Landau explains the National Security Agency’s little-known function of providing communications security (COMSEC) to private companies, which has involved an improvement of security and privacy of the domestic communications infrastructure. She examines the history of the program and how the NSA’s behavior towards the private sector has shifted since the 1950’s, as well as the… Continue reading Under the Radar: NSA’s Efforts to Secure Private-Sector Telecommunications Infrastructure
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Symposium Introduction: Swimming in the Ocean of Big Data
This article introduces the topics to be discussed in the latest issue of JNSLP. The author argues that although readers will walk away with a greater understanding of “Big Data” generally, there still remains a need for a greater structural understanding of the subject in order to harness its power and direct its applications for… Continue reading Symposium Introduction: Swimming in the Ocean of Big Data
Charting the Future: What to Expect from Big Data
This article is modeled on a panel discussion at the symposium regarding two hypothetical case studies: the first about detection technologies related to facial recognition and Terahertz detection and the second about passenger name recognition information created by airlines to manage travel reservations. Through this conversation, the panelists discuss the relationship of big data collection… Continue reading Charting the Future: What to Expect from Big Data