CBS Interactive's Distinguished Lecturer David Gewirtz hosts ZDNet Government -- ZDNet's politics and policy coffeehouse -- where civics lessons meet technology, nothing is sacred, and everything is fair game.
David Gewirtz, Distinguished Lecturer at CBS Interactive, is an author, U.S. policy advisor, and computer scientist. He is featured in The History Channel special The President's Book of Secrets.
This article by our own David Gewirtz, one of America's leading cyberwarfare experts, begins by quoting Dwight Eisenhower and ends by quoting Kanye West. If that doesn't say "must read," nothing does.
ZDNet government columnist David Gewirtz delivers a guest lecture to the University of New Hampshire School of Law in Concord, NH. You can attend this seminar by watching the embedded video.
Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
There is no doubt that both these situations -- gun violence and cyber violence -- require some legislative attention. The world is changing and our laws need to change along with it.
Cybercrime, cyberespionage, and straight out cyberattacks will increase in both frequency and ferocity over the next 12 months. Here are some of the challenges we're going to be dealing with.
ZDNet' Government's David Gewirtz sits down with Scott Gaydos, Federal Healthcare Chief Technologist for HP Enterprise Services for a rare, exclusive look into government cloud computing from the perspective of a major systems vendor.
The U.S. has just announced that, "U.S. cannot sign revised telecommunications regulations in their current form."
We call on U.S. Ambassador Kramer and the diplomatic teams from all freedom-loving countries to continue to fight these other nations attempt to destroy one of mankind's greatest creations.
Make no mistake, the forces of darkness will be back. We The Internet will be waiting for them. This is our playing field, our rules. Our Internet.
According to Terry Kramer, U.S. ambassador to the WCIT, the United States position is, "Fundamentally, the conference should not be dealing with the Internet sector,"