On August 28, Steptoe will host a webinar on US-China trade relations. From the announcement: Over the past few months, US-China trade relations have radically changed. Under Section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the United States has imposed additional tariffs on billions worth of China imports and is threatening to import tariffs… Continue Reading
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Bonus: Interview with Joseph Nye (2015)
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and CyberwarWe’re officially on hiatus this month, but we just couldn’t stay away that long. If you can’t live without The Cyberlaw Podcast in your life, then you’re in luck. We’re releasing a couple bonus episodes with some of my favorite past interviews.
Episode 226: Where are all my Twitter followers?
Posted in CFIUS, China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Privacy Regulation, RussiaIn Episode 226 of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart departs for the wilderness, and the News Roundup team (Brian Egan with Matthew Heiman, Jim Lewis, and Dr. Megan Reiss) muddles through without him.
Episode 223 with David Sanger: A war reporter for the cyber age
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, RussiaEpisode 223 with David Sanger: A war reporter for the cyber age I interview David Sanger in this episode on his new book, The Perfect Weapon – War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age. It is an instant history of how the last five years have transformed the cyberwar landscape as dozens of countries follow… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, UncategorizedEpisode 221: Daugherty’s Revenge The 11th Circuit’s LabMD decision is a dish served cold for Michael Daugherty, the CEO of the defunct company. The decision overturns decades of FTC jurisdiction, acquired over the years by a kind of bureaucratic adverse possession. Thanks to the LabMD opinion, practically all the FTC’s privacy and security consent decrees are… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in China, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 218: The Mugshots.com Case: California Crazy Meets European Crazy In this episode, Markham Erickson highlights the Mugshots.com prosecution. The site had a loathsome business model, publishing mugshots for free and charging hundreds of bucks to people who wanted the record of their arrests taken down. Now the owners are being prosecuted in a case… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — News Roundup
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Privacy Regulation, Russia214: Dumbest privacy issue of the decade? This episode features a new technology-and-privacy flap. The police finally catch a sadistic serial killer, and the press can’t stop whining about DNA privacy. I argue that DNA privacy is in the running for Dumbest Privacy Issue of the Decade. Because privacy is all about making sure the police can’t… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill
Posted in CFIUS, China, Cybersecurity and CyberwarThe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill Episode 211: Senators Markey and Blumenthal bury the lede Our interview is with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill of Cyberscoop. They’ve broken two cyberscoops in the last week or so. First, an in-depth look at Kaspersky’s outing of a US cyberespionage program aimed… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Michael Page
Posted in AI, CFIUS, China, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 209 It was a cyberlaw-packed week in Washington. Congress jammed the CLOUD Act into the omnibus appropriations bill, and boom, just like that, it’s law. Say good-bye to the Microsoft Ireland case just argued in the Supreme Court. Maury Shenk offers a view of the Act from the United Kingdom, the most likely and maybe the only… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Ambassador Nathan Sales
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Virtual CurrencyEpisode 207: What to do about China? Our interview this week is with Ambassador Nathan Sales, the State Department’s Counterterrorism Coordinator. We cover a Trump administration diplomatic achievement in the field of technology and terrorism that has been surprisingly undercovered (or maybe it’s not surprising at all, depending on how cynical you are about press… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — News Roundup
Posted in Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 205: Scandularity Today’s news roundup begins with Maury Shenk and Brian Egan offering their views about the Supreme Court oral argument in the Microsoft Ireland case. We highlight some of the questions that may tip the Justices’ hand. Brian and I dig into the Dems’ reply memo on the Carter Page FISA application. I’m mostly unshocked… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 199: Untold stories of the 702 reauthorization In this guestless episode, Michael Vatis, Markham Erickson, and Nick Weaver join me to roundup the news. I explore the final results of the intense jockeying that led to passage of S. 139, which gave section 702 of FISA a new lease on life. The administration did well, weathering… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Shane Harris
Posted in China, Data Breach, Government Contracts, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 198 — Interview with Shane Harris It turns out that the most interesting policy story about Kaspersky software isn’t why the administration banned its products from government use. It’s why the last administration didn’t. Shane Harris is our guest for the podcast, delving into the law and politics of the Kaspersky ban. Along the way,… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Mara Hvistendahl
Posted in China, European Union, International, Privacy RegulationEpisode 197: Interview with Mara Hvistendahl While the US was transfixed by posturing over the Trump presidency, China has been building the future. Chances are you’ll find one part of that future – social credit scoring – both appalling in principle and irresistible in practice. That at least is the lesson I draw from our interview… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Susan Hennessey and Andrew McCarthy
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Security Programs & PoliciesInterview with Susan Hennessey and Andrew McCarthy Episode 195 features an interview with Susan Hennessey of Lawfare and Andrew McCarthy of the National Review. They walk us through the “unmasking” of US identities in intelligence reports — one of the most divisive partisan issues likely to come up in the re-enactment of section 702 of… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with David Ignatius
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, InternationalEpisode 193: David Ignatius and The Quantum Spy We celebrate the holiday season by interviewing David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor at The Washington Post and the author of multiple spy thrillers, including his most recent, The Quantum Spy. David and I discuss themes from the book, from quantum computing to ethnic and gender tensions… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Michael Mainelli
Posted in Blockchain, European Union, International, Virtual CurrencyEpisode 177: We’re back! In Episode 177, fresh from hiatus, we try to summarize the most interesting cyber stories to break in August. Paul Rosenzweig kicks things off with the Shunning of Kaspersky. I argue that the most significant – though unsupported – claim about Kaspersky is Sen. Shaheen’s assertion that all of the company’s… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with David Aitel
Posted in Data Breach, InternationalEpisode 176: Governments to Internet: STFU Everybody’s a critic, and everybody’s a censor, at least if you judge by today’s episode: Maury Shenk tells us the European Court of Justice will soon rule on its authority to censor what Americans read. Markham Erickson discusses the Ninth Circuit decision upholding national security letter gag orders. And Maury says… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Eric Hysen
Posted in China, Security Programs & Policies175: The Tragedy of Federal IT Procurement This episode is dominated by IT procurement news. And it’s as irresistible as a twelve-car pileup on the Beltway. We open the news with an exploration of the federal de-listing of Kaspersky Labs, and how seriously government contracts lawyers take such an action (h/t to Michael Mutek for… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Jim Miller
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, InternationalIn this episode, we interview Jim Miller, co-chair of a Defense Science Board panel that reported on how the US is postured for cyberconflict and the importance of deterrence. The short answer: deterring cyberconflict is important because our strategic cyberconflict posture sucks. The DSB report is thoughtful, detailed, and troubling. Jim Miller manages to convey… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with David Sanger
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Privacy Regulation, Uncategorized168: Globalizing Censorship Episode 168 features the Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance of global censorship, as Filipino contractors earning minimum wage delete posts in order to satisfy US tech companies who are trying to satisfy European governments. In addition to Maury Shenk, our panel of interlocutors includes David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, and Karen… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Kevin Mandia
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, InternationalEpisode 166 is the interview that goes with episode 165’s news roundup, released separately to ensure the timeliness of the news. In episode 166, we interview Kevin Mandia, the CEO and Board Director of FireEye, an intelligence-led security company. FireEye recently outed a new cyberespionage actor associated with the Vietnamese government. Kevin tells us how… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Matt Tait
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 153: Fancy Bear, Cozy Bear, and … Sneaky Bear? In this episode, Matt Tait, aka @PwnAllTheThings, takes us on a tour of Russia’s cyberoperations. Ever wonder why there are three big Russian intel agencies but only two that have nicknames in cybersecurity research? Matt has the answer to this and all your other Russian… Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup with Paul Rosenzweig
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 152: “Alexa, do you have first amendment rights?” Our guest for episode 152 is Paul Rosenzweig, and we tour the horizon with him. In the news roundup, Stephanie Roy outlines the deregulatory tangle around ISPs, privacy, security, and the FCC. Maury Shenk briefs us on the European legislation authorizing the quashing of terrorist advocacy… Continue Reading