Effective Collaboration to Protect Critical Infrastructures

A Chicago InfraGard Seminar

September 15, 2010

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The public nature of the internet means that the government is constantly interfacing with private citizens and businesses in the digital domain. Plus, significant amounts of the internet infrastructure is owned by private industry.  This creates numerous opportunities and challenges for both parties to collaborate and share information to protect the nation’s cyber infrastructures.

To date, collaboration and information sharing activities between the public and private sectors have been less than optimal.  The Internet Security Alliance has proposed a market incentive based approach to enhance the nation’s cyber security posture in The Cyber Security Social Contract that has influenced the Whitehouse’s Cyberspace Policy Review.  This seminar will be delivered by two widely known cyber security leaders, Larry Clinton, President of the Internet Security Alliance, and Jeffrey Brown, the Chief Information Security Officer for Raytheon, who have testified before both houses of congress and have briefed the Whitehouse on cyber security topics on multiple occasions.  The seminar will focus on two primary topics: 1) What should be the government’s role in cyber security? and 2) How can the private and public sectors better collaborate to enhance cyber security posture?  Learn about ongoing legislative initiatives and how they can impact your business.

See what new regulations may be arriving soon.  Understand how you can better collaborate with the public sector, across the private sector (even with your competitors), and still maintain you current regulatory compliance needs.

About the Speakers

Larry Clinton, President & Chief Executive Office, ISAlliance.  Mr. Clinton is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Security Alliance (ISAlliance).

ISAlliance currently has over 500 corporate members on four continents representing virtually every major segment of the economy.  ISAlliance offers its membership a combination of business, technical and public policy services all built around improving world wide cyber security. Through its exclusive relationship with Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab, ISAlliance members receive access to weekly televised briefings and training sessions on emerging security issues as well as exclusive publications and tools that integrate the legal, technical and business issues involved in a full corporate security program. Among the issues ISAlliance is currently covering are software assurance, risk management, outsourcing, insider threats, privacy, incident handling auditing, the new Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure on electronic information. as well as creating model contracts. Through ISA sponsor companies receive regular access to the top policy makers in DHS and the Congress.

Mr. Clinton is a well know source on information security. He has testified several times before Congress as well as appearing on C-SPAN, MSNBC and C-NBC. He has authored Best Practice publications which have been endorsed by organizations ranging from the US Dept. of Homeland Security to NAM, NFIB and the American Bankers Association. This year he served as Guest Editor for two special editions of the Cutter Technology Journal on Cyber Security, just published in book form, and he has published numerous articles on the subject.
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Mr. Clinton sits on the Board of the National Partnership for Cyber Security, The Internet Education Foundation and the Advisory Board of the US Congressional Internet Caucus, the IT Sector Coordinating Council and is a member of DHS’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Advisory Council.  Mr. Clinton also chairs the NCSP Committee on Incentives for Improved Corporate Security. Prior to coming to ISAlliance Mr. Clinton was Vise-President at US Telecom Association (USTA) In this capacity Mr. Clinton was responsible for coordinating federal legislative and regulatory issues including broadband development, security, intellectual property and international issues.  

Before working for USTA, Mr. Clinton was a Legislative Director for six years in the House of Representatives and has served as a private consultant for a variety of industries including banking, media, entertainment, health care, and the federal government.  Mr. Clinton holds a Master’s degree in Political Communications from the University of Maryland and has completed the course work for a Doctorate in Communications Theory at the University of Illinois.  

Jeffrey C. Brown is director of Infrastructure Services and chief information security officer for Raytheon Company. His company-wide responsibilities include information security, enterprise data centers and network services, and providing secure networking infrastructure

for Raytheon businesses, team members, partners and contractors. Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), with 2009 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With

headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide.

Brown has over 30 years of experience in the Communications and Information Technology fields. He has held numerous operational and staff positions within the U.S. Air Force and industry in software development, satellite ground station operations, contingency communications, program management and information security.

Brown received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds a master’s degree in National Security Strategy from National Defense University. He is on the board of directors of the Internet Security Alliance.