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HASC cyber language possible cause for veto

Why the provision might merit a veto isn't clear to all observers. "My reaction when I saw the language is it's not worth vetoing," said James Lewis.

Lewis: Cybersecurity legislation must address critical infrastructure

There has been much contention around whether agencies can or should regulate critical infrastructure, but if it doesn't happen "Congress will have failed," said James Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and public policy program.

Experts disagree on focus of cybersecurity legislation

Cybersecurity legislation is needed, agreed the panelists speaking Feb. 8 before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology--but what that legislation should look

Clapper sounds alarm on cyber capabilities of Iran, China and Russia

In unclassified testimony Jan. 31, top U.S. intelligence official James Clapper revealed little new but sounded alarm bells against an increasingly aggressive Iran and the cyber-intelligence

Lewis: Common assumptions about cybersecurity policy are wrong

Many commonly-held policy assumptions about cyberspace are wrong, said James Andrew Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and public policy program, during

The Internet is not a cyberbattlefield

A new paper by a National Security Agency official doing a fellowship at the Center for Strategic and International Studies notes the limits of metaphors when it comes to describing cyberspace. For

China suspected in Operation Shady RAT hacks

Online fingers are pointing to China following the August 2 revelation of an at least 5-year hacking plot that targeted the usual slew of companies and government entities--and also the International

Lewis: Cyber attacks are rare

Hyperbole over the term "cyber attack" has led to a misapprehension that they are frequent, says James Andrew Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and

Lewis: Privacy precepts need revising in light of new cybersecurity measures

Active defense cybersecurity measures such as the Homeland Security Department's Einstein program will become increasingly common and although they may pose a challenge to privacy, they don't lessen

Press perpetuates cyber war fear mongering

Here's a choice example of how fear mongering over cyber war gets perpetuated. " Clock might be ticking on cyber 'Pearl Harbor' " screams a March 29 headline from Defense Systems. (Full disclosure: