Thank you very much. Thank you, professor Patterson and Tuan, professor Zaneta. What an honor to be included today. I know that we are running a bit late on times. I will be brief. I really appreciate the opportunity to be here today for such an important event. My...
Less than eight years from the 2030 deadline to realize the United Nations sustainable development goals, authors of this paper published this week by the Brookings Institution suggest that "a holistic approach to broadening digital access while building robust...
WikiLeaks’ crusade to expose the government secrets of some countries, but not those of Russia or China, is violating the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill. The Japan Times reports:...
U.S. political parties and government need to boost cybersecurity Politico article shows why it's past time for both major U.S. political parties to get much serious about tightening cybersecurity to protect the American political system from being sabotaged by the...
There are indications that hackers working for the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin may also be targeting Democratic congressional candidates, especially in Florida, as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. To read a Reuters article on...
Twitter has suspended 235,000 terrorist-related accounts over the last six months, a doubling of its suspension rate. The Wall Street Journal reported that "Twitter, which relies mostly on users to flag content before it takes action, said in a blog post it has...
Computer hackers assert that they're selling high-powered hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. CNN reports that computer code -- whose purpose is to break into other computers -- was leaked to the public on Aug. 12 by an anonymous...
Rejecting the criticism of rights groups, Pakistan has enacted a cybersecurity law that grants sweeping powers to the government to block private information that they deem illegal, or possibly, simply just critical of the government. The National Assembly...