Three Jackson School seniors and one junior are already bridging the gap between their research skills and the real world of policymaking by taking (and testing) their skills across the

In recent weeks, the world has been intently following the Cambridge Analytica revelations: millions of Facebook users’ personal data was used, without their knowledge, to aide the political campaigns of

Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in outer space and international relations, explains the cultural shift in thinking about outer space, where countries are openly moving from merely space situational

The rapid growth of digital data stores and the increasing vulnerability in intellectual property challenges governments around the world to find ways to protect and regulate the flow and storage

Data localization laws require that certain types of data be stored within a country before being allowed to move outside that country’s borders. Internationally, there has been an increase in

Cryptography is a fundamental building block in the security of many systems integral to the modern web. It protects online communications, secures websites, ensures safe transactions between parties, and verifies

China is not the first country to pursue data localization. Nigeria has required all subscriber and consumer data of ICT companies to be stored locally within the country, as well

In the wake of recent cyber-attacks and data leaks, countries have increasingly enacted data localization laws aimed at limiting the cross-border flow of data and monitoring corporations and individuals (Panday

While countries around the world are enacting data barriers, the Japanese government has kept their data borders relatively free from constraints. Other countries create data barriers based on the rationale

The Cybersecurity Initiative at the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute has published two research briefs on emerging cybersecurity topics, in collaboration with Digital Futures Project at Wilson Center. In “Cybersecurity Workforce Preparedness: The