In a pair of recent essays, Timothy Edgar, the academic director of law and policy at Brown University's Executive Master in Cybersecurity program, has outlined the legal basis for how a President Donald Trump could potentially shut down the U.S. internet in response to a national security crisis. Edger's concerns stem from Trump's statements on the campaign trail about "the … [Read more...] about The Law that Could Allow Trump to Shut Down the U.S. Internet
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How to Use Insurance Markets to Improve U.S. Cybersecurity
Robert Knake, a cybersecurity expert with the the Council on Foreign Relations, has recently released a report calling for the creation of a federally sponsored cyber insurance program. The report argues: Anticipating a catastrophic event in cyberspace, Congress should put in place a federal backstop for cyber insurance. Doing so would set expectations for the market and, if … [Read more...] about How to Use Insurance Markets to Improve U.S. Cybersecurity