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Entertainment IS Critical Infrastructure -- Who Knew?

Paul Rosenzweig
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 1:18 PM
I stand corrected.   Yesterday, in my post about the new cyber-sanctions EO I made the point that it wouldn't apply to the Sony hack because Sony was not critical infrastructure.  I was wrong, as several people, including our own Herb Lin, graciously pointed out. I knew, of course, that Commercial Facilities, were a critical infrastructure sector.  But who knew that the
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I stand corrected.   Yesterday, in my post about the new cyber-sanctions EO I made the point that it wouldn't apply to the Sony hack because Sony was not critical infrastructure.  I was wrong, as several people, including our own Herb Lin, graciously pointed out. I knew, of course, that Commercial Facilities, were a critical infrastructure sector.  But who knew that the Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Plan included an entire Annex on the Entertainment and Media Subsector, explicitly including motion picture studios??  I didn't and I worked at DHS. This strikes me as faintly ludicrous.  America will not collapse if Hollywood is dark.  If everything is critical, then nothing truly is critical.
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Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company. He formerly served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a board member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
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