Dustin Volz Analysis: The US is becoming more vocal and public about its counter cybersecurity efforts as it is demonstrating to its adversaries that any cyber criminal activity will be met with swift consequence. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday charged and sanctioned nine Iranians and an Iranian company for attempting to hack Read More
Cyber Proliferation Posts
Cyber Proliferation Posts
2017 – A Year in Review of Cybersecurity Developments: Lessons Learned in Healthcare and Beyond December 28, 2017 by Lee Kim, JD, CISSP, CIPP/US, FHIMSS, director, privacy and security, HIMSS North America Summary: While cybersecurity is not for the faint of heart, we all can do our part by raising awareness and taking action. As I Read More
Analysis: The dangers of these trends are becoming more and more acute as ordinary people and lawmakers are becoming increasingly aware of just how vulnerable our Democracy can be. The role of social media and the manipulation of their data to achieve political ends by third party groups needs to be addressed in a variety Read More
Abstract: Most governments consider cybersecurity and digital risks of high priority. Knowing this, only half of all countries have a comprehensive cybersecurity plan. As of this report, only 38% of countries had a cybersecurity strategy and 12 % were in the process of developing one. Half of all countries aware but lacking national plan on Read More
Analysis: While this Obama Era Policy Review is somewhat dated, it demonstrates a key reason that international cyber policy/rules/norms are going to be difficult to achieve. Placing international rules and regulations on something as new and evolving as the internet poses several interest problems. As stated in class, the technology is so new and unknown Read More
Hint: it’s all about “resilience.” I have something potentially wildly unpopular to suggest: If you work for or run an organization that deals with human beings and the data that goes with them, and if you are concerned about the security of that data, look to the Defense Department for a solution. The federal government, which Read More
February 16, 2018 Today, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report detailing the economic costs of malicious cyber activity on the U.S. economy. Please see below for the executive summary and read the full report here. This report examines the substantial economic costs that malicious cyber activity imposes on the U.S. economy. Cyber threats are Read More