“Greetings from the Chinese Embassy.” That’s how the email opened. It was an invitation to lunch (or tea) with a counselor in the embassy to discuss cybersecurity. How could I say “no?” So I went to lunch the other day. It was, on the whole,…
The topic of net neutrality (i.e. the question of whether or not all content on the network should be transmitted equally or whether some content providers can pay a premium to have their content transmitted at a faster pace than general) is not one…
Former Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation (2009-2017) Former Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation (2009-2017) The Justice Department announced Monday that it had indicted five members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on charges of…
Those who have been following the debate know that the FTC recently won a pretty significant victory in its effort to enforce cybersecurity standards for organizations that hold consumer data. A district court held that inadequate cybersecurity could…
The Administration has released its long-awaited, review of Big Data — a report from the Executive Office of the President on the phenomenon of large-scale data collection and analysis. The review was accompanied by a blog post (apparently, this is…
For quite some time, it has been apparent that the announcement of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework would be a seminal event. Though couched as a voluntary program, many expected that the Framework would become the de facto ground for liability.…
