Sleepless in D.C.

"I am often asked what keeps me up at night, and one of the key issues is cyber threats."

This recent remark comes from Rep. C. A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, reflecting a concern that the rest of us have felt for many years. He made the remark at a meeting to introduce new cybersecurity legislation that would promote sharing of threat intelligence between the Federal government and American companies.

This security collaboration between the public and private sector is an important additional piece of the puzzle in meeting the ongoing challenges of cybersecurity—but the discussion cannot stop there.

With this potential public-private collaboration as a backdrop, Sourcefire will participate in a panel discussion airing on WTOP Federal News Radio of public and private sector leaders, discussing cybersecurity and other emerging technologies.

The panel will cover not only cybersecurity, but trends in geospatial applications, big data, along with virtualization and mobility. On cybersecurity, the panel will discuss the current threat landscape and what is being done in the federal sector to combat advanced persistent threats.

The panel takes place on Tuesday, December 13 at Noon ET and will welcome C-level IT security officials from the Veterans Affairs, U.S. Air Force and NOAA, along with Sourcefire’s CTO Martin Roesch and other private sector IT leaders.

Please tune in online at Noon ET on Tuesday December 13 here:http://www.wtop.com/?nid=706 or turn your D.C. area radio dial to 1500 AM.

For more information on Sourcefire and the public sector, please see our web site: http://sourcefire.com/industry-compliance/government. As for the legislation, a good overview, “Bill Would Open Channels On Cyber Threats,” by Elizabeth Montalbano of Information Week can be seen here.