Cyber MayDay

Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Monday May 1, 2017 - Tuesday May 2, 2017
      10:00 am - 11:59 am
  • Location: 85 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA
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Summary Sentence: 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.

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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:

  • 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?

  • When governments engage in nation-state cyberattacks, how can businesses avoid becoming a proxy battleground? 

  • 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.

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

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

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Conference/Symposium
Keywords
Cybersecurity, congress, Legislation
Status
  • Created By: Tara La Bouff
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 24, 2017 - 4:29pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 25, 2017 - 4:41pm