Josephine Wolff

Writer at Freelance

cybersecurity policy prof @FletcherSchool, writing about the Internet @Slate, @nytimes, and other places

Articles

Cybersecurity books on ransomware you shouldn't miss

Jan 21, 2025 | helpnetsecurity.com | Josephine Wolff |Roger A. Grimes

This list of ransomware-focused cybersecurity books is tailored for professionals seeking practical insights and deeper knowledge. Covering technical strategies, real-world cases, and the evolving tactics of attackers, these books offer valuable perspectives to help strengthen defenses and refine incident response plans.
Software crash exposes tensions between security and competition

Jul 28, 2024 | ft.com | Josephine Wolff

The writer is a professor at Tufts and author of ‘Cyberinsurance Policy’ Who is to blame for the CrowdStrike software outage that took...
Boston, MA 2024 | SecureWorld

Nov 28, 2023 | events.secureworld.io | Brian McGowan |Josephine Wolff |Diana Riley |Scott Margolis

Randall Jackson CISO Income Research + Management Velu Jeganathan Director, Sr. Cybersecurity Atchitect Travelers Chris Valente Partner, Cybersecurity Lead K&L Gates Michael Beekey CISO Breakthru Beverage Group Mark Olsen CISO Adaptive Biotechnologies Silas Adams CISO Lincoln Investment Gregory Wilson CISO Putnam Investments Christine Nagy Global CISO Advent International Doug DeMio CISO MAPFRE Daniel Nelson CISO TraceLink Craig Taylor CEO & CISO CyberHoot Elizabeth Hammann CISO The Cape Cod...
How Hackers Swindled Vegas

Oct 20, 2023 | slate.com | Josephine Wolff

In the mid-2010s, cybercriminals shifted their ransomware strategy. Instead of spamming as many individual victims as possible with ransomware, criminals began targeting large organizations: hospitals, governments, hotel chains, pipeline companies—the types of victims who could pay millions, not hundreds, of dollars to regain control of their computer systems. By going after these high-value targets, they could make a lot more money while distributing a lot less malware.
U.S.-China Tensions and the Global Cloud Landscape

Oct 20, 2023 | chinausfocus.com | Josephine Wolff

In 2017, as China implemented strict new data localization measures that required companies to store Chinese data locally, within China, U.S.-based cloud companies like Amazon and Microsoft were forced to dramatically change their operations or, in some cases, even sell off parts of their Chinese business.
How a Recent Court Ruling Helps the U.S. Government Go After Cryptocurrency Criminals

Sep 14, 2023 | slate.com | Josephine Wolff

Cryptocurrency has been a godsend for cybercriminals, enabling them to profit from ransomware, launder money, and move stolen funds internationally with impunity. In many cases, unless those criminals are or based in a country that takes policing cybercrime seriously, there’s no way to get that money back once it’s gone. But U.S. law enforcement is now focused on stopping those illegal cryptocurrency transfers from occurring, rather than trying to deal with them after the fact.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Aug 23, 2023 | ntia.doc.gov | Josephine Wolff

By Josephine WolffI’m a professor of cybersecurity policy, so I spend a lot of time teaching and writing and thinking about policy efforts related to online security and all the ways in which they could be crafted to be better or more effective or more meaningfully enforced. What I don’t spend nearly enough time doing is actually trying to make policy and understand all the reasons why, in practice, it’s often incredibly challenging to shift the policy landscape in the ways that I might imagine.
What to Know About Twitter’s Bizarre New Two-Factor Authentication Policy

Feb 19, 2023 | slate.com | Josephine Wolff
Cybersecurity and Insurance Outlook 2023 with Josephine Wolff

Jan 17, 2023 | rimscast.libsyn.com | Josephine Wolff
The Government Workers Facing Seven Years in Prison for Not Updating Software

Dec 12, 2022 | slate.com | Josephine Wolff