All Passcode
- Watch live: Encryption vs. the FBI
What's likely to happen next in the ongoing debate over encryption? Join us for a Privacy Lab talk on Wednesday, April 27th.
- How to raise a white hat hacker
Many of today's tech-savvy kids demonstrate the sort of curiosity that makes them ideally suited to become tomorrow's ethical hackers. The trick is teaching them how to use those instincts for good, and steering them away from the darker corners of the Internet.
- How we can get ‘more of everything’ for the cybersecurity workforce
With a need for 1.5 million more trained professionals in coming years, the federal government, universities, and companies are teaming up to solve the problem.
- Monitor BreakfastNew encryption technology is aiding terrorists, intelligence director says
New, commercially available encryption software 'had and is having major, profound effects on our ability' to collect intelligence, 'particularly against terrorists,' James Clapper told reporters at a Monitor-hosted breakfast.
- Why does our privacy really matter?
Philosophy professor Michael Lynch says that privacy violations erode individuals' rights to autonomously make their own decisions and exercise individual power.
- How secure is your data? Take our quiz and find out
Do you use Tor browser, two-factor authentication, or a VPN? Do you know what those things are? With data breaches commonplace and digital surveillance on the rise, there's no better time to find out if your own private information is shielded from prying eyes. Take our quiz designed in partnership with the Mozilla Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology to find out how to secure yourself against a growing number of threats online.
- Podcast: Niloofar Howe on the looming cybersecurity industry implosion
On the latest edition of the Cybersecurity Podcast, RSA's chief strategy officer makes industry forecast and Raytheon's Jack Harrington talks about defending US networks and how to recruit new talent to the field.
- How to avoid becoming the next victim of ransomware
The rapid rise in computer attacks that encrypt files until victims pay off cybercriminals can be avoided if organizations take necessary precautions.
- Why hospitals have become prime targets for ransomware attacks
Since hospitals store sensitive patient information, and often rely on outdated software and legacy computer systems, experts say they are especially susceptible to a wave of cyberattacks that encrypt data until victims pay ransoms.
- Opinion: Burr-Feinstein antiencryption bill a firing offense
Sens. Richard Burr (R) of North Carolina and Dianne Feinstein (D) of California should be stripped of their positions for introducing a bill that would endanger American digital security and privacy.
- Why we need an open-source society more than ever
The principles of open-source software don’t just make better technology — they are a blueprint for a better, more open society.
- Did Ukraine power grid hack give Russia an edge?
At an Atlantic Council event Thursday, experts said that a Ukrainian power outage allegedly triggered by Russian hackers may be just a small piece of Moscow's cybersecurity strategy.
- How Europe's new privacy rules affect entire digital economy
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a single set of rules on Internet privacy safeguards, giving individuals much more control over how their information is handled by both European and American tech companies.
- Digital activists begin broad, grass-roots battle to fight antiencryption bill
In a draft bill introduced this week, lawmakers are seeking to outlaw unbreakable encryption. Now, digital rights groups, which have warned about such a move, have a concrete proposal around which to launch a rallying cry for stronger privacy protections.
- Watch live: Cyberwar in Ukraine?
Does cyberwarfare offer tactical advantages on the battlefield? Join a panel discussion with Passcode and the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative on Thursday, April 14.
- EU privacy advocates complain data-sharing pact not good enough
On Wednesday, a group of data regulators from the European Union said that the Privacy Shield pact to ensure data flows between the EU and US does little to protect against the threat of surveillance.
- Opinion: Europe's privacy advocates should back off Privacy Shield
Privacy Shield is certainly not a solution for eternity. But it fills the current void for safeguarding data flows across the Atlantic and attempts to match European and American views on privacy.
- It’s 2016 and you aren’t using encryption. Why?
All breaches aren’t created equally. Encryption, not breach prevention, separates damaging hacks from annoying intrusions.
- US CIO Tony Scott on fixing cybersecurity's talent gap
At a Passcode event Tuesday, the US chief information officer said the federal government wants candidates who know languages, biology, and anthropology to fill cybersecurity roles – and one of its most important hires, the new chief information security officer, will be announced within 30 days.
- Hackers set to infiltrate New York film festival
Why DEF CON, one of the world's premiere hacker conferences, is setting up shop at one of the nation's top film festivals.