Ask the Feds

Presented at ShmooCon XIII (2017), Jan. 14, 2017, 11 a.m. (60 minutes)

Government technologists and policymakers today need to work with the security community-and many even want to. This panel will review a range of security policy issues and technology initiatives from across the federal government, and how collaboration between inside and outside security experts is necessary for good outcomes. Panelists will share some honest thoughts about how the government (tries to) work. We'll have witty banter from a range of perspectives, including how the government is trying to secure itself, what Congress is up to, and what the heck ‘public-private partnership' actually means. We'll reserve half the time for Q&A so participants can ask questions of (or rant at) a friendly technocrat.

Presenters:

• Jessica Wilkerson
  Nick Leiserson - legislative assistant to Rep. Jim Langevin (RI-02) and lead staffer for the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
• Eric Mill
  Jessica Wilkerson, CompSci and math geek who works on cybersecurity policy issues for the House Energy & Commerce Committee
• Nick Leiserson
  Eric Mill, does tech policy/strategy for the General Services Administration, former software engineer and open government advocate
• Allan Friedman
  Allan Friedman, former techie, former prof, coordinates security policy programs at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/ShmooCon/ShmooCon 2017/Ask The Feds.mp4

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• DEF CON 18 (2010) / How To Get Your FBI File (and Other Information You Want From the Federal Government)
• DEF CON 11 (2003) / Government IP_TAPPING
• DEF CON 24 (2016) / Meet the Feds