The US Department of Homeland Security has declared that October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! (Like many government initiatives, it comes with an acronym: NCSAM.)
So, this month is a perfect time to launch something I’ve been thinking about for some time: Marbury’s Cyber blog. This blog will explore the intersection between current and emerging cyber technologies; the law around those technologies, such as it is; and in particular, intellectual property law as it relates to cyber technologies.
The idea for this blog initially focused on cybersecurity. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there is so much more to talk about. I also realized that there isn’t a good catchall term for the breadth of this technology area, which includes electronics, networks, telecommunications, Internet of Things devices, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and yes, cybersecurity, and the evolving legal regime related to all the above. So, I may use the term “cyber” to refer to this area generically, as opposed to chemistry, biotech, or other areas that my colleagues may address.
A bit about National Cybersecurity Awareness month: October 2019 is the 16th NCSAM. It was Started by DHS’s National Cyber Security Division and the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. This year it seems particularly topical given the news stories about alleged Russian interference in our elections and security exploits engineered into Huawei devices among other things. You can read more about NCSAM here. Why should you care? For starters, this, this, and this.
