustainable, secure, and fully aligned with changing citizen and business […]

The invasion in Ukraine has heightened the risk of cyberattacks both from nation-states and non-state actors prompted by the disruptions caused by the conflict. ThoughtLab asked sponsors and advisors of our Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World program to share their views on the fast-moving cybersecurity landscape.     1. Forbes recently noted that suspected Russian-sourced […]

Major cyberattacks are fast multiplying globally, impacting businesses, cities, and national governments. CISOs need insights to take a more effective, analytically driven approach to cybersecurity. In this increasingly dangerous digital-first world, they also need to collaborate with their peers and partners to bolster cyber protection across all levels of the company. Cybersecurity can no longer remain […]

Digital innovation is a double-edged sword: while necessary for driving performance, it exposes companies to much greater cyber threats. The COVID-19 pandemic opened even more opportunities for cybercriminals, who adapted their attacks to exploit vaccination mandates, elections, and the shift to hybrid work, while also targeting organizations’ supply chains and networks. With such criminals becoming […]