Visiting Scholar, Federman Cybersecurity Center
Amir Cahane is a visiting scholar at the Federmann Cyber Security Center – Cyber Law Program at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, since January 2018. His research interests are online surveillance law, encryption rights and AI. His book (with Prof. Yuval Shany), Oversight of Online Surveillance in Israel, was recently published in Hebrew by the Israel Democracy Institute, where he worked for three years as a researcher.
Amir holds a LL.B from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Israel) and a B.Sc in statistics and business management from Tel Aviv University (Israel). He earned his LL.M at Cambridge University (UK). Previously, Amir worked as an associate lawyer in the high-tech department of a major Israeli law firm.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Digital Transformation
Publications
Policy PaperDigital Transformation
Who Will Watch the Watchmen? Oversight of Online Surveillance in Israel
Among the initial Israeli responses to the COVID-19 pandemic was the harnessing of counterterrorism surveillance measures used by the…