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Bolstering economic security. Nov 16, 2023

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This week, we are joined by Kathleen Hyde from Champlain College Online to discuss NCWES and its potential to scale up the cyber workforce and bolster economic security. Ben has an update on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. Dave's got the story of a Virginia game warden confiscating a trail camera without a warrant.

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Transforming the cyber risk environment. Nov 09, 2023

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Scott Stransky from the Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Analytics Center joins to discuss recent developments in ransomware, cybersecurity investment, cyber risk analysis, and how artificial intelligence will transform the cyber risk environment, particularly in the insurance industry. Ben's story discusses the new antitrust lawsuit against Google. Dave's got the story of California putting limits on license plate data.

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AI all around. Nov 02, 2023

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David Brumley, a cybersecurity professor at Carnegie Mellon and CEO of software security firm, ForAllSecure, sits down to talk about the AI Executive Order that was recently signed. Ben's story reviews the outlines of a new Executive Order on AI. Dave's got one organization's attempts to look at data provenance in AI.

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Privacy landscapes for children. Oct 26, 2023

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Cobun Zweifel-Keegan from International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) sits down to talk about the children’s privacy landscape in the US and beyond. Ben's story discusses whether AI giants may soon have to worry about defamation lawsuits. Dave's got the story on FCC’s renewed interest in net neutrality.

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Getting on track with DNS. Oct 19, 2023

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This week, we have Robert Carolina, General Counsel from Internet Systems Consortium joining Dave and Ben to discuss Quad9 DNS filter court case. Ben and Dave discuss an article from the International Red Cross looking at 8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them.

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8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them

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Issues in cybersecurity policy. Oct 12, 2023

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This week, Dave and Ben both sit down with Caleb Barlow, founder and CEO of Cylete, to ponder some challenging global policy issues together. Ben has the story of Amazon Alexa devices spreading election misinformation, specifically on the 2020 election. Dave's story is on the legal pushback against warrantless searching of peoples electronic devices at the US border.

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Encore: The relationship between organizations and their data. Oct 05, 2023

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Stephen Cavey, co-founder and chief evangelist from GroundLabs sits down with Dave to discuss the relationship between organizations and their data. Ben has the story of lawyers being denied entry to Madison Square Garden as the result of facial recognition software. Dave's got the story of some law professors worried about the new app sweeping the nation, ChatGPT.

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Challenges in the cyber industry. Sep 28, 2023

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Simone Petrella sits down to talk with Monica Shokrai from Google at the mWISE 2023 Cybersecurity Conference about challenges in the industry from the company perspective, and what Google does with its own actuarial team to calculate it's own risk. Ben has the story of a TikTok account that targets ordinary people using advanced facial recognition technology. Dave's got the story of some of the information being publicly shared in the Google antitrust case.

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Make your mark CISOs. Sep 21, 2023

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This week, our guest is Karen Worstell from VMware to discuss how CISOs can make their mark with the new SEC rules. Ben's story discusses a Michigan case dealing with persistent unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) surveillance. Dave's got the story of a California judge blocking a law aimed at increasing the online safety for kids, by saying it violates the first amendment in the constitution.

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Europe leading the way on data privacy and data sharing. Sep 14, 2023

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Guest Rachael Ormiston of Osano discusses the US and EU's Data Privacy Framework with Ben. This week's stories include, Ben discussing an Appeals Court decision mostly reversing a District Court order that barred communication between federal officials and social media companies. Dave's got the story of policy makers putting the intelligence community on notice when it comes to warrantless wiretapping.

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