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This episode is a panel discussion hosted at Brazil House during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The panel was hosted by BCR founder Aaron Stanley and featured Andre Portilho, head of digital assets at BTG Pactual; Caroline Malcolm of Oxford University; Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer at Circle and Alan Cohn, partner at Steptoe, LLC in Washington, DC We discuss institutional adoption of digital assets in the country, stablecoin adoption and regulations, Drex, and then these trends into what we're seeing happening in Europe, the United States and elsewhere ------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents. One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development. Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA's highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry. Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Episode Show Notes: Alan Cohn: From Newsrooms to Non-ProfitsSummary:Join us in this compelling episode with Alan Cohn, a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist turned political figure, entrepreneur, and advocate for Supreme Court reform. His extensive career offers unique perspectives on public service, the media landscape, politics, and now the non-profit sector, making for a rich and diverse conversation. From tales of investigative journalism to the challenges of political campaigns, Alan's insights are bound to intrigue and inspire.Highlights:Alan's Dynamic Journey: Explore Alan's transition from an award-winning journalist uncovering critical stories to founding AMC Strategic Communications, running for Congress, and now leading the non-profit, Term Limit the Court.Into the World of Politics: Alan shares the intricacies of running a political campaign, likening it to operating a business and emphasizing the importance of strategic communications and networking.Championing Supreme Court Reform: Delve into the mission of Term Limit the Court and the potential implications of term limits on Supreme Court Justices.Challenges & Triumphs: Hear firsthand accounts of the obstacles faced in both journalism and politics, and the strategies employed to overcome them.Resilience & Motivation: Drawing inspiration from Rocky Balboa, Alan underscores the significance of persistence, resilience, and moving forward, no matter the setbacks.Behind the Scenes: Get a glimpse of Alan's personal life, from the exciting journey of his son Aaron as a pitcher in the Oakland A's organization to the influences behind Alan's diverse career choices.Looking Ahead: Stay updated on the recent initiatives of Term Limit the Court, and the strides being made towards Supreme Court reform.
The exponential growth of the Internet of Money has created a broad attack surface for threat actors. The same properties that make crypto a force for good — permissionless, programmable, and instantaneous value transfer — are being hijacked by ransomware groups, scammers, and hackers to attack at unprecedented speed and scale. Hacks have become a part of everyday life in the cryptoverse. In 2022 alone, we have seen nation-state hackers steal hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto, and ransomware groups have been targeting hospitals, critical infrastructure and small businesses. This threat calls for a strong response that brings together the public and private sectors to ensure the hardening of cyber defenses and, where this fails, an incident response system to ensure that funds are traced, tracked and recovered. In this special edition, we will be conducting a tabletop exercise that brings together critical players to depict how to respond to a breach in real-time. TRM Talks is joined in the incident response war room by Jessica Peck, Prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, Alan Cohn, Partner, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Practice, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Jonathan Rajewski, North American Head of Cyber Incident Response, Stroz Friedberg, Chris Hoffmeister, Global Investigations, TRM Labs. This podcast is hosted by TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company. We blend blockchain data with advanced analytics to help financial institutions and governments fight fraud, money laundering, and financial crime. The TRM Crypto Incident Response team takes a concierge approach to quickly track down stolen funds, leveraging decades of combined experience and market-leading technology. Learn more about these services and reach out for support here: https://www.trmlabs.com/incident-response
The Rising Edge D&O Podcast returns for a second season with Owen being joined by a stellar cast of gusts from the law firm Steptoe & Johnson to discuss the increasing prevalence of cryptocurrency in the corporate world and how this is manifesting itself in risks to directors and officers. Our expert speakers on cryptocurrency and the emerging risks associated are Alan Cohn, Co-lead of Steptoe's Blockchain & Cryptocurrency practice, advising clients on a range of blockchain and cryptocurrency related issues, from regulatory practices for cryptocurrency companies to legal issues associated with novel uses of blockchain technology. He has also previously served as a career official in senior policy position at The Department of Homeland Security in the US for almost a decade during both the George W Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Rachel Cannon, Partner with a focus on trial work, investigations, white-collar criminal defence and complex litigation. She works extensively in cryptocurrency matters and advises entrepreneurs about regulatory issues surrounding cryptocurrencies, initial coin offering, and blockchain technology. Rachel previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago where she supervised the bankruptcy fraud program and worked in the securities and commodities fraud section. Nate Kritzer, Partner and a seasoned trial attorney whose practice focuses on litigating investment disputes covering topics such as securities and shareholder litigation, real estate litigation, bankruptcy litigation and class action defence. Nate has represented all manner of clients ranging from household name corporations and major financial institutions to start-up companies and high net worth individuals. Charles Michael, a litigation Partner specialising in high stakes disputes and arbitrations. He has represented clients in regulatory and criminal investigations by the Securities Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and The Department of Justice. He is also founder and editor of the SDNY blog which covers civil litigation and trial practice in the Southern District of New York. The Rising Edge D&O Podcast is presented by Owen Dacey, Head of Claims at Rising Edge, and Richard Cutcher, Executive Producer, and founder of the Global Captive Podcast. For more information on Rising Edge to sign up for updates and new episodes of the podcast, visit: risingedge.co/rising-edge-podcast-blog/ You can subscribe to the Rising Edge D&O Podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.
Jason Weinstein conducts internal investigations and represents companies and individuals in high-profile criminal matters. With 15 years of experience in senior positions at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), he helps corporations and boards successfully navigate challenging government enforcement matters and defends individuals in criminal investigations and prosecutions. He is recognized across the United States as an authority on legal and regulatory issues involving digital currencies and blockchain technology. Jason serves as co-chair of Steptoe's White-Collar and Securities Enforcement and the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practices.Jason regularly directs internal investigations, tries complex cases, and represents clients in criminal investigations before the DOJ as well as other government agencies. As the former deputy assistant attorney general of the DOJ's Criminal Division, he oversaw the most significant organized crime, financial crime, cybercrime, and intellectual property theft investigations in America. Before joining the Criminal Division, Jason served for nearly 10 years as an assistant US attorney in the US Attorney's Offices for the Southern District of New York and the District of Maryland, where he investigated and prosecuted cases involving financial crimes, public corruption, racketeering, cybercrime, national security, narcotics, money laundering, immigration offenses, and violent crime. In the District of Maryland, where he served as Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division and as Chief of the Violent Crime Section, Jason prosecuted many of the highest-profile cases of the past decade in Baltimore. He brings this experience to bear in each client matter, many of which are extremely prominent. Among other recent matters, he represents Volkswagen in the criminal case arising from the diesel emissions controversy and led the independent investigation by the board of Pilot Flying J in response to allegations of fraudulent sales practices.Jason is widely recognized for his command of the complex legal issues surrounding digital currencies and the blockchain. He is the director of the Blockchain Alliance, a public-private forum established by a broad coalition of companies and organizations to help combat criminal activity involving digital currencies and blockchain technology. He also sits on the strategic advisory board of Bitfury, the leading full-service blockchain technology company and one of the largest private infrastructure providers in the industry, and serves on the advisory board of the Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center.Alan Cohn counsels clients on a range of blockchain- and cryptocurrency-related issues, from regulatory best practices for cryptocurrency companies to legal issues associated with novel uses of blockchain technology. In addition to co-leading Steptoe's Blockchain & Cryptocurrency practice, Alan also co-leads the firm's National and Homeland Security practice, and has experience across homeland security, emergency management, and emergency response services at the federal and local level. Alan represents a variety of different types of entities focusing on blockchain and cryptocurrency, from cryptocurrency trading platforms to investment funds to startups developing new blockchain protocols, as well as corporations interested in exploring potential applications of blockchain technology. Alan helped found Steptoe's Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice and serves as its co-chair. Alan also serves as counsel to the Blockchain Alliance, a public-private forum established by a broad coalition of companies and organizations to help combat criminal activity on the blockchain, and advises companies and investors concerning a range of issues associated with the adoption and use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Alan is ranked among the top US lawyers in Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies by Chambers USA (2019-2020), where he is noted for his "tremendous depth of expertise in regulatory issues facing blockchain platforms and cryptocurrencies." He is also recognized as an MVP in FinTech by Law360 (2019), a trailblazer in both Cryptocurrency, Blockchain & FinTech (2018) and Cybersecurity (2017) by National Law Journal and as a Next Generation Lawyer in Cyber Law by The Legal 500 (2017-2019). Alan brings a unique perspective, focusing on the intersection of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology with cybersecurity and cybercrime, and advising clients on national security and emerging technology issues. Before joining Steptoe, Alan served as a career official in senior policy positions at The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for almost a decade, during both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Most recently, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Planning, Analysis & Risk and second-in-charge overall of the DHS Office of Policy during the second term of the Obama Administration. Among a variety of responsibilities, Alan oversaw emergency preparedness and response policy for the DHS Office of Policy, and participated in and helped run a variety of scenario planning and tabletop exercise activities at DHS. Alan also established the cyber policy office within the DHS Office of Policy, represented DHS on the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) and related national security review processes for foreign investments, and architected and helped implement DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson's Unity of Effort Initiative, a major corporate-level DHS management reform effort. Prior to joining DHS, he worked with FEMA's National Urban Search & Rescue Response System for 11 years and served as chair of the System Advisory Committee's Legal Issues Working Group. He is the author of "Domestic Preparedness: Law, Policy, and National Security," a legal casebook on emergency management law and policy, as well as book chapters concerning federal preparedness grant funding. Alan also is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he has taught Domestic Preparedness Law and Policy and National Security Crisis Law, and a non-resident fellow at Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law.
Cryptocurrency regulation sits at the intersection of multiple regulatory regimes, and both financial market regulators and banking regulators, among many others, have asserted authority over certain aspects of crypto regulation. This has resulted in an overlapping and incomplete regulatory framework that has drawn criticism from both proponents and skeptics of crypto innovation. So, how is cryptocurrency regulated? How should it be regulated? Who should regulate it? Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives is looking at these questions through a series of policy forums that examine the roles of different regulators and consider what type of regulatory framework should be adopted to balance the risks and innovative potential of cryptocurrencies.This fourth and final panel in this series builds on previous discussions about commodities, banking, and securities regulation to consider alternatives for a crypto regulatory framework. Join Jake Chervinsky, Alan Cohn, and Angela Walch in a panel moderated by Nikhilesh De from CoinDesk to discuss the future of crypto regulation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the largest reorganization of the federal government since World War II, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was designed to coordinate and execute a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard the country against terrorism. DHS was also tasked with carrying out all functions of the 22 federal agencies and entities that were entirely or partially folded into the new department, ensuring that those not directly related to protection of the homeland were not diminished nor neglected. With a portfolio covering everything from cybersecurity and protection of the nation’s maritime waters to facilitation of trade and emergency management, DHS is arguably the largest federal agency with the most disparate policy goals. What does it mean to “secure the homeland” in the 21st century? What lessons can be drawn from the U.S. government efforts to do so? And how do DHS work and operations on migration and border security figure into the equation? With the department well into its second decade and on the precipice of a new presidential term with some of its component agencies pulled into the polarization around immigration and border security, this Migration Policy Institute discussion with the editors and authors of Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the Twenty-First Century examines these questions. Leading security experts, Juliette Kayyem, Chappell Lawson, Alan Cohn, and Christian Marrone assess the department’s evolution and how it organizes its operations and work on migration and border management. They offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations on how to improve the U.S. homeland security enterprise.
That's the question I debate with David Kris and Nick Weaver as we explore the ways in which governments are using location data to fight the spread of COVID-19. Phone location data is being used to enforce quarantines and to track contacts with infected people. It's useful for both, but Nick thinks the second application may not really be ready for a year – too late for this outbreak. Our interview subject is Jason Healey, who has a long history with Cyber Command and a deep recent oeuvre of academic commentary on cyber conflict. Jay explains Cyber Command's doctrine of “persistent engagement” and “defending forward” in words that I finally understand. It makes sense in terms of Cyber Command's aspirations as well as the limitations it labored under in the Obama Administration, but I end up wondering whether it's going to be different from “deterrence through having the best offense.” Nothing wrong with that, in my view – as long as you have the best offense by a long shot, something that is by no means proven. We return to the news to discover the whole idea of national security sunsets looking dumber than it did when it first saw the light of day (which is saying something). Several important FISA authorities have fallen to the floor, Matthew Heiman reports. Thanks to Sens. Rand Paul and Mike Lee, I might add (Nick blames President Trump, who certainly stepped in at a bad time). Both the House and the Senate passed measures to keep FISA authorities alive, but the measures were completely different and out of sync. Maybe the House will fix that this week, but only for a couple months. Because of course we'll be rested and ready in the middle of a contagion and a presidential campaign for a debate over Sen. Paul's proposal to make it harder to wiretap and prosecute Americans who spy for foreign governments. Maybe some aiming should have come before naming and shaming? The US has dropped the Mueller team's charges against a sponsor of Russian electoral interference, Matthew tells us. There's another major leak about government skullduggery in cyberspace, David tells us, and WikiLeaks is, uh, nowhere to be seen. That's because the skulldugging government in question is Vladimir Putin's, and WikiLeaks is looking more and more like it is in cahoots with Putin. So it falls to a group called Digital Revolution to publish internal FSB documents showing Russia's determination to acquire a huge DDOS network, maybe enough to take whole nations offline. Alan Cohn makes a guest appearance to discuss the role that DHS's CISA is playing in the COVID-19 crisis. And it has nothing to do with cybersecurity. Instead, CISA is ensuring the security of critical infrastructure around the country by identifying facilities that need to keep operating, notwithstanding state lockdown orders. We talk about the federalism crisis that could come from the proliferation of critical infrastructure designations, but neither of us expects it soon. Here's a surprise: Russia is deploying coronavirus disinformation, claiming that it is a US bioweapon. Uncharacteristically, I find myself praising the European Union for flagging the campaign. Nick talks about the ambiguity of the cyberattack on Norsk Hydro, and I raise the risk that companies may stop releasing attribution information pointing to nation states because doing so may undercut their insurance claims. Finally, we wrap up the story of ex-Uber autonomous driving executive Anthony Levandowski, who has pled guilty to trade-secret theft and is likely headed to prison for a year or three.
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What is blockchain technology and how is it applied? Alan Cohn, a blockchain and cryptocurrency expert with Steptoe, explains the ins and outs of blockchain, its strengths as a security technology, and the landscape for oversight and regulation. He discusses blockchain’s potential and how companies are using it to innovate.
Unusual Gathering | Episode XXIII Conversations At The Intersection Of IT Security And Society Part Of Our RSA Conference | San Francisco 2019 Coverage Guests Diana Kelley | Priscilla Koepke | Ann Cleaveland Host Marco Ciappelli This Episode: Tomorrow starts today. Cybersecurity Futures 2025. This panel was recorded on the Moscone Center floor during RSA Conference 2025. It follows a Pre-Conference podcast with panelist Dawn Thomas and Alan Cohn and the actual presentation that took place the day before this recording. The project “Cybersecurity Futures 2025” is a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and CNA’s Institute for Public Research, conducted in partnership with the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity (2016-2018) and the Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity. If this topic doesn’t fit right At The Intersection Of IT Security And Society I am not sure what else could. It is an exciting time to be alive with so many incredible scientific and technological advancements in every area of our lives, with states interacting together and cultures mixing in a global boundary-less cyberspace. It is also a dangerous time to be alive in this new technological era where cybersecurity issues encompass every area of our lives and affect geopolitical dynamics, and the way societies evolve. The decisions we are making today about technology interacting with humans are going to affect our society in 2025 and way beyond that time. It is now that we must force ourselves to think about fundamental philosophical questions and come up with good answers and courses of action, because those, or the lack of those, are already affecting us now and will affect us even more in our future. For this panel, I invited Ann Cleaveland, (CLTC Executive Director), Diana Kelly (Microsoft), and Priscilla Koepke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to recap the research and discuss what the biggest challenges, fears, and possible solutions to the four presented scenarios are. Scenario 1 — Quantum Leap Scenario 2 — The New Wiggle Room Scenario 3 — Barlow’s Revenge Scenario 4 — Trust Us Are we looking at a dystopian, a utopian or a realistic future that we can shape making the right choices today? You decide. Literally, you, they, and we. We can decide, all together if we act now. This is just a starting point. ________ Thanks to our episode sponsors: Edgescan - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/edgescan Bugcrowd - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/bugcrowd STEALTHbits - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/stealthbits Devo - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/devo Onapsis - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/onapsis Nintex - https://www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/nintex ________ For more Unusual Gatherings: https://www.itspmagazine.com/unusual-gatherings
All our RSA Conference coverage, including these chats on the road, is made possible by the generosity of our sponsors. We’d like to thank edgescan, Bugcrowd, STEALTHbits, Devo, Onapsis, and Nintex for their support and encourage you to have a look at their directory listing on ITSPmagazine to see how they can help you with your risk, security and compliance programs. Edgescan: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/edgescan Bugcrowd: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/bugcrowd STEALTHbits: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/stealthbits Devo: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/devo Onapsis: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/onapsis Nintex: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/nintex This Podcast is to introduce a session called: Cybersecurity Futures 2025 Our guests are: Dawn Thomas and Alan Cohn Your hosts are: Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli What is this presentation about? Well let’s start with something we should all know by now: Cybersecurity is a global issue. How could it be otherwise considering that technology has connected all of us? Literally connected. It is not just a matter of communication between people far away or making distances much shorter; we are talking about connecting all of us in a way that we would not have thought possible a few decades ago. Technology is somehow part of almost everything we do nowadays, and there is no going back. Sure it is nice to be able to unplug some of our devices here and there, but that is not stopping the future from happening. Despite what some people like to think, for the most part, we do not live in little, or big, bubbles anymore, and even when we consider our homes, towns or countries to be unique, independent or even isolated from the rest of the world, we are still very much connected with each other. The future is a globalized world of technology all connected together, and denying it or ignoring it is quite dangerous. It is an exciting time to be alive with so many incredible scientific and technological advancements in every area of our lives, with states interacting together and cultures mixing in a global boundary-less cyberspace. It is also a dangerous time to be alive in this new technological era where cybersecurity issues encompass every area of our lives and affect geopolitical dynamics, and the way societies evolve. The decisions we are making today about technology interacting with humans are going to affect our society in 2025 and way beyond that time. It is now that we must force ourselves to think about fundamental philosophical questions and come up with good answers and courses of action, because those, or the lack of those, are already affecting us now and will affect us even more in our future. To predict how this future may look, in 2016 The World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Cybersecurity and the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity began a collaboration to develop a set of future-looking cybersecurity scenarios. These scenarios are very diverse and, as they may appear like a Sci-Fi movie script, contain elements that exist, or are developing, in our present society. By opening the conversations about technology outside of the technology field, using a multidisciplinary approach, and making the stage the place where these conversations happen, the whole world — instead of just individual nations — might actually succeed in addressing this issue before it is too late. 2025 is not that far away. As far as I am concerned, the future is today because it is today where we shape it. So listen up and if you are at RSA Conference in San Francisco join this engaging and interactive presentation that will take place on March 6, 2019, | 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM | Moscone South #301 But now it is time to listen up. Enjoy. For more Chats on the Road to RSA Conference 2019, please visit: https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/chats-on-the-road-to-rsa-conference-2019-san-francisco
As our dearly departed friend Tim Russert used to say it is FLORIDA-FLORIDA-FLORIDA. Will Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum become the first Black governor in the state's history or will Republican Ron DeSantis show the Sunshine State is Trump Country? Can Rick Scott the term limited GOP governor take the next set in his political career and unseat the popular incumbent Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson>Helping me breakdown the Florida's races is one of the most respected political journalist in the business Alan Cohn. He is a Peabody Award winning television investigative journalist. He also serves as the anchor and managing editor of ABC7 at 7 in Sarasota.Cohn's nightly broadcast features in reporting and interviews with newsmakers from Donald Trump to Jerry Springer. The show is must see TV if you want to know what is going in the state of Florida.Be sure to watch Alan on his show weeknight's on ABC7 WWSB TV Sarasota covering the Tampa Bay area and Florida's beautiful Suncoast. Download their app and livestream their news from anywhere in the world. You can also find them in your channel store on ROKU, Amazon Fire TV, and most streaming devices. Click here for more information. - http://www.mysuncoast.com/apps/We are pleased to have Swing Left to our team! They are a national grassroots organization focused on taking back the House for in the November midterm elections. They connect people with things they can do that will have direct impact on winning a PROGRESSIVE majority in the House and putting a check on President Donald Trump and the RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVES. This election season our message is: “Don't just vote this year—volunteer. “Be sure to check out Swing Left at www.swingleft.org/williams, you'll be immediately connected with other volunteers in your area who are working to win the race in a nearby Swing District. You'll find out where and how you can make the most impact on flipping the House starting right now.We are happy to have Blinkist as a sponsor. Try out their outstanding service FREE for seven days by clicking on this link www.blinkist.com/williams and join the over 7 million people who are expanding their minds 15 minutes at a time - get started today! * Promotional and sponsor consideration from Sling TV the best streaming live television service on the market. Become a Slinger today. For all of your streaming video needs visit Boom Media, where you can get the best gear on the market. Ask questions and follow us on social media @JWMediaDC on Twitter. on Tumblr and Facebook
"A Glimpse into the Future” gives you access to insights from some of the world's leading experts, who explore how breakthrough technologies and innovative ideas can help us actively shape our future. In this week's interview, we talk to Alan Cohn, Adjunct Professor of Georgetown University Law Center and co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Council on the Future of Cybersecurity. What is the real danger of cyber threats? How can individuals, businesses and governments prepare themselves appropriately in our increasingly digitalized world? Which new technologies show promise in helping us protect ourselves against cyber threats? Tune in and find out!
In our 217th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast Alan Cohn, Jack Hayes, Lisa Zarlenga and Chelsea Parker take over the podcast. Jack discusses the status of regulation surrounding cryptocurrencies including anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance, the Department of Treasury’s letter regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs), and the New York Attorney General’s questionnaire for cryptocurrency exchanges. Lisa provides an overview of tax issues surrounding cryptocurrency from establishing basis to hard forks to airdrops. Lisa also highlights the changes in regulation surrounding like-kind exchanges due to the 2018 Tax Reform Bill and questions surrounding the taxation of tokens. Chelsea discusses trends coming out of New York Blockchain Week 2018 and Consensus 2018. Alan Cohn highlights Steptoe’s panel “Blockchain in Supply Chain, Navigating the Legal Waters” at Consensus 2018 and gives an overview of he and Lisa's presentations on the tax treatment of digital currencies and tokens at the Accounting Blockchain Coalition’s conference. The panelists also highlight where they see the industry going next in terms of adoption and regulation. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 208th of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Stephanie Roy, and Gus Hurwitz discuss: the United Kingdom and Democrats’ attack on Cambridge Analytica;this week saw more pronouncements about regulatory oversight of crypto-assets; the trend seems to be more regulation, but by who? Broadcom bails as President and CFIUS veto Qualcomm deal on a brand-new theory of national security; and CFIUS bill co-opts critics; after a brutal op-ed by Representative Pittenger, calling out GE and IBM; what’s happening with net neutrality appeals? And what about those state Little Net Neutrality laws? Waiting for someone to die from a cyberattack before you get worried? You won’t have to wait long; the Russians are serious about messing with our power grid; the Department of Homeland Security calls them out; the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCICC) Report;why you won’t go wrong betting that privacy zealots hate cybersecurity; big trouble in AMD’s chipsets raises backdoor and supply chain worries; Treasury sanctions Russians for election meddling; Hal Martin’s dumb argument for making mass theft of classified documents harder (“Geez, who can keep track of a single document when you’re stealing terabytes?”) is rejected; dispatches from the bubble. Why the right is starting to hate Big Tech:; Twitter suspends comedian Steven Crowder for a video in which an intern crashed an LGBTQ meeting in SXSW claiming to identify as a computer. YouTube follows suit; meanwhile Louis Farrakhan stays up on Twitter, with a coveted blue check while tweeting that “the FBI has been the worst enemy of Black advancement. The Jews have control over those agencies of government”; but ever alert to the wrong kind of hate, Twitter seems to be blocking much of the Drudge Report; and Western Journal (WJ) says Facebook’s new algorithm for “giving a boost to quality news” reduces lefty site traffic by 2 percent and righty traffic by 14 percent; comparing two NY tabloids with very different politics, WJ says the change boosted Facebook’s traffic to the lefty Daily News by 24 percent and cut the righty NY Post traffic by 11 percent; similar claims had been made by another conservative site using a different methodology. Our guest interview is with Pete Chronis, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Turner Broadcasting and author of The Cyber Conundrum. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 198th of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Brian Egan, and Nick Weaver discuss: US House of Representatives extends surveillance law, rejecting new privacy safeguards; Apple’s China iCloud data migration sweeps up international user accounts; Apple to hand off Chinese iCloud operations to local firm in February; Apple says iCloud China data migration notice sent to some users in error; US Supreme Court to review bid to collect Internet sales tax; Inside Uber’s $100,000 payment to a hacker, and the fallout; and Uber’s latest scofflaw-ware problem; US House of Representatives passes the Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act; Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein’s proposal on encrypted communications; 21st century warfare.House Financial Services Committee hearing on CFIUS reform; Twitter allowed hackers to run an ad on its platform that pretended to come from Twitter itself; speaking of which, where is Twitter's promised Ad Transparency Center? Our guest interview is with Shane Harris National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 184th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Brian Egan, and Shane Harris discuss: Russia has turned Kaspersky software into tool for spying; Kaspersky: not dead yet?; Germany sees no evil; nor Interpol; Twitter data deletion proves another of Baker’s Laws: Privacy always serves the powerful. In this case, Putin. Oh, and Twitter; Deputy Attorney General urges “responsible encryption”; fight over 702; Director Wray; Left/lib groups attack USA Liberty (subscription required); ‘Ridiculous Mistake’ let North Korea steal secret US war plans; and North Korea targets US power companies; Kirstjen Nielsen nominated to the Department of Homeland Security. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
Recent changes in cryptocurrency regulations in the US have been mainly in regards to 4 different aspects–cryptocurrencies as actual currency, securities, commodities, and taxation–based on the coins' different attributes. The SEC has recently stated that if tokens represent equity in a company, they are securities, and need to follow all laws regarding marketing and sales. This joins an ever-increasing patchwork of state laws and federal regulations on cryptocurrencies, including a 2014 opinion by the IRS that tokens need to be treated as property (though a bill currently being considered in Congress would exempt transactions under $600). Overall, as state and federal regulations become clearer about how to treat cryptocurrencies, and confidence and certainty in these tokens grows, it should usher in a period of increased innovation.
In our 177th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Paul Rosenzweig discuss: Foreign espionage drives government tech market, Kaspersky Lab, Dajiang Innovation Corporation (DJI), Apple loses control of its secure enclave software and Tim Cook explains why Apple accommodates China abut not the FBI, Internet of Things security act advances, UK looks to the future of data protection, DNA malware, Election hacking still making news, Maersk lost $300m to NotPetya ransomware, Cyber Command gets the Playtex cross-your-heart treatment, US designated as adequate by … Colombia. Our guest interview is with Michael Mainelli, Co-Founder and Chairman of Z/Yen. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 175th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Mutek, Alan Cohn, Quentin Johnson, and Gus Hurwitz discuss: longtime USG suspicions of Kaspersky boil over into action; Knight First Amendment Institute brings first amendment claim against Trump for using Twitter's block function; Booz Allen has a plausible explanation for the weirdness of NotPetya’s otherwise self-defeating ransomware pose; impenetrable cybersecurity unit downgraded to dialogue; also, Administration is downsizing international cyber norming to a coalition of the willing; Senator Klobuchar should claim credit' Jeanette Manfra named a/s for cybersecurity; China news: Xi’s crackdown continues as China moves to ban VPN usage; Woe is WoSign, also StartCom, as Google drops them from certificate authority lists; what does that say about the relative Chinese ties of Google, Mozilla, Apple and Microsoft?; speaking of which, Apple caves again. Our guest interview is with Eric Hysen, former Executive Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Digital Service. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our latest podcast, Maria Palombini, director, Emerging Communities & Opportunities Development, sits down with Alan Cohn, counsel with Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Co-Chair of the firm's Blockchain and Digital Currency practice. Maria and Alan will discuss the legal issues surrounding blockchain smart contracts.
In our 167th episode Blockchain Takes Over the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, Matthew Kulkin, Cameron Arterton and Jared Butcher discuss: Digital Currency Taxation: Short overview of the IRS notice/TIGTA report/Coinbase summons; Current status of Coinbase subpoena proceedings; Third Coinbase User Opposes IRS Bid As ‘Fishing Expedition’; Coinbase Users Move To Stay Unnamed, Quash IRS Summons. Initial Coin Offerings: What is an ICO/How does it work; Legal Gray Areas (Howey test; fiduciary duties); SEC Official Urges Companies Issuing Tokens to Protect Investors; ICOs Are Changing the Way VCs Deal With Startups; The Legality of ICOs – Past and Future. Implementing Smart Contracts: Summary of blog post topics; GLTR article summary; What’s coming next. EU Proposal on AML Regulations: Status of the delayed EU proposal to extend AML regulation to virtual currencies. In other news, Surge in bitcoin price; Future of CFTC leadership; Update on OCC Fintech Charter. Our guest interview is with Meltem Demirors, Director of Development at Digital Currency Group.
In our 163rd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov discuss: Putin does what Putin does, this time in the French election: maybe with forged documents, plus prosecution threats for publishers, and NYT reporters whining about automated retweets ; OK, that’s nuts, but quite possibly the plaintiff bar’s future; transparency report reveals shocking stat on FBI searches of NSA data for criminal suspects. The bureau did it … once; less comforting stat: roughly a quarter of NSA’s 4000 intel reports describing Americans disclosed the Americans’ names; still no EO, but at least we have a new leaked draft; Home Depot settlement and what it means for class actions over breach; Trump White House’s American Tech Council launched; UK floats draft interception bill to a select audience; Germany’s intel service whines about Russian hacking and then about its lack of authority to, uh, hack back to destroy third party servers. Chris Painter, call your office!; DHS cybersecurity does well in budget deal DHS backpedals on privacy rights of non-Americans; ABA whines about border searches; Guardian plays world’s smallest violin: Cybercrime on the high seas: the new threat facing billionaire superyacht owners; Uh-oh. Two factor authentication falls to SS7 hack. Our guest interview is with Susan Munro, Steptoe partner and head of our Beijing office to discuss China’s new cyberlaw measures. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 162nd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Stephanie Roy, Alan Cohn, and Brian Egan discuss: this is what a risk-averse signals intelligence agency looks like: giving up intelligence to satisfy elite opinion; FCC’s plan for net neutrality emerges; this week in sex toy security: the FTC to the rescue?; remember this story the next time Silicon Valley says the government can’t be trusted with crypto keys because of Snowden; the Russians who hacked Clinton are going after Macron in France, says Trend Micro; this week in vigilante cybersecurity: Flexispy is doxed; Brickerbot secures the IOT by administering “Internet Chemotherapy”; our guest interview is with Michael Schmitt, Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, the US Naval War College, and the US Military Academy at West Point and a leader in the effort to articulate the law of armed conflict in cyberspace known as Talinn 2.0. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 161st episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Alan Cohn and Maury Shenk discuss: Google ordered to turn over foreign data accessible from US (seems to go the other way from Microsoft Ireland case); Did the US blow up North Korea's missile?; proposed e-privacy regulations and views of Article 29 Working Party; Justice Department considering criminal charges against Wikileaks for CIA cyber-tools leak (seems to go the other way from last summer); lack of Trump administration response on Privacy Shield; Wassenaar negotiators get to work for 2017. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
The sermon was delivered on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, Affiliate Minister. SERMON DESCRIPTION An orthodox understanding of redemption is the act of buying one's freedom or having it paid for by someone else. It is mostly about compensation, which is to make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite effect. It usually involves some sense of guilt. Alan Cohn wrote, "A good definition of guilt is, "punishing yourself before God doesn't."' Anthony De Mello said, "When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself." The only real redemption is the one that suggests you don't need it. Redemption transcends the illusion of lack, alienation, and isolation and recognizes that everything you need is contained in both who and what you are - that you exist and remain divine. SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: WATCH THIS SERMON ON YOUTUBE: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: GIVE A DONATION TO HELP US SPREAD THIS LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Twitter: All Souls Church Website:
In our 155th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, and Alan Cohn discuss: White House wiretap flap keeps flapping; a failed attempt to sue foreign governments for cyberspying inside the US; European Court of Justice Limits Right to be Forgotten; Germany proposes $50 m fines for social media with disapproved views; Justice Department indicted four men, including two Russian spies, for hacking into Yahoo and stealing data on 500 million users; President Donald Trump will publicly call for a volunteer effort from tech companies and internet service providers to crack down on botnets; budget is good to cyber: $1.5 billion for Homeland Security Department programs that protect federal networks; and $61 million for the FBI that would go toward intelligence gathering and bypassing encryption; the German parliament voted today to loosen Germany's data protection laws, amid heightened concern over public safety; President Donald Trump will appoint Rob Joyce, the head of the NSA's elite hacking unit, as his top White House cyber adviser; Senate Confirms Coats as Trump's Intel Chief; Judge Koh rejects Google wiretap settlement. In place of our usual interview, we’re running a debate over hacking back that CSIS held last week as part of its 2017 Cyber Disrupt Summit. Stewart Baker is joined by Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology and Jamil Jaffer, Vice President for Strategy & Business Development of IronNet Cybersecurity. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
"A Glimpse into the Future” gives you access to insights from some of the world’s leading experts, who explore how breakthrough technologies and innovative ideas can help us actively shape our future. In this week’s interview, we talk to Alan Cohn, Adjunct Professor of Georgetown University Law Center and co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of Cybersecurity. What is the real danger of cyber threats? How can individuals, businesses and governments prepare themselves appropriately in our increasingly digitalized world? Which new technologies show promise in helping us protect ourselves against cyber threats? Tune in and find out!
In our 151th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shank discuss: Microsoft calls for a cyber "Geneva Convention;" Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) opposes backdoors in encryption; the EU investigates robots; Turmoil in the White House cyber edition: Out like Flynn, in with McMaster; what's the impact on cyber?; White House staff are reportedly using encrypted messaging apps to communicate; Are the Russians Hacking the French election? Our guest interviews are with John "Four" Flynn, Chief Information and Security Officer at Uber, Heather Adkins, Director of Information Security at Google, and Troels Oerting, Group Chief Security Officer and Group Chief Information Security Officer at Barclays Bank. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 150th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov discuss: A federal judge currently in the spotlight for blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order is now questioning the constitutionality of secrecy orders that accompany government surveillance demands; US District Court for the Western District of Washington Judge James Robart issued a 47-page opinion today allowing Microsoft to proceed with a lawsuit claiming a First Amendment violation when the government restricts internet providers from notifying subscribers about requests for their data; In coming down on smart-TV maker Vizio for tracking users' viewing habits without their consent, the Federal Trade Commission adopted broader definitions of "sensitive" information and consumer harm. But experts say not to expect a trend there, given the acting chairwoman's reservations about the settlement; The Trump Administration could soon begin asking foreigners coming to the United States — particularly from some Muslim-majority countries — to turn over their social media accounts and passwords, according to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly; The new volume of the Tallinn Manual — named Tallinn 2.0 is out. It explores the applicability of international law to cyber activity below the threshold of armed conflict. A global group of 19 experts, aided by input from governments and international organizations, prepared the manual over the course of four years; The cybersecurity Executive Order that President Donald Trump is expected to sign this week would kick off a far-reaching White House review of each federal agency's cybersecurity risks, according to an updated draft; Hal Martin indicted: The theft may go well beyond what is in the indictment; The No. 2 official at the NSA is not leaving because of Trump. Richard Ledgett, whose departure the agency confirmed Friday, said politics had nothing to do with it; Google has warned a number of prominent journalists that state-sponsored hackers are attempting to steal their passwords and break into their inboxes. Our guest interview is with Dominic Rochon, Deputy Chief of Policy and Commmunications at the Communications Security Establishment, and Patricia Kosseim, Senior General Counsel and Director General of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 148th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov, and Maury Shenk discuss: Second Circuit denies rehearing in Microsoft Ireland case by an evenly divided vote; Meeting between Donald Trump and Theresa May this week (including Russia sanctions), and UK Supreme Court decision on role of Parliament and Brexit; President Trump order on Privacy Act application to foreigners roils the Atlantic; New FTC Chair to shift data security focus to actual harm; But Ohlhausen may not end up with the top job, for ideological reasons; Trump’s cybersecurity review order; China disses attribution, and Russia shows the human risks of doing too good a job of attributing attacks; ADT settlement of early IOT security suit; No surprise here: Only government can unredact bulk data opinions; Lloyds bank accounts targeted in huge cybercrime attack; and President using outdated Android to tweet while watching TV. Our guest interview is with Corin Stone, Executive Director of the National Security Agency. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 147th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Maury Shenk, and Alan Cohn discuss: The D-Link case: Another challenge for the FTC; The Obama administration reminds us why we'll miss them, and also why we won't: Retrospective on Obama cybersecurity, Obama Administration farewell statement on privacy; DHS issues a farewell report on incident response; The FCC's public safety team issues a white paper; EU judicial redress act squeaker: Europe designated, but not Brexiting UK; Trump's policy paper: "Cyberwarfare is an emerging battlefield, and we must take every measure to safeguard our national security secrets and systems. We will make it a priority to develop defensive and offensive cyber capabilities at our U.S. Cyber Command, and recruit the best and brightest Americans to serve in this crucial area."; The flap over WhatsApp security "back door"; and Alan Cohn’s special foreign correspondent report from Davos. Our guest interview is with Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law Professor and co-founder of Lawfare. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 145th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Alan Cohn discuss: Russia hacking: The intel report and Trump’s surprisingly nuanced reaction; Report; What was Russia’s motivation? Occupy Wall Street and 201; Coverage of report Intercepts of Russian comms supports conclusion; UK role; Is Trump right to think that the Obama Administration is tilting intel to make him look bad?; When will Trump’s Twitter account be hacked?; China forces Apple to drop the NYT app from its China app store; Russia forces Apple and Google to drop the LinkedIn app from their Russian app stores; LabMD gets lots of amicus support; Rediscovering US libel law as a way to shut critics up; Europocrisy Prize starts to get traction? Our interview is with Davis Hake, former director of cybersecurity strategy at Palo Alto Networks, and Nico Sell, co-founder and CEO of Wickr. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 140th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov discuss: Five EU members say they want EU-wide crypto controls; FBI hacked more than 8,000 computers in 120 countries; Undisclosed collection of data on massage device spurs class action; and Wages of defeat: Election hack fever seizes the left and fake news fever seizes the left. Our interview is with New York Times reporter and author of "Machines of Loving Grace" John Markoff. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 139th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Katie Cassel discuss: Personnel is Policy in new Trump Administration: Will the head of NSA be fired or promoted? Mike Rogers at the center of the storm; President-elect Donald Trump's surprise decision Friday to nominate Rep. Mike Pompeo to run the CIA; Sen. Jeff Sessions pick "could be a sign that the Trump administration may take a tougher approach with the nation's tech industry; Personnel is Policy in the Senate: In one of the biggest shake-ups, Sen. Dianne Feinstein will leave her spot as the No. 1 Democrat on the Intelligence Committee; An advertising industry initiative has launched an anti-malware certification program; DHS releases recommendations for protecting internet-connected devices; NIST issues small business guidance; Two for the price of one: Secret “backdoor” software uncovered in Androids for sending users’ personal data to China; A piece of Chinese firmware for cheap Android phones has been found that allows unsecured firmware updates; Kaspersky whines about Microsoft Defender; Rule 41 override still dead as General Franco. Our interview is with Steven Weber and Betsy Cooper from the UC Berkeley Center for Long Term Cybersecurity. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 133rd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Kaitlin Cassel discuss: DNI Fingers Russia for DNC hack Yahoo searches provoke another fake scandal Third Circuit rules that a badly sourced Glenn Greenwald article is all you need to survive a motion to dismiss TalkTalk case pulls data protection agency into cybersecurity standards business FCC’s proposed privacy regulations revised HHS Imposes $400K Fine For Outdated BAA Our interview is with The Grugq. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 129th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Phil West discuss: The OPM report from Government Oversight Unpacking the Ireland Apple tax dispute Another case (US v. Torres) falls out of the FBI’s PlayPen NIT. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
Jason Weinstein and Alan Cohn, partner and of counsel, respectively at law firm Steptoe & Johnson, discuss their work with the Blockchain Alliance, a coalition of both blockchain and cryptocurrency companies as well as law enforcement agencies including Interpol, the FBI, the SEC, Europol and others. Find out how crime in Bitcoin is similar to all types of crime, what genuinely new questions are being raised, and how various law enforcement agencies might think about even recent developments like the emergence of the DAO and the subsequent DAO hack.
Jason Weinstein and Alan Cohn, partner and of counsel, respectively at law firm Steptoe & Johnson, discuss their work with the Blockchain Alliance, a coalition of both blockchain and cryptocurrency companies as well as law enforcement agencies including Interpol, the FBI, the SEC, Europol and others. Find out how crime in Bitcoin is similar to all types of crime, what genuinely new questions are being raised, and how various law enforcement agencies might think about even recent developments like the emergence of the DAO and the subsequent DAO hack.
In our 124th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Michael Vatis discuss: EU parliament’s Privacy Shield; US appeals court upholds conviction over shared password; Russia enacts sweeping data retention and decryption law; EU approves cybersecurity rules for critical industries and online service providers; 9th Circ. pressed to limit feds' use of foreign spying data; FBI, DOJ back data breach plan in FCC privacy proposal; Silent Circle quietly kills warrant canary; and 10 million Android devices reportedly infected with Chinese malware. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 123rd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Katie Cassell, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Watchdogs issue global financial cybersecurity guidelines; Privacy Shield talks yield “no mass surveillance” pledge from USG; EU data flow to China; Belgian court throws out regulator's Facebook tracking ban; US Customs and Border Patrol is seeking social media data; Snowden calls proposed Russian antiterror measures 'Big Brother law'; FTC commissioner continues attack on FCC data rules; Senate expansion of FBI surveillance meets obstacle; does this cybercrime law actually keep us from fighting discrimination?; China moves closer to adopting controversial cybersecurity law; get through airport customs faster with this free app; 'NSA-Proof' phone maker allegedly considering bankruptcy; and China issues new Internet search rules following Baidu probe. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 121st episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Alan Cohn and Jason Weinstein discuss: Ethereum and the DAO; the New York State Department of Financial Services issued its second Bitlicense, this time to Ripple; European Parliament moves to develop digital currency regulations; Blockchain comes to DC; and Bank of Canada develops a digital version of the Canadian dollar. Our interview is with Jamie Smith, Global Chief Communications Officer for the BitFury Group, one of the largest full-service blockchain technology companies. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 120th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Kaitlin Cassel, and Paul Rosenzweig discuss: Internet oversight transfer by US could face new hurdles; court finds CareFirst breach plaintiffs have no standing without actual harm; NIT-picking loses in EDVA; hamburger plays privacy hot dog; UK: despite hacking and snooping fears, web surveillance legislation sails forward; UK: Leslie R. Caldwell speaks on UK treaty; French court convicts Uber of violating transport, privacy laws; RTBF: researchers uncover a flaw in Europe’s tough privacy rules; and House panel wants DHS cybersecurity unit made into agency. Our interview with Rep. Will Hurd was delayed at the last moment, so we’re releasing it separately from the episode 120 news roundup. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 118th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Alan Cohn discuss: Judge rules against FBI in child-porn case; Twitter fights the classified tag on surveillance report; EU: E U prepares to end geoblocking in online sales, Europe seeks greater control over digital services, European privacy case threatens data flowing to the US, EU moves toward regulating virtual currencies; Senate bill would amend the email privacy bill; SWIFT to unveil new security plans. In our second half we have an interview with Angelos Keromytis, associate professor at Columbia and Program Manager for the Information Innovation Office at DARPA. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 117th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Alan Cohn discuss: Home Depot data breach ruling; Supreme Court decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins; New rule requires government contractors to adopt basic cyberseucrity measures; Court rejects Mozilla's bid to intervene in FBI-child porn case; Google appeals French privacy ruling; Senators call on Congress to stop massive expansion of government surveillance and hacking; SEC recognizes cybersecurity threat to financial systems. In our second half we have an interview with Patrick Gray, host of the Risky Business podcast. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 113th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: United Kingdom: UK’s pending surveillance bill and GCHQ’s compliance regime for access to bulk personal data; Apple stops providing security patches to QuickTime on Windows; Federal judge rules FBI didn’t have proper warrant to hack child porn site; FISA Court troubled by surveillance excesses at FBI and NSA; and Chinese drone maker says that it may share data with local government. In our second half, we have a one-hour panel discussion with cryptographers and security professionals at the Annual International Conference on Cyber Engagement, the panelists include: Patrick Henry, a notable cryptographer with experience at GCHQ, NSA, and the private sector; Dan Kaminsky, the Chief Scientist at White Ops; Kiran Raj, who is Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General; and Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan the CTO of RSA Security. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 112th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Europe: European Parliament has formally approved the EU’s sweeping new data protection regulation, The Article 29 Working Party call for changes to Privacy Shield; No warrant required for phone location records; Judiciary Committee has reported out a bill requiring warrants for even very old email content; FBI vs. Apple: FBI files their brief, Leakers say the FBI hasn't learned much from the unlocked San Bernardino iPhone, FBI paid professional hackers a one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone; Cybersecurity Report says US government has worse cybersecurity than any other industry segment; Seventh Circuit once again found plaintiffs to have standing in a data breach case; White House announces members and first meeting of Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity; Uber issues a transparency report. In our second half we have an interview with Eric Jensen, professor of law at Brigham Young University, about his work on the Talinn 2.0 manual covering the law of cyberwar. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Presidential Scholar Douglas Alan Cohn Author of The President's First Year. Douglas Alan Cohn is the writer/owner of America's longest running syndicated column, "Washington Merry Go Round" along with Eleanor Clift. A member of Critical Issues Roundtable, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank of retired generals, he is a graduate of West Point and the recipient of two Silver Stars and the Purple Heart. His previous TV appearances include A&E's Biography Channel, the Military Channel, and CNBC. For more information, please go to http://www.douglascohn.com.
In our 111th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Kaitlin Cassel discuss: Senate bill on encryption: Senator Wyden pledges to fight the limits on encryption, Whatsapp turns on encryption for a billion users, Divided White House; Panama Papers; Law firm compromised by a phishing scam; US adds China’s Internet controls to list of trade barriers. In our second half we have an interview with Suzanne Spaulding, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) at the Department of Homeland Security. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 109th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Kaitlin Cassel discuss: Apple v. FBI: Court vacates iPhone hack order against Apple; FBI agrees to try to hack iPod in Arkansas murder case; FBI Tests Technique’s Ability to Unlock More Versions of iPhone; Google has also been ordered to help unlock phones; the half-hidden security scandal in Hillary’s email server; FCC votes for strict new broadband privacy rules; hackers breach law firms; and FBI fights back against court order demanding Tor exploit source code. In our second half we have an interview with Perianne Boring, founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 107th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Spain sends Google right to forgotten requests to US; Apple fight continues: Obama weighs in and Apple’s latest filing includes a very lawyerly set of statements about other countries from Federighi; WhatsApp and Microsoft struggle with Apple fallout; Home Depot settles with consumers in data breach class action; and $3.9M HIPAA deal for lost laptop. In our second half we have an interview with Adam Segal, the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relation and author of numerous books including The Hacked World Order. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In a bonus 106th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker and Alan Cohn interview Phil Reitinger, former DHS Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Sony Corporation CISO and current Director of the new Global Cyber Alliance. They discuss the impact on DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate from President Obama’s recent creation of a Federal Chief Information Security Officer in the Executive Office of the President and the launch of the Global Cyber Alliance. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 105th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: the recently released details of the new US-EU Privacy Shield; FTC developments: the Commissioner weighs in on encryption regulation; the FTC discredits its own “common sense” security requirements are discredited; CFPB issues its first data security enforcement order; FCC proposes privacy rules for Internet providers; Apple vs. FBI: Amicus briefs; US government’s brief; Hearing set for March 22; China looms; and Facebook and Germany: Facebook ruling cuts power of Hamburg data regulators; Facebook “like” button may require consent. In our second half we have an interview with Robin Weisman and Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 104th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker and Alan Cohn are joined by Jim Lewis, senior fellow and director of the Strategic Technologies Program for CSIS, at 25th annual RSA Conference. They discuss: Apple’s legal arguments for not providing assistance to the FBI; the bidding on encryption on Capitol Hill; China’s backdoors into the iPhone; Baidu’s role in compromising users; Privacy Shield; Brazil’s jailing of a senior Facebook executive; and North Korea’s hacking team has been pantsed in a recent Novetta report. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 102nd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Alan Cohn, and Stephen Heifetz discuss: the fight between Apple and the Justice Department; CFIUS’s annual report; Google’s newest effort to accommodate European data censors; and judiciary rules that FBI must reveal the Malware it used to hack computers in child porn raid. In our second half we have an interview with Glenn Gerstell, General Counsel at the National Security Agency. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our 101st episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker and Alan Cohn are joined by Ben Wittes, Tamara Wittes, and Shane Harris from the Lawfare and Rational Security podcasts at the Triple Entente Beer Summit. They discuss: the confrontation between Apple and the Justice Department; Nitro Zeus: the US’s cyberattack plan if the Iran nuclear dispute led to conflict, and Administration’s rekindled enthusiasm for countering violent extremism. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our one hundredth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Safe Harbor replaced by “Privacy Shield”; Department of Health and Human Services ALJ upholds Lincare’s $240k penalty for HIPPA violations; UK proposes to bring British wiretap orders and search warrants to the US; controversy at Berkeley over network monitoring; and security firm Norse Corp. imploded last week. In our second half we have an interview with David Kris, former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, coauthor of "National Security Investigations & Prosecutions,” and General Counsel of Intellectual Ventures. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-ninth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Safe Harbor: deal or no deal?; Judicial Redress Act emerges from Senate Judiciary; Government Accountability Office criticizes DHS’s Einstein cyberdefense program; House Oversight to investigate Juniper code anomalies; and Crypto: Attorney General asks for Silicon Valley’s help; DOJ and FTC disagree on government access to encrypted information. In our second half we have an interview with Amit Ashkenazi, legal advisor of The Israel National Cyber Bureau and a former general counsel to Israel’s data protection agency. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-eighth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Safe Harbor stagnates; New York bans sale of encrypted smartphones; firm sues cyber insurer over $480k loss; hacked casino sues cybersecurity firm; debate over data breach injury and standing continues in Minnesota; FBI unapologetic about running porn site; Senate Judiciary tees up Judicial Redress Act; and White House creates new organization for background investigations. In our second half we have an interview with Melanie Teplinsky, former cybersecurity lawyer at Steptoe, adjunct professor at American University’s Washington, and advisory board member for Crowdstrike. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-seventh episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Meredith Rathbone discuss: Tech and Terror: Twitter’s liability for terrorist group activity; Apple lashes out on encryption debate; cyber may result in a redo for the Wassenaar Arrangement; European Court of Human Rights brings good news for corporate security programs; FTC fines dental software firm over encryption claims; first EU-wide cybersecurity rules backed by Internal Market Committee; NSA’s report on 215 implementation; Yahoo’s settlement of an email surveillance suit; and ODNI is hacked by same teen who hacked CIA director. In our second half Jim Lewis, CSIS, joins our interview with John Lynch, head of the Justice Department’s computer crime section. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-fifth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Alan Cohn discuss: Cyber Security Act passes; EU agrees to international extension of data protection rules; tech firms prepare for new EU privacy laws; security and privacy regulation on the rise: HIPAA, COPPA, and order-enforcement fines up to $100 million; and CFTC approves new testing rules for derivatives clearing organizations, trading platforms, swap data repositories. In our second half we have an interview with Nick Weaver of the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-third episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: proposals requiring social media sites to do more about online terrorist activity; first EU-wide cybersecurity rules for critical infrastructure and how they will affect US companies; Wyndham Hotels agrees to 20 years of privacy and security monitoring by the FTC; and encryption: Rep. McCaul to introduce a bill that creates encryption commission; White House meets with privacy advocates about encryption; FBI Chief says Texas gunman used encryption to text overseas terrorist. In our second half we have an interview with Rod Beckstrom, where we discuss his expansive career which started at DHS’s National Cybersecurity Center, he then headed ICANN; before and after those gigs, he was a Silicon Valley investor and officer in security startups as early as the 1990s and as recently as this year. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our ninety-first episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: court upholds warrantless surveillance program as NSA metadata program shuts down; FTC and LabMD data-privacy case: FTC launces an appeal and LabMD sues FTC lawyers; Google has mostly won their cookie case, but not quite; NRC’s new cyberattack reporting requirements; Iranian hackers attack State Department via social media accounts; and Comcast injects copyright warnings into users’ screens. In our second half we have an interview with Jason Healey of the Atlantic Council and Columbia University. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our eighty-fifth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Michael Vatis discuss: ISIL teams with hackers; magistrates take on phone encryption; rising cyber insurance rates; and the future of Wassennar. In our second half we have an interview with Gen. Michael Hayden, the only person to serve as both Director of the National Security Agency and of the Central Intelligence Agency. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our eighty-third episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Bruce Schneier, cryptographer, computer science and privacy guru, and author, joins Stewart Baker and Alan Cohn at a live recording of the podcast at IAPP’s Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015 in Las Vegas. They discuss: EU–US Safe Harbor at risk; VW’s decision to hack its own emissions control software; China, the OPM hack; proposed export control rules for intrusion software; Google’s right to be forgotten appeal; and Snowden is back in the news: Digital Millennium Copyright Act; aliens and encryption. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our eighty-first episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, Michael Vatis, and Jason Weinstein discuss: President Xi’s visit to the White House; the White House (and Silicon Valley’s) take on encryption. From MI5 to the NYDFS to the new Indian government, dissing strong encryption is a surprisingly popular pastime; Congress hears from regulators on the email warrant requirement; the fate of the EU’s data retention law; Judge Leon’s section 215 plaintiff he sought; and a Heartland hacker pleads guilty. In our second half we have an interview with Margie Gilbert, a network security professional with service at NSA, CIA, ODNI, Congress, and the NSC. Now at Team Cymru, she’s able to offer a career’s worth of perspective on how three Presidents have tried to remedy the country’s unpreparedness for network intrusions. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-ninth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: Data breach losses are being measured in the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars; Courts are becoming less sympathetic to the breaches: The Seventh Circuit cleared the way for a breach suit against Neiman Marcus; The FTC and the Third Circuit were kicking Wyndham around the courtroom and down the courthouse steps; Section 215 ruled illegal by appeals court; Fight over location data and the warrant requirement continues: Judge Koh and the Fourth Circuit say a warrant is needed for location data; DOJ changes policy on cellphone surveillance; Baltimore’s public defender’s office to review cases using stingray technology. In our second half we have an interview with Peter Singer, author of Ghost Fleet, a thriller designed to illustrate the author’s policy and military chops.
In our seventy-seventh episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker and Alan Cohn discuss: US decides against publicly blaming China for data hack; furor continues over cybersecurity export control rule; Cyberweek begins and, the cyber left hopes, ends without progress on CISA; Neiman Marcus data breach suit revived by 7th Circ.; UK High Court invalidates data retention law, and makes legal history; France finalizes expansion of surveillance; Bush administration figures come out against back doors; Bloomberg says that the Chinese attempt to build a database on Americans didn’t begin with OPM or Anthem, but with the compromise of travel databases two years ago; FTC takes action against LifeLock for alleged violations of 2010 order; and one poor Ashley Madison subscriber is outed. And he’s Canadian. Looks like the nights really are longer up there. In our second half we have an interview with Bruce Andrews, the deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-sixth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: USA Freedom Act aftermath: DC Circuit received supplemental briefs on section 215; ACLU leads charge against the 215 program; Hacking Team doxxing draws attention to the risk involved in hiring hackers; FERC proposes to revise CIP rules with a focus on supply chain practices; Boston Hospital HIPAA settlement; Russia’s right to be forgotten is signed; this week in Prurient Cybersecurity: Hackers broke into Ashley Madison; and Listener Feedback: Maybe TLS isn’t just privacy theater; as attribution gets better, false flag operations do too. In our second half we have an interview with Annie Antón and Peter Swire, cybersecurity and privacy power couple and professors at Georgia Institute of Technology. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-fifth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Meredith Rathbone, Michael Vatis, and Jason Weinstein discuss: federal law enforcements’ issues with unbreakable encryption; Hacking Team was itself hacked; and the right to be forgotten still on the offensive. In our second half we have an interview with Michael Casey, former senior columnist for the Wall Street Journal and – as of last week – senior advisor at the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative. Michael is also the author, along with his former Wall Street Journal colleague Paul Vigna, of The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-third episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: attribution and the Astros Hack; WikiLeaks says NSA spied on French leaders; Google fights for Jake Applebaum; cyberattacks on Polish flight network; Google joins the fight on online harassment; and Toshiba and quantum cryptography. In our second half we have an interview with Robert Knake, Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, where we discuss the OPM hack, attribution, and the pros and cons of norms. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-second episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: growing threats to free speech: France’s censorship of Google; the European Court of Human Rights endorses liability for intermediaries; the Right to be Forgotten returns to Russia; Houston Astros’ database hack; FBI faces criticism over stingray disclosures and aerial surveillance; US Supreme Court boosts privacy rights in hotel case; White House orders all .gov sites to use SSL encryption; FISA court decides it doesn’t need an amicus; Sony is still at risk in an employee class action for the data breach; Hackback gets interest from a Congressional hearing; and In Other News: Jacob Applebaum appeals to the Chinese to release OPM files to Wikileaks; Glenn Greenwald stands up for Russia. In our second half we have an interview with James Baker, General Counsel of the FBI, where we discuss the FBI’s aerial surveillance capabilities, stingrays, “Going Dark,” encryption, and the bureau’s attribution of cyberattacks. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our seventy-first episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: this week in Snowden: British press reports that Russia and China have decrypted the entirety of Snowden’s files; follow-up news on the Office of Personnel Management hack; Senator McConnell’s effort to put CISA as National Defense Authorization Act amendment fails; attacks on NSA continue in the House; New York’s proposed Bitcoin regulations; Connecticut amends data breach notification law; and Twitter’s lawsuit over transparency. In our second half we have an interview with David Anderson, Queens Counsel at Brick Court Chambers, as well as the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, a position he was appointed by the Home Secretary in 2011. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our sixty-eighth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Michael Vatis are joined by Julian Sanchez, senior fellow at the CATO Institute. They discuss: this week in NSA: the fate of the 215 metadata program; insurance coverage for data breaches; the US indictment of six Chinese economic espionage agents; CCIPS and the Justice Department release a draft paper private cyber-investigation; the personal data orphaned by Radio Shack’s bankruptcy; and Julian and Stewart mix it up over the new, revived Crypto Wars. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our sixty-seventh episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Michael Vatis, and Jason Weinstein are joined by Dan Geer, Chief Information Security Officer at In-Q-Tel. They discuss: this week in NSA: what’s on top this week for the 215 metadata program; border laptop searches; an FTC FOIA case; hacking airplanes in flight; FBI’s Stingray guidance; and the first anniversary of the “Right to be Forgotten.” In our second half we have an interview with Dan Geer, a legendary computer security commentator and current CISO for In-Q-Tel. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In our sixty-third episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Doug Kantor discuss: cyber week in Congress; the EU launches two competition cases, an e-commerce sector inquiry and Google; law enforcement officials pay megacode ransom; Google Wallet privacy suit; the SEC takes heat for its ECPA stand; Wikileaks posts searchable Sony database; and China bank technology regulation causes turmoil. In our second half we have an interview with Alan Cohn, former Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Planning, Analysis & Risk in the DHS Office of Policy and a recent addition at Steptoe. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
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