[Cryptography] Michael Chertoff uses 2nd Amendment arg for encryption

[Henry Baker]

FYI --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQftFJKU4Fg

Beyond Encryption: Why We Can't Come Together on Security and Privacy

49 minutes

Re: concept of individual security & national security reinforcing each other:

At 15:07:

"One of the things we see in the area of cyber security is, unlike physical security where you basically rely on the police or if there's a war and you rely on the military, when we deal with cyber attacks, we've been telling people basically most of the responsibility to defend your network and your data is on you.  It's on you as part of the private sector.

"So if we're going to ask the private sector to be partners, in securing our data, whether it's information, or operating control systems, then we've got to allow the private sector to have the tools in order to carry out that mission.

"So to me, I view encryption a little bit the way the musket was to a  militia man back in the days of the Revolution.

"It is part of the defensive weapon that all of us carry to try to protect our data and our infrastructure from attacks, either from criminal groups or from people from outside the country."

Michael Chertoff, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, The Chertoff Group