excited about this book by two of the leading scholars in privacy law. Dan and Woodrow will be speaking about the book in this terrific conference on Privacy, Security & Academy. I am particularly interested in how they draw on behavioral theory, studies of health risk and public health regulation to move forward our understanding of data security and human behavior. From Oxford Press:
Digital connections permeate our lives-and so do data breaches. Given that we must be online for basic communication, finance, healthcare, and more, it is alarming how difficult it is to create rules for securing our personal information. Despite the passage of many data security laws, data breaches are increasing at a record pace. In Breached!, Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog, two of the world’s leading experts on privacy and data security, argue that the law fails because, ironically, it focuses too much on the breach itself. Drawing insights from many fascinating stories about data breaches, Solove and Hartzog show how major breaches could have been prevented or mitigated through a different approach to data security rules. Current law is counterproductive. It pummels organizations that have suffered a breach but doesn’t address the many other actors that contribute to the problem: software companies that create vulnerable software, device companies that make insecure devices, government policymakers who write regulations that increase security risks, organizations that train people to engage in risky behaviors, and more. Although humans are the weakest link for data security, policies and technologies are often designed with a poor understanding of human behavior. Breached! corrects this course by focusing on the human side of security. Drawing from public health theory and a nuanced understanding of risk, Solove and Hartzog set out a holistic vision for data security law-one that holds all actors accountable, understands security broadly and in relationship to privacy, looks to prevention and mitigation rather than reaction, and works by accepting human limitations rather than being in denial of them. The book closes with a roadmap for how we can reboot law and policy surrounding data security.
Posted by Orly Lobel on March 18, 2022 at 11:55 AM
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Posted by: DavidKarr | Jul 8, 2022 4:42:18 PM
It wouldn’t be a trade-press book if it didn’t claim in the title to tell you “how” you can do something or “why” the world is the way it is. How about some epistemological modesty?
Posted by: Jason Yackee | Mar 18, 2022 6:59:59 PM