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A weekly conversation on surveillance, digital privacy, cybersecurity law and policy. Hosted by Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin.

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Recent Episodes

Ep 125 | 5.12.22

Let's talk about data privacy compliance fatigue.

Guest Bill Tolson, Vice President of eDiscovery at Archive360 joins Dave to discuss compliance fatigue, Ben's story covers a settlement between the ACLU and Clearview AI, and Dave discusses some tech giants rallying behind a proposed New York Privacy bill.

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Ep 124 | 5.5.22

Modernizing healthcare regulation?

Patrick Sullivan from A-LIGN compliance and security discusses privacy implications of modernizing HIPAA and how it will affect healthcare and goes into why its taken this long to update a regulation that was written a decade ago, Ben's story covers an eye-opening footnote from a 9th Circuit court case about internet content collection, and Dave's story is on the surprising number of warrantless searches the FBI conducted last year.

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Ep 123 | 4.28.22

A new executive order on cybersecurity.

Lauren Van Wazer from Akamai shares her thoughts on the implications for the Biden administration’s executive order on cybersecurity, Ben's story is on a new EU landmark law aimed to force big tech companies to tackle illegal content such as limiting how digital giants target users with online ads, Dave's story is on the White house's Cyberwarfare and the power grab they are trying to demonstrate, and describes how cyber defense really became a thing throughout the last few presidential administrations.

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Ep 122 | 4.21.22

What's next in the new era of Cyber Disclosures?

Paul Innella, CEO of Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI), discusses their new white paper on Board Risk, as well as clearing up some confusion on what could be next in the new era of Cyber Disclosures (regarding public companies, private equity requirements), Ben's story is on LinkedIn and what is considered hacking versus what is not, and Dave's story is on new technology helping over in the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Ep 121 | 4.14.22

Does security and identity go hand in hand?

Aaron Painter from Nametag shares the importance of implementing identity in the security/authentication process, not only for data protection, but for building trust within digital interactions, Ben's story comes from "Last week tonight with John Oliver" on data brokers, and Dave's story is on how the US is preparing to deal with Russian attacks.

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Host(s)

Dave Bittner, is a security podcast host and one of the founders at CyberWire. He's a creator, producer, videographer, actor, experimenter, and entrepreneur. He's had a long career in the worlds of television, journalism and media production, and is one of the pioneers of non-linear editing and digital storytelling.

Ben Yelin, JD, is the Program Director for Public Policy & External Affairs at the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, where he consults public and private entities on homeland security, cybersecurity and emergency management policy. He also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where he teaches courses on electronic surveillance and the Fourth Amendment.

Schedule: Wednesdays

Creator: CyberWire, Inc.