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Colloquium On Privacy & Security, Ann Bartow
Colloquium On Privacy & Security, Ann Bartow
Ann Bartow
On November 2-3, 2001, the University of Buffalo sponsored Digital Frontier: The Buffalo Summit 2001. The attendees included Gary M. Schober (Moderator), Shubha Ghosh (Organizer), Ann Bartow, Chris Hoofnagle, and Phyllis Borzi. The participants were drawn from a wide range of specialties, from lawyers and doctors to business-men and academics, in order to provide some perspective on our data-driven world. This session on Privacy and Security identified some of the trends in technology that threaten privacy rights, as well as those that may assists preserving privacy. The speakers also explored legal developments and political structure influencing cyber-privacy.
Suing The Insecure?: A Duty Of Care In Cyberspace, Stephen E. Henderson, Matthew E. Yarbrough
Suing The Insecure?: A Duty Of Care In Cyberspace, Stephen E. Henderson, Matthew E. Yarbrough
Stephen E Henderson
The Internet, already of major significance throughout much of the globe, is expected to become increasingly pervasive in diverse arenas, from health care, to commerce, to entertainment, and is expected to become increasingly critical to essential infrastructures, including banking, power, and telecommunications. Yet the medium is both inherently and unnecessarily insecure. In particular, today’s Internet can be crippled by distributed denial-of-service attacks launched by relatively unsophisticated and judgment-proof parties. Not every computing system involved in such attacks, however, is necessarily without resources. Application of traditional negligence liability, coupled with other government incentives and support institutions, will encourage better security and …