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Update on President Obama’s “Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection,” Part III: Five Key Lessons for Business

Concluding our three-part analysis of the White House’s first Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection, we turn to some practical advice coming out of the Summit’s afternoon session, including an address by Maria Contreras-Sweet, the administrator of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), and a panel discussion among financial sector leaders moderated by Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin.

Here are five takeaways for companies large and small:

  1. Companies are only as secure as their most vulnerable employee.…
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Update on President Obama’s “Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection,” Part I

The first ever Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection was convened today at Stanford University, keynoted by President Obama.  The purpose of the summit:  to “bring[] together major stakeholders on consumer financial protection issues to discuss how all members of our financial system can work together to further protect American consumers and their financial data.”  These stakeholders, a number of public and private sector leaders,… More

New England-Israel Data Storage & Security Summit-November 14, 2011

Ensuring strong and efficient data storage and secured systems is the foundation of any successful business in today’s global business environment; the continued migration to cloud computing only amplifies this need.  New England and Israel are global leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship and major players in the global software/IT industry, with the innovations of its companies earning international recognition and prestige.

The New England-Israel Data Storage &… More