Fw: FCC hosts Cyber Security and Broadband Workshop on September 30, 2009

Wed Sep 16 17:58:55 CDT 2009

--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Stephanie Caccomo <Stephanie.Caccomo at fcc.gov> wrote:

From: Stephanie Caccomo <Stephanie.Caccomo at fcc.gov>
Subject: FCC hosts Cyber Security and Broadband Workshop on September 30, 2009
To: 
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 1:29 PM

Cyber Security and Broadband Workshop 

When:
            Wednesday,
September 30, 2009 

            9:00 AM
– 12:30 PM EST 

Where:           
Federal Communications Commission 

 445 12th Street, SW ,
 Washington , DC 
 20554 

Webinar:        
www.broadband.gov  

The
Commission’s National Broadband Plan Notice of Inquiry sought comment on
a variety of public safety and homeland security concerns, including interoperability,
redundancy, cyber security, 911, and pandemic response. The Cyber Security
Workshop will examine the nation’s ability to prevent, detect and respond
to cyber attacks and how broadband technology can enhance the nation’s
cyber security efforts. The workshop will also look at the challenges that
broadband technologies can bring to cyber security efforts. The workshop will
bring together representatives from the public safety community, government
agencies, industry, and academia to discuss these issues. The first panel will
focus on which broadband technologies, tools, and innovations are needed to
prevent cyber attacks on the nation’s critical communications
infrastructure. It will also focus on the cultures and policies that are needed
for those technological innovations and tools to work effectively. The second
panel will focus on which broadband technologies, tools, and innovations are
needed to detect cyber attacks and to restore communications systems after an
attack occurs. It will also focus on the cultures and policies that are needed
for those technological innovations and tools to work effectively.  

Topics
(Preliminary) 

The
following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this
workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions. 

Panel
1 - How Broadband Technologies, Tools and Innovations Can Aid in Preventing
Cyber Attacks on the Nation’s Critical Communications Infrastructure 

Key
Questions: 

 What steps are being taken and should be taken to
     secure the nation’s most vulnerable broadband facilities and data
     transfers from cyber threats such as espionage, disruption and denial of
     service attacks?  
 To what extent have market forces alone resulted
     in more favorable cyber security for the nation’s critical
     communications infrastructure and how will this trend develop? Or have
     markets provided insufficient incentives for sufficient security
     investments?  
 Should the broadband service providers who
     provide and service the nation’s critical communications
     infrastructure be required to adhere to specific standards or best
     practices to minimize threats and if so, what should those be, who should
     determine what those are and what sorts of procedures should be adopted to
     ensure that they are adhered to?  
 Could traditional reliability techniques like
     physical diversity or redundancy be applied to promote and improve cyber
     security? If so, how?  
 How can commercial broadband service providers
     and government agencies create synergistic collaborations in order to
     enhance cyber security efforts? How are Information Sharing and
 Analysis
 Centers (ISACs) or other
     information sharing initiatives working regarding cyber security? What
     improvements, changes or additional resources are needed?  
 Should the Commission adopt a process whereby
     communications providers can certify their compliance with those standards
     or best practices? What would some of the attributes of such a process be?
     What value would be conveyed by granting certification?  
 How can
 United States government
     agencies improve interagency coordination regarding cyber security?  
 What non-governmental agencies or associations
     are working on cyber security and what are they doing in this regard?  
 What steps need to be taken to better secure
     broadband and data transmissions?  

Panel
2 - How Broadband Technologies, Tools and Innovations Can Aid in Detecting
Cyber Attacks and Aid in Restoring Systems After Attacks Occur 

Key
Questions: 

 What sorts of data are commercial communications
     providers analyzing to alert them to a cyber attack? What sorts of data
     should they be analyzing?  
 How have intrusion detection systems improved
     over the years? Are they keeping pace with the threat environment? What do
     we need to do to ensure these systems operate effectively to keep up with
     the threat environment?  
 How has the communications industry’s
     ability to respond to cyber attacks improved over the years? Is it taking
     more or less time to bring an attack under control? Why or why not? What
     do we need to continue doing or start doing so that attacks are brought
     under control in a timely manner in order to mitigate damages?  
 How should commercial communications providers
     work together to mitigate the effects of an attack? How are these
     mechanisms working today? How do we expect them to function in the future?

 How can commercial broadband service providers
     and government agencies create synergistic collaborations in order to
     enhance cyber security efforts?  
 How can
 United States government
     agencies improve interagency coordination in response to cyber security
     attacks?  
 What non-governmental agencies or associations
     are working on cyber security and what are they doing in this regard?  

Agenda
(Preliminary) 

  9:00 am 

  Welcome:
  Rear Admiral James Arden Barnett, Jr. (Ret.), Bureau Chief (9:00 AM-9:15 AM) 

  9:30 am 

  Panel 1 - How Broadband
  Technologies, Tools and Innovations Can Aid in Preventing Cyber Attacks on
  the Nation’s Critical Communications Infrastructure,

  Kenneth Moran , Moderator, Senior
  Deputy Bureau Chief

  Total Presentation Time:
  75 Minutes (9:30 AM-10:45 AM)

  Summary: This
  panel will focus on which broadband technologies, tools, and innovations are
  needed to detect cyber attacks and to restore systems after an attack occurs.
  It will also focus on the policies that are needed for those technological
  innovations and tools to work effectively. 

  11:00am 

  Panel 2 - How Broadband Technologies, Tools and Innovations Can Aid
  in Detecting Cyber Attacks and Aid in Restoring Systems After Attacks Occur

  Total Presentation Time:
  75 minutes (11:00 AM – 12:15 PM)

  Summary: This panel
  will focus on which broadband technologies, tools, and innovations are needed
  to prevent cyber attacks on the nation’s critical communications
  infrastructure. It will also focus on the cultures and policies that are
  needed for those technological innovations and tools to work effectively 

  12:15 pm 

  Conclusion:
  Jennifer Manner, Deputy Bureau Chief, PSHSB (12:15 PM-12:30 PM) 

Can't
make a trip to DC? Attend the workshop online! 

You’ll
need to register
to attend the webinar. You’ll also need to set
up the required webinar software prior
to the event. Also check
to
make sure that you have the appropriate players needed to playback the UCF
(Universal Communications Format) rich media files. The sooner your computer is
properly set up, the sooner you can join the event! If you have problems
joining a meeting or viewing the webinar, please contact the events
administrator.  

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