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How Aaron Swartz, 'The Irresistible Force,' Plus Darrell Issa And Ron Wyden, 'The Immovable Object,' Saved The Internet: Part I

The Plot to steal the Internet was foiled. It was foiled by an “Irresistible Force” — public opinion, rallied by a twenty-something Freedom Fighter, Aaron Swartz, now dead. This combined with an Immovable Object, the consciences of a tiny group of legislators. Together they — barely — defeated one of the meanest pieces of legislation in our lifetimes.

The “inside” story — four liberty-minded lawmakers who stood up in front of SOPA like the protestor in Tiananmen Square against the column of tanks — has remained, mostly, obscure. This tells that story.


Federal Cybersecurity "Framework" Advances To Draft

After several months of work, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a draft of the cybersecurity "Framework" it is developing in response to Executive Order 13636.

NIST Releases Draft Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework In Advance Of Dallas Workshop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released the first publically available draft of the preliminary Cybersecurity Framework, which is being developed at the direction of President Obama's February Executive Order on critical infrastructure cybersecurity.


Would You Be Ready? Is Your Company Doing Enough To Prevent, And Mitigate The Costs Of, A Data Breach?

Earlier this year, Schnuck Markets Inc. announced that it had been the victim of a data breach that potentially affected 2.4 million customers.