by Paul Rosenzweig | Jan 21, 2014 | Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity company, has just released its annual Global Threat Report 2013. For those who follow the area, the report reflects some interesting (and disturbing) trends in malicious activity. Most notable:The increased use…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Dec 12, 2013 | Cybersecurity
My friend Stewart Baker has likened the privacy requirements of the draft NIST framework to a “privacy tax.” His fear, which has sound economic force, is that the imposition of privacy protective requirements on cybersecurity efforts will drive up…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Dec 3, 2013 | Cybersecurity
Lawfare readers will recall that I earlier blogged about the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Wyndham Hotels. Under the mantle of its consumer protection mandate, the FTC has sought to impose civil penalties against those companies who do not…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Dec 2, 2013 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Just before Thanksgiving, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (which has among its membership luminaries such as Eric Schmidt of Google and Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute) issued a…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Nov 26, 2013 | Cybersecurity
Congress is in recess now (that’s why it’s so quiet here in Washington) and when they return the first order of business for the Senate is to take up the 2014 NDAA. The bill, authorizing activities of the Department of Defense, is one of the few…
