“Digital intimidation is of only modest importance,” said Paul Rosenweig, Resident Senior Fellow for National Security & Cybersecurity at R Street Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank. “What it really is more about is activation in the real…
How, if at all, can users be confident that the systems on which they rely will function as they are supposed to? In a world of growing dependence on technology, consumers of information and communications technology (ICT) goods face an increasingly…
Before both parties had finished their conventions, speculation had already begun about the nature of the Cabinet in the next administration. Oddly, much of that speculation ignores the Department of Homeland Security. Perhaps it’s because nobody…
The idea—which aims to develop systems to scan photographs and messages before they are sent or received by users—is attractive, but it has far too many technical, legal and policy uncertainties to be ripe for adoption at this time. In recent years,…
THE KEY The Trump administration’s failure to follow through on a key promise to punish Huawei is spiking fears among cybersecurity hawks. The administration just issued a third three-month delay in blocking U.S. companies from doing business with…
THE KEY Want more cybersecurity news and analysis in your inbox? Sign up for The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter. Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation as secretary of homeland security could deal a blow to the Trump administration’s cybersecurity efforts –…