Watch live: The frontiers of cybersecurity policy and law
Join Passcode and the Robert Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin for a timely conference focused on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity.
Passcode is proud to serve as media partner for a conference hosted by聽the Robert Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin.听Please join us on Friday, Feb. 5 for panel discussions with prominent cybersecurity experts streamed live from this page. A full conference agenda can be found聽.
As part of its Integrated Cybersecurity Studies program, the Robert Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin will host a unique and timely conference focused on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity.
Passcode will join the conference on Friday, February 5th. The day's events will include a symposium bringing together technologists, government officials, privacy advocates, and scholars to discuss four cutting-edge topics: the aftermath of the 鈥済oing dark鈥� debate; the evolving regulatory environment for the rapidly-growing security-research sector including export controls; the prospects for private entities to engage in 鈥渁ctive defense鈥� of their networks including the 鈥渉ackback鈥� debate; and botnet takedowns.
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Featured speakers include:
Jennifer Granick,聽Director of Civil Liberties, Stanford
Katie Moussouris, Chief Policy Officer, HackerOne
Judge James Baker, Chairman,聽ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Sean Farrell,聽Chief, Office of the General Counsel, Cyber Law Unit, FBI
Richard Downing,聽Principal Deputy Chief, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice
Kevin Bankston,聽Director, Open Technology Institute
Find a full agenda including speaking sessions and information on panelists聽.
Event Details
Friday, February 5, 2016
8:00am -聽5:00pm
The University of Texas School of Law
727 E Dean Keeton St
Austin, TX 78705
This event will take place in the Sheffield-Massey Room, TNH 2.111 and in the KUT Studio 1A, School of Communications.听Registration is free and open to the public. Click聽聽for details.
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law聽is a research unit designed to bring an interdisciplinary perspective to bear on public-policy questions relating to security and international relations. Among other programs, the Strauss Center sponsors the聽聽project, which aims to integrate insights from computer science and engineering with insights from law, business administration, security studies, other non-STEM disciplines.听The Center sponsors a wide array of research programs and educational initiatives,聽which are described in detail聽.