![]() ![]() ![]() “I will say that I am weary of providing the NSA, in particular, with such open access to US networks in the absence of judicial oversight,” he said. Travis LeBlanc countered that he was reticent to put more power in the hands of federal agencies, and the real solution might involve more involvement from the private sector, rather than an over-reliance on a governmental response. He went on to suggest that granting the FBI more authority and flexibility to pursue these cases might have some impact, and he believes that can be done while also protecting privacy and civil liberties. We a government agency that has a general domestic cyber monitoring authority-I’m not suggesting that we should have one-but there is a gap there and our foreign adversaries take advantage of it.” ![]() One way … is to close the gap in our legal architecture, and our foreign adversaries are aware of this gap. A sophisticated adversary is going to get in your computer somehow, but we can limit their effectiveness, we can stop it from spreading. “What will make a big dent in the problem is getting information quickly about hacks and attacks currently underway, so that we can stop them in their tracks,” he said.” Right now … we cannot stop incursions. Although it may seem as if the federal government is losing the cyber war, that’s far from the case, and we have plenty of options at our disposal, noted Glenn Gerstell-who also emphasized that that technology-or a lack of it-is not standing in the way of the problem, it’s a lack of political and social will to tackle it. The conversation kicked off with a discussion of cyber security threats-those posed by nation states, as well as independent and rogue hackers-and the U.S. Panelists included Travis LeBlanc, a Partner with Cooley and Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board member Glenn Gerstell, Senior Advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former General Counsel for the NSA and Robert Litt, Of Counsel with Morrison & Foerster LLP, and former General Counsel for the ODNI. This year’s Spokes conference hosted a panel on national security and privacy, moderated by Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent for The New York Times. ![]()
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