ADVISORY/ITAA to Host Capitol Hill Forum on 'Securing Cyberspace: A Government-Industry Partnership for the Future'.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...Thursday (March 27)

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Information Technology Association of America 

WHO:        The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA),
            with featured remarks from Congressman Sherwood Boehlert,
            Chairman of the House Science Committee, Congressman Tom
            Davis, Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee,
            Senator Robert Bennett and Senator Ron Wyden.

WHAT:       An industry-government forum for Members of Congress and
            Staff, Media, Industry Representatives and other
            Public/Private Sector members, on information security.

WHEN:       Thursday, March 27th
            8:15am-2:15pm

WHERE:      Senate Dirksen Building, Room G-50

HOW:        Members of the press can register here:
            http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=712

AGENDA:     7:30am Registration and Networking Breakfast

            8:15am Welcome and Introduction, Harris Miller,
            President-ITAA (confirmed)

            8:30am U.S. Representative Tom Davis, Chairman, House
            Government Reform Committee (confirmed)

            8:55am U.S. Representative Sherwood Boehlert, Chairman,
            House Science Committee (confirmed)

            9:40am Break

            9:55am U.S. Senator Robert Bennett (confirmed)

            10:15am Panel: Securing Governments' Cyberspace - Session
            Moderator: Dan Burton, VP-Government Relations, Entrust
            and Co-Chair, ITAA InfoSec Committee (confirmed)

            Panel Members: Thomas Anderson, Vice President,
            Information Solutions, Raytheon (confirmed); Sallie
            McDonald, Department of Homeland Security (confirmed);
            Mark Small, Senior Vice President, Government, Health and
            Education, Network Associates, Inc. (confirmed); Ed
            Roback, Chief - Computer Security Division, National
            Institute of Standards and Technology (confirmed)

            11:15am Panel: Cybersecurity R&D, the Nation's Information
            Security Workforce, and the Future of Cyber Security -
            Session Moderator: Tim Hackman, Director of Public
            Affairs, IBM Governmental Programs and Co-Chairman, ITAA
            InfoSec Public Policy Subcomittee (confirmed)

            Panel Members: Scott Blake, Vice President, Information
            Security, BindView Corporation (confirmed); Wes Higaki,
            Director of University Research, Symantec Corporation
            (confirmed); John McCarthy, Executive Director, CIP
            Project, George Mason University (confirmed); Jeff Recor,
            President, Olympus Security Group and Co-Chair, ITAA
            Security Workforce Advisory Group (confirmed); Michael
            Vatis, Chairman, Institute for Information Infrastructure
            Protection, and Director, Institute for Security
            Technology Studies, Dartmouth University (confirmed); and
            Phil Reitinger, Senior Security Strategist, Microsoft
            (confirmed)


            12:15pm Panel: Critical Infrastructure Threat Information
            Sharing, Response, and Private-Public Sector Coordination
            - Session Moderator: Guy Copeland, VP - Infrastructure
            Advisory Programs and Co-Chair, ITAA InfoSec Committee
            (confirmed)

            Panel Members: Pete Allor, Director of Operations,
            IT-ISAC, and Manager, Internet Security Systems
            (confirmed); Brent Greene, NCS, Department of Homeland
            Security (confirmed); Phil Lacombe, Veridian and IT-ISAC
            (confirmed); Ron Moritz, Senior VP, Computer Associates
            (confirmed); Will Pelgrin, Director, NYS Cyber Security
            and Critical Infrastructure Protection (confirmed), Pamela
            Mallett, Director of Fraud Management, Visa U.S.A.

            1:15pm Lunch/Networking

            1:45pm Final Session: Senator Ron Wyden (confirmed)

The ITAA event is sponsored by BindView Corporation.