RECLAIM YOUR NAME: Privacy in the World of Big Data In NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering’s third, eagerly anticipated Sloan Cyber Security Lecture, Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill explores the expanding collection and use of Big Data in the marketplace, recognizing the challenges it presents for consumers and businesses--as well as for agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, responsible for safeguarding both. Commissioner...

Reducing the Nation's Cyber Risk: White House Insights on the President's Critical Infrastructure Framework President Obama's Cyber Security Executive Order 13636 calls for an intensive effort to adopt a common national Framework aimed at reducing the cyber risk to our country's critical infrastructure. This event, featuring the White House Director of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Samara Moore, together with a panel of senior Adminis...

Surviving on a Diet of Poisoned Fruit: Reducing the Risks of America’s Cyber Dependencies In his Distinguished Lecture, Richard Danzig proposes strategies for coping with a security paradox presented by cyber systems: As digital systems grant us unprecedented powers, they also make us less secure. While their immense communication capabilities enable wide scale collaboration and networking, they open doors to unprecedented intrusion. Con...

The SMILE Conference® is the leading training conference devoted to Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement initiatives. The SMILE Conference has pioneered the adoption of social media by law enforcement agencies across the world for public outreach, crime prevention, and forensics. In conjunction with the ConnectedCOPS™ blog, The SMILE Conference has become both the go-to and most trusted source by law enforcement agencies wo...

Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Exploit Development training is coming to Austin, TX from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. "Hackers" - individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming and circumventing limitations of systems to achieve novel and clever outcomes. If this sounds like you, you can't afford to miss SANS Pen Test Austin 2017. There will be six-days of nonstop in-...

Scenario #1: You are in a position which requires a moment by moment use of your leadership skills. You are responsible for producing results as well as lead a group of people with their own competencies, gifts and challenges. You spend a great deal of your time cultivating cooperation among your team members. You understand the power of a strategically focused team; however, you want to develop/cultivate your own skills to further build a tea...

NCMA’s new SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) event is designed to provide targeted subcontracting training by industry and government instructors and practitioners. SubCon consists of four half-day workshops. Attend one, two, three, or all four—depending on your training needs and budget. The six training sessions within each workshop include unique presentations covering essential topics related to subcontracting.

In today's modern world, the power grid serves as the backbone of the United States critical infrastructure sector. The Utilities responsible for this tremendous responsibility have to constantly adapt to new and emerging challenges, many of which were never imagined during the creation of the current power grid. It is financially impractical to pursue every solution simultaneously. Rather, grid owners and operators need identify new technolog...

On March 27-31, 2017, Carnegie Mellon’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation will celebrate its second Energy Week, an event designed to educate, inform and debate energy policy; highlight research and innovation; and prepare for the future. Please save the date and join our email list to receive updates as programming and registration for the 2017 Carnegie Mellon University Energy Week is finalized. We have an exciting lineup of tentat...

Integrating Technology & Education It’s our 40th anniversary! Taking place March 27-31, 2017 in Las Vegas, IWCE is a venue where people can make the human connections they need to be successful, whether it is connecting to a future client, boss, employee or business partner. It is also where people can connect to information about a technology, product or policy that is crucial to success. See innovation at its best and join us for t...