Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age

In this bracing book, Michael Chertoff makes clear that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be completely overhauled in the Internet era.

On the one hand, the collection of data - more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop - should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society.

On the other, standards under which information can be inspected, analyzed, or used must be significantly tightened.