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July 12th, 2022

Women Leaders in Cybersecurity 2022: Cyber Risk: Increasing Board and Executive Accountability (Virtual Panel, July 12th)

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Join the NYU Center for Cybersecurity for a discussion on the important legal, technological, ethical, and policy issues at stake in enhancing board and executive accountability for cyber risk. This will be a can’t-miss discussion on the role top leadership plays in cybersecurity practice and policy. This event is moderated by MS CRS Professor Judi […]

May 13, 2022

Russian Threats and Cybersecurity: Q&A with Beth George, former DOD acting General Counsel

The Reiss Center on Law and Security and Just Security present a new series, What You Need to Know: Unpacking the Law in Russia’s War Against Ukraine. In brief question-and-answer interviews with leading experts, we will probe some of the most urgent and unsettled legal questions in a tragic conflict that threatens to reshape the international legal and […]

Confronting Escalating Cyber Attacks

This initiative brings together thought leaders from government, business, and academia to discuss strategies for addressing future attacks on critical infrastructure. MS CRS Professors Randy Milch (NYU Law) and Ed Amoroso (NYU Tandon) are featured in this series. Click the title of this post to receive the interviews and briefings.

April 14, 2022

12th Cyber Security Lecture – Cloud Security Megatrends (Virtual Panel, April 14th)

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering Cyber Security Lecture Series provides an arena for high-level discussion among world-class scholars and practitioners. Led by MS CRS capstone mentor Phil Venables (CISO – Google Cloud), this lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with Cybersecurity Experts offering their own perspectives on cloud adoption, security, and digital transformation. […]

March 21, 2022

The Cyber Social Contract: A Conversation with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis

Inaugural National Cyber Director Chris Inglis visited NYU Law for a keynote address and fireside chat hosted by the NYU Center for Cybersecurity. Director Inglis addressed the state of cyber policy today and the need for a “Cyber Social Contract” that realigns risks and responsibilities between public and private actors in cyberspace. Click the title of this post to view […]

March 16, 2022

MS CRS Guest Speaker: Nicole Perlroth (CISA, New York Times)

Nicole spent a decade as lead cybersecurity reporter at The New York Times, is the author of NYT bestseller, “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race,” and serves as an Advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. We were excited to welcome Nicole as a guest speaker in the National […]

March 3, 2022

In Ukraine’s information war, a blend of fact and fiction 

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Laura Edelson, co-founder of Cybersecurity for Democracy and member of NYU Center for Cybersecurity, offers her input in this NYT article: “They are telling stories that support their narrative. Sometimes false information is making its way in there, too, and more of it is getting through because of the overall environment.” Please click the title of this post […]

March 1, 2022

What makes New York vulnerable to Russian cyberattacks?

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NYU Tandon Professor Justin Cappos in the news: Following Russia’s provocations and now invasion of Ukraine, local and state officials are stepping up their vigilance and talking about bolstering defenses of critical infrastructure and other high-interest targets, including transportation networks, power grids and financial institutions. Please click the title of this post to read this […]

February 24th, 2022

Russia may be primed to hack America’s infrastructure

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NYU Tandon Professor Justin Cappos in the news: As Russian troops attack Ukraine, experts are warning that Vladimir Putin could also seize the opportunity to deploy Russia’s trove of cyber-weapons to hack America’s infrastructure. Please click the title of this post to read this article from Yahoo! Finance.

December 7, 2021

Women Leaders in Cybersecurity 2021: Critical Cybersecurity Updates: Digital Extortion; International Supply Chain Attacks; and Critical Infrastructure Risk

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This virtual event will feature a star lineup of women speakers from government, the private sector and academia for an interdisciplinary discussion of the legal, policy, technological and ethical issues regarding these key concerns. MS CRS Professor Judi Germano will moderate the session. Click the link of this post to register!