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Hacking Congress: The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend

Presented at DEF CON 27 (2019), Aug. 9, 2019, 10 a.m. (45 minutes).

A SIMULATED crisis is unfolding on a national scale, based loosely on the NotPetya attack of 2017. Triggered by a yet-unknown adversary, what started as a an isolated technical issue has quickly escalated into a society-wide event affecting millions of citizens, several industries, and spanning government jurisdictions. Who is in charge, how do they cooperate with others, and how do they make decisions? The Wilson Center, Hewlett Foundation and I Am The Calvary are teaming up to bring public policymakers together with security researchers and others to discover how our nation might respond to a wide-scale "cyber crisis". Work in tandem with sitting Members of Congress to understand what levers of power Congress yields and how Members can address policy gaps in the future.


Presenters:

  • Former Rep. Jane Harman - President, The Wilson Center, Former Rep. (D-CA), aka Surfer Jane
    The Hon. Jane Harman is President of the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington, DC. She is a former nine-term Member of Congress who served on all the major security committees and represented an aerospace and technology hub in Southern California. Twitter: @thewilsoncenter Website: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/jane-harman
  • Rep. James Langevin - (D-RI)
    The Hon. Jim Langevin represents Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional district. He is Chairman of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and a senior member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee. Rep. Langevin is a member of the House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer's Senior Whip Team, and is responsible for educating other Democratic Members on key issues. Twitter: @jimlangevin Website: https://langevin.house.gov/about-me/full-biography
  • Jen Ellis - Director of Public Affairs, Rapid 7
    Jen Ellis is the Vice Preident of Community and Public Affairs at Rapid7. She works directly with security researchers, technology providers and operators, and government entities to help them understand and address cybersecurity challenges together. Twitter: @infosecjen Website: https://blog.rapid7.com/author/jen-ellis/
  • Cris Thomas / Space Rogue - Director, X-Force Red Team, IBM, aka Space Rogue   as Cris Thomas
    Cris Thomas works for IBM X-Force Red, and before that worked at Guardent, Trustwave, Tenable and others. Cris created the first security research think tank L0pht Heavy Industries and the video news show The Hacker News Network. Twitter: @spacerog Website: https://securityintelligence.com/author/cris-thomas/
  • Rep. Ted Lieu - (D-CA)

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