Lyn Brown Discusses Private Sector Implications of Trump Administration National Security Memorandum with Federal News Network

August 14, 2026

Jacqueline F. "Lyn" Brown, partner in Wiley's Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance Practice, spoke with Federal News Network in the article, "Trump’s move to ‘unleash’ private sector hackers raises novel oversight, liability questions," regarding the implications for companies following the Trump Administration's memorandum concerning the role of the private sector in national cybersecurity.

"I imagine from a security standpoint, that the disclosures of sensitive intelligence to the private sector will be relatively narrow in scope for security reasons,” Brown said. “But there’s going to have to be some level of sharing for the government to be able to supervise and direct, and the private sector to be able to effectively carry out these kinds of operations against the targets that are selected.”