Preview: Cyber Letters of Marque & Other Awesome Ideas
Preview: Cyber Letters of Marque & Other Awesome Ideas
A Kitchen Sync Conversation with Jamil Jaffer
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What is the state of cybersecurity? What are the key challenges of securing the U.S. homeland and what, if any role, do private companies play in this mission? What about enlisting private actors to conduct cyberwar — is that a necessary requirement or a very, very bad idea?
Jamil Jaffer has engaged these and related issues while working at the White House, the Department of Justice, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the academy, and the private sector. He joined me recently for an in-depth chat about cyber trends and I think you’ll find our conversation to be enlightening, challenging, and enjoyable.
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Klon
Preview: Cyber Letters of Marque & Other Awesome Ideas
First of all, I wish Jamil Jaffer would speak a lot slower (what's his big hurry?) so I have more of a fighting chance to understand what he's saying.
Why should a private entity need a letter of marque and reprisal to go after thieves who hack them. In cyber space digital tech., doesn't the victim have proof positive what was stolen and who stole it so he won't go after the wrong person? Isn't it like being physically attacked on the street, where you fight back pronto in your own self defense, without waiting for the government to help you during which time you might be beaten to death?
But, if a private entity is granted a letter to go after somebody in cyberspace, why should the government limit the private entity to defense only? Is it different from the Barbary pirates? If Jefferson had limited the private navy to defense, those pirates, or their progeny, might still be pillaging today.
We can't go after criminals, including criminal "governments", then punch lightly and pull punches and try to be nice guys and reasonable. We have to punch hard, even lethally, follow through and eliminate the criminal's (even the criminal "government's") ability, not just his will, to continue any nefarious criminal activity, and exact just compensation. Mike Kevitt