On Friday, August 29, Strauss Center’s Texas Cybersecurity Clinic Lead Francesca Lockhart was interviewed by KXAN for a discussion about Senate Bill 2610, a new cybersecurity law designed to support Texas small businesses. The bill limits civil liability for small businesses in the event of a data breach, provided that they have implemented a cybersecurity program within the standards of the bill.
“Digital security is becoming increasingly important and relevant as we’re seeing small businesses and other organizations victimized by what we call malicious cyber actors on a daily basis,” said Francesca Lockhart, the program lead at the Texas Cybersecurity Clinic. “It can cause reputational damage. It can cause financial loss to your business.”
The Strauss Center for International Security and Law co-hosted a roundtable with ON2IT Cybersecurity and the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law focused on cybersecurity resilience in Texas, and featuring leaders of the Texas Cyber Command as well as state legislators dedicated to improving the cybersecurity and national security posture of the state. Participants explored expanding shared services to smaller...
Deborah Chu, former Cyber Clinic student with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently featured inWall Street Journal Opinion piece "How to Serve Your Country if You Aren't in the Military." The article sought out student views on public service beyond the military. In the face of coordinated and state-backed cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure,...
Francesca Lockhart, Program Lead of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently interviewed by podcast hosts and UT Austin faculty Professor Stephanie Holmsten and Professor Jen Moon in an episode of "The Other Side of Campus" on "Classroom to Cyberspace: Teaching Public Service Through Cybersecurity." The conversation focused on Professor Lockhart's background with the...