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Opinion: It's time to upend the cybersecurity businessWe鈥檝e embraced data analytics. We build and deploy a cascade of security tools.聽Why isn鈥檛 the security industry winning?聽It鈥檚 time for security strategists to sift, read, and respond to threat data differently. 聽
To protect 'digital sovereignty,' Russia threatens to block Google, FacebookRussia, like most countries, is struggling to balance public desire for privacy with the government's interest in monitoring potentially criminal activity. But the Kremlin's approach strikes observers as too heavy-handed.
Opinion: An ex-NSA chief and ACLU adviser can agree on surveillance reform. Why can't Congress?Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander and law professor Geoffrey Stone say it's time for Congress to put politics aside and聽act quickly to reform surveillance laws in order to protect American privacy and maintain an intelligence edge.
What the security industry can learn from the World Health OrganizationThe discovery of computer bugs聽can be marketing boons for cybersecurity firms. But one critic聽says the industry should take a page from the health profession and select names for flaws that aren't designed to stoke fear or generate buzz.
Fiercely critical of NSA, Germany now answering for its own spy practicesGermany is embroiled in a spying controversy that is causing political upheaval and sparking a national debate about surveillance.聽
With all its political bluster, Anonymous can't shake its 'prankster' pastA study shows that the media regards the online collective as 'pranksters' even though its various elements take part in social action and political causes.聽- Will our future Internet be paradise or dystopia?What we learned from an Atlantic Council event discussing digital trends and possible scenarios for the world鈥檚 online future.
FBI director calls tech giants鈥� stance on strong encryption 'depressing'James Comey lashed out at tech companies such as Apple and Google after they sent a letter to Obama opposing law enforcement proposals to build 'back doors' into secure products.- Watch live: How will our cyber future be different from today?Join a panel discussion with Passcode and聽the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative聽on the future of cyberspace,聽Wednesday, May 20th.
NASA: Alleged plane hacker's boast about breaching space station 'laughable'The FBI is reportedly investigating security researcher Chris Roberts for his claims he hacked into an airplane mid-flight. He denies those allegations. But what about his claims that he hacked the International Space Station?
Opinion: What Congress gets wrong about NSA surveillance practicesAs Congress battles over surveillance reform, it's important to remember that the Patriot Act's controversial聽Section 215, which justified National Security Agency collection of phone records, is also an essential investigative tool for the US intelligence community.
Schiff: If surveillance reform fails in Congress, Obama should act aloneRep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, also says the National Security Agency is partly to blame if reform efforts fail in Congress.
Did a hacker really make a plane go sideways?A FBI affidavit in a case involving security researcher Chris Roberts claims that he took over the navigation system of an airliner. But if those claims are indeed true, they raise troubling questions about the state of聽airline security.
Opinion: The Pentagon's troubling new battle against Internet anonymityWith its updated cybersecurity strategy, the Department of Defense redoubles a campaign against Web anonymity. But without anonymity, the expression and political activity that it protects may vanish, too.聽
Cybersecurity Podcast: Stuxnet, sexism, CEOs, and surveillanceNew America's Peter Singer and Passcode's Sara Sorcher interview technologist and author Bruce Schneier, Endgame chief executive Nate Fick, and journalist Kim Zetter on the latest episode of The Cybersecurity Podcast.聽
Just how lethal is the software flaw dubbed 'Venom'?It's not as widespread as the Heartbleed vulnerability, according to experts. But the flaw threatens the security of data centers and virtual computer environments.
Why I make my kids read privacy policiesIt's like teaching them to look both ways聽before crossing the street. Reading privacy policies for apps is about learning basic safety tips in the Internet Age and gives parents an opportunity to teach kids about responsibility and self awareness on the Web.- Why I make my kids read privacy policiesIt's like teaching them to look both ways聽before crossing the street. Reading privacy policies for apps is about learning basic safety tips in the Internet Age and gives parents an opportunity to teach kids about responsibility and self awareness on the Web.
Is student privacy erased as classrooms turn digital?Privacy researcher Elana Zeide says schools need more transparency about how student data is used by聽educational publishers and software companies.
Orin Kerr's radical idea for reforming anti-hacking lawsLaw professor Orin Kerr argues that social norms are the best ways of determining what's 'authorized' and 'unauthorized' computer access, a critical component of the federal anti-hacking law that critics complain is too ambiguous.
