WHO:

Panelists include:

• Michael Hayden, former Director of the National Security Agency and of the Central Intelligence Agency and now a Principal with the Chertoff Group
• James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Amit Yoran, former Director of the National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security and now the CEO and Chairman of NetWitness
• Suzanne Spaulding, former executive director of the National Commission on Terrorism and Principal with Bingham Consulting Group
• Wes Spain, Program Director for Intelligence and Global Security Principal Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Siobhan Gorman, National Security Correspondent at Wall Street Journal

WHAT:

“Integrating Disciplines: Cyber Security, Law and Policy”

This panel discussion will feature technical experts, policy makers, and legal scholars from the public and private sector for an interdisciplinary discussion about cyber security challenges, including the technical, operational and policy hurdles confronting government agencies and private corporations confront.

WHEN:

October 1st, 2009, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

WHERE:

Georgetown University
ICC Auditorium
37th & O Streets, NW
Washington, D.C. 20057

SPONSORS:

The Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

COVERAGE:

Media interested in attending should RSVP to Andy Pino in the Office of Communications at 202-687-4328 or pinoa@georgetown.edu. Press will need to present valid credentials on campus.