State of the Union: Cyberthreat
President Obama signed a cybersecurity executive order yesterday. Our own David Gewirtz, one of America's leading cybersecurity experts, explains why Mr. Obama didn't go far enough.
ZDNet Government
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
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.
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Deconstructing the Bush family email hack
Last week, a hacker released information about the Bush family, a family containing two former U.S. presidents. In this article, our own David Gewirtz takes us behind the scenes of the investigation.
Lest we forget
Good luck, everyone in the path of the winter storm affecting the northeastern U.S. Get home safe!
Is preemptive cyberwarfare good national security policy?
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.
Understanding cybercrime (video seminar)
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.
The Obama administration does not support blowing up planets
Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
Guns, the First Amendment, and the Bill of Rights
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.
14 global cybersecurity challenges for 2013
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.
A look inside government cloud initiatives with HP's Chief Technologist (exclusive interview)
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.
U.S. announces will not sign ITU treaty, period
The U.S. has just announced that, "U.S. cannot sign revised telecommunications regulations in their current form."