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Live: The Frontiers of Cybersecurity Policy and Law Conference

Robert Chesney
Friday, February 5, 2016, 9:05 AM

Today, the Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin hosts a unique and timely conference focused on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity, which you can watch live here:

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Today, the Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin hosts a unique and timely conference focused on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity, which you can watch live here:

Below is the agenda for the event:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Location: Sheffield-Massey Room (Townes Hall 2.111), UT School of Law

8:00am - 8:30am Welcome and breakfast

8:30am - 9:45am SESSION 1: The "Going Dark" Encryption Debate

Paul Ohm (Georgetown)
Benjamin Wittes (Brookings)
Riana Pfefferkorn (Stanford)
Christopher Soghoian (ACLU)
Moderator: Richard Downing (DOJ)

10:00am - 11:15am SESSION 2: Regulating Security Research: Wassenaar, DMCA, and More

Jennifer Granick (Stanford)
Elaine Korzak (Stanford)
Katie Moussouris (HackerOne)
Allan Friedman (National Telecommunications & Information Admin.)

Location: KUT Studio 1A, UT School of Communications

11:30am - 1:30pm SPECIAL SESSION:

"Big Data, Privacy, and Security: Comparing US and German Perspectives"

Recording of transatlantic dialogue with counterparts in Berlin for an episode of the America Abroad Media radio documentary series.

Location: Sheffield-Massey Room (Townes Hall 2.111), UT School of Law

1:30pm - 2:15pm LUNCH

2:15pm - 3:30pm SESSION 3: Hacking Back and Other Active Defense Measures: Technical, Legal, and Policy Issues

Richard Downing (Department of Justice)
Richard Puckett (GE)
Christian Beckner (George Washington)
Andrew Woods (Kentucky)

3:45pm - 5:00pm SESSION 4: Botnet Takedowns: The Technical, Legal, and Policy Issues

Sean Farrell (FBI)
Kristen Eichensehr (UCLA)
Richard Boscovich (Microsoft)
Greg Nojeim (CDT


Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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