by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 5, 2015 | Cybersecurity
As the recent indirect debate between FBI Director James Comey and co-blogger Susan Landau makes clear, the underlying premises of the encryption issue are highly contested. The Senate will continue the debate this week with a hearing before the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 10, 2015 | Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 passed out of the Intelligence Committee by a 14-1 vote. With that passage, and the House adopton of two similar bills in April, some of us had begun to hope that the long-awaited passage of…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 6, 2015 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Reports that China (most likely) has breached Office of Personnel Management (OPM) systems and stolen personal information (PI) of over four million current and/or former federal employees raises all sorts of questions regarding the government’s…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 2, 2015 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Table of Contents In the space of barely 20 years, the world has been changed immeasurably by the advent of the Internet and other communications technologies. These breathtaking advances have not only expanded the economy but have improved the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 26, 2015 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Last week was the annual RSA convention in San Francisco, the premier convention of cybersecurity professionals in America each year. This year the largest crowd ever gathered at the Moscone Center, and the Obama Administration was out in force. It…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 12, 2015 | Cybersecurity
One of my favorite movies has always been Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. Besides the great acting from Murray (and co-star Andie MacDowell) it’s a wonderful exposition of the definition of insanity — doing the same thing over and over again expecting…
