How the next president can bridge the internet-cyber gap (Cameron F. Kerry, Brookings)

In a recent paper, I reflect on my experience in the Obama administration and draw lessons about policymaking on issues for that space. As the General Counsel at the Commerce Department—where I performed the duties of the Deputy Secretary for the majority of the more than four years I was there, and those of the acting Secretary for a spell—I found myself drawn into issues like surveillance, norms for state behavior, and security far more than I could have anticipated going in. These matters have significant effects on other issues that are core to the Commerce Department mission, such as technological innovation, competitiveness and international data flows, and global internet governance.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/10/10/how-the-next-president-can-bridge-the-internet-cyber-gap/

Bridging the internet-cyber gap: Digital policy lessons for the next administration (Cameron F. Kerry, Brookings)

The fallout from the Edward Snowden leaks about National Security Agency activities has been felt across the international policy community, in increased pressure for national data localization laws requiring that data about individuals within a country be kept in that country, for restrictions on transfers of data from the European Union, and for shifting internet governance away from the loose collection of organizations involved today toward intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/bridging-the-internet-cyber-gap-digital-policy-lessons-for-the-next-administration/

States lead Washington on consumer privacy laws (Cameron F. Kerry, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/2016/08/03/states-lead-washington-on-consumer-privacy-laws/

Having an open and honest debate about security (Cameron F. Kerry, Brookings)

Let’s not pretend that that the outcome the Justice Department seeks in the Apple case is limited to only a single case and just this particular phone.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2016/03/03-open-honest-debate-about-security-kerry

The White House makes cybersecurity its valentine (Cameron F. Kerry, Brookings)

Officially, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Cybersecurity Month, but it has become clear that February is the preferred month for the White House to unveil cybersecurity initiatives.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2016/02/25-white-house-cybersecurity-valentine-kerry