Our legal system works largely because it relies on principles that have withstood the test of time. New information technologies are starting to have a dramatic effect on how these principles work in practice - creating situations where we see a vastly different balance between security and privacy than was originally intended. There are present tense examples involving email, border searches, and cloud computing, that the courts and Congress are working through, but we can foresee greater challenges in the future as technology and policy evolve.

What you will learn: The issues around the intersection between privacy rights and technological change

Speaker: Tom Cross for IBM as the manager of their X-Force Advanced Research team - a renown group of information security experts who are engaged in a daily effort to identify, analyze, and mitigate computer security vulnerabilities. When he isn't fighting computer crime, Tom spends a lot of time thinking and writing about policy issues, and speaks regularly about privacy rights and technology.

Event Date & Location:

Tuesday, May 19th from 7:30am-9:00am

Scientific Atlanta Auditorium of the Busbee Center (Bldg 700) Gwinnett Technical College 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy / Lawrenceville