Curbing the Market for Cyber Weapons
The United States and its international partners are permitting an unregulated, global market for cyber weapons to flourish. Weaponized zero-day ("Oday") exploits to attack the control systems for the power grid and other critical infrastructure components are on sale to criminals, terrorists, and rogue nations. Policymakers have begun to recognize the imperative to curb this market. There is no consensus, however, on the measures needed to do so. We propose three initial steps to begin curbing the market for weaponized Oday exploits. First, the United States should incentivize developers of critical infrastructure industrial control systems and applications layer software to minimize security flaws in their products. The Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act provides an especially promising means to strengthen these incentives and should be amended to authorize such software developers to apply for liability coverage under the Act. Second, through the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the United States and its international partners should establish uniform controls of dangerous Oday exploit sales targeting critical infrastructure. Third, the United States should amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to strengthen its ability to prosecute researchers located both domestically and abroad who recklessly sell dangerous exploits targeting critical infrastructure to America’s adversaries.
[4ShidlerJLComTech005] “Can I See Some ID?” Age Verification Requirements for the Online Liquor Store
Teenagers are starting to use the Internet to circumvent the ordinarily stringent restrictions on the sale of alcohol to underage individuals. Since states have always punished vendors for furnishing alcohol to minors, companies that choose to sell alcohol online must recognize that they could be criminally and civilly liable if they do not take reasonable precautions to ensure that minors do not obtain their product. This Article examines the steps online alcohol vendors might take in order to protect themselves from liability so that they can continue to run their ventures in a profitable manner.
Can I See Some I.D.?
Patient registration and insurance verification are the first key processes in a practice's revenue cycle, and can significantly affect its entire performance. Therefore, it's usually worthwhile to dedicate time and resources to improve the registration and verification processes. A variety of options exist to evaluate and fix problems.