Research Library

A Comparative Study of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education

By: Lisa Ho, Sahar Rabiei, Drake White, A Comparative Study of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education

Authored by Lisa Ho and researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Information, this report examines how different universities approach the challenge of teaching cybersecurity through an interdisciplinary lens, with a goal to guide other educational institutions as they develop and create their cybersecurity programs.

A Template for Voluntary Corporate Reporting on Data Governance, Cybersecurity, and AI

By: Jordan Famularo, A Template for Voluntary Corporate Reporting on Data Governance, Cybersecurity, and AI

Corporations are increasingly called upon to disclose their practices around technology, including how they manage data, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Yet no clear standard prescribes what such reporting…

Future Directions in Corporate Disclosure on Digital Responsibility

A CLTC report, Future Directions in Corporate Disclosure on Digital Responsibility, authored by CLTC Postdoctoral Scholar Jordan Famularo, illustrates how institutional investors, technology firms, and civil society are engaged in an elaborate set of processes and communications that are shaping norms about how companies should disclose information related to digital responsibility. The paper examines organizational dynamics that deter companies from reporting on digital responsibility, as well as factors that enable or motivate them to disclose such data.

Privacy Legislation on the Ground: Effects of and Responses to the GDPR and CCPA

A new report from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity examines how firms have responded to two major privacy laws: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

A Taxonomy of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence

By: Jessica Newman

A new report published by the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) aims to help organizations develop and deploy more trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. “A Taxonomy of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence: Connecting Properties of Trustworthiness with Risk Management and the AI Lifecycle,” by Jessica Newman, Director of CLTC’s AI Security Initiative (AISI) and Co-Director of the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub, is a complement to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.

A Secure and Equitable Metaverse: Designing Effective Community Guidelines for Social VR

By: Rafi Lazerson

Authored by Rafi Lazerson, this white paper calls upon Meta and other technology-makers to establish stronger, clearer guidelines to reduce the potential harms of “social virtual reality,” or social VR.

Moving Left and Right: Cybersecurity Processes and Outcomes in M&A Due Diligence

By: Andrew Reddie, Prakash Krishnan

This study from the the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity presents a model framework to help organizations improve their consideration of cybersecurity risk as part of a merger or acquisition (M&A). Developed through interviews with academics and practitioners who are experts in M&A, the report, “Moving Left and Right: Cybersecurity Processes and Outcomes in M&A Due Diligence,” integrates insights and best practices to improve on due diligence for security risk.

AI’s Redress Problem: Recommendations to Improve Consumer Protection from Artificial Intelligence

By: Ifejesu Ogunleye

For all its potential benefits, artificial intelligence (AI) can cause an array of harms, from racial discrimination to injury or even death. Yet existing legal frameworks do not…

Choices, Risks, and Reward Reports: Charting Public Policy for Reinforcement Learning Systems

By: Thomas Gilbert, Choices, Risks, and Reward Reports: Charting Public Policy for Reinforcement Learning Systems

Reinforcement learning (RL) is one of the most promising branches of artificial intelligence (AI), and has potential to transform domains ranging from social media recommendations and traffic modeling…

Security and Privacy Risks in an Era of Hybrid Work

By: Ann Cleaveland, Grace-Alice Evans, Andrew Reddie, Isaac Vernon, Steven Weber

Following the abrupt shift to remote work forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have transitioned their workforces into “hybrid” roles, with workers splitting their time between their…