From: Pew Center Blog
NEWPORT, RI – Over 100 senior leaders representing Rhode Island’s private industry, public agencies, law enforcement, and universities gathered at the Pell Center on March 10, 2014 to participate in a two-hour panel discussion on “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity: The National Cybersecurity Framework and Beyond.” The event was the first event of its kind hosted in New England since the release of the National Cybersecurity Framework on February 12, 2014, and the panel explored how organizations charged with providing the nation’s financial, energy, healthcare and other critical systems could use the Framework to better protect their information and physical assets from cyber attacks.
The blueprint for the Framework grew out of President Obama’s Executive Order on “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” in which he directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to work with various stakeholders to develop a comprehensive approach towards mitigating cyber risks to critical infrastructure. The document outlines a set of voluntary standards, guidelines, and best practices for cybersecurity and marks an important step forward in the national effort to combat cybercrime and protect our critical infrastructure.
The Pell Center brought together three distinguished panelists to discuss the specifics of this Framework and other national and state initiatives to support its implementation. The panel included Adam
Segewick, NIST senior information technology policy advisor; Michal Leking, the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisor for the Northeast region; and Jamia McDonald, executive director of the state’s Emergency Management Agency. Candice Barry, an intelligence cybersecurity officer for RBS Citizens, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, moderated the discussion.
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