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State of the Union: President's Cybersecurity Legislation Comparatively Trivial
More Attention Needed to Stop Boko Haram Terror
The Battle for a Free and Open Internet Continues

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EXPERT ALERTS:

State of the Union: President's Cybersecurity Legislation Comparatively Trivial
Fred Cate
C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law
Former Director, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
"Having initially opposed regulation to enhance cybersecurity, President Obama now seems to be a big proponent, but the legislation he is recommending is comparatively trivial -- facilitating information sharing and a national breach notification law, rather than creating requirements for good security or liability for when companies fail to provide it. Further, the obvious conundrum is trying to accomplish anything with this Congress. It is not just the political split, but also the fact that past cybersecurity legislation has failed because of the failure to enact meaningful privacy protections (and limits on government surveillance). The president is trying to hoe the same row again, without apparently learning much from past failures."
Cate, an internationally recognized expert in on cybersecurity law and policy and personal privacy, is available to discuss the president's cybersecurity and data privacy legislation proposed during the State of the Union address. He regularly advises Congress, government agencies, and industry groups on these matters, most recently on the NSA leaks and various data hacks, including Apple. Cate also serves on security and privacy advisory boards of Microsoft, Intel, the Department of Homeland Security and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, among others.
Bio: http://bit.ly/1kT3FqV
Contact: Brianne O'Donnell, [email protected]

More Attention Needed to Stop Boko Haram Terror
Ricardo René Larémont
Professor of Political Science and Sociology
Binghamton University
The Boko Haram situation has received less attention from the media than the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris due to Nigeria's remote location and the inherent danger in working there, says Larémont. The situation is analogous to that of ISIS in Iraq, in the sense that, essentially, northern Nigeria is being sectioned off from Nigeria itself. "Whereas now there isn't an Iraq as we knew it or Syria as we knew it, we do not have a Nigeria as we knew it," says Larémont. "They're essentially establishing their own sovereignty over the northeastern part of the country, and the government isn't doing very much about it. This is essentially a no-go zone. There are very few journalists who can go there. Consequently, it is not going to get the attention that Paris would get. Nonetheless, given how we were not present at the moment of the Rwanda conflagration and we acted belatedly in other crises in Africa, I think it is imperative upon the American electorate and the American media to keep attention on this issue, because hundreds – indeed thousands -- of ordinary Nigerians are suffering."
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/r_laremont
Media Contact: Ryan Yarosh, [email protected]

The Battle for a Free and Open Internet Continues
Edward Lee
Professor
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Jan. 18, 2012, Internet blackout was the shot heard 'round the cyber world. More than 115,000 websites, including Wikipedia, Google and Twitter, "went black" in a day of self-censorship. It was an incredible example of democracy in action, of civic engagement. The people -- not the lawyers, lobbyists, government officials or courts -- were at the forefront of the fight to save the Internet. Lee, the author of "How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the Internet -- For Now," says the Internet battle is not over: "'We, the people' can make a difference. "It's our generation's moment in history. It's how we will be later judged by future generations."
Lee is the founder of The Free Internet Project (TFIP), a nonprofit organization that provides a user-friendly resource for the international public to follow, share, and comment on the latest bills, decisions, constitutional amendments, and technologies to protect the Internet.
Media Contact: Gwendolyn E. Osborne, [email protected]

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