Tim Maurer is the co-director of the Cyber Policy Initiative and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Since 2010, his work has been focusing on cybersecurity, human rights in the digital age, and Internet governance, currently with a specific focus on cybersecurity and financial stability.

Maurer is a member of several US track 1.5 cyber dialogues and the research advisory group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace.

In January 2018, Cambridge University Press published his book Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power, a comprehensive study examining proxy relationships between states and hackers.