by Paul Rosenzweig | Dec 31, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Homeland Security, National Security
And yet I was reminded of it when reflecting on the first year of the Trump presidency because to separately evaluate conventional benchmarks apart from the extreme transgressions of decency is as impossible a task as asking Mrs. Lincoln to assess…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Nov 19, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
I am pleased to announce that today I started a new affiliation as a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute. R Street is a self-described “free-market think tank with a pragmatic approach to public policy challenges.” What does that mean? As they…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Oct 26, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Homeland Security, National Security
The latest instance of “what-aboutism” is the House Republican decision to open an investigation of the Uranium One transaction—the allegation that Hillary Clinton transferred control of 20% of America’s uranium mining output to a Russian company, in…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 11, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Homeland Security, National Security
Key Takeaways Congressional House Republicans have introduced a proposal to make NIST responsible for cybersecurity audits across the government. The idea is flawed in many respects—most especially because asking NIST to do an audit is asking them to…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 4, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Election Security, Homeland Security, National Security
The failure of the government to provide adequate protection has led many cybersecurity analysts, scholars, and policymakers to suggest that there is a need for private-sector self-help. If the government is unable or unwilling to take or threaten…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 30, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Homeland Security, National Security
Malicious cyber activity from other states and non-state actors shows no sign of abating anytime soon. Both the U.S. and India have been working on behavioral norms in cyber space—an effort that should be sustained. Bad actors, however, do not…
