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FedScoop's 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit to Bring Key Federal IT Players Together for Discussion on State of Government CyberSecurity

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On February 24, government media and marketing company FedScoop will be hosting its 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit, featuring high-profile government, media and technology professionals, such as Army CIO Michael Krieger, HP's Director of the U.S. Defense Command and Control Infrastructure Admiral (Ret.) Betsy Hight, Department of Justice CIO Vance Hitch, Department of Defense Deputy CIO and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management Robert Carey, and Symantec Vice President GiGi Schumm, among others, discussing the state of cybersecurity in government.

FedScoop's 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit, part of the FedTalks event series, will feature a series of panels and discussions on a variety of prominent government cybersecurity issues with esteemed industry and government IT experts, including the "Securing the Cloud" panel with Mike Krieger and "Law Enforcement's Perspective on Cyber Crimes" with Executive Assistant Director of the FBI's Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch Shawn Henry.

The 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit will also feature a Conversation with Government's CyberSecurity Leaders, including some of the biggest names in federal IT, such as the State Department's Deputy Director of Information Assurance Gary Galloway, Robert Carey and NIST Deputy Chief CyberSecurity Advisor Donna Dodson. Betsy Hight is also slated to give a keynote speech on cybersecurity in government.

The event will be held on the 7th floor of The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., and is from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.. The 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit will bring together 250 top decision makers from the federal IT community. Federal executives may attend the 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit at no charge and industry attendees pay a registration fee of $95. For more information and to register online, visit http://fedscoop.com/events/cybersecurity2011.

Sponsors for the 2nd Annual CyberSecurity Summit include Intel, Microsoft, HP and Symantec (Diamond Sponsors), as well as RightNow (Platinum Sponsor).

Confirmed speakers for the event include:

    --  Mike Krieger, CIO, Dept. of Army
    --  Robert Carey, Deputy CIO and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
        Information Management, DOD
    --  Vance Hitch, CIO, DOJ
    --  Donna Dodson, Deputy Chief CyberSecurity Advisor, NIST
    --  Bobbie Stempfley, Director of National CyberSecurity Division, DHS
    --  Gary Galloway, Deputy Director, Information Assurance, US Dept. of State
    --  Brigadier General Steven Spano, Director of Communications, Air Combat
        Command, Langley Air Force Base
    --  U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Betsy Hight, Vice President of
        CyberSecurity Practice, HP
    --  Shawn Henry, Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber,
        Response, and Services Branch, FBI
    --  GiGi Schumm, Vice President & General Manager of Public Sector, Symantec
    --  Jeff Casazza, Director of Security, Intel
    --  Bob Gourley, Founder and CTO of Crucial Point LLC & Editor of
        CTOvision.com
    --  Suprotik Ghose, Principal CyberSecurity Strategist, Microsoft
    --  Michael Howard, Worldwide Business Development Manager, Security
        Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP

CyberSecurity Agenda:

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Morning Keynote on CyberSecurity

9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Briefing: The Five Most Disruptive Security Concepts in the Federal Space

Bob Gourley, Founder and CTO of Crucial Point LLC & Editor of CTOvision.com

9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.

Law Enforcement's Perspective on Cyber Crimes

Shawn Henry, Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, FBI

9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Securing the Cloud Panel

Moderated by: Suprotik Ghose, Principal CyberSecurity Strategist, Microsoft

Mike Krieger, CIO/G-6, Dept. of Army

Brigadier General Steven Spano, Director of Communications, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base

Jeff Casazza, Director of Security, Intel

Michael Howard, Worldwide Business Development Manager, Security Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Networking Break

10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

CyberSecurity Keynote

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Betsy Hight, Vice President of CyberSecurity Practice, HP

10:50 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Conversation with Government's CyberSecurity Leaders

Moderated by: GiGi Schumm, Vice President & General Manager of Public Sector, Symantec

Robert Carey, Deputy CIO and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management, DOD

Vance Hitch, CIO, DOJ

Bobbie Stempfley, Director of National CyberSecurity Division, DHS

Donna Dodson, Deputy Chief CyberSecurity Advisor, NIST

Gary Galloway, Deputy Director, Information Assurance, US Dept. of State

About FedScoop:

FedScoop is a full-service government IT media, VIP event and strategic advertising company. FedScoop.com is the Government IT community's most comprehensive, one-stop news source, reaching notable influencers and voices in the community. FedScoop.com is the only independent aggregator of the most trusted and popular Web sites that government IT executives visit daily to stay abreast of trends, best practices, business opportunities and news.

About FedTalks:

FedTalks is a FedScoop event series featuring leading federal government and industry technology executives. FedScoop's 2011 FedTalks event series include CyberSecurity, Open Government and Citizen Engagement, Lowering the Costs of Government with Technology and FedTalks 2011.

Media Inquiries:

High-resolution images of the speakers and Goldy Kamali, along with the FedScoop bio are available upon request. For all media-related inquiries, contact MoKi Media's Sherry Moeller (sherry.moeller@mokimedia.com) or Dannia Hakki (dannia.hakki@mokimedia.com)

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