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...
View ArticleCES, 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...
View ArticleCyberspace 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...
View ArticleTo 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...
View ArticleNTIA 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleAn 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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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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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...
View ArticleLessons 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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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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