National Security Law Today

National Security Law Today will take a break during the 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference.

We will return on November 8, 2018

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode

Facebook hack of 30 million users personal information

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-30-million-users-affected-hack-fbi-asked-not-to-reveal-source-2018-10

ABA Formal Opinion 483: Lawyer’s Obligation After and Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/news/formal_op_483.pdf

Registration and information for the 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference

https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/inperson/338390074/

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode:

28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference Registration

https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/inperson/338390074/

Indictment of 13 GRU officials

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1035562/download

Chainalysis

https://www.chainalysis.com/

Bank Secrecy Act Statutes

https://www.fincen.gov/resources/fincens-mandate-congress

Fraud in ICOs

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-study-says-80-percent-of-icos-conducted-in-2017-were-scams

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

http://www.fatf-gafi.org/

Coindesk

https://www.coindesk.com/

Coin Center

https://coincenter.org/

Michael Casey and Paul Vigna book “Truth Machine”

https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Machine-Blockchain-Future-Everything/dp/1250114578

Steve Bunnell is a partner with O’Melveny & Meyers

https://www.omm.com/professionals/steve-bunnell/

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode:

28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference Registration

https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=338390074

House Committee on Financial Services Hearing “Virtual Currency: Financial Innovation and National Security Implications” June 8, 2017

https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=401938

Documentary: Banking on Bitcoin

https://www.netflix.com/title/80154500

Some governments are using blockchain to record deeds and titles

Georgia

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/02/07/the-first-government-to-secure-land-titles-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain-expands-project/#bf7f7fd4dcdc

Estonia

https://e-estonia.com/solutions/interoperability-services/e-land-register/

Honduras

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-landrights-tech-idUSKBN1AR151

Sweden

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-pioneer-in-real-estate-blockchain-emerges-in-europe-1520337601

Ghana

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Blockchain-technology-to-revolutionise-land-administration-processes-666920

Steve Bunnell is a partner with O’Melveny & Meyers

https://www.omm.com/professionals/steve-bunnell/

This episode of National Security Law Today references:

The 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference

https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=338390074

Raj De’s episode of National Security Law Today

https://soundcloud.com/nsltoday/introducing-national-security-law-today

Cybersecurity Wake Up Call: The Business You Save May Be Your Own at the ABA Annual Meeting

https://players.brightcove.net/pages/v1/index.html?accountId=1866680404001&playerId=ByCdjMlag&videoId=5824408548001&autoplay=true

The articles and links for this episode are:

The 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference

https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=338390074

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Foreign Influence and Social Media

https://www.c-span.org/video/?450990-1/foreign-influence-social-media

Report of the Attorney General’s Cyber Digital Task Force

https://www.justice.gov/ag/page/file/1076696/download

Reality Winner was sentenced for leaking NSA documents

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/us/reality-winner-nsa-sentence.html

President Trump could revoke security clearances

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-exploring-revoke-security-clearance-brennan-comey-clapper-hayden-rice-mccabe-today-2018-07-23/

Vice President Pence announces plans for a Space Force

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/08/09/space-force-plan-pence-trump.html

China is developing a military space force

https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/chinas-military-creates-new-space-force/

This episode features excerpts from previous episodes with Amy Jeffress, Mark Zaid, Kevin Pomfret, Henry Hertzfeld, David Fagan and Chris Timura.

The black letter law and articles on this topic are:

DNI report on Russian threats: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections

http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/155494946443/odni-statement-on-declassified-intelligence

The Justice Department Indictment of thirteen Russian individuals for political interference

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/grand-jury-indicts-thirteen-russian-individuals-and-three-russian-companies-scheme-interfere

The Hamilton 68 bot tracking site

https://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/

Heartbleed bug

http://heartbleed.com/

Ransomware infected MedStar Health Center

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/medstar-ransomware-attack-caused-by-known-security-flaw

Listen to Suzanne Spaulding and Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker on National Security Law Today episodes 39 and 40

https://soundcloud.com/nsltoday/protecting-democratic-institutions-part-1-with-suzanne-spaulding-and-elizabeth-rindksopf-parker

Panel information for Attacks on our Institutions of Democracy: The Role of the Judicial System

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/Institutions_of_Democracy_2018.pdf

Watch the full panel

https://bcove.video/2MmQGay

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode are:

Maersk using a polar shipping route

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/22/640679831/worlds-largest-shipping-company-heads-into-arctic-as-global-warming-opens-the-wa?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr

The Antarctic Treaty

https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/193967.htm

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm

NASA data on summer ice melt

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/end-of-summer-arctic-sea-ice-extent-is-eighth-lowest-on-record

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

Russian Military Buildup Map

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/25/heres-what-russias-military-build-up-in-the-arctic-looks-like-trump-oil-military-high-north-infographic-map/

Russian and Global Icebreaker Buildup

http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/Office%20of%20Waterways%20and%20Ocean%20Policy/20170501%20major%20icebreaker%20chart.pdf?ver=2017-06-08-091723-907

Arctic Council

http://arctic-council.org/index.php/en/

Section of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 approving drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1/BILLS-115hr1enr.pdf#page=182

Oil Spill regulations in the Arctic

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/environment_energy_resources/resources/baker_sidortsov_hydrocabon_Arctic.authcheckdam.pdf

Oil Spill hazards in the Arctic

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-is-not-ready-to-clean-up-an-arctic-oil-spill/

Careers in National Security Law Book

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/nsl_text.pdf

Lindsay Rodman’s biography and contact info:

http://www.cips-cepi.ca/linsday-l-rodman-postdoctoral-fellow/

For more about National Security and the Arctic, watch the full video of a panel from the 27th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law, titled “The Arctic: National Security and Oceans Law for the New Maritime Frontier”

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_services/law_national_security/events_cle/past_annual_review_conferences/27ARC-panel-7.html

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode are:

“Securing the Modern Economy: Transforming Cybersecurity Through Sustainability.”

https://www.publicknowledge.org/assets/uploads/documents/Securing_the_Modern_Economy--Transforming_Cybersecurity_Through_Sustainability_FINAL_4.18.18_PK.pdf

The Office of Technology Assessment

https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/

Attorney General’s Cyber Digital Task Force Report

https://www.justice.gov/ag/page/file/1076696/download

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s remarks form the Aspen Security Forum

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-aspen-security-forum

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice

1.3 terabyte botnet attack against GitHub

https://www.wired.com/story/github-ddos-memcached/

Megan Stifel is the Cybersecurity Policy Director at Public Knowledge and the founder of Silicon Harbor Consultants

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/megan-stifel

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode are:

“Securing the Modern Economy: Transforming Cybersecurity Through Sustainability.”

https://www.publicknowledge.org/assets/uploads/documents/Securing_the_Modern_Economy--Transforming_Cybersecurity_Through_Sustainability_FINAL_4.18.18_PK.pdf

Director of National Intelligence’s Worldwide Threat Assessment. February 2018

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Testimonies/2018-ATA---Unclassified-SSCI.pdf

Major cyber breaches including:

2009 Google breach

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

2011 RSA breach

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/dhs-responds-to-rsa-securid-breach-a-3444

2013 and 2014 Yahoo breaches

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016

2013 Target hack through HVAC system

https://www.zdnet.com/article/anatomy-of-the-target-data-breach-missed-opportunities-and-lessons-learned/

NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program

https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/nist-cybersecurity-iot-program

NTIA Software Bill of Materials Meetings

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/SoftwareTransparency

Executive Order 13800 “Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-strengthening-cybersecurity-federal-networks-critical-infrastructure/

Report to the President on Enhancing Resilience Against Botnets

https://www.commerce.gov/page/report-president-enhancing-resilience-against-botnets

Megan Stifel is the Cybersecurity Policy Director at Public Knowledge and the founder of Silicon Harbor Consultants

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/megan-stifel