Today Wednesday 5 April 2017, at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC), OWASP NYC and Natasha Pelak present the NYC Security Innovation Showcase at Microsoft Tech Center. Presenters include Dr. Alex Yampolskiy, co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, Dan Perrin, Founder of The Council to Reduce Known Cyber Vulnerabilities, & Mark Miller. DevOps Evangelist, Sonatype. The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
On Today, Wednesday February 15 2017, the Christian Science Monitor Passcode in association with HighWire PR presented Ransomware; the State of Cybersecurity; and Defense in Depth. Executives at Darktrace, Qualys, SentinelOne, Trustwave, vArmor, Veracode and Zscaler discuss the rising professionalism of cyber-criminals; the strategies that enterprises are using to protect their networks; and why those strategies must continue to evolve in order to keep up.
On Monday February 13 2017 the Christian Science Monitor Passcode presented a session of Bug bounty lightning talks at Uber in San Francisco – an “intimate gathering” designed to give attendees a behind-the-scenes look at the fast-growing bug bounty marketplace. Speakers: Cory Scott, CISO, LinkedIn; Katie Moussouris, CEO, Luta Security; Lisa Wiswell, Department of Defense/Defense Digital Service; David Linsky, Principal, Technology Security, AT&T; Luke Young, Security Researcher; Mack Staples, Senior Manager, Red Team, Zenefits; Justin Calmus, Vice President of Hacker Success, HackerOne; Robert Fletcher, Engineering Manager & Bug Bounty Program Lead, Uber.
Today, Wednesday December 14 2016 at 8am ET the Christians Science Monitor Passcode will present Global Cybersecurity in 2017 in Washington DC. A panel will explore the best ideas for how nations can effectively work together to improve cybersecurity, hear about emerging threats that demand the world’s attention, and discover the latest approaches for outsmarting criminal hackers. Speakers: Dr. David Brumley, Director, CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University; John Nicholson, First Secretary, Cyber Policy, British Embassy; Robert G. Sheldon, Director for Emerging Threats, BENS; Cris Thomas, Strategist, Tenable Network Security. Moderator: Sara Sorcher, Deputy Editor, Passcode. The session will webcast live on theCSM YouTube Channel.
On Friday October 28 2016 the New America Foundation Cybersecurity Initiative presented Cyber Insecurity: Emerging Policy Tools in Cybersecurity in Washington DC. A panel explored a set of emerging policy tools with distinctly partnered public-private profiles: cyber safety standards in the automotive industry, cyber-insurance, consumer notification, and software vendor liability. Participants: Jane Chong – National Security and Law Associate, Hoover Institution; Sasha Romanosky – Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation & Faculty, Pardee School; Joshua Corman – Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative for the Atlantic Council; Robert Morgus – Policy Analyst, Cybersecurity Initiative, New America. Moderator: Trey Herr – Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center & Non-Resident Cybersecurity Fellow, New America. Twitter: #CyberInsecurity + @NewAmCyber
Michelle De Mooy, Center for Democracy and Technology; Cora Han, Federal Trade Commission; Ben Zorn, Microsoft; Brett Frischmann, Princeton University and Cardozo Law School; Moderator: Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University.
Panel 2 – Security and Privacy in Real-World IoT Deployment
Jay Dominick, Princeton University; Ben Zevenbergen, Princeton University and Oxford Internet Institute; Ajay Kulkarni, iobeam; Mike Glenn, CableLabs; Moderator: Nick Feamster, Princeton University
Seda Gürses, KU Leuven; Travis Hall, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) ; Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University; Helen Nissenbaum, New York University; Moderator: Kyle Jamieson, Princeton University.
Alissa Cooper, Cisco; Vyas Sekar, Carnegie Mellon University; Keith Winstein, Stanford University; Joe Calandrino, Federal Trade Commission; Moderator: Miguel Centeno, Princeton University
Panel 1: Public-Private Cooperation in Incident Response
How can governments and the private sector work together to enhance current incident response collaboration mechanisms and what are the necessary next steps?
Moderator: Robert Morgus, Policy Analyst, New America. Panelists: Chris Boyer, Assistant Vice President, AT&T; Kathryn Condello, Director of National Security, CenturyLink; Arturo Gomez Garcia, Inspector, Mexican Federal Police; Adam Hatfield, Director, CDN Cyber Incident Response Centre, Public Safety Canada; Brad Nix, Acting Director, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).
Panel 2: Engaging with Small and Medium Enterprise
What challenges do small businesses face in cybersecurity, particularly when doing business internationally? How can our governments and industry engage with SMEs to promote good cybersecurity practices?
Moderator: Ola Sage, Chair, IT Sector Coordinating Council, & CEO, e-Management. Panelists: Alfredo Reyes Krafft, Chairman, Lex Informatica, & Executive VP, Mexican Internet Association; Terri L. Williams, Director, Small Business Development Center’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center at University of Texas San Antonio; J. Paul Haynes, CEO, eSentire.
Panel 3: Cybersecurity Policies in a Global Economy
Can policies be developed and implemented that provide for better cybersecurity without inhibiting cross-border supply chains, for example, by allowing business to be confident that their international operations and intellectual property are secure, cybercrime is prosecuted, and that component parts produced abroad meet cybersecurity standards?
Moderator: Eric Miller, President, Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, & Non-Resident Fellow, Stimson Center. Panelists: Norma Krayem, Senior Policy Advisor Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Holland & Knight LLP; Eric Rojo, Director of Industry Projects, SL Global Energy; James C. Wilson, Senior Legal Counsel, Blackberry.
The following day there was a session focused on the Asia Pacific region. The panel included Dr. Tobias Feakin, Director of National Security Programs at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, an author of the newly released report “2016 Asia-Pacific Cyber Maturity Metrics.” Other speakers: Ryan Gillis – Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy and Global Policy, Palo Alto Networks; Denise Zheng – Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Moderator: Peter W. Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow, New America.
On Tuesday April 19 2016 the DiploFoundation will present a webinar Cybersecurity competence building trends. The authors of a study – conducted by DiploFoundation and commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs – will discuss the findings, and the strategic, policy and public-private partnership approaches related to competence building measures and cybersecurity. Examples of such measures include the development of cybersecurity curricula at universities, hubs and innovation centers at universities in cooperation with the private and public sector, professional education programs, and knowledge frameworks. What other measures can be undertaken to foster competence building? How can competence building measures be integrated into national cybersecurity strategies? What are the main findings and key trends in the study?
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