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Haley calls Russian election interference ‘warfare,’ but is it an armed attack?
Yesterday Reuters reported that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called last year’s Russian meddling in the Presidential election “warfare.” The comments came during a panel discussion alongside two former Secretaries of State, Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice. Haley explained, “When a country can come interfere in another country’s elections that is warfare. It […]
Cyber Round Up: Who is China Really Hacking?; Pentagon Cyber Team Takes Major Operational Step; What a real cyber war would look like
Cyber warfare: Who is China hacking? (CNN): An article from CNN analyzed the shifts in Chinese cyber warfare strategy. As mentioned in the recent Presidential debate, China is always on the radar as a potential cyber adversary, the article notes. The article quotes an official from FireEye as describing China’s cyber capacities as essentially another […]
“Military Cyber Operations” Congressional Hearing to be Held on 6/22/16
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of June 20-24, 2016. Wednesday, June 22, 2016 “Military Cyber Operations“ Full Committee (10:00 AM – 2118 Rayburn – OPEN) Witnesses: Mr. Thomas Atkin Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security […]
Cyber Operations: Improving the Military Cybersecurity Posture in an Uncertain Threat Environment
Cyber Operations: Improving the Military Cybersecurity Posture in an Uncertain Threat Environment — hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Vulnerabilities. The full report is available below.
U.S. Cyber Command Moves Towards Lethal Cyber Weapons
U.S. Cyber Command $460 million Cyber Project In a follow-up to a recent round-up; according to NextGov, an upcoming $460 million project at U.S. Cyber Command will outsource a number of offensive cyber capabilities to the private sector. NextGov reports that these new weapons that will be developed will give the U.S. military the ability […]
Cyber Round Up: PA Federal Court finds standing in class action, Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race, Obama Won’t Seek Access to Encrypted User Data
Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action (Cyber Law Monitor): The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA has found standing in a data breach class action, marking the first time this court has done so, according to this article. The article indicates that this is similar to other courts […]
Cyber Round Up: Emerging Legalities in a post-Wyndham World, Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity, One for All and All for One, US Authorities name Chinese Firms Involved in Hacks
Important Lessons in Cybersecurity post-Wyndham (Security, Privacy and the Law): According to an article by Colin Zick, the Wyndham case has brought cybersecurity issues into the forefront. Zick’s article states some very basic premises, namely that a firm has to be cognizant of, and in compliance with its own security and privacy policies. The article […]
NATO Conference on Cyber Conflict materials now available.
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia has now posted online many materials from its 2015 Conference on Cyber Conflict. This year’s topic, “Architectures in Cyberspace,” asked what cyberspace is and will be in the coming years as well as how cyber security will develop. Included are 17 documents of proceedings, and approximately […]
Actual U.S. DoD Cyber Strategy
We’ll have lots of analysis and commentary over time, no doubt, but we just want to make sure you all have a copy of the actual [U.S.] Department of Defense Cyber Strategy of April 2015 by posting it here: Of course, it is always better to read the actual source document for yourself before reading […]
Congressional Report on Cybersecurity Fails to Deliver
While the Congressional Research Service usually provides exceptional reports in the area of cybersecurity (see here, and here), the recent report titled Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism: In Brief falls short of the usual level of expertise. The report is full of factual information spanning various topics in cybersecurity, but the facts are thrown together in sections without any […]
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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. 
Jennifer A. Camillo