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Governor Tom Ridge & Former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt to Discuss the National Mission to Secure Cyberspace at RSA 2013
[February 12, 2013]

Governor Tom Ridge & Former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt to Discuss the National Mission to Secure Cyberspace at RSA 2013


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt will be joined by moderator Scott Hartz of anti-malware company TaaSERA to discuss the growing sophistication of cyber attacks over the last decade, and how industry and government can work together to secure a very complex and dynamic cyber frontier. The discussion, marking the 10-year anniversary of both the Department of Homeland Security and the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, will be held at this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. (February 28, 2013) WHERE: RSA Conference 2013 Moscone Center - Room 134 747 Howard St.



San Francisco, CA 94103 WHEN: Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:00 P.M. - 12:50 P.M. PT WHO: Governor Tom Ridge, First Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania; president and CEO, Ridge Global Howard Schmidt, Former Cybersecurity Advisor for President Bush; former Cybersecurity Coordinator for President Obama Moderator: Scott Hartz, CEO, TaaSERA; former CEO of PwC Consulting BACKGROUND: The United States established the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, and in February of the same year, launched the first National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. A decade later, how far have we come in securing cyberspace Rogue regimes and nation states continue to target both the public and private sectors in efforts designed to harm our economy, our infrastructure and our citizens. How can we better protect the nation's interdependent systems from these threats In this 10-year anniversary discussion at RSA 2013, Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt will be joined by moderator, Scott Hartz, CEO of TaaSERA, to look at the genesis of the national cybersecurity strategy, the growing range and sophistication of cyber attacks over the last ten years, and positive and achievable ways in which industry and government can work together to secure a very complex and dynamic cyber frontier.

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