Responding to Looming Cyber Threats: The New Reality

• published: 11 Nov 2015
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Arent Fox LLP, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), and George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security (CCHS) hosted an engaging policy forum where cyber security leaders from industry, government, and academia discussed the ever-changing landscape of cyber security threats, the role that policymakers can play in reducing risk to the enterprise, and best practices for responding to cyber incidents in a global economy. Companies today face an unprecedented level of cyber security threats as a result of increases in the number of attacks and the sophistication of the attackers. Each week brings new headlines about data breaches and computer system failures that hurt the customers, profits, and reputations of US businesses. In addition, many companies are confronted with rising compliance costs as government regulators take enforcement actions against those who fail to provide sufficient security safeguards for customer data. And the security threat will be even greater in the future as companies expand their digital footprints with new investments in technologies like cloud computing, mobile devices, and the Internet of Things. The current state of cyber security is not sustainable, but changing it will require thoughtful leadership from both the public and private sector. Keynote Address: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Panel 1: Government/Industry Partnerships to Improve Cyber Security Moderator: Daniel Castro Panelists: Ann Beauchesne, William Nelson, Alex Manning, Brigadier General (ret.) Gregory J. Touhill Panel 2: Protecting, Mitigating, and Recovering – The Incident Playbook for Responding to and Learning from Cyber Attacks Moderator: Frank Cilluffo Panelists: Sarah L. Bruno, Paul Innella, Maneesha Mithal, Michael Zweiback