Guest well, its a great question and be incredibly topical given the wanna cry Ransomware Attack that is really zipping around the world over the last few days. The ftc is a generalized Consumer Protection enforcer and has also taken on the role of protecting consumer Data Security. And in that context, weve actually brought about 60 cases in the last few years involving whether security practices of companies are adequate to protect the consumer data that theyre holding. So weve been very active in crafting an approach to the security of consumer data that includes our start with Security Initiative and a process that we like to Call Security by design which is building the security principles all along the way. And as you can imagine, a very important part of that is making sure that youre updating software, making sure that you are continuing to maintain and protect against vulnerabilities once theyre disclosed and remediating when situations arise. Now, unfortunately, this Ransomwa
Session. Edward epistein is here with his book. Books will be available for gust guests on a 1st quick come first serve bases. There is no questions but instead we encourage you to talk to the author after. There is also a pod cast that is available on the blog as well as hoovers website. And i am going to do a quick introduction of our interviewer. It is jack goldsmith. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Hoover National security and Technology Working group and a professor at harvard university. Thank you very much. Thanks for coming tonight. My guest tonight is Jameel Jaffer who needs no introduction. He is the author and editor of the the drone memos. The book, much of the book contains the fruits. Jamals wanted to bring more transparency to the obamas Drone Program. He was involved in litigation involving these memos and other activities while he was the leg legal director and personal in charnel charge of a Legal Program at aclu. He started out his
Federal Aviation Administration administrator and former illinois congressman john porter. And tonight we will take a look at the issue of School Choice, the roles of vouchers and Charter Schools play in k12 education. At 8 00, remarks from an educational researcher that discusses the pros and cons and whether vouchers make a difference in school quality. Then after that at 9 00 eastern we are joined via skype by Education Week editor sean cavanaugh. We will respond to your calls, tweets, and facebook comments. This weekend, it is the National Governors Association Annual winter meeting. Coverage begins saturday morning at 10 00 eastern with an opening News Conference from nga chair, the delaware governor, and the vice chair, the oklahoma governor, and a discussion on employing people with disabilities. And look at the role of faith in cybersecurity. Start, we toldy the board the approach we were going to take, which was pretty straightforward. Remember, we were sent there to sort of f