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Cybersecurity

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As our lives become increasingly dependent upon computer systems and cyber technologies grow ever more sophisticated, the internet has emerged as the new battleground of the 21st century. From criminals' stealing credit card and social security number information to foreign governments' hacking into American companies’ information systems, cyber attacks can take on myriad forms, prompting the government to formulate new measures to protect online security. Since cyberwarfare knows no territorial bounds, ensuring cybersecurity will also require international cooperation and an updated understanding of jus ad bellum, as it applies to cyber attacks.

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Election Security

Livestream: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Election Security

Lev Sugarman Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 9:30 AM

The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on election security on Wednesday, February 13th at 10:00am. The panel will hear testimony from Christopher C. Krebs, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Thomas Hicks, Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission; Alex Padilla, Secretary of State, California; Noah Praetz, Former Director of Elections, Cook County, Illinois; Jake Braun, Executive Director, Cyber Policy Initiative; and John Merrill, Secretary of State, Alabama.

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Cybersecurity

Rearranging the Cyber Deck Chairs

Paul Rosenzweig Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 12:16 PM

It is a commonplace in government to substitute reorganization for rethinking at a more fundamental level. Tuesday’s Washington Post reports another instance of the phenomenon.

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Cybersecurity

Jeff Bezos Accuses the National Enquirer of Sextortion

Quinta Jurecic Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 7:35 PM

The tabloid’s alleged threats fit the definition of sextortion: when a perpetrator obtains explicit images of a victim and uses that material for blackmail.

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Cybersecurity

A Moment of Truth for Cyber Insurance

Ariel E. Levite, Wyatt Hoffman Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 9:21 AM

Litigation raises serious questions about the viability of insurance as a tool to confront escalating cyber risks.

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Cybersecurity

Developing an Objective, Repeatable Scoring System for a Vulnerability Equities Process

Sasha Romanosky Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 2:17 PM

If the U.S., the U.K. or any other government sought to create an objective framework for decision making, what might that look like?

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Encryption

Detecting Ghosts By Reverse Engineering: Who Ya Gonna Call?

Nate Cardozo, Seth Schoen Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 1:34 PM

GCHQ’s proposal to allow governments to eavesdrop on encrypted communications with a warrant is a backdoor by another name.

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Encryption

Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal

Bruce Schneier Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 10:00 AM

The Levy-Robinson proposal is no less dangerous a backdoor than any others that have been proposed.

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Cybersecurity

What to Make of the U.K.’s New Code of Practice on Internet-of-Things Security

Jack Watson, Beau Woods Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 10:26 AM

The document offers one of the clearest policy positions articulated yet by any national government.

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Cybersecurity

Kaspersky Helps the NSA

Paul Rosenzweig Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 7:47 AM

Kaspersky Labs, the Russian cybersecurity company, helped the NSA find a mole? For real.... it did.

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Cybersecurity

The Future of Vulnerabilities Equities Processes Around the World

Sven Herpig, Ari Schwartz Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 12:30 PM

Recent actions by the U.K. and Germany set a new bar for how nations can and should use a vulnerabilities equities process.

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