The security of information networks and databases is now a critical element of national security and economic competitiveness. Rapid growth in e-commerce, banking, and communication systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) has increased efficiency and driven economic growth, but by necessity these systems preclude consumers’ control over how and where their data are collected, archived and processed. Recent high-profile breaches of security at banks and retailers, coupled with secret and not-so-secret efforts by foreign governments and rogue actors to attack critical information infrastructures, have heightened these concerns. Legal and policy responses to the cybersecurity challenge are just as important as technological ones. To focus much-needed attention on this field of study, /the IIP invites authors to submit abstracts addressing //the policy and legal aspects of information security, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity-related legislation, and critical cyber-infrastructure protection//./ Authors of the selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2 day by-invitation-only experts workshop held at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs onSeptember 28-29 (Wed.-Thu.), 2016. Each paper will be assigned a respondent recruited from the local academic/policy/advocacy communities and will be allotted a full hour for presentation, response and discussion. A reception and formal dinner provide room for social interaction. This workshop is twelfth in a series of workshops organized by the IIP since 2011, in support of its /Journal of Information Policy, /published by the IIP in partnership with the Penn State University Press. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for peer review to the Journal, with the successful papers presented in special issues dedicated to each workshop. The /JIP/ has previously conducted workshops on a variety of topics including the future of broadband policy, digital diversity, new ICTs and democracy, media policy and advocacy, campaign funding and media, intellectual property, and more.