Governor Tom Ridge & Former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt to Discuss the National Mission to Secure Cyberspace at RSA 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt will be joined by moderator Scott Hartz of anti-malware company TaaSERA to discuss the growing sophistication of cyber attacks over the last decade, and how industry and government can work together to secure a very complex and dynamic cyber frontier. The discussion, marking the 10-year anniversary of both the Department of Homeland Security and the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, will be held at this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. (February 28, 2013)

    WHERE:                  RSA Conference 2013
                            Moscone Center - Room 134
                            747 Howard St.
                            San Francisco, CA 94103

    WHEN:                   Thursday, February 28, 2013
                            12:00 P.M. - 12:50 P.M. PT

    WHO:                     Governor Tom Ridge, First Secretary
                             of the U.S. Department of Homeland
                             Security; 43rd Governor of
                             Pennsylvania; president and CEO,
                             Ridge Global

                             Howard Schmidt, Former
                             Cybersecurity Advisor for
                             President Bush; former
                             Cybersecurity Coordinator for
                             President Obama

                             Moderator: Scott Hartz, CEO,
                             TaaSERA; former CEO of PwC
                             Consulting

    BACKGROUND:  The United States established the Department
     of Homeland Security in 2003, and in February of the
     same year, launched the first National Strategy to
     Secure Cyberspace. A decade later, how far have we come
     in securing cyberspace? Rogue regimes and nation states
     continue to target both the public and private sectors
     in efforts designed to harm our economy, our
     infrastructure and our citizens. How can we better
     protect the nation's interdependent systems from these
     threats? In this 10-year anniversary discussion at RSA
     2013, Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar

SOURCE TaaSERA