Cyber Security Conference & Expo 2010 June 3, 2010
Securing Cyberspace with Government and Industry Expertise
Digital Government Institute's bi-annual Cyber Security Conference & Expo exceeded prior year's attendance by 47%, delivering 289 government attendees and 373 total attendees -- the largest to date for DGI's focused, government-only events. This year's sessions addressed "Securing Cyberspace with Government and Industry Expertise".
DixBob Dix, Vice President of Government Affairs and Critical Infrastructure Protection, Juniper Networks (left) moderated the popular opening panel "The State of Cyber Security Today: Where we go From Here". Ely Kahn, Director of Cybersecurity Policy at National Security Staff, Executive Office of the President (right) discussed the White House's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace plan, which aims to improve and strengthen identity and authentication procedures for online transactions, according to an article by InformationWeek.
"Cybersecurity is an issue members of Congress are focusing on,"Parkinson said Deborah Parkinson, senior policy analyst on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (right), as reported by GCN. Parkinson said legislation could come from information security amendments included in the Defense Department Authorization Bill passed in the House recently, despite differences between the House legislation and a cybersecurity bill being drafted in the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
KomaroffMitchell Komaroff, Director, Globalization Task Force for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration / DoD Chief Information Officer, DoD (left) says the low cost and high-function of consumer smart phones has DoD thinking it's time to get them in the hands of soldiers in theater, as reported by FedTech Bisnow. He says DoD is in the early stages of a pilot program and will be sending out a second draft of supply chain best practices to industry for review soon.
GilliganJohn Gilligan, former Air Force CIO (left), during the session "Understanding New FISMA Performance Metrics" said, as reported by GCN, the direction in which cybersecurity needs to move is toward more automation, use of standards such as the Security Compliance Automation Protocols developed by NIST and the NSA, and prioritizing with the use of tools such as the Consensus Audit Guidelines of 20 critical Coosesecurity controls. DHS expects to have new metrics for reporting ready for agencies by Aug. 3. A preliminary framework has been developed that streamlines requirements and focuses on the impact of security controls, said Matt Coose, Federal Network Security, National Cybersecurity Division, DHS (right).
Don Proctor, Senior Vice President with Cisco (left), discussed "Building an Architecture of Trust: The Network's Role in Securing Cyberspace". Listen to a Federal News Radio interview with Proctor on this topic:
EvansKaren Evans, former Administrator for IT and E-Government, OMB (right) and Frank Reeder, Cybersecurity Commission Member, Center for Strategic and International Studies presented "A Strategy to Develop an Effective U.S. Cyber Workforce". The administration should define a core set of skills cybersecurity workers must possess, Evans said as reported by NextGov, and encourage individuals to build upon those core talents in specialized areas that more closely match their responsibilities. Evans is leading the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a nationwide talent search and training program designed to identify 10,000 young Americans qualified to fill cybersecurity positions in and outside government.
ButterworthJim Butterworth, Senior Director of Cyber Security, Guidance Software (left) gave a dynamic interactive presentation with Stephen Elky, Deputy Director for IT Services, Library of Congress on "Cyber Forensics: The Key to Attack Attribution".
