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Cybersecurity debate moves to Senate: The Hill/HuffPo
I didn’t put anything up on the blog, but you probably already know that CISPA passed in the House on Thursday. Check out this Huffington Post article by Zach Carter & Sabrina Siddiqui for coverage; interestingly, the bill passed with a 288 to 127 margin, indicating that the bill had support from a number of […]
Mike Rogers: CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Opponents Are Teens In Their Basements (HuffPo/NYT)
Talk about a provocative headline. Via a Huffington Post article written by Sabrina Siddiqui, Rep. Mike Rogers (the sponsor of CISPA) said “that most opponents to his controversial cybersecurity bill are teenagers in their basements.” Here’s the video: Siddiqui goes on to note that the ACLU joins the basement-dwellers in their opposition to CISPA. […]
Myths and Facts about CISPA: Dutch Ruppersberger
Found this via a tweet by Rep. Ruppersberger . . . not sure of the exact source, but it looks to be advocacy material from Rep. Ruppersberger’s office. Anywho, here’s a myth/fact sheet on CISPA. The myths and facts may be a bit biased (Rep. Ruppersberger supports CISPA), but it’s still worth a look. Here’s […]
Intel panel hopes to avoid new cybersecurity fight with Pres. Obama: The Hill
Jennifer Martinez wrote for The Hill and gave us an update on CISPA. According to Martinez, Reps. Rogers & Ruppersberger are trying to get ahead of a possible White House veto threat by proposing changes to CISPA in order to address privacy concerns. The bill moves into markup this week. Remember that CISPA already passed […]
Privacy advocates: Cybersecurity bill faces tough odds in Congress this year (The Hill)
Jennifer Martinez writes for The Hill on opposition to CISPA 2.0. Noting that Reps. Rogers and Ruppersberger have re-introduced CISPA (which already passed the House in the Spring of 2012), Martinez explained that privacy groups still fear language in the bill which would/could “allow companies to send customers’ electronic communications–including personal information–to the intelligence community […]
Obama’s Cyber Attack: WSJ
On 9/23, The Wall Street Journal posted an op-ed on President Obama’s cybersecurity policy. Unfortunately, the article may be behind a paywall; sometimes I put the article’s title into Google and it will allow me to review it on free pass whereas it previously blocked me. Anyways, the op-ed questions President Obama’s approach with the […]
Cyber Roundup (5/4): Sec. Clinton raises cyberespionage with China, Mozilla not a fan of CISPA, UK’s SOCA suffers cyberattack, states unsure about cybersecurity, more Chinese cyberespionage, and Stuxnet is from Texas?
A quick survey of today's news . . . *** Reuters reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern to Chinese leaders over the pervasive level of Chinese cyberespionage. The article didn't mention how or if the Chinese responded. Perhaps a first step in the Obama administration openly confronting the Chinese? *** Andy Greenberg […]
House Passes CISPA: WSJ
On April 27, 2012, Siobhan Gorman reported for the Wall Street Journal on how CISPA, a controversial cybersecurity bill, passed with a 248-168 vote in the House of Representatives. The bill had pretty solid bipartisan support, with 42 Democrats joining 206 Republicans. Now the big question is how the Senate will respond. CISPA looks more […]
Cyber Roundup (4/25): Pres. Obama threatens CISPA veto, Al-Qaeda Seeks cyber-attack skills, Russia gathers support for a UN cyber treaty, and Iran’s cyber army
Yet another busy night in cyber news . . . *** Jonathan Allen and Jennifer Martinez reported for Politico on how the Obama administration threatened to veto CISPA if it arrived at the presidents desk in its current form. Notably, the administration wants to see more privacy protections for users' personal information. Some House Republicans […]
Cyber Roundup (4/24): More CISPA, Pentagon pilot program expands, Cyber ROEs, US Cyber Policy review, and cyber theft of corporate intellectual property
A quick survey of today's news . . . *** Gerry Smith reported for the Huffington Post on how the authors of CISPA will amend the bill to address privacy concerns. Specifically, Rep. Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger will amend CISPA to limit the federal government's use of information shared through private companies to the […]
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Ryan is currently a third year law student at Syracuse University College of Law, and is also pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree from Syracuse’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Ryan spent time with Homeland Security Investigations while pursuing his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University, and spent his first summer of law school as clerk for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York. He is a member of Syracuse Law Review, the Journal on Terrorism and Security Analysis, and participates in the Veteran’s Legal Clinic. 
Shelby is a second year law student at the Syracuse University College of Law. During her final year at the University of Missouri, she served as a full-time news producer for ABC 17 News. Shelby spent her first summer of law school at the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office in Memphis, Tenn., in the Public Corruption and Economic Crimes Unit. She is a member of Syracuse Law Review, the Journal on Terrorism and Security Analysis, and the senior editor for the Syrian Accountability Project. 
Christopher W. Folk
is 2016 graduate of Syracuse College of Law. She also holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She has interned at a London-based think-tank that specializes in transnational terrorism and global security and at the legal department of a defense contractor. She served as an executive editor in the Syracuse Law Review. 
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