Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Bill Frist invite you to join them for a discussion of netwar, cyberterrorism, and cyberdefense.
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Featured Speakers:

Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security. - one of the world’s leading experts on counterterrorism, he now has special responsibility for coordinating all U.S. government cybersecurity efforts.

Bruce Schneier, Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. - a leading purveyor of cyber protection services. He is an internationally renowned security technologist who has designed information security systems for some of America’s largest firms. He is the author of six books, including Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World.

Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and Technology at WorldCom Corp. - an expert in networking technology and security, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology for designing the communications protocols that gave rise to the Internet.

CyberSecurity has emerged as a major homeland defense issue as terrorist attacks are launched daily over the Internet against U.S. information and communications facilities. America is particularly vulnerable because our information infrastructure is so highly developed. Nearly all of our nation’s critical systems, both public and private, are managed by computers connected to networks. Viruses and worms launched by hackers have gained the most attention in the press, but national security experts warn that several nations around the world have developed sophisticated information warfare capabilities that could be used against the United States. As a society, we have to be prepared to defend against both hackers and cyber criminals and more concerted efforts of hostile nations and transnational groups.

The briefing will focus on three aspects of netwar and cyberdefense: a realistic appraisal of the threat, the status of new federal initiatives to improve our defenses, and new capabilities in private sector to protect privately-owned critical infrastructures.