Cyber Security and Internet Freedom
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The Internet is now essential to the global economy, the military and politics. But users are vulnerable to attacks from the inside as well as the outside. We talk with one of America's most notorious cyber criminals, now a security consultant, and others about cyber security. Also, forget another international agreement to replace the Kyoto protocols. Climate change will now be addressed by a patchwork of solutions agreed to by individual nations.
Banner image: The logos of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are seen on computer terminals in a training room of the US Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Making News
It's One Crazy Lame Duck Session ()
With the lame-duck Congress still facing a mountain of legislation, Senators who agree with each other are squabbling among themselves and House Democrats have picked a fight with President Obama. Anyone watching could be excused for being completely confused, according to Michael Shear of the New York Times, chief writer of its Caucus blog.
Guests:
- Michael Shear: Political Reporter, New York Times, @shearm
Main Topic
Cyber Security and Internet Freedom ()
This has been the biggest year ever for cyber crime, from Stuxnet, the worm that was deployed to disrupt Iran's nuclear program, to China's attack on Google. Now defenders of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have launched "Denial of Service" attacks on Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Amazon. Institutions, including governments, are on the defensive and they're trying to beef up cyber security. But how does cyber crime happen? Is it all technology, or is the human element just as important? Will cyber security mean suppressing free speech?
Guests:
- Joseph Menn: Technology Correspondent, Financial Times
- Kevin Mitnick: President, Mitnick Security Consulting, @Kevinmitnick
- James Lewis: Director, CSIS's Commission on Cybersecurity, @james_a_lewis
- Marc Rotenberg: Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
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- September TtP on Stuxnet, cyber security and Internet freedom
- Operation Payback (Twitter)
- Menn/FT on anonymous cyberwarriors
- Menn's 'Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet'
- Mitnick's 'The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security'
- Lewis/CSIS report on securing cyberspace
- Rotenberg's 'Privacy Information and Technology'
Reporter's Notebook
Global Warming Negotiations Down to the Wire in Cancun ()
For 20 years, international policy makers have assumed that climate change would be the subject of a worldwide agreement. Key nations would agree to reduce greenhouse gases and trade carbon emissions in a common market. Instead, California businesses will pay to preserve tropical forests in Mexico and Brazil. Japan will help fund nuclear power plants in developing nations. South Korea will promote renewable energy at home. Juliet Eilperin is covering the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún for the Washington Post.
Guests:
- Juliet Eilperin: National Environmental Reporter, Washington Post, @eilperin
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