Information Assurance: Delivering Secure Services to the Public

July 26, 2000

Moderator of the Day – Robert H. Jackson, Vice President, Operations, SphereCom Enterprises Inc.

Agency information assets being threatened by physical and cyber attacks.
Congress and GAO want to see better security planning. Agencies say funding is not adequate for the investments that are needed. While the debate rages on, what do you do now to minimize your risk?

Security needs to be an integral part of functional management, not a special skill code in agencies. Factored into all IT budgets and strategies right down to end-user training issues. Right now people buy technologies and try to fit it into existing or new systems. The process needs to be reversed: identify your risk first and then apply solutions for effective security investments.

AGENDA
8:20	Welcome
8:30	Are You Ahead of or Behind the Security Curve? Current Security Practices in the Federal Government
		Mary Ann Hirsch, Vice President, Federal Sources
9:15	Assessing Your Agency’s Security Posture
		Wilbur Hildebrand Chief, Vulnerability Assessment Services NSA
10:15	Break
10:30	Keynote Presentation: Strategizing Your Agency’s Security with Limited Resources
		Fernando Burbano, CIO, Dept. of State
11:15	How Industry Views the Challenges and Solutions before Agencies
12:00	Luncheon
1:00	Federal Applications of PKI: A Report Card
		Denise Silverberg, Deputy to the Chair, Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee
1:45	Meeting the Requirements of PDD 63
		Tom Burke, Assistant Commissioner FTS Office of Information Security, GSA
2:15	Break
2:30	Meeting the Challenges of Deploying COTS in a Secure Environment
		Bill Murray, Security Director, In-Q-Tel Interface Center
3:00	Lessons from the Trenches – Agency “Best Practices” Case Studies:
		Randy Marks Senior Technical Advisor Iintelink Service Management Center
		Rob Larsen, Director Global Information Protection Program Dell Computer Corporation
4:00	Adjourn