By Dan Caprio Yesterday, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy that includes a threat to veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (“CISPA” or H.R. 624) unless further changes are made to the bill’s privacy protections to require removal of personal information before cybersecurity data is shared with the government. A… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Cybersecurity
Subscribe to Cybersecurity RSS FeedWhite House Issues Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive To Enhance Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Posted in Congress, CybersecurityBy Elizabeth Ferrell This blog post was co-authored by Beth Ferrell, Katherine Veeder, and Patrick Stanton. After several months of anticipation, on February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order to enhance measures to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” (the “Executive Order” or “Order”). Accompanying the Order, the White House… Continue Reading
Cybersecurity – What’s Next After the Election?
Posted in 2012 Elections, CybersecurityBy Elizabeth Ferrell and Jim Schweiter There is widespread recognition that we must adopt new policies, laws and regulations to identify and monitor cyber threats, protect our cyber infrastructure and IT systems, share information among government agencies and between the private sector and the government, and develop effective means for responding to cyber attacks. The… Continue Reading
Cybersecurity heating up again
Posted in CybersecurityBy Dan Caprio In a Senate Homeland Security Government Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, DHS Secretary Napolitano confirmed that an administration executive order covering power plants, electric grid and other critical infrastructure is “close to completion.” On Wednesday, Senator Jay Rockefeller sent a letter to the Fortune 500, which included Google Inc., Apple Inc., AT&T Inc.,… Continue Reading
Internet Regulatory Policy: My Report from Venice, Italy
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Public-Private PartnershipsBy Dan Caprio Last week, Venice, Italy played host to IoT Week 2012 and the IoT International Forum. Known in Europe as “IoT – The Internet of Things” and in the U.S. as “smart innovation,” “smart grids,” and “smart transportation,” this exciting field is increasingly demonstrating both market growth and the potential to bring about tangible… Continue Reading
U.S. Announces New Effort To Combat Compromised Computers
Posted in CybersecurityBy Dan Caprio Yesterday, we attended a White House event to announce a new effort known as the Industry Botnet Group (IBG) to combat botnets. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers connected to the Internet. The IBG is the result of a voluntary public-private partnership between the White House, the Departments of Commerce… Continue Reading
Cyber Legislation Outlook: What Companies Should Monitor as Congress Considers Cybersecurity Legislation
Posted in CybersecurityBy Dan Caprio From our Cyber legislation update this week. The House of Representatives concluded “cyber week” at the end of April with the passage of a number of bills targeted at enhancing the nation’s protections against cyber threats. The Senate is expected to consider proposed legislation in the coming weeks which has both a… Continue Reading
Navigating The Cyber Maze – Hacking, Compliance and Legislation
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data PrivacyBy Doug Farry With the policy debates surrounding cybersecurity heating up and legislation currently making its way through Congress, it is vitally important that businesses stay current on a number of high priority issues that can affect their operations, including data privacy, data security and related liabilities. To that end, we’re hosting an event in Los Angeles… Continue Reading
EU Releases New Data Protection Regulations: Who Will it Affect?
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data PrivacyBy Dan Caprio The European Commission recently published a proposal for the Data Protection Reform Package, including proposals for the new Data Protection Regulation and Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive. In addition to leading to a uniform and coherent data protection law applicable in all EU Member States, the new regulation will also introduce… Continue Reading
Data Privacy Outlook for 2012
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Legislation (Federal)By Dan Caprio The next few weeks will be very active on the data privacy front with the release of three-long awaited reports from the European Commission, the White House, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On January 14, I spoke about these reports and what we can expect in privacy in 2012 in a keynote… Continue Reading
Data Privacy Day: Thursday, January 26
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data PrivacyBy Dan Caprio In recognition of Data Privacy Day next week, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is sponsoring “The Intersection of Privacy & Security” at the George Washington Law School on Thursday, January 26. The event is free and open to the public and promises to be a very timely discussion with the expected release of the White House privacy position… Continue Reading
2012 Federal Cyber Market Outlook and DHS Industry Day, January 26, 2012
Posted in CybersecurityBy Dan Caprio Cybersecurity is set to be a top federal growth market in 2012. To protect federal information systems and networks, federal agencies will dedicate more funds to cybersecurity. According to a recent study by government IT consultant Deltek, the annual market demand for cybersecurity-related products by the U.S. Government is projected to spike from USD$9.2 billion in… Continue Reading
The Inaugural Post: Welcome to the Politics, Law and Policy Blog
Posted in 2012 Elections, Cybersecurity, Energy Policy, Government Ethics, Health Policy, Infrastructure, Political Law, Tax Policy, TransportationBy Eric Tanenblatt Happy New Year and welcome to the new Politics, Law and Policy Blog: Bipartisan policy insights and political intelligence. This blog is a forum led by members of the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs practice at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, an international law and public policy firm with offices in nine… Continue Reading