The exponential growth of cybercrimes continues to wreak havoc on governments, businesses, and individuals, and there has been progress in combating these crimes, even leading to near ubiquitous recognition of the cybercrime problem. Eileen Decker focuses the reader on the lack of understanding of these disastrous crimes as derivative of a lack of collection and… Continue reading Full Count?: Crime Rate Swings, Cybercrime Misses and Why We Don’t Really Know the Score
Category: Big Data
Defining the Scope of “Possession, Custody, or Control” for Privacy Issues and the CLOUD Act
With a growing number of US companies storing their electronic data across country lines, US law enforcement agencies are left with the difficult task of trying to access electronic evidence stored outside of their physical jurisdictions. In response, Congress passed the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Cloud Act) in 2018 to provide the… Continue reading Defining the Scope of “Possession, Custody, or Control” for Privacy Issues and the CLOUD Act
Personal Information as an Attack Vector: Why Privacy Should Be an Operational Dimension of US National Security
The US government has always been keen on its ability to protect sensitive and classified information from its enemies, yet the majority of resources have focused on military and national security information, which has left other categories of information exposed. Capt. Christopher Dearing focuses the reader on the national security implications of personal information and… Continue reading Personal Information as an Attack Vector: Why Privacy Should Be an Operational Dimension of US National Security