Those who follow my blog posts devoutly (both of you :-)) will be sad to learn that I will be off-line from now until the July 4th holiday. Of course, as with everything I write about, the underlying reason for being off-line has a cybersecurity…
I am participating today and tomorrow at a seminar at Roger Williams University Law School, entitled Cyber Threats and Cyber Realities. It is being hosted by our Lawfare guest contributor Peter Marguiles.On today’s first panel, I was particularly…
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 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…
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…
