Selected Previous Events:

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Forthcoming publications:

K. A. Taipale, Cyber-Deterrence in Law, Policy and Technology: Cyberterorrism, Information Warfare, Digital and Internet
Immobilization (IGI Global 2010).

K. A. Taipale, Power to the Edge: New Threats, New Responses in America's Security Role in a Changing World: A Global Strategic Assessment 2009, National Defense University 2009).

Selected Recent Publications:

K. A. Taipale, The FISA is Not Adequate to Meet the Current Threat in Domestic Wiretapping (Greenhaven 2008).

K. A. Taipale, Commentary, Privacy vs. Security? Security, The Huffington Post (Nov. 9, 2007).

Commentary (with James Jay Carafano), "Free the Hostages: Continuing FISA Concerns," National Review Online (Oct. 24, 2007).

K. A. Taipale, Seeking Symmetry on the Information Front: Confronting Global Jihad on the Internet, 16 Nat'l Strategy F. Rev. 14 (Summer 2007)

K. A. Taipale, The Ear of Dionysus: Rethinking Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, 9 Yale J. L. & Tech. 128 (Spring 2007).

K. A. Taipale, Why Can't We All Get Along? How Technology, Security and Privacy Can Co-exist in a Digital World, in Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked World (Ex Machina: Law, Technology & Society Book Series, Jack Balkin, et al., eds., NYU Press, 2007).

K. A. Taipale, Rethinking Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, World Policy Journal, Vol. XXIII No.4 (Winter 2006/07).

K. A. Taipale, Whispering Wires and Warrantless Wiretaps: Data Mining and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Sec., No. VII Supl. (Spring 2006).

K. A. Taipale, Seeking Symmetry in Fourth Generation Warfare: Information Operations in the War of Ideas, in Proceedings from Challenges in the Struggle Against Violent Extremism: Winning the War of Ideas (INSCT-Bantle 2006).

K. A. Taipale, Designing Technical Systems to Support Policy: Enterprise Architecture, Policy Appliances, and Civil Liberties, in Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter Terrorism (Robert Popp & John Yen, eds., Wiley-IEEE, Jun. 2006).

Commentary (with James Jay Carafano), "Fixing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance," The Wash. Times (Jan. 24, 2006).

K. A. Taipale, The Trusted Systems Problem: Security Envelopes, Statistical Threat Analysis, and the Presumption of Innocence, IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 80–83 (Sept./Oct. 2005).

K. A. Taipale, Introduction to Domestic Security and Civil Liberties, in The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook (David Kamien, ed., McGraw-Hill, Sep. 2005).

K. A. Taipale, Technology, Security and Privacy: The Fear of Frankenstein, the Mythology of Privacy, and the Lessons of King Ludd, 7 Yale J. L. & Tech. 123; 9 Intl. J. Comm. L. & Pol'y 8 (Dec. 2004).

K. A. Taipale, Data Mining and Domestic Security: Connecting the Dots to Make Sense of Data, 5 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 2 (Dec. 2003).

Working Papers:

The Eye of God: The Social Construction of Omniveillance (The Surveillance Society). [more]

The Trusted Systems Project: DEFAULT=DENY, Mediating Trust in the Panopticon (2006); Play Room in the National Security State (2005-6); Who Am I? Authenticating Identity and Reputation in Trust-based Systems (2005-6); ID-me: Using Identity Registrars to Eliminate Identity Theft and Protect Privacy (2005). [more]

Transnational Intelligence and Surveillance: Security Envelopes, Trusted Systems, and the Panoptic Global Security State, [ABSTRACT] (2005).

Destabilizing Terror Networks: Disrupting and Manipulating Information Flows in the War on Terrorism, [Abstract] (2005-6).

Knowledge Management and the Intelligence Enterprise, Working Paper (2005).

Lessons in Complexity: Adaptive Systems and the Global War on Terror, Working Paper (2005-7).

Losing the War on Terror: Sudden Death or Death By a Thousand (self-inflicted) Cuts, Working Paper (2004-2007).

Selected Congressional Testimony:

Testimony of K. A. Taipale, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Modernization: Reconciling Signals Intelligence Activity with Targeted Wiretapping, before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Hearing on The Foreign Intelligence Modernization Act of 2007 (May 1, 2007).

Testimony of Kim Taipale, Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Jan. 10, 2007). [PDF]

Testimony of Kim Taipale, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reform before the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Jul. 19, 2006.

Selected Previous Events 2003-2007:

Kim Taipale keynoted Security in the Global Marketplace, Forbes CEO Breakfast Series (Nov. 15, 2007).

Kim Taipale debated "Privacy vs. National Security" as part of the Miller Center on Public Affairs National Debate Series, Wash., DC (MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, PBS, Nov. 13, 2007). See Privacy vs. Security? Security, Huffington Post (Nov. 9, 2007).

Kim Taipale presented Cybersecurity? PTCP, New York, NY (Sep. 12, 2007).

Kim Taipale presented Seeking Symmetry on the Information Front: Confronting Global Jihad on the Internet, (16 Nat'l Strategy F. Rev. 1) New York, NY (May 23, 2007).

Kim Taipale calls for New Authority to Oversight Foreign Intelligence, PLENSIA, New York, NY (May 7, 2007).

Kim Taipale presented Policy Issues for Science and Technology in a Surveillance Society at the 32nd Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, Wash., DC (May 3-4, 2007).

FISA Should be Amended, PLENSIA, New York, NY (Apr. 19, 2007).

Kim Taipale discussed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance at the NYLS Media Law & Policy conference at the New York City Bar Association (Mar. 29, 2007).

Kim Taipale appeared on Digital Age with James Goodale: Will the CIA Ever Learn to Blog? (WNYE-PBS, Mar. 18, 2007) (also Jul. 1, 2007) (View video - 28 min.).

Kim Taipale testified on the Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Jan. 10, 2007). [HTML] [PDF]

Kim Taipale moderated Critical Issues Plenary Conversation at Identity Protection and Management, Highlands Forum XXX (OSD), Washington, DC (Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2006).

Kim Taipale was a panelist on the PBS Fred Friendly Seminar series program Nanotechnology: Privacy and Security taped in Boston, MA (Nov. 28, 2006).

Kim Taipale discussed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance at Fordham Law School (Nov. 15, 2006).

Kim Taipale presented Deconstructing Information Warfare to the Committee on Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare, The National Academies, Wash., DC (Oct. 30, 2006).

Kim Taipale testified on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reform before the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Jul. 19, 2006.
[Written Testimony]

Kim Taipale spoke on What You Need to Know About Identity and Security at the Identity Mashup Conference, the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School (Jun. 19, 2006).

Kim Taipale discussed the NSA surveillance programs on Radio Times, National Public Radio (NPR) (May 16, 2006) (audio).

Kim Taipale discussed the role of technology in government surveillance efforts in The Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2006).

Kim Taipale presented "Is Net Neutrality Bad for National Preparedness? Program on Telecommunications Policy (Telecom Program) (May 3, 2006).

Kim Taipale presented From Data Mining to Computational Social Science for Counterterrorism to the Committee on the Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals, The National Academies, Wash., DC (Apr. 27, 2006).

Kim Taipale presented Seeking Symmetry in Fourth Generation Warfare: Information Operations and the War of Ideas, at the Bantle-INSCT Symposium: "Challenges in the Struggle Against Violent Extremism: Winning the War of Ideas," Syracuse Univ. (Mar. 30, 2006).

Kim Taipale: "FISA is not adequate to address recent technology developments," World Policy Institute, New York, NY (Mar. 10, 2006).

Selected Invited Talks 2003-2005:

"Science and Technology: Identity Theft," The Heritage Foundation, Wash., DC, Nov. 2, 2005. [more]

"Technical and Policy Challenges: Implications for Evolving Business Models" at the 16th Annual Economic Crimes Institute Conference, in McLean, VA, Oct. 24, 2005. [more]

"The Future of the Nation State: Confronting Hostile Adaptive Networks," World Policy Institute, New York, NY, Sep. 28, 2005.

"Data Mining and Counterterrorism: Methodology and Policy," at "Advancing Analytic Techniques in Counterterrorism Analysis," in Arlington, VA, Aug. 19, 2005.

"Emerging Technologies in Security Evaluations," National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Jul. 13-14, 2005.

"Developing Trust: Technology, Accountability and Redress" at the LexisNexis Symposium on Data Usage and Information Sharing, Tysons Corner, VA, Jun. 8, 2005.

"Information Policy and the Intelligence Enterprise," McLean, VA, Apr. 12, 2005. [more]

"Information as Warfare: Disrupting Terrorist Networks" at Yale Information Society Project 2005 conference, "The Global Flow of Information," Yale Law School, Apr. 1-3, 2005.

"Biometrics and Information Sharing," at Technology, Policy, and Cultural Dimensions of Biometric Systems, The National Academies, Wash., DC, Mar. 15-16, 2005. [more]

"Not Issuing Driver's Licenses to Illegal Aliens [under the Real ID Act] is Bad for National Security," World Policy Institute, New York, Dec. 17, 2004. [more]

"Public Safety vs. Personal Privacy: The Case For and Against Secure Flight" at InfoSecurity 2004, New York, NY, Dec. 8, 2004. [more]

"Counterterrorism Technology and Privacy" at the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security conference "National Security Law in a Changed World: The Fourteenth Annual Review of the Field," Arlington, VA, Nov. 18-19, 2004. [more]

"How Should the US Implement Information Sharing? A Discussion of the Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans," Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA, Nov. 9, 2004. [more]

"Government Should Not Rush to Massive ID Surveillance System," PLENSIA, Oct. 29, 2004.

"Technology for Security and Safety: Industry's Role," International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, Oct. 25, 2004.

Moderator, "Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age: Technology, Security, and Privacy in the War on Terror," World Policy Institute, Oct. 14, 2004, New York, NY. [more]

Moderator, "Balancing Security and Privacy" at the GETA 2004 Government Symposium on Information Sharing for Homeland Security , Orlando, FL, Jun. 28-30, 2004. [more]

"Technology as a Tool to Protect Civil Liberties: Enterprise Architecture and Civil Liberties," at the Counterterrorism Technology and Privacy Conference, McCormick Tribune Foundation Cantigny Conference Series, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Jun. 24-25, 2004. [more]

"Security and Anonymity" at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Wash., DC. on May 4, 2004. [more]

"Technology, Security and Privacy: Designing Technical Features to Support Policy Goals" at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Apr. 15, 2004. [more]

"What Categories of Personal Information are Relevant to Countering the Terrorist Threat?" The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Mar. 30, 2004. [more]

"New Tools: Design, Technology, Control, Data Mining and Surveillance" at "Digital Cops in Virtual Environment - CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement," Yale Law School, Mar. 26-28, 2004. [more]

"CyberCrime, CyberTerror and Digital Law Enforcement," NYLS, Mar. 2, 2004.

"Technology, Security and Privacy," Markle Foundation, Feb. 18, 2004.

"The Politics and Law of Identity and Identification in the Context of the War on Terror," The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA, Jan. 28, 2004. [more]

"A Critique of the Markle Report on Trusted Information Networks for Homeland Security," The Heritage Foundation, Dec. 11, 2003 [more]

"Technology, Security and Privacy," The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Capital Hill, Dec. 2, 2003 [more]

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