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Articles by Paul Rosenzweig
Paul Rosenzweig is a prolific author, read a sampling of some of Paul’s most notable publications.
“Greetings from the Chinese Embassy”
“Greetings from the Chinese Embassy.” That’s how the email opened. It was an invitation to lunch (or tea) with a counselor in the embassy to discuss cybersecurity. How could I say “no?” So I went to lunch the other day. It was, on the whole,…
Net Neutrality Explained
The topic of net neutrality (i.e. the question of whether or not all content on the network should be transmitted equally or whether some content providers can pay a premium to have their content transmitted at a faster pace than general) is not one…
Crackdown on China spies overdue
Former Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation (2009-2017) Former Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation (2009-2017) The Justice Department announced Monday that it had indicted five members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on charges of…
FTC Must Disclose Its Cybersecurity Standard
Those who have been following the debate know that the FTC recently won a pretty significant victory in its effort to enforce cybersecurity standards for organizations that hold consumer data. A district court held that inadequate cybersecurity could…
The President’s Big Data Report — Some Hat; Some Cattle
The Administration has released its long-awaited, review of Big Data — a report from the Executive Office of the President on the phenomenon of large-scale data collection and analysis. The review was accompanied by a blog post (apparently, this is…
And the Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes ….
For quite some time, it has been apparent that the announcement of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework would be a seminal event. Though couched as a voluntary program, many expected that the Framework would become the de facto ground for liability.…
Wynhdam v. FTC Decided
As Wells reported Monday, the Third Circuit has issued its decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Readers may recall the background of the case. Wyndham was hacked by a Russian criminal gang who stole a host of personally…
Cybersecurity Information Sharing: One Step Toward U.S. Security, Prosperity, and Freedom in Cyberspace
The Internet is a powerful engine for growth and freedom, of which the United States has taken and continues to take full advantage. As everything from military systems to smartphones has become linked to the Internet, however, the number of bad…
The Continuing Low-Grade Cyber Conflict Between Ukraine and Russia
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is quickly becoming a textbook example of low-grade cyber tactics that will likely occur in almost all future conflicts. It has yet to, thankfully, graduate to a full-scale cyber assault, but we are seeing a number of…
RSA and the MPD
I was in Starbucks the other day and the man behind me was a DC Metropolitan Police Officer. As we waited, he and I had a pleasant conversation (I learned, for example, that he likes two pumps of creme brulee in his coffee). One thing, however,…