Stewart A. Baker is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. He returned to the firm following 3½ years at the Department of Homeland Security as its first Assistant Secretary for Policy. He earlier served as general counsel of the National Security Agency.
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In the news roundup, David Kris digs into rumors that Chinese malware attacks may have caused a blackout in India at a time when military conflict was flaring on the two nation’s Himalayan border.
This episode features an interview with Jason Fagone,
Our interview this week is with Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times reporter and
This episode features a deep dive into the National Security Agency’s (NSA) self-regulatory approach to overseas signals intelligence, or SIGINT.
The final iteration of the travel ban reflected data-driven assessments by the Department of Homeland Security, which worked to encourage deeper cooperation from other governments.
The U.S. has never really had a “cyberczar.” Arguably, though, the U.K. has. The head of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) combines the security roles of the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
It’s a story that has everything, except a reporter able to tell it. A hostile state attacking the U.S.