by Paul Rosenzweig | May 17, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Election Security, Homeland Security, National Security
County News Article A report by election security experts provides an in-depth look at the equipment, staffing, supplies and other costs of administering elections this year that keep voters and election workers safe from the coronavirus while…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 15, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
As people across the United States moved to working from home and socially distancing, cyber security breaches have become more prevalent for universities, research institutions and even regular citizens. Paul Rosenzweig, former deputy assistant…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 11, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Introduction In November 2002, 14 months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the department) was created by Congress to make America safer from terrorism.1 At the time, the policy focus was on…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 10, 2020 | Cybersecurity
As I’ve noted before on Lawfare: [W]hen governments, commercial actors and private citizens think about new deployments of cybersecurity measures, they either explicitly or implicitly balance the costs to be incurred (whether monetary or nonmonetary,…
by Benjamin Freed | Apr 30, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Election Security
The $400 million in election assistance funds that Congress authorized in the March pandemic relief package would not even cover the costs of switching to predominately mail-in balloting in five states, much less all 50, according to a report…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 29, 2020 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Paul Rosenzweig, a resident senior fellow for national security and cybersecurity at nonprofit group the R Street Institute, told The Hill he also was concerned the pandemic could increase disinformation efforts. “I have absolutely no reason to think…
