Government Leaders to Share Cyber Security and Security in the Cloud Insights at Gov 2.0 Expo
Progress in the Intelligence Community since the Worst Cyber Terrorism Plot Ever in 2006 Among Sessions Taking the Stage at Nation's Capital Event
PRNewswire
WASHINGTON
Apr 29, 2010
Highlights/Key Facts:
-- With the growing sophistication and volume of cyber attacks to
critical U.S. infrastructure and the increasing security breaches
coming from negligent or malicious insiders, government agencies and
industry are working closely to implement the most efficient and
effective ways to protecting government's most critical asset -
information.
-- Co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, Gov 2.0 Expo will
be held in May 25-27, 2010 in the Walter E. Washington Convention
Center in Washington, D.C.
-- Gov 2.0 Expo will gather the most recognized leaders from government
and industry to share the latest trends and success stories on
security IT, including:
-- The U.S. Intelligence Community's Chris Rasmussen, joined by Wired
and New York Times Magazine writer, Clive Thompson, Microsoft's
Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments director Lewis
Shepherd, and former intelligence analyst with the Defense
Intelligence Agency Matthew Burton, will discuss lessons learned
and progress made in the Intelligence Community since spies pieced
together clues to the worst terrorist plot ever back in 2006.
-- Defense Intelligence Agency's Steve Willet will share insights on
what it takes to make a mashup in the Intelligence Community in
the United States.
-- Jeff Jonas, IBM Entity Analytics, Price Floyd, Department of
Defense, and Carmen Medina, Central Intelligence Agency, will
showcase the latest trends and success stories on the intersection
of cloud and security.
-- Jeffrey Carr, CEO of GreyLogic.us will be joined by Special Agent
Andy Bonillo, US Secret Service, Cyber Intelligence Section to
lead the session Cyber Self Defense: Who's Targeting Your
Department and What You Can Do About It.
Links/URLs:
-- Gov 2.0 Expo homepage: http://www.gov2expo.com/
-- Full schedule:
http://www.gov2expo.com/gov2expo2010/public/schedule/full
-- YouTube video on "Gov 2.0, The Platform for Change" by Tim O'Reilly:
http://qorv.is/1fb
-- Price Floyd interview on O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/04/the-military-goes-social.html
Blog for Gov 2.0 Events:
http://blog.gov2events.com/
RSS Feed for Gov 2.0 Events:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OreillyConferencesGov20
Trackback URL:
http://www.gov2expo.com/
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Gov 2.0 Expo, government, Web 2.0, defense, intelligence, cyber terrorism, breach, security, IT, technology
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