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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has established a Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency - the administration that will take office in January 2009. The goal of the nonpartisan Commission is to develop recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to improve cyber security in federal systems and in critical infrastructure. Hear what is going on with this Commission, ask questions, and provide input on what you think should be addressed at a Presidential level for the next administration.
Presenters:
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Marcus Sachs
- Executive Director of Government Affairs for National Security Policy, Verizon
Marcus Sachs is a member of the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and since 2003 has volunteered as the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center. He is a retired US Army officer, a former Presidential appointee to the staff of the National Security Council, and was part of the original cadre of DHS' National Cyber Security Division in 2003. He currently works at Verizon as an Executive Director of Government Affairs for National Security Policy. Prior to joining Verizon in 2007 he was the deputy director of SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory.
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Tom Kellermann
- CISM, VP of Security Awareness, Core Security Technologies
Tom Kellermann is responsible for building Core's relationships with key industry and government partners, and helping further the acceptance of auditing security defenses to reduce organizations' operational risk.
Additionally, Kellermann represents Core at US, international and industry security working groups, helping these organizations promote improved security practices and policies. Specifically, Tom is a Commissioner and Chair of the Threats Working Group on The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency. Tom also serves as the Chair of the Technology Working Group for the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography.
Tom Kellermann formerly held the position of Senior Data Risk Management Specialist the World Bank Treasury Security Team. Tom was responsible for Cyber-intelligence and policy management within the World Bank Treasury.
Tom regularly advised central banks around the world per their cyber-risk posture and layered security architectures.
Along with Thomas Glaessner and Valerie McNevin, he co-authored the book E-safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age and the White Paper, and E-security: Risk Mitigation in Financial Transactions. Tom is also the author of numerous World Bank white papers on cyber security: Mobile Risk Management, The Digital Insider, Phishing in Digital Streams, Bots: Cyber Parasites, Zero Day, and Money Laundering in Cyberspace. See:
http://www.worldbank.org/finance/esecurity
Tom is an active member of the IP Governance Task Force, The National Consumer League's Anti-Phishing Working Group, The New York Chapter of Infragard, the IPv6 Forum and is an active member of the American Bar Association's working group on Cyber-crime. Tom is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
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Jerry Dixon
- Director of Analysis, Team Cymru
Jerry Dixon is currently the Director of Analysis for Team Cymru and serving as Infragard's Vice President for Government Relations, and was the former Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) & US-CERT, of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently serves as a member of the CSIS Cyber-Commission on Cyber-Security for the 44th President and a member of the Advisory Board for Debix, an Identity Theft Protection Company.
During his time at Homeland, Jerry led the national effort to protect America's cyber infrastructure and identify cyber threats. Prior to being chosen to lead NCSD, Mr. Dixon served as the Deputy Director of Operations for the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Mr. Dixon was instrumental in creating US-CERT, which serves America as the 24x7x365 cyber watch, warning, and incident response center that protects the cyber infrastructure by coordinating defense against and response to cyber attacks. Mr. Dixon led the initial development of US-CERT's capabilities for analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities across federal, state, local government agencies, and private sector organizations, making it Homeland Security's primary element of cyber preparedness and response.
Before joining NCSD, Mr. Dixon was the founding director of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Computer Security Incident Response Capability. In this role, Mr. Dixon led their operational cyber security capability for the IRS and developed their ability to detect and respond to protect American taxpayer's private information from security attacks. Mr. Dixon has also served as Director of Information Security for Marriott International, a global private sector company, where he led cyber security planning, security architecture, and security operations.
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Michael J. Assante
- Idaho National Lab (INL)
Michael J. Assante, a recognized security and infrastructure protection visionary and new product development leader, brings a powerful combination of leadership/domain experience, technological vision and strategy development to the Idaho National Lab (INL). Selected by his peers as the winner of the Information Security Magazine's 2007 security 7 leadership award for his efforts as a "strategic thinker".
Prior to assuming his strategic leadership position at INL, Mr. Assante was a vice president and Chief Security Officer at American Electric Power, the largest generator of electric power in the US, serving 5 million customers in eleven states. He provided leadership, developed and implemented strategies to enhance security and business continuity for AEP; he was also responsible for protecting and maintaining corporate facilities, critical operating assets and property; and ensured the security and continued preservation of all corporate information and proprietary data and the technology that supports it. Selected for outstanding contribution at the RSA 2005 Conference and awarded the outstanding achievement in the practice of security within an organization. He has been recognized by SC Magazine among all Chief Security Officers as one of two finalists for the global 2005 awards as CSO of the year. He was selected as a finalist for Information Security Executive of the Year of the Midwest in 2005. In 2003, Mr. Assante was awarded best governance program "The Best of the Best - Best Governance Program," Information Security Magazine, December 2003 for the establishment of an enterprise executive security committee.
Prior to assuming a vice president's position as Chief Security Officer at AEP, Mr. Assante as a reserve naval intelligence officer was filling a critical position at the National Infrastructure Protection Center. In 1997, Mr.Assante was named as a Naval Intelligence Officer of the Year. In 2002 Assante was selected as one of Columbus Ohio's Top 40 people under 40.
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