Reiss Center on Law and Security presents “A Cybersecurity Framework for the Next Generation of Threats”

Monday, March 10, 2014
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Greenberg Lounge
40 Washington Square South

Featuring:

Samara Moore, Director of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, White House

As part of the White House National Security Staff, Samara Moore is the Director for Cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Protection coordinating across the federal government and partnering with the private sector on efforts to strengthen cybersecurity for all critical infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining the National Security Staff, Mrs. Moore worked as the Senior Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity Advisor at the Department of Energy (DOE), focused on cybersecurity for the Energy Sector and managing public-private partnerships. She also played a key role in IT and cybersecurity governance for the DOE. While at DOE, Mrs. Moore led the development of the Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model which is being used both domestically and internationally. Prior to joining the DOE, Mrs. Moore worked as the Director of the Office of Management and Data Systems for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and for Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services. Mrs. Moore has worked as a consultant, systems engineer, and IT manager, and has performed security assessments, managed security operations and security planning for government agencies as well as private industry. Mrs. Moore received a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in Accounting and Information Systems and a master’s degree from the George Washington University in Engineering Management Systems Engineering, where she is currently an adjunct professor.

Jon Boyens, Senior Advisor, Computer Security Division, NIST at U.S. Department of Commerce

Jon Boyens is a Senior Advisor for Information Security in the Information Technology Laboratory, an organization within the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He leads NIST’s Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Program and works on multiple policy and technical projects. Jon helps develop and coordinate the Department of Commerce’s cybersecurity policy work among the department’s bureaus and represents the department in the Administration’s interagency cybersecurity policy process. He has worked on various White House led initiatives, including those pertaining to trusted identities, botnets, supply chain and, most recently, the Cybersecurity Executive Order and related work on Cybersecurity Incentives and the Cybersecurity Framework.

Bob Kolasky, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at US Department of Homeland Security

Bob Kolasky is currently the Director of the Integrated Task Force for Cyber EO and PPD 21 Implementation. He is an experienced strategist, planner, and organizational leader and a published writer and analyst, with the demonstrated ability to develop solutions to public problems.  He previously served as the Director of Strategy and Policy for the DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection.  In that role, he led strategic initiatives on behalf of the Assistant Secretary to help IP achieve organizational priorities, including IP’s activities to enhance its capabilities to integrate cyber and physical risk management efforts with critical infrastructure owners and operators, and approach to improve infrastructure resilience in the face of climate change and other risks.  In addition, he oversees all aspects of IP’s strategic planning process, and the related Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Enhancement Initiative.  He also served as IP’s Acting Chief of Staff from August 2012-February 2013 where he was responsible for all aspect of managing the Office of the Assistant Secretary, and working on behalf of the organization’s leadership to oversee daily operations.

Mr. Kolasky previously served as the Assistant Director for Risk Governance and Support at the in the Office of Risk Management Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security where he focuses on analyzing the risks to the Nation and the degree to which we are focusing our efforts appropriately to manage those risks.  In that role, he helped facilitate the Department’s Risk Steering Committee, and is responsible for developing policies and processes to enable risk-informed strategic decisions by DHS.  In addition, he led the conduct of the first ever Strategic National Risk Assessment, in partnership with FEMA, as part of the implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 8.

Naomi Lefkovitz, Senior Privacy Policy Advisor, NIST

Naomi Lefkovitz is the Senior Privacy Policy Advisor in the Information Technology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. Her portfolio includes work on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, privacy-enhancing technologies, cybersecurity and standards development.

FierceGovernmentIT named Ms. Lefkovitz on their 2013 “Fierce15” list of the most forward-thinking people working within government information technology, and she is a 2014 Federal 100 Awards winner. Before joining NIST, she was the Director for Privacy and Civil Liberties in the Cybersecurity Directorate of the National Security Staff in the Executive Office of the President.  Her portfolio included the NSTIC as well as addressing the privacy and civil liberties impact of the Obama Administration’s cybersecurity initiatives and programs. Prior to her tenure at the White House, Ms. Lefkovitz was a senior attorney with the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. Her responsibilities focused primarily on policy matters, including legislation, rulemakings, and business and consumer education in the areas of identity theft, data security and privacy.

Moderated by:

Michael H. Coden, CISSP, Vice President, NextNine Inc.

Michael Coden, CISSP, is currently in his 11th year as Vice President of NextNine Inc., where he has been instrumental in the design of NextNine’s suite of cybersecurity software products for organizations with multiple locations; including: multivendor secure remote access, secure remote file transfer, asset inventory, OS patch and antivirus update delivery, cybersecurity compliance reporting, and log collection.  In this capacity Michael has worked closely with companies like Shell Oil, enabling them to use the NextNine software to coordinate the cybersecurity efforts at plants around the world from a single location. Michael also works closely with ABB, Harris, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Rockwell, and Yokogawa – companies that use the NextNine software in thousands of utilities, ONG, mining, marine, public infrastructure, emergency services, pharma, food and beverage, and other critical infrastructure sites around the globe. Michael also serves as the Vice President and Program Chair for the NY Section of the ISA – International Society of Automation.

Michael has authored 16 patents on secure fiber optic devices, network equipment, and secure data protocols.  He has published numerous papers, and “The Fiber Optic LAN Handbook” with 100,000 copies in print.  He has won several industry awards, and is an (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Michael has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT, a Masters Degree in Business from Columbia University, and a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.