by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 20, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
As I noted on Friday, Senators Lieberman and Collins have released a Manager’s Amendment in the form of a substitute which reflects some significant changes to their original bill. You can access the full text of the amendment here. Talk in the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 19, 2012 | Cybersecurity
Late last night Senators Lieberman and Collins introduced revised cybersecurity legislation. A short summary of the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 suggests that the major changes are 1) elimination of a mandatory regulatory system in favor of a…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 19, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
It doesn’t take much to imagine the consequences of a successful cyber attack. In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home. It doesn’t…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 5, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
high-level threats—spawned by motivated, sophisticated, and well-resourced adversaries—could increase very quickly on a very short time-scale, potentially leading to what some dub a “digital Pearl Harbor” (that is, a catastrophic event whose…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 1, 2012 | Cybersecurity
Two think tanks — one from China and one (CSIS) from the US have been conducting a dialogue on cybersecurity over the past several years. This joint release (English at the bottom) summarizes some of their discussions. From the introduction:Since…
