Risk assessment and strategic planning are essential to any effort to protect and enhance national security. The areas in which such analysis and planning must take place — and the extent to which such planning is necessary — are expanding rapidly, however, raising questions about what preparedness means in the 21st century national security environment.This panel will discuss the legal authorities and the ingredients for good legal advice across a range of crisis areas. In particular, the panel will examine the legal framework for federal, state and local responses — and coordination among federal, state and local authorities for preparedness — and the ingredients for good legal advice before and in crisis situations.

NOTE: The full webinar can be found at https://www.americanbar.org/natsecurity under “National Security CLE Webinars – Recordings”

Speakers:

Paul Rosenzweig is a Resident Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats at the R Street Institute:

https://www.rstreet.org/team/paul-rosenzweig/

Lisa Morris is the Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division, of the Delaware Department of Justice:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14cMm-gfK6_S-tf-j0ENMMGHGsjh-6bKZ/view?usp=sharing

Susan Ginsburg is the Founder and CEO of Criticality Sciences:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DTSBkiA66oF87cOmP-53gczMsVGzs5LZ/view?usp=sharing

Bob Kolasky is the Director of the National Risk Management Center at CISA:

https://www.cisa.gov/bob-kolasky

References:

Andy Keiser, Securing the Key to the Future: Countering the Threat from State-Backed Chinese Semiconductor Companies, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, October 2020.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb0a1b1d86cc932778ab82b/t/5f9ae206ef715743168a96e2/1603985933848/CSPC+Semiconductor+White+Paper.pdf

Bob Kolasky, A Risk-Based Approach to National Cybersecurity, January 14, 2021

https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2021/01/14/risk-based-approach-national-cybersecurity

Congressional Research Service, Congressional Primer on Responding to and Recovering from Major Disasters and Emergencies, June 3, 2020

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R41981

Cyberlaw Podcast, Cybersecurity-A British Perspective, February 2021

https://www.steptoecyberblog.com

Overview of Stafford Act Support to States

https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf#:~:text=National%20Response%20Framework:%20Stafford%20Act%20Support%20to%20States,are%20affected%20by%20a%20major%20disaster%20or%20emergency.

State of Delaware, Executive Order Number Twelve (July 2017)

https://governor.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/07/Executive-Order-Number-12.pdf

State of Delaware, Title 20 Chapter 34

https://delcode.delaware.gov/title20/c034/index.html

State of Delaware, Title 29 Chapter 90c

https://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c090c/sc03/index.html

Appendices from the Sourcebook for Public-Private Partnerships for Security and Resilience 2018:

Appendix C:

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/appendix-c.pdf

Appendix E:

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/appendix-e.pdf