America’s Code War: Tales From the Front Line and Where to Go From Here
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From foreign interference in its elections to the theft of its companies’ valuable trade secrets, America’s cyber defenses are under siege. And just as the public and private sectors digitize their most valuable assets, the nation’s response to this “code war” is at a pivotal crossroads. In this session, Sean Joyce, former Deputy Director of the FBI, and John Carlin, the former Assistant Attorney General for National Security (who oversaw the first case combining charges of hacking and terrorism), and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Sanger will discuss: the greatest cyber threats to U.S. companies and new threats lurking on the horizon; practical steps companies can take to defend themselves; the efficacy of cyber sanctions and other government responses to international threats, as well as additional steps the Trump Administration can take to fortify the nation’s defenses; and opportunities for improved public-private partnerships to combat cybercrime.What you’ll take away:Worst-case cyber scenarios are not the stuff of science fiction, and many of them have already happened—including terrorist organizations’ use of social media to find personally identifiable information and create kill lists, as well as economic espionage that has driven companies into bankruptcyThe technology belying our digital assets—the internet—uses a protocol that was not designed with security in mind, and to prevent repeating that same mistake companies must not overlook the importance of security by designThe steps the Trump Administration should take to combat cyber threats and attacks by foreign adversaries