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Contingency Plans for CS Students in Large Classes
Some of our students will get sick before the end of the term. We need a plan.
From BLOG@CACM
In (Virtual) Defense of Democracy
There are two ways to proceed with political discourse in cyberspace, if the trolls are to be tamed.
From BLOG@CACM
Governance and Oversight Coming to AI and Automation: Independent Audit of AI Systems
Independent Audit of AI Systems is the next evolution of governance for artificial intelligence and automation.
From BLOG@CACM
From 007 to 'Agent 111'
James Bond-like spies have been eclipsed by a new generation of operatives who don't travel the world (not physically, anyway) or drink martinis, shaken or stirred...
From BLOG@CACM
What Went Wrong? Facebook and 'Sharing' Data with Cambridge Analytica
The road to the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal is strewn with failures.
From BLOG@CACM
Securing Threats to Election Systems
Election systems are supposed to be disconnected from the Internet, for obvious and sensible reasons. Most elections today, however, use computers.
From BLOG@CACM
On the Ethics of Cyberwar
Keith Abney of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences group of California Polytechnic State University surveys the moral landscape of cyberwar.
From BLOG@CACM
Toward Oversight, and More Debate, of Cyber Weaponry
Policies and strategies that may lead to or initiate acts of cyberwar should be subject to scrutiny.
From BLOG@CACM
Cyber Insecurity and Cyber Libertarianism
Here we are, 70 years into the computer age and we still do not seem to know how to build secure information systems. And yet, our community marches forward with...
From BLOG@CACM
Cybersecurity in the Trump Era
Deterrence is simply the wrong way to think about cybersecurity.
From BLOG@CACM
Fact Versus Frivolity in Facebook
Facebook, for the sake of its own business integrity and for the sake of the public, should give up any attempt to guarantee veracity in items posted by users.
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The Real Lesson of the Alleged Russian Hack
Despite more than two decades of consistent public warnings that have reached the highest levels of government, cybersecurity throughout much of the world is in...
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Stop Trying to Deter Cyberattacks
Whither cyber deterrence? In my view, let it wither.
From BLOG@CACM
A Presidential Policy Directive With Little Direction
Cybersecurity is integral in nature in a very connected world; the insecurity of some contributes to the vulnerability of all.
From BLOG@CACM
California's Internet Voting Initiatives
The vast majority of computer and network security experts agree that there is currently no way to adequately secure an online public election.
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Toward a Discourse on Cyber Strategy
Efforts to understand how advanced information technologies will affect future conflicts seem to be missing, or are taking place far from the public eye.
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A Farewell to (Virtual) Arms?
The potential for a Sino-American cyber arms control agreement is intriguing, despite three very troubling flaws.
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Deterrence After Stuxnet
In the cyber context, "Mutual Assured Destruction" becomes "Mutual Assured Disruption."
From BLOG@CACM
The Robots Are Taking Over! (Perhaps Not Quite Yet)
Programs fix themselves! Today! It's scary!
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