Mei Danowski

Mei Danowski is the founder and principal of Natto Thoughts, an advisory firm specializing in strategic threat intelligence rooted in geopolitical, economic, social, cultural, and linguistic analysis. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in connecting cyber threats to broader geopolitical, economic, and cultural dynamics. Before founding Natto Thoughts, Mei supported various U.S. government organizations and held key positions in the private sector at Microsoft, Accenture, and Verisign.

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Talk: Not One, Not Many: How China Scales Cyber Operations (with Eugenio Benincasa) [TLP:GREEN]

This presentation moves beyond APT-centric frameworks to examine how China scales its cyber operations through decentralized provincial security bureaus and a mature commercial cybersecurity sector. These two interlocking layers form a system that is neither a monolith nor a loose coalition, with direct implications for attribution, threat modeling, and countermeasures.

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