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Articles by Paul Rosenzweig
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Government Cyber Failures Reveal Weaknesses of Regulatory Approach to Cybersecurity
Last year, the Senate twice voted down the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 because of concerns that a regulatory approach might harm U.S. cybersecurity efforts. Despite these concerns, President Obama issued a cybersecurity executive order that uses a…
The Most Important Cybersecurity Case You’ve Never Heard Of
The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a civil suit brought in the District of Arizona by the FTC relating to a cybersecurity breach at Wyndham. To understand why the case matters quite a bit, we need to step back and…
Cybersecurity, CFIUS, and the Propose SoftBank Purchase of Sprint-Nextel
Some readers may have read about the ongoing proposal that SoftBank purchase a controlling interest in Sprint/Nextel. As the Washington Post has reported, the Dish network has made a competing offer to purchase Sprint.Not content with the overt…
Gmail and the CIA
I’ve been in Germany all week (at the George C. Marshall Center which, for those who don’t know, is a joint US-Germany military think tank and an altogether wonderful place to visit) so I missed some of the details of the recent arrest of an alleged…
CISPA – An Assessment
As most readers are aware, in the midst of the national turmoil following the bombings in Boston, the House of Representatives passed a version of the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a vote of 288-127. No entity can…
Cybersecurity, Einstein 3 and Privacy
Einstein 3 is the Federal Government’s expanded system for protecting Federal cyber networks through the inspection of all traffic heading to Federal networks. It is both an intrusion detection and an intrusion prevention system which operates at the…
CISPA Passes in the House
The House of Representatives has passed the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, by a vote of 288-127. This happened after several amendments were adopted (most notably one offered by Rep. The House of Representatives has passed the…
The Dark Future of International Cybersecurity Regulation
Michael J. Glennon, of Tufts University, has an important new piece out entitled “The Dark Future of Cybersecurity Regulation.” It’s a realistic view, in my judgement, of the prospects of international cyber treaties. Here’s a taste from the…
Today in Cyber on the Hill — CISPA Heads to the House Floor
It was a busy day on the House side in Cyber. The House Rules Committee reported out the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act for consideration on the House floor tomorrow. Meanwhile the White House issued a It was a busy day on the…
German IT Cybersecurity Proposal
As America continues to consider legislation for improving cybersecurity, the actions of other Western nations may (or may not) be of influence and interest. I recently received a management summary of the proposed German IT security legislation…