Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats
The R Street Institute’s Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats team focuses on highlighting cyber vulnerabilities and protecting sensitive information for both individuals and government in a way that enhances economic growth and innovation.
The Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats (CSET) team promotes reasonable federal and state data security and privacy reforms to protect personal information, shield against identity theft, and strengthen consumer confidence, while discouraging government overreach. Most notably, the CSET team is in favor of establishing a national data security and data privacy law to reduce data security and national security risks, promote global competitiveness, and provide all Americans with privacy protections.
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Brandon Pugh
Policy Director and Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats
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Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats
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Resident Privacy and Security Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats
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Resident Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats
Data Privacy and Security
Readout from a Congressional Data Privacy and Security Briefing
On Sept. 21, 2022, R Street’s Cyber team, in partnership with Public Knowledge and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, hosted a briefing geared toward Hill staffers on data privacy and security legislation. The briefing focused on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), which was released by the House Energy and…