Feb 01, 2008

Podcasts: RSA Conference Europe

Data Security and Breach Notification Requirements: Pros and Cons
Marika Konings, Director of European Affairs, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, led the panel and is joined by Shannon Kellogg.
listen / download now (12:42)



Cyber Warfare: What Can Be Done To Temper It?"
Shannon Kellogg, Director of Information Security Policy, Office of Government Relations, EMC Corporation led the panel and is joined by Marika Konings.
listen / download now (11:35)



Dr. James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program Center for Strategic and International Studies, appeared on both panels listed above.

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Oct 15, 2007

The Beltway and Reality

Tim M. Mather, Chief Security Strategist, RSA Conference

I used to live in Washington, D.C., and still visit regularly. There have certainly been changes in the area during the years that I have lived in Silicon Valley. Usually people in Washington tell me how much worse the traffic has gotten, and how high the housing costs have become. (Sounds just like Silicon Valley.) While I lived there, it was a standard joke that reality begins outside the Beltway. While inside the Beltway, you might as well be living in Fantasyland. After all, ‘a billion dollars here, a billion dollars there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money’.

This week, I spent two days in Washington, D.C. meeting with Government officials, lobbyists, and a very prominent think tank who all work in the information security arena. I saw a change which was pleasantly surprising for me. For years, the world outside the Beltway didn’t seem to matter much inside the Beltway. Then policy officials and various wonks at least acknowledged that needed information security expertise probably resided outside the Beltway, but policy development was still the exclusive preserve of inside the Beltway. This week, I was a bit astonished that several people candidly admitted that not only needed expertise lies outside the Beltway, but that significant help in developing meaningful and effective policy lies outside the Beltway as well. Maybe reality has come to inside the Beltway? That might be pushing it, but at least Fantasyland is beginning to be more realistic.

Jun 18, 2007

Our List of Top Blogs for Policy & Government

The following are two recommended blogs that cover Policy and Government.  See our blog roll for other suggestions.

Shannon Kellogg, RSA Speaking of Security:  Director of Information Security Policy, Office of Government Relations, EMC Corporation. Prior to EMC's September 2006 acquisition of RSA Security, he was Director of Government & Industry Affairs at RSA for three years. He is a Member of the Board of Officers of the National Cyber Security Alliance, a national public-private partnership to educate users on information security practices.

Dan Lohrmann, Lohrmann on GovSpace (CSO): Director of Michigan’s Office of Enterprise Security and the State’s first CISO. He is also the President of the Michigan InfraGard Member's Alliance (IMA), an executive board member of the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and represents the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) on the IT Government Coordinating Council (GCC) led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Please send us your favorite blogs in the Policy & Government arena.