Leading Figures in Cybersecurity and Privacy Advocate for an End to the War Between Privacy and Security

Key Takeaways:

• Cybersecurity, government and privacy experts are banding together as part of The ‘Digital Equilibrium Project’ to foster a new, productive dialogue on balancing security and privacy in the connected world. The project aims to address the underlying issues fueling acrimonious debates like the contentious court order between Apple and the U.S. Government.
• The diverse group includes current and former leaders of some of the world’s largest cybersecurity firms and organizations, former officials in the NSA and national law enforcement, and leaders of some of the nation’s most influential privacy organizations. These individuals believe new thinking and collaboration is needed to avert potential catastrophes as the digital and physical worlds become more interdependent.
• The group will release its foundational paper ‘Balancing Security and Privacy in the Connected World’ on Tuesday, March 1^st at the RSA Conference – the world’s largest cybersecurity conference.
• This project and related paper, months in the making, seek to end the kinds of standoffs we are seeing between Apple and the U.S. Government, addressing the underlying lack of social norms and legal constructs for the digital world.
• They will convene a mid-year summit to craft a framework or ‘constitution’ for the digital world. The intent of this constitution is to help guide policy creation, broker compromise and serve as the foundation for decision making around cybersecurity issues. Senior executives from the Justice Department, Apple and other technology firms will be invited to participate.

Some of the nation’s most prominent thinkers and experts on cybersecurity and privacy are advocating for a new revolution in the Internet. But this time it’s not a technology revolution, but a social one.

The Digital Equilibrium Project is comprised of former senior government officials, cybersecurity business and industry leaders, and privacy professionals who share a concern that today’s polarized approaches to privacy and security are resulting in the erosion of both—in ways that jeopardize not only the progress of the digital world but the safety of the physical one as well. (Full list of organizing members below.) For the full article click here 

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