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The IANA transition: Creating a responsible outcome

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has received a lot of attention lately and it’s not about being the technical coordinator of the internet’s system of unique identifier....

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Lessons learned from the OPM data breach: Remarks from House Committee on...

The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach, which compromised the personally identifiable information of more than 21.5 million individuals, is a defining moment for how to...

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Lessons from Delta’s meltdown: The importance of having a backup plan

On August 9th, a full day after the Delta system outage that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers, senior vice president David Holts acknowledged that the airline is “still operating in...

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Russians aren’t just hacking the DNC – they are hacking America

There is a growing consensus among American intelligence agencies that it was in fact Russia that was behind the DNC hack. But it’s not just the DNC that’s in trouble – Russian hacking has for a long...

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An American strategy for cyberspace: Advancing freedom, security, and prosperity

Event MaterialEvent videoEvent SummaryFaced with a variety of rapidly evolving cyber challenges, the US needs new policy solutions to ensure that the Internet continues to be an American success story....

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An American Strategy for Cyberspace: Advancing Freedom, Security, and Prosperity

Key PointsThe Internet is an American success story, generating tremendous benefits at home and globally, and helping to advance American values of freedom, security, and prosperity.It has also created...

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NTIA wants your input on Internet governance

In preparation for the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (WTSA-16), which is part of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) global standards symposium in October, the National...

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To overhaul its networks, the government should learn from corporate America

President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal, which was unveiled in early February, called for $19 billion in government cybersecurity investments. Of that sum, $3.1 billion would be dedicated to...

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Cyberspace policy at home and abroad: The agenda for 2016 and beyond

Event SummaryThere are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about cyberspace in the year ahead — new advances in wireless Internet technology, the Federal Communication Commission’s upcoming spectrum...

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CES, connected devices, and the importance of network integrity

Connected cars, drones, and household products with sensors, cameras, and communication capabilities were the highlight of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). But one of the most prevalent...

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2015: The year of the hack

Computer hacking went from being something the NSA had to apologize for in 2014 to something that amounts to a personal assault on almost every American citizen in 2015. Today, roughly every other...

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POSTPONED: Is Chinese mercantilism a danger to the US economy?

This event has been postponed.China’s dramatic economic growth over the past 35 years has many legitimate sources. But Chinese policies are increasingly characterized by an aggressive innovation...

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Gen. Michael Hayden calls for comprehensive US cyber policy: AEI project on...

As the US Senate votes this week on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, former NSA and CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden writes that, in addition to CISA, a much broader cyber space strategy is...

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ICANN and IANA: Making the right – not a rash – decision

The Internet governance community is currently working through two separate but related issues: The IANA transition planning process and the ICANN accountability and transparency process. Because they...

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Domain names and politics: Why Chrysler might have to let .ram go

Today marks the beginning of the Year of the Ram in the Chinese Lunar calendar. ICANN met in Singapore this past week and had some issues of their own concerning a different ram: .ram. As part of the...

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Why accountability and transparency need to be ICANN’s number one priority

This week’s 53rd public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been focused on the review of the accumulation of months of work on two different paths that are...

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ICANN’s accountability and transparency mechanisms need to be in place before...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is crucial for the ability of the Internet to be networked globally – it is the address book that matches numerical IP addresses with computers connected to the Internet....

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In a big data world, protecting the information you collect is vital

Today, virtually every firm, organization, and government entity relies on the collection and processing of data about their customers, clients, members and employees. Storing and processing all this...

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Congress can help American companies better protect themselves against cyber...

The drumbeat of high-profile corporate cyber-incidents shows no sign of slowing down. Target, Anthem, JPMorgan Chase, Sony Pictures…the list goes on. There is an array of perpetrators of these cyber...

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Information sharing: A necessary tool for securing America’s networks

As cybersecurity information sharing legislation advances in Congress, concerns continue to abound regarding the types of information that could be shared if these new laws are passed. Privacy...

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