White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

Amid a rash of serious security breaches, President Obama heads to Stanford University on Friday to host a high level cybersecurity summit with top tech, industry, regulatory, legal, and academic experts.

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February 12, 2015

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White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

Amid a rash of serious security breaches, President Obama heads to Stanford University on Friday to host a high level cybersecurity summit with top tech, industry, regulatory, legal, and academic experts.

Among the big name speakers and panelists are: Apple CEO Tim Cook; Scott Charney, Corporate VP Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft; Eric Grosse, VP for Security Engineering at Google; Melody Hildebrandt, Global head of cyber security at Palantir; Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer at Yahoo, and Joe Sullivan, Chief Information Security Officer at Facebook.

The panels will address:

  • Public-Private Collaboration on Cybersecurity

  • Improving Cybersecurity Practices at Consumer-Oriented Businesses and Organizations

  • Promoting More Secure Payment Technologies

  • Cybersecurity Information Sharing

  • International Law Enforcement Cooperation on Cybersecurity

  • Improving Authentication: Moving Beyond the Password

  • Chief Security Officers’ Perspectives: New Ideas on Technical Security

Check out the full Summit agenda. You can send questions to [email protected] and watch the Summit at WhiteHouse.gov/Live.

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