Ben Yelin

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Caveat, N2K CyberWire's privacy, surveillance, law, and policy podcast.

I'm Dave Bittner, and joining me is my co-host, Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies.

Hey there, Ben.

Hello, Dave.

We got your Monday business briefing.

Ben Yelin sits down with Kevin Tehan, CEO and co-founder of Doppel, sharing how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations.

And MapQuest puts surveillance on the map.

It's Monday, October 19th, 2026.

CrowdStrike is reportedly negotiating a $500 million acquisition of Israeli data loss prevention startup Orion Security.

Meanwhile, government contractor SAIC has acquired cryptographic software provider Information Security Corporation, and Singapore-based VKey has announced a majority investment in AI security firm CloudSign AI.

Coming up after the break, Ben Yelin sits down with Kevin Thien, CEO and co-founder of Doppelf.

He's sharing how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations.

Happy to have your hand at the rudder.

All right, so we've got a friend of the podcast with us today, Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security and the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.

He's gonna be with us today, Michael, and that must mean we're getting into some tech stuff because that's Ben Yelin.

Yeah.

Tech stuff is great and it, it always tends to give a little spike in our listenership, but Ben Yelin has become sort of our go-to guy on technology issues.

He speaks the language of technology, but also like English for regular folks like us who are just vaguely interested in policy, but he now basically pops up at every Mako conference.

This is maybe his, maybe third time on the podcast.

Understands these public sector issues, so a great fit for us.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Caveat, N2K CyberWire's privacy, surveillance, law, and policy podcast.

I'm Dave Bittner, and joining me is my co-host, Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies.

Hey there, Ben.

Hello, Dave.

On today's show, Ben discusses a new bill in Congress that would impose liability on AI developers.

I've got the story of AI-generated testimony that triggered resentencing.

And later in the show, my conversation with Garfield Jones, senior vice president of research and strategy at QSecure and former CISA Homeland Security executive for Quantum.

He's sharing some insights on migrating to post quantum cryptography.

Welcome to The Dark Side with Dave, featuring cybersecurity's hardest working podcaster, Dave Bittner.

When he's not covering the daily cyber beat on the CyberWire, he's busting scams with Joe Kerrigan on Hacking Humans, tackling privacy with Ben Yelin on Caveat, and proves there's always room for one more cybersecurity podcast with Only Malware in the Buildings.

Welcome back, Dave.

Thank you.

[electronic music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to Caveat, N2K CyberWire's privacy, surveillance, law, and policy podcast.

I'm Dave Bittner, and joining me is my co-host, Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies.

Hey there, Ben.

Hello, Dave.

Welcome to The Dark Side with Dave, featuring cybersecurity's hardest working podcaster, Dave Bittner.

When he's not covering the daily cyber beat on the CyberWire, he's busting scams with Joe Kerrigan on Hacking Humans, tackling privacy with Ben Yelin on Caveat, and proves there's always room for one more cybersecurity podcast with Only Malware in the Buildings.

Welcome back, Dave.

You know, [laughs] I, I am what, uh, today I am what can best be categorized as hanging in there.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Caveat, N2K CyberWire's privacy, surveillance, law, and policy podcast.

I'm Dave Bittner, and joining me is my co-host, Ben Yellen, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies.

Hey there, Ben.

Hello, Dave.

On today's show, Ben discusses a second case decided in a dispute between the U.S. government and Anthropic.

I've got a look at AI prompt histories as evidence.

While this show covers legal topics and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice.

For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.

Welcome to The Dark Side with Dave, featuring cybersecurity's hardest working podcaster, Dave Bittner.

While he's not covering the daily cyber beat on the CyberWire, he's busting scams with Joe Kerrigan on Hacking Humans, tackling privacy with Ben Yelin on Caveat, and proves there's always room for one more cybersecurity podcast with only malware in the building.

Hello, Dave Bittner.

Hello, Jason.