Watch Live: DHS' Schneck on information sharing, critical infrastructure
Phyllis Schneck, the Department of Homeland Security's top cybersecurity official, talks about President Obama's recent executive order on information sharing at a Passcode-Center for National Policy event in Washington, D.C.
President Obama鈥檚 executive order pressing government and the private sector to better share threats in cybersecurity last week came with announcements by a host of major American firms -- from Silicon Valley titans Intel and Apple to consumer mainstays Walgreens and QVC -- 聽that they would be adopting the administration鈥檚 framework for information sharing.
That move comes almost 聽a year to the day that the Obama administration first rolled out the nation鈥檚 first cybersecurity standards to protect critical infrastructure.
But will the administration鈥檚 standards be effective? Do they do enough to safeguard consumer privacy? Are the incentives strong enough to induce widespread adoption in the private sector? How does the administration look at critical infrastructure going forward?
On Thursday, Feb. 19, the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 top cyber official, Dr. Phyllis Schneck, will answer those questions and more at an event with 海角大神鈥檚 newly-launched Passcode section and the Center for National Policy in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Schneck, the deputy under secretary for cybersecurity and communications for the National Protection and Programs Directorate of DHS, joins CSM and CNP to reflect on how the nation has improved its protection of critical infrastructure over the last year and what the White House and the administration are planning to do in the year ahead after Mr. Obama's announcements at the Stanford Cybersecurity Summit last week.
Below, you can find event speakers and relevant social media accounts to follow.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Phyllis Schneck, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, Department of Homeland Security
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Andrew Borene, Federal Chief Strategist, IBM i2,
John Pescatore, Director, SANS Institute,
Perry Pederson, The Langner Group,
Harley Geiger, Center for Democracy and Technology,
Scott Bates, President, Center for National Policy,
Mike Farrell, Cybersecurity Editor, Passcode,
-- Truman NSP
-- Center for National Policy
-- CSMonitor
Event Location
Center for National Policy
1250 I Street NW, Suite #500
Washington, DC 20005