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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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Cybersecurity

Breaking WPA2

Paul Rosenzweig   Mon, Oct 16, 2017, 1:21 PM

Sometimes we are reminded that the "noise" of policy drowns out important practical news.  Today is one of those days.  While we sit around worrying about Harvey Weinstein and Trump's latest tweet, it turns out that the encryption protocol at the core over almost all WiFi is vulnerable to attack. 

Cybersecurity

Protecting Electoral Infrastructure–Klobuchar/Graham and the NDAA

Paul Rosenzweig   Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 10:46 AM

Our electoral infrastructure consists of two distinct pieces (or so it seems to me): a broader public context in which elections occur and a narrower system of election management. To date, almost everything we know about Russian electoral interference has dealt with the larger broader context—fake news, Russian troll factories, the hack of the DNC and other efforts to spread disinformation. As

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Separating NSA and CYBERCOM? Be Careful When Reading the GAO Report

Robert Chesney   Mon, Aug 7, 2017, 1:01 PM

The Government Accountability Office last week published a report that, among other things, weighs in on the pros and cons of the NSA/CYBERCOM “dual-hat” system (pursuant to which the director of the NSA/CSS and commander of CYBERCOM are the same person). The report deserves attention but also some criticism and context. Here’s a bit of all three.

1. What is the “dual-hat” issue?

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