Cybersecurity News and Insights

This virtual symposium explores how the law must adapt to promote innovation while addressing serious questions around the development and use of AI in the United States and globally. Click the title of this post to register.

Join MS CRS Faculty Director Randy Milch and David Raviv (Forbes Technology Council, The Cyber Guild, NY Information Security Meetup Founder) for a live LinkedIn fireside chat on Tuesday, August 17th. Visit David Raviv’s LinkedIn profile (linked in the title of this post) to set a reminder for this conversation.

MS CRS Professor Rob Silvers was sworn in on August 10th, 2021 as DHS Under Secretary for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. Silvers is the latest member of the NYU community to join the Biden Administration.

In this piece, MS CRS Professor Ed Amoroso (NYU Tandon) argues that the key to preventing cyberattacks on US infrastructure lies in our nation’s history. Click the title of this post to read Professor Amoroso’s recommendations and best practices.

To learn more about the type of work and research that our MS CRS students are completing in the Emerging Innovations in Cybersecurity course, please click the title of this post. These student papers cover topics such as 5G, disinformation, AI, nation state cyberattacks, and more.

Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General for the US Department of Justice, Distinguished Senior Fellow for the NYU Law Reiss Center on Law and Security, and MS CRS guest speaker delivers remarks on the recent Darkside attack on Colonial Pipeline. Click the title of this post to read the transcript.

MS CRS Professors Ed Amoroso (NYU Tandon) and Randy Milch (NYU Law) co-wrote a piece for Just Security, focused on the attempts by the FBI to patch infected private servers. Click the link of this post to learn more about the technical and legal risks involved.

Click the title of this post to REGISTER. Join MS CRS Professor Randy Milch, current MS CRS student Congressman William Timmons, and Congressman Mike Gallagher in a discussion of Professor Milch’s call for Congress to create a new post-breach cybersecurity privilege in “What’s Good for Litigation isn’t Necessarily Good for Cybersecurity.”

Click the title of this post to REGISTER. Join a virtual panel of distinguished speakers, including several MS CRS faculty as they discuss the massive SolarWinds cybersecurity breach. The panelists will deliberate what happened, who is responsible, and impacts for the public + private sector.

This virtual panel of experts will address the growing problem of dis- and misinformation, and discuss solutions to help increase transparency, understanding, and trust, while also protecting privacy concerns and freedom of expression. This event will be moderated by MS CRS Professor Judi Germano. Click to register.