Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga. 14), in cooperation with the Georgia Institute of Technology, hosts a conversation about cybersecurity policy and technical challenges that are stifling industry innovation today and leaving companies vulnerable. Of importance to discuss:
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Who protects critical business infrastructure from cyberattacks? What forms of retaliation should be permissible? Should companies be allowed to take active-defense measures? What will deter hackers?
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When governments engage in nation-state cyberattacks, how can businesses avoid becoming a proxy battleground?
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How can public policy be improved to help industry and governments protect one another?
Featuring a diverse and bipartisan panel:
- Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga. 14), Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government
- Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz. 9), House Committee on Financial Services
- Peter Swire, associate director - policy, Institute for Information Security & Privacy at Georgia Tech
- Candace Worley, Chief Technical Strategist, McAfee
- Stephen Pair, Co-founder, President & CEO, Bitpay
- John Lens, senior vice president, VMware - Network and Security Business Unit
Participate in the discussion and help inform draft legislation by Rep. Graves.
- In Campus Calendar
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Yes
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College of Computing, College of Computing Events, Institute for Information Security and Privacy, IPaT, School of Computational Science and Engineering, School of Computer Science, School of Interactive Computing
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Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
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Conference/Symposium
- Keywords
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Cybersecurity, congress, Legislation
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- Created By: Tara La Bouff
- Workflow Status: Published
- Created On: Apr 24, 2017 - 4:29pm
- Last Updated: Apr 25, 2017 - 4:41pm