We begin the podcast with This week in NSA, but how long that feature will survive is in doubt. Because what’s most newsworthy this week is that there was practically no news about NSA. Or at least no new scandal stories. The principal new release came from the US government and consisted of a FISA
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Daniel Sutherland
In this week’s episode, we explore the latest FOIA tussle between the FBI and ACLU over NSA and the dog-bites-man story of Larry Klayman losing another long-shot appeal. This Week in NSA focuses on the Bloomberg story claiming that the agency is exploiting the Heartbleed flaw. Kudos to NSA for managing to persuasively deny the
Rethinking Cybersecurity, Retribution, and the Role of the Private Sector
In upcoming testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, I’ll be assessing the Department of Homeland Security, with particular focus on cybersecurity. Probably the most important point I’ll be making is a simple one:
We will never defend our way out of the current cybersecurity crisis.
That’s because putting all the burden of preventing crime
Sneak Peek of the Cybersecurity Executive Order Draft
Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller reports that he’s seen a draft of the executive order on cybersecurity. What he describes is quite plausible:
- The order creates a council chaired by DHS to coordinate the mission. This provision would be a defeat for the business lobbyists who fought to keep DHS from getting a central cybersecurity