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Two cyber related items today:
The FCC is now in the cybersecurity business. It's $10M fine is the first of its kind to be levied against a telecom that, allegedly, stored personal information with inadequate firewalls, encryption and password protection. We now face the exciting prospect of regulatory competition -- the FCC will regulate cybersecurity and so will the FTC</
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Two cyber related items today:
The FCC is now in the cybersecurity business. It's $10M fine is the first of its kind to be levied against a telecom that, allegedly, stored personal information with inadequate firewalls, encryption and password protection. We now face the exciting prospect of regulatory competition -- the FCC will regulate cybersecurity and so will the FTC. Throw in DHS for good measure and we can readily foresee a race to determine who can be toughest. Watch out world.
Meanwhile, the annual ABA Review of National Security Law is just around the corner (early bird registration is still open). For those interested in cybersecurity there is a particularly good panel Friday November 7 from 330-5 PM entitled "Cybersecurity -- Will We Ever Be Secure?" The rest of the conference is pretty good too ....
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
