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Cyber Clinic Lead Comments on Hack in Muleshoe, Texas
On April 26, Cyber Clinic lead Francesca Lockhart was interviewed by the Texas Standard for a discussion on cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure in Muleshoe, Texas in January. The hack caused the town’s water system to overflow and is possibly linked to a Russian-based hacktivist organization. Ms. Lockhart contextualized the attack in broader trends that see…
CISA High-Risk Communities Protection Resource Launch
The Strauss Center is excited to promote the launch of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) High-Risk Communities Protection (HRCP) webpage which was developed through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), a public-private cybersecurity collaborative to unite the global cyber community in the collective defense of cyberspace. Francesca Lockhart, Strauss Center’s Cybersecurity Clinic Lead, recently collaborated…
Strauss Center Cyber Clinic Student Cited in Wall Street Journal Article
On Sunday, March 17, the Wall Street Journal cited Kareem Chavez-Escobdeo, Strauss Center’s Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic student, and Francesca Lockhart, Clinic Director, in an article on university cybersecurity clinics assisting area businesses, faith-based institutions, and nonprofit organizations in improving their cyber defensive posture. A member of Google.org’s Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, the Applied Cybersecurity…
Cyber Clinic Director Francesca Lockhart Quoted in CISA Blog
On Wednesday, February 28, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) quoted Francesca Lockhart, Director of the Strauss Center’s Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic, in the blog post “CISA Publishes Guide to Support University Cybersecurity Clinics”. The post, by CISA Associate Director of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Clayton Romans, discusses the impact of university cybersecurity…
Safe and Free Paper Series Author Peter Koop Publishes Blog Post on Comparing National Legislation on Electronic Surveillance
Peter Koop, contributing author for The Netherlands in the Strauss Center for International Security and Law’s Safe and Free paper series, recently published a blog post comparing national legislation on electronic surveillance. Building on his own expertise via his contributions on surveillance rules in The Netherlands, Koop described the importance of the Safe and Free…
Chinmayi Sharma Discusses AI Safety and its Role in Reconciling Agile Development
Chinmayi Sharma, Cybersecurity and Technology Fellow at the Strauss Center, recently coauthored an article in Tech Policy Press entitled, “Reconciling Agile Development With AI Safety” which focused on how implementing responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development faces a challenge in reconciling government frameworks’ principles with the fast-paced Agile processes of tech companies. Per Sharma, “For AI…
Chinmayi Sharma Discusses AI Self-Regulation
Chinmayi Sharma, Cybersecurity and Technology Fellow at the Strauss Center, recently published an article in Lawfare entitled “The Chaos at OpenAI is a Death Knell for AI Self-Regulation.” “For decades, technology companies were shielded from accountability… This underscores the conclusion the security community came to long ago: Industry incentives are not only inadequate to foster…
The Strauss Center’s Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic Receives $500,000 Grant from Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund
The Strauss Center’s Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin is receiving $500,000 in grant funding and additional support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to expand operations. The funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, is part of a $20 million collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics that Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced in June of this…
Chesney Comments on Prosecuting Cyber Warfare Crimes Under Current International Law
Bobby Chesney, Dean at the University of Texas School of Law and Lead of the Cybersecurity program at the Strauss Center recently was mentioned in a CircleID article, “The Hague to Probe Cyberwarfare Under Existing International Law.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) aims to prosecute cyber warfare crimes under existing international law, potentially including Russian…
Chesney Comments on Prosecuting Cyber Warfare Crimes Under Current International Law
Bobby Chesney, Dean at the University of Texas School of Law and Lead of the Cybersecurity program at the Strauss Center recently was mentioned in a CircleID article, “The Hague to Probe Cyberwarfare Under Existing International Law.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) aims to prosecute cyber warfare crimes under existing international law, potentially including Russian…
