{"629395":{"#nid":"629395","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cybersecurity Policy Graduate Student Published in \u0027Journal of Science Policy \u0026 Governance\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMing \u0026quot;Sherry\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student pursuing a \u003Cstrong\u003EMaster\u0026#39;s in Cybersecurity Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, had her\u0026nbsp;paper entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencepolicyjournal.org\/uploads\/5\/4\/3\/4\/5434385\/chen_jspg_v15.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;China\u0026rsquo;s Data Collection on US Citizens: Implications, Risks, and Solutions\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Science Policy \u0026amp; Governance.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMings\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;paper investigates the major data breaches targeting the personal data of American citizens that have been linked to the Chinese government. Chen concludes that \u0026quot;Chinese intelligence services, namely the People\u0026rsquo;s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Ministry of State Security (MSS), were complicit in the creation and use of this database,\u0026quot; which refers to an internal database of information gathered from the data breaches. In addition, she details the MSS recruitment process for informants, and details more strategic\u0026nbsp;targets,\u0026nbsp;such as data broker companies, which could be targeted in future cyber attacks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;What drew me into cybersecurity as a field of study is how necessary it is in almost everything we do,\u0026quot; Chen said in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/who-are-tomorrows-cybersecurity-veterans#ming-chen\u0022\u003Ea recent profile\u003C\/a\u003E by the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;From healthcare IT to national security, it is critical that we understand and address threats and vulnerabilities inherent to cyberspace.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit\u0026nbsp;of \u003Cstrong\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMing \u0026quot;Sherry\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student pursuing a \u003Cstrong\u003EMaster\u0026#39;s in Cybersecurity Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, had her paper\u0026nbsp;entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencepolicyjournal.org\/uploads\/5\/4\/3\/4\/5434385\/chen_jspg_v15.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;China\u0026rsquo;s Data Collection on US Citizens: Implications, Risks, and Solutions\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Science Policy \u0026amp; Governance.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Her paper investigates the major data breaches targeting the personal data of American citizens that have been linked to the Chinese government."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-11-26 17:29:21","changed_gmt":"2020-01-02 22:36:33","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629396":{"id":"629396","type":"image","title":"Ming Chen","body":null,"created":"1574789449","gmt_created":"2019-11-26 17:30:49","changed":"1574789449","gmt_changed":"2019-11-26 17:30:49","alt":"A photo of Cybersecurity Policy graduate student Ming Chen","file":{"fid":"239693","name":"intern_chen_ming.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intern_chen_ming.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intern_chen_ming.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":119182,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/intern_chen_ming.jpg?itok=2vL98Epu"}}},"media_ids":["629396"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"183178","name":"Ming Chen"},{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"183179","name":"Journal of Science Policy and Governance"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}