by Paul Rosenzweig | May 9, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
News reports suggest that new national security adviser John Bolton is thinking about eliminating the cybersecurity coordinator position, known as the “cyber czar,” that Rob Joyce will soon vacate. We think this is a magnificent idea. News reports…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 8, 2018 | Cybersecurity
Key Points The NTSB tells us what causes plane accidents and proposes ways to improve safety. Now is the time for the US to at least think about whether or not a similar effort is appropriate for cybersecurity. “[The U.S. should] consider the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 24, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump
Politics may also be blocking meaningful executive action on election cybersecurity. Paul Rosenzweig, a senior cybersecurity fellow at the libertarian R Street Institute, suggested that Trump’s unwillingness to confront the Kremlin over its actions…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 4, 2018 | Cybersecurity
Is cybersecurity improving overall? By at least some measures the answer is a surprising “yes.” This annual report from FireEye gives us at least two reasons to think that trend lines are actually improving: Is cybersecurity improving overall? By at…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 3, 2018 | Cybersecurity
On March 22, Atlanta’s city government was hit with a ransomware attack, with hackers demanding six bitcoins in exchange for releasing the data. At the time of writing this, that’s a demand for roughly $41,880. As a result of the attack, many systems…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 11, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
In the professional world of Lawfare (national security, homeland security, intelligence, privacy and civil liberties) nobody would doubt the salience of questions of cybersecurity. They seem to resonate across many dimesions and to pose some of the…
