| The Inheritance: Challenges to the New Administration in CyberSpace | |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
08:00 AM-09:00 AM | |
Keynote Speaker: David Sanger
Moderator: Vic Wheatman
Location: Potomac Ballroom AB
Session Type: Keynote Session
| Vertical Industry: Government/Public Sector |
The race for the presidency in 2008 was one of the most consequential in modern American history. When Obama settled into the Oval Office, he inherited an agenda of problems unseen in Washington since the Cold War. Beyond Iraq lie problems more directly related to American security than any being fought out on the streets of Baghdad.
In his keynote Mr. Sanger walks the audience through three scenarios that depict terrorism vulnerabilities: a crude, low power nuclear device set off in Washington D.C.; Biological weapons; and a cyber attack capable of disrupting electronic communications, commerce and financial transactions, destroying power generators and transmission lines and neutralizing our defenses.
In a talk that takes us inside the Bush White House, then propels us into the future, Mr. Sanger explains how we got here and where we may be going next. |
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