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THE BLOG
Lighting the Way for the Next “Going Dark” Encryption Battle
By: Daniel de Zayas “[Encryption] takes us to a place—absolute privacy—that we have not been to before, where the balance we have long...
Apr 9, 20194 min read
Giving Cyberwar a Geneva Convention
By: Joshua Stanley There has been no shortage of cyberattacks against the US filling up the news headlines over the last several years,...
Apr 6, 20193 min read
Watch Your SIM: SIM Swapping and Cryptocurrency Theft
By: Heather Wilson A Subscriber Information/Identity Module, or SIM, is the heart of your phone. It contains, among other information,...
Feb 25, 20194 min read
Defending Against the Threat of Cyber Attacks and Its Legal Implications
By: Kimiya Gilani The rising threat and implementation of cyberattacks from foreign actors has compromised the basic foundation of...
Nov 19, 20183 min read
The OPM Data Breach: Implications for Covert Employees
The 2014 breach of the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) databases affected over 20 million people who had background investigations...
Oct 14, 20183 min read
Ransomware: The Limitations of the Legal System
By: Ryan Johnston, November 10, 2016 Ransomware is on the rise; while is not a new form of cyber attack, the tools to launch ransomware...
Nov 10, 20165 min read
Issues with Designating Election Infrastructure as Critical Infrastructure
By Daniel Patrick Shaffer Critical Infrastructure and the Power of the Executive Branch Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh...
Oct 15, 20165 min read
Cyber Security Threats Offer New Legal Challenge to Holding Spies Responsible for Espionage
In December 2014, naturalized US citizen Mostafa Ahmed Awwad was arrested by the FBI for attempting to sell blueprints of the US Navy’s...
Jan 6, 20164 min read
Cyber Attacks and the Law of War: Decoding the Pentagon’s Response
The Pentagon recently stated it intends to treat sufficiently destructive cyber attacks as acts of war, subject to armed retaliation. In...
Aug 29, 20123 min read
National Cybersecurity – Two Regulatory Solutions to a Growing Problem
October was the Department of Homeland Security’s eighth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month, but in many ways, 2011 was the...
Dec 3, 20114 min read
Pentagon Weighs Cyber Attacks
The Pentagon's new Cyber Command is seeking authority to carry out global network attacks to protect U.S. interests, prompting concern...
Nov 11, 20101 min read
Russia Becoming More Cooperative on Cybercrime
Over the past several years, the Russian government has consistently frustrated European and U.S. officials by refusing to take hard...
Mar 30, 20101 min read
FCC to Invest $15.5 Billion in Broadband Enhancements Over 10 Years
The Federal Communications Commission has released its long-awaited national broadband plan to finally move the United States towards a...
Mar 30, 20101 min read
Senate Passes Cybersecurity Bill
The Senate Wednesday re-introduced a cybersecurity bill it considered last year, having removed a key provision that—in the event of a...
Mar 26, 20102 min read
U.S. at Risk for Cyberattack
The United States would lose a cyberwar if it fought one today, warned Michael McConnell a former US intelligence chief. McConnell, a...
Mar 6, 20103 min read
New Social Media Policy Gives More Access to Troops
The Department of Defense announced a new policy that would allow troops to use social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube....
Feb 27, 20101 min read
China Schools Deny Involvement in Cyber-Attack
After NSA investigators traced recent cyber-attacks on Google’s servers to specific IP address at Chinese school, school and government...
Feb 22, 20101 min read
China Responds to US Cyber-Accusations
Responding to recent criticism by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, China’s Foreign Ministry has urged the United States to curb...
Jan 24, 20101 min read
Google Withdrawal Threat Based on Cybersecurity Concerns
Earlier this week, Google threatened to withdraw from the Chinese market. Google made it clear that its decision was made after numerous...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Northrop Grumman, Purdue, MIT, & Carnegie Mellon Announce New Cyber Research Consortium
Northrop Grumman announced today a five-year partnership with three universities focusing on providing “new tools and methods for...
Dec 1, 20091 min read
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