by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 27, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
My correspondent (and friend) Gus Coldebella, wrote in the other day with a response to an earlier post of mine, in which he wondered what the meaning of section 706(d) of the Lieberman-Collins bill is. I hadn’t noticed the provision when I first…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 25, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Gus Coldebella, former Deputy General Counsel (and Acting General Counsel) for DHS and now a partner at Goodwin Proctor write in with this addition comment on the liability provisions of the Lieberman-Collins bill [I added the hyperlink to my prior…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 22, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Senators Joseph Lieberman (I–CT) and Susan Collins (R–ME) recently released a revised version of their Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The expectation is that Senate leadership will attempt to bring the bill to the floor before the August recess. Though…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 20, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
As I noted on Friday, Senators Lieberman and Collins have released a Manager’s Amendment in the form of a substitute which reflects some significant changes to their original bill. You can access the full text of the amendment here. Talk in the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 19, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
It doesn’t take much to imagine the consequences of a successful cyber attack. In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home. It doesn’t…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 5, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
high-level threats—spawned by motivated, sophisticated, and well-resourced adversaries—could increase very quickly on a very short time-scale, potentially leading to what some dub a “digital Pearl Harbor” (that is, a catastrophic event whose…
