Security research has had some clear wins in the past year, but if you weren't paying attention you may not have noticed. Amanda and Jen will walk through these and what they mean, from the DMCA exemptions, to fixing proposed legislation, to work killing bad bills. Policymakers have started recognizing a need to work with hackers, and vice-versa. It's not going to get better until we understand the landscape and what's worked.
There will be guest speakers filling in details of their progress, and what's next.
Jen Ellis is the Vice President of Community and Public Affairs at Rapid7, a security data and analytics company. In this role, Jen’s primary focus is on building productive collaboration between those in the security community and those operating outside it. She works extensively with security researchers, technology providers and operators, and various Government entities to help them understand and address cybersecurity challenges. She believes effective collaboration is our only path forward to reducing cybercrime and protecting consumers and businesses. She has testified before Congress and spoken at a number of security industry events including HOPE, SXSW, RSA, Derbycon, Shmoocon, SOURCE, UNITED, and various BSides. Talk to me about Archer, Phineas & Ferb, why British chocolate is so much better than US chocolate, cybersecurity policy, and driving consumer adoption of security practices and awareness.
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Amanda Craig is a Senior Cybersecurity Strategist in Trustworthy Computing’s Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy (GSSD) team at Microsoft. As part of GSSD, she focuses on policy issues related to cloud security, cyber risk management, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure, working to address complex global change and to advance trust in the computing ecosystem. She is the co-author of two Microsoft publications, Transforming Government: Cloud policy framework for innovation, security, and resilience and Transforming Government: A cloud assurance program guide. She is also a co-chair of the Awareness and Adoption working group within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) multistakeholder process on vulnerability disclosure. Talk to her about your favorite hiking trail, living in Egypt, future technology predictions, and coordination that achieves change.