In a report for the Century Foundation, Jonathan Mayer explores the opportunities for state executive leadership on cybersecurity and consumer privacy considering federal leadership has failed to materialize in a way that would support meaningful federal legislation. Pulling from a previous report from Joanne McNabb, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPT, Mayer focuses on one central question, “If the federal government will not act, and if state legislatures will be slow, modest, and piecemeal in acting (when they act at all), what policy instruments are available to the executive components of state governments?” Presenting three recommendations for the state, Mayer writes on how states can strategically reorganize, reinterpret the law, and leverage existing authority to take leadership on cybersecurity and consumer privacy matters.
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