This Does Not Compute

In this episode, guest host Caitlin Chin, a Fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program, speaks with Zach Meyers, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform. They preview the forthcoming Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act in the EU, analyze transatlantic trends related to competition in digital markets, and discuss opportunities for EU-U.S. alignment on antitrust princip...

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Carol Kuntz, adjunct fellow at CSIS and adjunct professor at Georgetown and George Washington Universities. They talk about Kuntz’s latest report on the development, best practices, and implications of the purposeful manipulation of genomes.

In this episode, guest host Caitlin Chin and Fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program, speaks with Kirk Nahra, Partner and Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice at WilmerHale and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at American University. They talk about developing federal and state privacy legislation in the United States, recent enforcement trends in the United States and Europea...

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Jeff Greene, Chief of Cyber Response and Policy on the National Security Council. They talk about the development and implementation of Executive Order 14028, ransomware, open-source software security, public-private cooperation, and more.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks to Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Mike Brown. They discuss aligning national security innovation to the work in the private sector, specifically a “fast follower” strategy to adopting commercial technology.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Andrei Soldatov, investigative journalist and Editor of Agentura. Ru, about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They discuss the cyber elements of the conflict, the history of Russian military operations, Russian intelligence throughout the invasion, and the perspective of the Russian people, among other issues.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks to Jane Horvath, Chief Privacy Officer at Apple. They discuss privacy legislation, including cross-border data flows and the prospects of a federal data privacy law in the U.S. They also explore antitrust regulations, such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the EU and the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act in Congress and their potential impacts...

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Joanna Burkey, Chief Information Security Officer at HP Inc. They discuss public/private collaboration and cybersecurity from the enterprise perspective, focusing on small and medium businesses, incentives, the workforce, the role of Federal agencies, and learning from the Log4j vulnerability. This podcast is made possible thanks to the support of HP Inc.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Shane Tews, non-resident senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and President of Logan Circle Strategies. Jim and Shane talk tech regulation—from data privacy and protection to antitrust regulation and innovation. This podcast is made possible thanks to the support of Apple.

Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner at GGV Capital, and Jim Lewis talk about how every company, from pizza shops to clothing brands, is turning into a software company. They also discuss the importance of being a data-driven company, the transition from open-source software to commercial product, and the SaaS model.

Jim Lewis talks with Tracy Young and Ralph Gootee, co-founders of PlanGrid. PlanGrid is a software tool that digitizes construction plans and was acquired by Autodesk in 2018. They discuss their roles as visiting partners for Y Combinator, the acquisition process, and look ahead at the future of the startup world. 

Quantum computing is closer than we think, and we need to have a deeper understanding of this technology. Jim Lewis sits down with Zaira Nazario and Ryan Hagemann from IBM to discuss the technical fundamentals of quantum computing, its policy implications, and how the global stage can prepare for the next generation of computing.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Ronald Deibert, Director of The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the University of Toronto. They discuss his new book RESET and work at The Citizen Lab, the challenges presented by surveillance capitalism, upcoming regulation attempts across the world, and needed next steps to ensure a better internet.

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Brian Hendricks, Vice President of Policy and Government Relations at Nokia. They discuss the state of the 5G industry, the opportunities presented by Open RAN, and the role of policy and financing in helping to promote open and secure telecom networks around the world.  

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Benji Hutchinson, Vice President of Washington D.C. Office and Federal Business and Brent Bombach, Director of Government Relations at NEC Corporation of America. They discuss the emerging opportunities for facial recognition use in the private sector, how the issue of facial recognition is being considered by Congress in the context of privacy discussions, an...

Jim Lewis talks with Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at NTT Corporation in Tokyo and a key player in Japan's cybersecurity efforts. They discuss the state of cybersecurity in Japan, how the Japanese government had been preparing for the Olympics, and the way COVID-19 and work-from-home creating new cyber risks for Japanese citizens and businesses.

In this episode, host Jim Lewis talks with Aaron Cooper, Vice President of Global Policy at BSA | The Software Alliance. They discuss how the debate around digital privacy is evolving in the U.S., how Congress is thinking about the issue, and the impact COVID-19 is having. 

In this episode, host Jim Lewis talks with John Boyd, Assistant Director of the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) at DHS. They discuss how DHS has been thinking about using technologies like facial recognition to support their work, the impact COVID-19 has had on the drive to improve biometric identification, and the opportunities and obstacles DHS sees in the future.

In this episode, host Jim Lewis talks with Greg Allen, Chief of Strategy and Communications at the DoD Joint AI Center (JAIC). They discuss the role of the JAIC in helping the Defense Department improve its capacity to leverage AI, how the Pentagon is working with private industry to develop new technologies to promote national security, and where future opportunities lie for AI at DoD.

On this episode of The Technology Policy Podcast, Jim Lewis sits down with David Hanke, one of the intellectual architects of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). FIRRMA strengthened and modernized the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in order to better address the national security concerns associated with certain foreign investment transactio...

In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Colonel Donald Bray, former Acting Cybersecurity Director of the U.S. Army and current Director of Cyber Operations at Raytheon.  As the leader of Raytheon's cyber training efforts, Col. Bray works closely with the Department of Defense to train its cyber mission forces.  Jim and Col. Bray discuss the training program and how it has improved DoD's cyber capabi...

Quantum computing has been an ethereal concept for years, but what is it really? China is investing heavily in its development, but is the United States really falling behind? Jim Lewis sits down with Michael Brett, CEO of QxBranch, to dispel some of the common myths about quantum computing. They discuss how the U.S. can harness quantum’s potential, and how to face current challenges to American i...

Host Jim Lewis interviews Admiral Michael McConnell, former Director of the National Security Agency, and the second Director of National Intelligence. As head of the NSA during the early days of the internet, he helped set the path for how the U.S. intelligence community responded to the opportunities and risks of emerging digital technologies. They discuss how the nature of surveillance transfor...

In this episode Jim Lewis interviews William J. “Bill” Lynn, CEO of Leonardo DRS, a leading defense contractor, about his time as the Comptroller and Deputy Secretary of Defense. At the Department of Defense (DoD) he created a new kind of partnership between companies in the defense industrial base (DIB) through the DIB program and helped reorient DoD to treat cyber as a fifth domain.

In this first episode, host Jim Lewis interviews John Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS and Former Deputy Secretary of Defense. He was one of the first to recognize the strategic implications of cybersecurity and cyber conflict, and who helped lead the DoD in its early approaches to emerging cyber issues. He discusses the hacking incidents that first alerted policymakers to the cyber threats faced...