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ISPs actively scan defense contractor Internet traffic under DoD program
The traffic scanning program, said Eric Rosenbach, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy has been underway for a year with "a few dozen" companies participating in it.
Privacy stewardship lacking at CBP
CBP hasn't done many of its privacy-related tasks, including developing a complete inventory of all its holdings of personally identifiable information.
White House threatens CISPA veto
The White House says it'll veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act if Congress approves it in its current form.
Four cybersecurity bills set for House consideration
Four House cybersecurity bills will be called to the floor for votes this week, House leadership announced April 20. Not among them will be a proposal from the House Homeland Security Committee, despite the radical surgery the committee performed on its bill during an April 18 markup in a bid to satisfy leadership concerns.
PCLOB nominees ready to hear the government's case for security measures
The nominees vowed to work with federal agencies before they draw conclusions about whether their activities violate civil liberties.
FBI: Our social media monitoring is 'targeted'
One FBI official says social media data mining is a somewhat risky endeavor, and "if you collect, you better have the tools to go analyze it."
CISPA sponsors narrow bill
Co-sponsors of Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act have circulated a draft substitute amendment that would place some limitations on the government's ability to use shared cybersecurity data for other purposes and eliminate intellectual property theft from the definition of cyber threat information.
EINSTEIN 2 could violate Fourth Amendment
The Homeland Security Department-led EINSTEIN 2 program that monitors all Internet traffic coming to and from federal computers could be a search subject to Fourth Amendment protections, the CRS says in the Secrecy News -posted report. Much hinges on whether the traffic monitored by EINSTEIN 2 was sent in the expectation of privacy.
Cybersecurity bills raise privacy and civil liberties concerns
Some proposed cybersecurity legislation calls for more cybersecurity-related information sharing, but this could give ISPs extraordinary powers to monitor networks.
Rosenzweig: Don't overregulate domestic drones
Congress should give agencies leeway in how they use unmanned aerial vehicles domestically, because otherwise, the government is wasteful, said Paul Rosenzweig, a Heritage Foundation visiting fellow, on April 4.
