Mark Rasch

Mark Rasch
Mark D. Rasch is an attorney and author, working in the areas of corporate and government cybersecurity, privacy and incident response. He is currently the Chief Security Evangelist for Verizon Communications after having been Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Privacy and Data Security Officer for SAIC. From 1983-1992, Rasch worked at the U.S. Department of Justice within the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. Rasch earned a J.D. in 1983 from State University of New York at Buffalo and is...
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There's no question in my mind that once we make the networks less secure because of CALEA, we will exploit that lack of security to intercept communications under every legal authority asserted by the government.
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They sell it, and they make money off the personal information that I have given them. And what we are recognizing now on the Internet is that personal information is commodity.
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I give out my address to certain Internet places because I need something shipped to me. I don't have a choice.
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If you have a policy that says e-mail can be monitored but in 10 years you've never monitored anybody's e-mail, then your de facto policy is that e-mail is not monitored.
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I would say the Fourth Amendment (guaranteeing protection against unreasonable searches) is the Fourth Amendment, and the fact that you're invading the privacy of millions as opposed to dozens should make it worse, not better.
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If I am driving in France, I would be subject to French traffic laws. If I am driving in Australia, Australian traffic laws. If I am driving the information super highway, you don't know whose laws apply.
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I'd be very surprised if the FBI does not catch this guy.
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There is nothing about computer security in the law -- nothing.
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What I would as a parent argue is that I can consent to my kid's monitoring. Hey, it's my kid. I can read their mail, but the federal law doesn't make any distinction. If I'm reading anybody's communications without their consent or without a consent of one party, I'm violating federal law.
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What banks have essentially done is put ATMs in people's living rooms. The security is only as good as that of the home computer.