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ABA TO HOST CYBER SECURITY DISCUSSION
Legal Focuses |
2010/08/03 08:53
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| span style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptComputers and networks have brought an entire world into our homes and law offices. As it turns out, the world is full of thieves, spies and hostile armies.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanWhat are the risks of cyber “insecurity,” and what can we do about them?strong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal o:p/o:p/strong/spanp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalstrong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/strong/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptAnswers to this question and more will be provided during an upcoming program sponsored by the American Bar Association.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe program will be held as part of the association’s Annual Meeting, which begins Thursday. o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalstrongspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/strong/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; mso-list-ins: genuser 20100802T1254 class=MsoNormalstrongspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/strong/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldWho: span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanstrongStewart A. Baker/strongo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; mso-list-ins: genuser 20100802T1252 class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/spanFormer assistant secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Securityo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldo:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldWhat: span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanstrong“Cyber Security, Law and Liability — Thieves, Spies and Hostile Armies”o:p/o:p/strong/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; mso-list-ins: genuser 20100802T1252 class=MsoNormalstrongspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /span/span/strongspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldSponsored by the st1:city w:st=onst1:place w:st=onABA/st1:place/st1:city Standing Committee on Law amp; National Security o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldo:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldWhen: span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanFriday, 3:45 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldo:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldWhere: nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;Moscone West Convention Centero:p/o:p/span/pp style=text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; Room 2022, Second Flooro:p/o:p/span/pp style=text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;747 Howard St.o:p/o:p/span/pp style=text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalst1:city w:st=onst1:place w:st=onspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;San Francisco/span/st1:place/st1:cityspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: boldo:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptJoining strong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normalBaker /strongin the discussion will bestrong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker/strong, dean and professor of law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and former general counsel, CIA; strong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normalRobert Knake/strong, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of Cyber War; ando:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalstrong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptHarvey Rishikof/span/strongspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt, professor of law and national security studies at the st1:place w:st=onst1:placename w:st=onNational/st1:placename st1:placename w:st=onWar/st1:placename st1:placetype w:st=onCollege/st1:placetype/st1:place, and former legal counsel to the deputy director of the FBI.o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptspan style=mso-spacerun: yes /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptWhat will happen if the government makes it easier for federal agencies to demand that companies release personal electronic communications of persons who are part of a terrorism investigation?span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanstrong style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normalBaker/strong answered that question in a href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5321288x2157326The Washington Post/a (7/29).span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0ptspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptWith span style=mso-bidi-font-weight: boldnearly/span 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.nbsp; As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/p |
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