Paul Rosenzweig practices law in a solo practice in Washington, DC, specializing in legal issues relating to national security and homeland security, with an emphasis on cybersecurity and privacy law. He is also the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company, a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute, and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University and an advisor to and former member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, as well as a Contributing Editor of the Lawfare blog. In 2011 he was a Carnegie Fellow in National Security Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, where he now serves as an Adjunct Lecturer.
Mr. Rosenzweig is a cum laude graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. He has an M.S. in Chemical Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego and a B.A from Haverford College. Following graduation from law school he served as a law clerk to the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
He is the author of Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace are Challenging America and Changing the World and of three video lecture series from The Great Courses, Thinking About Cybersecurity: From Cyber Crime to Cyber Warfare; The Surveillance State: Big Data, Freedom, and You; and a new release Investigating American Presidents.
He is the coauthor (with James Jay Carafano) of Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom and co-editor (with Timothy McNulty and Ellen Shearer) of two books, Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The First Amendment and National Security, and National Security Law in the News: A Guide for Journalists, Scholars, and Policymakers. He is also a member of the Literary Society of Washington.
The Future of Domestic Cybersecurity
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Duke University School of Law210 Science Dr.
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The Executive Branch
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FIU College of Law11200 SW 8th St
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Deep Dive Episode 7 – IoT: Rise of the Machines?
Regulatory Transparency Project Teleforum
Teleforum
Social Media Oversight: The Debate Over Regulation and Antitrust Enforcement on Tech Titans
Russian interference in the 2016 election, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and claims of political bias...
OK, Google: Are you listening?
Short video featuring Ryan Radia, Paul Rosenzweig and Ehsan Zaffar
Digital assistants like Google Home and Amazon Echo are becoming common companions in our homes...
IoT: Rise of the Machines?
Regulatory Transparency Project Teleforum
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the connection of various devices to the Internet. ...
Encryption & the Law
Short video featuring Paul Rosenzweig
Paul Rosenzweig, Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University, explains what encryption is...
iPhones & the "All Writs Act"
Short video featuring Paul Rosenzweig
Paul Rosenzweig, Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University, explains the core issues...