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6/24/20

Harvey Rishikof with the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security gave a presentation on how excessive secrecy harms the cause of cybersecurity.

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Excessive Secrecy and Cybersecurity

*“Un Secret D’en Haut” (“A Secret on High”) by Hippolytus Alexandre Julien Moulin (French 1832-84) depicting Mercury whispering a secret to the head of Pan knowing Pan will never repeat it.

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