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Cybersecurity: What your business needs to know! June 17th
Cybersecurity
: What Your Business Needs to Know!
Monday June 17, 2013
International Monetary Fund
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20431 (HQ2)
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security, District of Columbia’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, InfraGard National Capital Region Members Alliance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and The George Washington University would like to invite you to a special program focusing on helping small and mid-sized businesses understand and prepare for cybersecurity threats.
The event will be held on
Monday, June 17, 2013 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.
at the International Monetary Fund, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20431 (HQ2).
Threats to cyber space pose one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a country, but one that we are all inadequately prepared to counter. In fact, intelligence officials recently ranked cybersecurity as a greater threat to our security than international terrorism. In 2011, accordingly to a study released last year, there were 5.5 billion cyber attacks on computer networks in the United States … an 81% increase from the year before!
Regrettably, there is no simple solution to solving this problem. With 95% of our nation’s businesses being small and mid-sized the government cannot just deploy a “protective shield” over the internet. What is even more disturbing is that, when polled, 83% of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan in place. Therefore, we all must do more to ensure that our networks are protected.
During this event you will hear from some of the best people in the country on the current threats your business faces and, more importantly, learn ways that you can better protect your company.
Please register by no later than Friday June 14th
http://cyber06172013.eventbrite.com
. There is no charge for this event and seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
This is a must attend event for every business in the National Capital Region!
Confirmed Speakers
The Honorable Christopher Geldart, Director, Washington, D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
Mr. Larry Zelvin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Trent Teyema, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI-Washington Field Office, Cyber Branch
Mr. William Wright, Director, Cybersecurity Partnerships, Symantec
Mr. John Rostern, Managing Director, Coalfire
Ms. Nicole Dean, Director of Cyber Programs, Raytheon Company
Mr. Zalmai Azmi, Senior Vice President, CACI
Mr. Bradley Rossiter, Verizon
Mr. Richard Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, TASC
For more information, please contact Bradley Schreiber, Vice President of Washington Operations, Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20006
Washington 202.683.2005 | Bethpage 516.390.5202 | Cell 202.680.2475
http://www.asfhs.org
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