Cybersecurity

"More than a hundred security researchers and computer science experts have warned in a letter to lawmakers that not enough is being done to ensure the integrity of state and federal elections.

"On the other side of the argument, Catherine Crump, acting director of Samuelson Law for the Berkeley School of Law, focused her argument on the dangers of providing a backdoor to any device to the government and expect it to only be used by the “good guys.”

She drew a parallel between handing the FBI a second master key to iPhones and recent worldwide WannaCry ransomware attack, which was launched using leaked National Security Agency (NSA) exploits.  Read more about Privacy vs. Security: Experts Debate Merits of Each in Tech-Rich World

"Simple though this sounds, if companies are to ensure they’re adequately defended against even comparatively unsophisticated attacks, it’s vital for CTOs and chief information security officers (CISO) to have the full buy-in of their boards. “What I’ve found in talking to boards is there tends to be a nodding and looking serious, rather than actually an understanding what you’re talking about,” quipped Gail Kent, global public policy manager at Facebook. " Read more about Telegraph Cyber Security reveals there’s plenty business can do to prevent another WannaCry

"What happened this week won’t be lost on judges in the future should the government again try to get tech companies to build backdoor access into programs,  said Kristen Eichensehr, a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles with an expertise in national security law and cybersecurity.

“What we’ve seen happen with WannaCry lends credence to that — and certainly any court is going to take it into account. The government has shown that it itself is persistently incapable of keeping its tools secure,” she said." Read more about Ransomware attack is why we can't have security backdoors, say privacy advocates