It appears that Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) has proposed legislation to establish a National Office for Cyberspace in the Executive Office of the President. The Director of that office — whom the press would immediately dub the Cyberspace Czar — would … Continue reading
Paul Rosenzweig has an intriguing online post on the difficulty presented, in designing national cybersecurity policy, in calibrating the right balance between government capacity and the protection of liberty. He wisely writes: ”[T]his challenge is not readily susceptible to a rote answer … Continue reading
President Obama’s FY 2012 budget plan allocates $460 million — a huge increase in appropriations — for the Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division, whose job is helping to prevent attacks against U.S. information networks. The funding proposal emerges … Continue reading
Dear Chairman Schapiro, I write to raise several important concerns about the breach in the network at Nasdaq that was reported this past weekend. As you know, Nasdaq OMX Group has acknowledged that, over the course of the past year, … Continue reading
A new report by the Department of Energy’s inspector general finds that critical infrastructure protection cybersecurity standards promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission do “not always include controls commonly recommended for protecting critical information systems.” For example, the “standards did not … Continue reading
House Armed Services Subcomm. on Emerging threats and Capabilities is holding a hearing tomorrow at 11:30 on, “What Should the Department of Defense’s Role in Cyber Be?” Witnesses will include Greg Nojeim, of the Center for Democracy and Technology, who … Continue reading
[From Peter Shane: I joked with Paul that I could not quite identify what was "conservative" about his principles, but am happy to draw attention to this thoughtful discussion.] Abstract: In the age of the Internet, which now determines daily … Continue reading
A police state shuts down the Internet to keep itself in power. A WikiLeaks dump of diplomatic cables triggers cyberattacks on both its servers and on payment sites that refuse to support WikiLeaks. Somebody – Israelis? Americans? Both? – designs … Continue reading
