Sept. 19, 2024
2024 #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow Michael Razeeq writes a piece for Lawfare about how cyber volunteers are defending the U.S. against rising cyber threats and whether the law can help or hinder their effectiveness. His piece argues that thoughtful legal guardrails for civilian cyber corps, or C3s, are critical to ensuring these groups can be harnessed to defend communities in cyberspace.
Just as state governments have benefited from access to model laws to assist with development of other privacy and cybersecurity legislation, they would benefit from a model law or key legal provisions to help draft C3 laws. This resource would prove essential in ensuring C3s are a replicable, scalable, and data-driven solution to a large-scale problem. It would also enable states to expend less time and resources researching and developing legislation, while ensuring key issues are similarly addressed across various states.