Beyond Heartbleed Cybersecurity Background Call on April 24

SGL Partner Vince Vitkowsky will be participating in a teleforum on April 24 at noon. The subject is Beyond Heartbleed:  Encryption, Zero-Day Exploits, and the NSA, and the call is described below.  If you’d like to listen in as our guest, please contact Vince at [email protected] for the call-in number.

 

 

Teleforum Call This Week         Thursday April 24 12:00 noon EDT Beyond Heartbleed: Encryption, Zero-Day Exploits, and the NSA sponsored by the International & National Security Law Practice Group The recent discussion of whether the National Security Agency knew about and exploited the Heartbleed bug demonstrates a larger cybersecurity dilemma. The NSA has two missions: conducting foreign cyber spying operations and protecting key U.S. cyber networks from external breach. In carrying out these missions, there is an inherent tension whenever a vulnerability is discovered. "Zero-day vulnerabilities" are software defects that are unknown before they are exploited. When should they be exposed and eliminated, and when should they be preserved and exploited? Encryption protects privacy and communications security. When, if ever, should the NSA seek to subvert, undermine, or weaken the encryption systems of commercially available software?      Featuring:   Paul Rosenzweig Principal Red Branch Law & Consulting PLLC Chris Soghoian Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst Speech, Privacy and Technology Project American Civil Liberties Union   Vincent J. Vitkowsky (Moderator) Partner Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP