[ecrea] Workshop: Legal and Policy Dimensions of Cybersecurity

Legal and Policy Dimensions of Cybersecurity

A by-invitation experts’ workshop to be held at
George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
September 28-29, 2016

The security of information networks and databases is now a critical 
element of national security and economic competitiveness. Rapid growth 
in e-commerce, banking, and communication systems and the Internet of 
Things (IoT) has increased efficiency and driven economic growth, but by 
necessity these systems preclude consumers’ control over how and where 
their data are collected, archived and processed. Recent high-profile 
breaches of security at banks and retailers, coupled with secret and 
not-so-secret efforts by foreign governments and rogue actors to attack 
critical information infrastructures, have heightened these concerns. 
Legal and policy responses to the cybersecurity challenge are just as 
important as technological ones.

To focus much-needed attention on this field of study, /the IIP invites 
authors to submit abstracts addressing //the policy and legal aspects of 
information security, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity-related 
legislation, and critical cyber-infrastructure protection//./ Authors of 
the selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 
2 day by-invitation-only experts workshop held at the George Washington 
University School of Media and Public Affairs on September 28-29 
(Wed.-Thu.), 2016. Each paper will be assigned a respondent recruited 
from the local academic/policy/advocacy communities and will be allotted 
a full hour for presentation, response and discussion. A reception and 
formal dinner provide room for social interaction.

This workshop is twelfth in a series of workshops organized by the IIP 
since 2011, in support of its /Journal of Information Policy, /published 
by the IIP in partnership with the Penn State University Press 
(http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JIP.html). Presenters at the 
workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for peer 
review to the Journal, with the successful papers presented in special 
issues dedicated to each workshop. The /JIP/ has previously conducted 
workshops on a variety of topics including the future of broadband 
policy, digital diversity, new ICTs and democracy, media policy and 
advocacy, campaign funding and media, intellectual property, and more. 
For programs of previous workshops see: 
http://comm.psu.edu/research/centers/iip/conferences-and-worskhops.

Possible topics for the workshop include the following:

·Critical infrastructure protection, including information and energy 
networks

·Cybersecurity policies and governance in nation states

·Cybersecurity policies and governance in transnational organizations

·Threats and vulnerabilities to cybersecurity and the policies they invoke

·Information policy and cybersecurity in the age of IoT

·Data breaches and the law – regulation, enforcement, protection, and 
damages

·Cybersecurity and U.S. courts

·Cybersecurity and privacy legislation—federal and state efforts to 
balance cyber security and civil liberties

·The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and consumer online data protection 
enforcement—efforts, failures, future models

·The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and web-based data regulation

·Consumer data protection – an international legal and diplomatic 
conundrum The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

·Cybersecurity models

·Cybersecurity management

· Cybersecurity concerns and democracy

·Strategic planning and security strategy

·History of cybersecurity policy and governance

·Security education, training and awareness

·The future of cybersecurity: uncertainties and scenarios

This workshop is made possible with financial contributions from the 
Penn State Colleges of Communications, Information Sciences and 
Technology, and Law, and the Office of the Provost, and with 
organization assistance from the George Washington University School of 
Media and Public Affairs.

Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be 
submitted to (pennstateiip /at/ psu.edu) <mailto:(pennstateiip /at/ psu.edu)> by July 
15, 2016. Please write IIP_CYBERSECURITY: YOUR NAME in the subject line. 
Presenters will be notified by August 15, 2016 regarding acceptance. 
Accepted papers will need to be submitted by September 19, 2016.**

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