June 23, 2005
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20045

**Please note that online registration for this event is now closed. However, we have a few spots left open. Simply bring your payment and the completed attached registration form with you to the registration desk.

SPECIAL NOTE: Mr. Jeff Gaynor, of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, is NOT the keynote speaker for this Panel. Mr. Gaynor will only be participating at this event as a member of the panel.

Registration: 1:00 p.m.
Program Starts: 1:30 p.m.
Briefing Ends: 3:15 p.m.

About This Panel Discussion

“Risk assessment — with a focus on threat, vulnerability and consequence — will drive not only decisions about where to disperse security funds, but also decisions relating to the department’s policies and operations. “We will look at everything through that prism and we will be adjusting structure, operations and policies to execute this strategy.” March 16, 2005 Remarks by Secretary Chertoff.

The United States has a new Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Many lessons have been learned since 9/11. Technology has improved and advanced. Government reorganization is stabilizing. There are multiple policy and strategy shifts we should expect, one of which is an increasing emphasis on Critical Infrastructure Resilience. What does resilience mean? How will it affect congressional debate and most importantly, funding? What are the new initiatives? How and where will the priorities shift?

Despite the multitude of efforts in critical infrastructure protection in the last decade, the job isn’t getting done. The main reason for this is that the goal was impossible to achieve—100% protection, 100% of the time.

Recently, a new task force was created, charged with charting a new direction in Critical Infrastructure efforts. This is the Critical Infrastructure Task Force (CITF) at the Department of Homeland Security. Their new direction is toward lowering the effect of attacks on infrastructure by emphasizing resilience rather than an end-state of absolute protection.

The private sector realizes and understands the potential consequences (loss of business, profits, and competitiveness) of an attack. With an emphasis less on full protection, the private sector will likely be more compelled to pursue actions that serve both their own best interests and ultimately the nations as well. This new framework could mean the private sector is now better situated to move resiliency forward with the support of homeland security leadership.

With eighty-five percent of all critical infrastructures in the United States owned by the private sector, it is in the private sector’s best interest to take a proactive approach on protecting these assets, particularly before any sort of “stick” of regulation intervenes.

The Continuity of Critical Infrastructure and Government Operations panel discussion will address the change in thinking from protection to resiliency, and both government and private sectors’ role in national resiliency. Areas addressed include:

• Shifts in policy
• Measurements strategy
• New initiatives – new programs
• Legislative actions
• Current strategy to achieve improved resilience
• Government strategy and next steps
• Private sector strategy and next steps
  

This panel discussion will follow the Homeland Security Advisory Council June meeting to be held earlier in the day. A member of the Council has been invited to participate on the panel and will be able to discuss the issues presented in regards to Critical Infrastructure Resiliency and the Department of Homeland Security.

What You Will Learn

• How the private sector can help move the Nation forward to a national state of readiness—one that can be measured through the consequences of measures taken to continue business operations amidst any harm—all hazards—to include acts of terror.
  
• How government can support the efforts of industry in addressing the issues of resiliency and what government is already doing. The panel will be a representation of all those touched most closely by national resiliency—industry, practitioners and the government.
  

Who Should Attend

-Private sector leaders, especially those whose businesses are among the 17 key critical infrastructures (energy, banking and finance, information technology, chemical, transportation, communications, etc.)

-Federal, state, and local officials with critical infrastructure and key resources responsibilities within their jurisdiction(s).

-Private sector members responsible for business continuity functions for their organizations

-All interested government and industry (especially insurance) representatives are encouraged to attend.

A Sample List of Early Registrants Include:

• American Public Works Association, Senior Manager
• Booz Allen Hamilton, Associate
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chief, Division of Management Systems
• California Energy Commission, Federal Energy Liaison
• Canadian Embassy, Intern
• Census Bureau, Enterprise Architect
• CSOSA, Facility Management Officer
• D.C. Government/Occupational Safety & Health, Consultation Project Manager
• Defense Information Systems Agency, Program Analyst
• Department of Commerce, Office of the CIO, Critical Infrastructure Protection Manager
• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• Department of Homeland Security, Senior Technical Advisor
• Department of Homeland Security, Office of Security, Executive Director, Interagency Security Committee
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Information Specialist (Infosec)
• Government Accountability Office, Director
• KPMG, Managing Director
• Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, Director, Emergency Preparedness & Response
• Mazu Networks, Inc., Director of Federal Sales
• NASA, Emergency Planning Officer, Office of Security & Program Protection
• National Archives and Records Administration, Director of Facilities and Materiel
• National Capital Planning Commission, Director, Plan and Project Implementation Division
• National Science Foundation, Program Director
• NetIQ, Federal Account Manager
• NOAA, Special Assistant to the Legislative Affairs Director
• Office of the Inspector General, Health and Human Services, Assistant Inspector General & CIO
• Peace Corps, Associate Director of Management
• Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security, Deputy Director
• President's Committee for People's with Intellectual Disabilities, Executive Assistant
• Rolls-Royce North America, Director, Legislative Affairs
• Social Security Administration, Auditor
• Spirent Federal Systems, Inc., Director of Broadband East
• University of Buffalo, Program Director
• U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms, Emergency Management Analyst
• U.S. Air Force, Colonel
• U.S. Army Research Lab, Computer Scientist
  
  

Agenda

Host Sponsor

BearingPoint provides business consulting, systems integration and managed services to Global 2000 companies, medium-sized businesses, and government organizations. Our approximately 16,000 professionals in 39 countries leverage extensive industry and technology domain experience and flexible tools and methodologies to successfully deliver on time and on budget.

Media Sponsors

IT*Security magazine is the nation's first professional journal focusing on the nexus between IT security and infrastructure protection. The monthly magazine, debuted in February 2005, and is written by leading experts from industry, government and academia.

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Registration Fee

• Industry - $125 per person
• Small Business - $75 per person
• Government - Free

Includes refreshments and your course handouts.

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Nearby Hotel Information

• The workshop will be held at the National Press Club at 529 14th Street NW
  Washington, D.C. 20045.

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  • Willard InterContinental Washington
    1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Washington, D.C. 20004
    Phone: 1-202-628-9100
    
    
  • JW Marriott
    1331 Pennsylvania Avenue
    Washington, D.C. 20004
    Phone: 1-202-393-2000
    
    
  • Hotel Washington
    15th & Pennsylvania Ave, NW
    Washington, D.C. 20004
    Phone: 1-202-638-5900
    
    
  • Hilton Garden Inn
    815 14th Street NW,
    Washington, D.C. 20005
    Phone: 1-202-783-7800
    
    

   

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