by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 5, 2015 | Cybersecurity
Neustar looks to lose its contract. “Federal Communications Commission staff has recommended that a $450 million contract Sterling-based company Neustar has held exclusively for 18 years be awarded to rival Ericsson.” Readers will recall that the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Feb 17, 2015 | Cybersecurity
Last Friday, as part of the Cybersecurity summit at Stanford, President Obama announced a new information sharing initiative, and issued an Executive Order that was tied to the initiative. The EO will, in the end, do some modest good, but not nearly…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Feb 8, 2015 | Cybersecurity
Earlier this year, Herb posted a nice summary of the FTC’s report on the security of the internet of things. Today, Senator Ed Markey joins the conversation with a staff report on the insecurity of automobiles. As the Post summarizes it, the Markey…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jan 15, 2015 | Cybersecurity
As part of the run-up to the State of the Union address next week, the Administration has been releasing publicly some of its policy proposals. One of the most notable suite of proposals involved new legislation relating to cybersecurity. The…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jan 12, 2015 | Cybersecurity
By now, most readers of this blog are well aware that, for a brief period of time yesterday, ISIS cyber warriors (going under the hashtag #CyberCaliphate) took control of the CENTCOM Twitter and You-Tube accounts. Twitter and You-Tube are, of course,…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Dec 1, 2014 | Cybersecurity
There are many ways to think about enhancing cybersecurity. One, for example, is the prospect of software liability, which would, drive safer code. There are many ways to think about enhancing cybersecurity. One, for example, is the prospect of…
