Week 1, Lecture 2 - Law Introduction

Law lecture, weak 1.

Law class organization

  • How the law & policy side of class is organized:
    • We talk about (organized by the week):
      • When somebody hacks somebody else
        • Weeks 2-5, laws such as CFAA, DMCA; purposes.
      • Who gets attacked
        • Week 6
        • Purposes: profit
        • Laws such as data security
      • When government hacks their own people
        • Week 7-8
        • Purpose: law enforcement
        • ECPA law etc.
      • When countries hack each other
        • Week 9
        • Purposes: military action
        • Laws: international law of conflict

Non-law forces in cyber issues

  • Self-regulation
  • Tech companies can enforce their own standards
    • Police as they wish
  • Insurance

Landscape of cybersecurity law

Sources of law

  • Constitution
  • international
  • statutory law
  • administrative law
  • case law