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November 23, 2022
UN Counterterrorism and Technology: What Role for Human Rights in Security?
The first meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held outside of U.N. headquarters in New York since 2015 marked important advances in engaging with civil society and experts who have questioned the embrace of counterterrorism approaches that too often backfire or result in human rights violations[…]
November 17, 2022
Encryption Helps Ukrainians Resist Russia’s Invasion, but a European Plan Threatens the Underlying Trust Any Tech User Needs
Western military assistance to Ukraine has clearly been an essential part of its ability to defend itself against Russian attacks. Another critical factor, highlighted during a series of recent transatlantic dialogues organized by the Munich Security Conference, has been the capability of widely available technology that has empowered everyday Ukrainians to participate in a truly […]
October 21, 2022
Summary of findings: TikTok and Facebook fail to detect election disinformation in the U.S., while Youtube succeeds
An investigation by Global Witness and the Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) team at NYU Tandon looked at Facebook, TikTok, and Youtube’s ability to detect and remove election disinformation in the run up to the US midterm elections.
October 20, 2022
Dawning Digital Data Access via New EU Law
Desperately needed research is finally becoming possible. The European Parliament has adopted the new Digital Services Act (DSA) and the final text has now been approved by the Council of the European Union (EU) on Oct. 4. This act overhauls EU law regarding digital service providers’ legal responsibility for the content their users post and obligations for content moderation.
October 17, 2022
The UN Cybercrime Treaty Has a Cybersecurity Problem In It
The United Nations is engaged in a landmark effort to establish a new global cybercrime treaty.
September 27, 2022
What You Need to Know: U.S. Intervention in Ukraine v. Russia at the ICJ
Chimène Keitner is a professor of law at UC Hastings and former Counselor on International Law at the State Department. In this Q&A on U.S. Intervention in Ukraine v. Russia at the ICJ, she describes how the ICJ case has “served as a focal point” for nations seeking to offer legal support to Ukraine. She examines jurisdictional and merits questions, […]
September 22, 2022
MS CRS Alum Michael Fitzpatrick (’19), Chief Privacy Officer for the City of New York, speaks about the MS CRS program
Michael Fitzpatrick MS CRS ’19, NYC’s chief privacy officer, explains how NYU Law prepared him to tackle pressing issues in cybersecurity.
September 29, 2022
Central Intelligence Agency Opportunities
Please come join the National Security Law Society in welcoming Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) representatives to NYU Law. An attorney from the CIA’s Office of General Counsel and a member of the Agency’s Talent Center will be visiting to speak about internship and career opportunities at the agency, along with answering questions about the hiring […]
September 14, 2022
Securing the Software Supply Chain End to End Against Nation State Actors
In this faculty lecture, Justin Cappos, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering will cover what specific efforts make it harder for attackers to compromise the means by which software is created and distributed. A specific area of focus will be on what tools one can use in practice to combat such attackers.
September 12, 2022
AcidRain Malware and Viasat Network Downtime in Ukraine: Assessing the Cyber War Threat – Just Security
As the war in Ukraine progresses, there have been several offensive cyber operations linked to Russian organizations against Ukrainian civil, military, and corporate infrastructures. Cybersecurity and intelligence professionals were initially surprised by the lack of large-scale and complex cyber attacks in support of Russia’s kinetic activities at the outset of the war.