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Few people outside of IT circles appreciate the extent to which encryption has become a cornerstone of the global economic system. The entire global banking system is dependent on strong and secure encryption to allow secure digital financial transactions. Digital financial capabilities have allowed modern economies to flourish in the digital age. Without trust in the security of these systems, the global economy would diminish. As technology evolves, the security implications related to safeguarding technological infrastructure evolve simultaneously, presenting major challenges to current legal and regulatory structures. Against this backdrop, every day seems to bring new horror stories of cyber-security breaches, each more shocking than the last. Calls for enhanced cybersecurity measures including strong encryption are matched by law enforcements calls for access to the encrypted data. Law enforcement officials claim that terrorists and criminals hide behind the anonymity created by strong encryption while cryptologists and cyber security experts demand that back doors create vulnerabilities that criminals and hostile governments will certainly exploit. Can solutions be engineered that will enhance security and protect privacy without hampering law enforcement’s legitimate needs? This panel will examine these and other important questions about the future of cybersecurity in light of recent headlines.
Moderator
Jon Peha is a Full Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He has addressed information networks from positions in industry, government, and academia. In government, he served at the Federal Communications Commission as Chief Technologist, in the White House as Assistant Director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy where he focused on telecommunications and research, in the House Energy & Commerce Committee where he was responsible for telecom and e-commerce issues, and at USAID where he helped launch and lead a US Government interagency program to assist developing countries with information infrastructure. In industry, he has been Chief Technical Officer for three high-tech companies, and a member of technical staff at SRI International, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Microsoft.
Panelists
Eric Burger (@ericburger) is Research Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Georgetown Center for Secure Communications in Washington DC. Dr. Burger is the author of 17 IETF RFCs, has chaired numerous work groups, and was the first Director of the Applications Area Review Committee. Dr. Burger is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and past Chair of the IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy. He also is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a Patron of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is Chairman Emeritus of the SIP Forum. In addition, he sits on the Board of Ascension Technology Group and the Boards of Advisors at Mobera Systems, Sigma Systems and Dexrex LLC. Finally, Dr. Burger is holds 17 published patents in the United States with several pending, holds additional patents in other countries, and has been widely published in technical and standards publications. Dr. Burger holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, MBA in International Business Management with a dual minor in Economics and Marketing, and an SBEE from IIT, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Meike Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) is the Director of Third Way’s National Security Program, where she is crafting a national security strategy that is both tough and smart. She works on every major national security issue—from the details of military personnel policy to the legal framework for going to war—while still making time to mentor the next generation of women in national security. Mieke had a long career on Capitol Hill, most recently serving as Chief of Staff to Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). Prior to that, she was the Defense Policy Advisor to Senator Kennedy, the Subcommittee Staff Director on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and a Professional Staff Member on the House Armed Services Committee. Mieke began her career as a legislative assistant in the office of Representative Pat Schroeder (D-CO), where she handled the Congresswoman’s Armed Services and Foreign Policy work. Originally from Monterey, California, Mieke earned her J.D. at The University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and graduated from Wellesley College. Her analysis is often solicited by The Wall Street Journal, POLITICO, Associated Press, and other media outlets. Her writing has appeared in numerous media outlets including The Washington Post, Roll Call, and Forbes.
Robert “Bobby” Flaim entered the FBI as a Special Agent in 1997 after serving several years as a US Army Judge Advocate General Officer. He has been assigned to the Washington DC Field Office since then and has worked primarily cyber issues. Since 1999 Special Agent Flaim was assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Division (formerly part of the US National Infrastructure Protection Center), where he investigates computer intrusion matters in both the criminal and national security areas. As the focus of the FBI’s cyber mission has changed since 9/11, Special Agent Flaim has participated in several investigations of international cyber-terrorism and cyber-intelligence. Special Agent Flaim has worked with a number of global IT companies in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia area, as well as ICANN, regional, national and international law enforcement agencies on numerous cases involving IT security and privacy. Most recently, SA Flaim has spoken at conferences in Australia and South Africa concerning global approaches to the protection and use of information technology as the cyber frontier continues to expand into the 21st century.
Nick Sullivan (@grittygrease) is a leading cryptography and security expert. He founded and built the security team at CloudFlare, one of the world’s leading web security companies. He is a digital rights management pioneer in his work building Apple’s multi-billion dollar iTunes store. He is the author of over a dozen computer security patents and holds an MSc in Cryptography and a BMath in Pure Mathematics.
Organizers
Shane Tews (@ShaneTews) is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute managing the Internet governance and cyber security division of AEI’s Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy. Shane is also the Chief Policy Officer at 463 Communications where she works in technology policy as a senior strategic advisor and creates a coordinated policy approach to enhance communications programs for clients’ public policy communications programs. Shane manages many of the relationships with Congress, the Administration, Think Tanks and Trade Associations. Shane was formerly Vice President of Global Public Policy and Government Relations for Verisign, Inc. where she was responsible for the strategic planning and daily management of the Policy and Government Relations efforts for VeriSign globally. Shane is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Internet Education Foundation. She formerly sat on several Information Technology Boards including the European American Business Council, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Information Technology Industry Foundation, and the United States Telecommunications Training Institute. She also chaired the Information Technology Information Council Federal Government Relations and sat as chairman of the TechNet Public Policy Committee.
David Vyorst (@DVyo) is the Founder of Relay Station Digital Strategies and the Co-Convener of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC). David’s digital strategy expertise stems from his experience at RelevantKnowledge (one of the first web ratings companies, now Comscore), Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and as owner of ZejMedia. Over the past 20 years David has worked with leading organizations and companies including ADP, Allied Bank, The Ford Motor Company, The NBA, The Fetzer Institute, The Internet Society, and many others, spanning the corporate, legal, educational, and nonprofit sectors. A critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker (The First Basket, Unusual Pairs), David’s insights and depth of knowledge have earned him recognition as a thought leader in digital communication. His leadership of the Internet Society of Washington, DC (ISOC-DC) has built that organization into a leading international forum on Internet governance. He holds a Masters Degree in Government from the London School of Economics.