In recognition of DHS Preparedness Month, Please join us for a special event hosted by ICF International:  REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

ICF AUDITORIUM

Take Elevator to LOWER LEVEL- BUILDING 9302

Visitor Parking is limited - arrive on time

"Critical Infrastructure Resiliency in the National Capital Region (NCR)"

We welcome our members and non-members to attend this open meeting and to find out more about our growing Public/Private Partnership here in the Nations Capital. We are pleased to have several distinquished guest speakers for our event.

• 9:00AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast
• 9:30 | Agenda Overview / Chapter Announcements - Peter L. Higgins - INCMA President
• 9:35 | Opening Remarks - FBI Assistant-Director-in-Charge
• 9:50 | Speaker - Mr. Andy Purdy
• 10:35 | Break & Networking
• 11:00 | Speaker - Ms. Mary Landesman
• 11:45 | Wrap Up - Chapter News/Events - SA Mark Gomez - FBI InfraGard Coordinator
  

  OUR FIRST GUEST SPEAKER - 

 Mr. Andy Purdy

In early 2007, Andy Purdy formed DRA Enterprises, Inc., specializing in information assurance and cyber security, software assurance, business development, and government relations. Andy provides services as an independent consultant focusing on business strategy, business development, and technology ventures.

Andy recently completed work as a Special Government Employee on the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Foreign Influence on Software Development.

Andy served as the nation's "cyber security czar" for two years in his role as Acting Director of the National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT of the Department of Homeland Security. He served in this capacity until October, 2006, and was followed by Greg Garcia, appointed as Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications. Andy served for three and a half years at DHS beginning with his role in the set up and launch of the NCSD beginning in April 2003 after he moved to DHS from the White House staff. He served as Deputy Director through October 2003, after which he served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon working fulltime in a contractor capacity supporting DHS/NCSD, until September 2004 when Secretary Ridge appointed him Acting Director, where he served for 24 months. Until the end of December Andy served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon, working on the Resiliency Engineering Framework with the Financial Services Technology Consortium.

Prior to beginning his work in support of DHS, Andy served as a member of the White House staff as Deputy to Howard Schmidt, the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB), where he helped to draft the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Previously, at the United States Sentencing Commission Andy served as Acting General Counsel from November 1999 to January 2001 and was Chief Deputy General Counsel from 1989 until that time.

Andy served as a Federal prosecutor in Philadelphia, Special Counsel to the House Ethics Committee, Counsel to the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, and Assistant Attorney General in Missouri. He also worked as Senior Staff Counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations' investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy. Andy served for five years in network news in Washington at NBC and CBS News.

Andy is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia Law School, and is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.

  BREAK & Networking - 10:30AM to 10:45AM

 OUR SECOND GUEST SPEAKER: "Targeting Critical Infrastructure by Cyberspace"

Ms. Mary Landesman

As senior security researcher at ScanSafe, Mary Landesman is responsible for ongoing management and analysis of data generated by the Security Threat Alert Team (STAT) as well as reporting on the latest Web-based threats and security trends.  She is also the primary author of the ScanSafe STAT blog, a real-time resource providing expert analysis and insight on Web threats and scams, tips on how to protect corporate assets from infection and observations on the threat landscape.

Mary has over a dozen years of experience working in the antivirus and security industry, joining just prior to the first macro viruses. During that time, she has served as Technical Support Supervisor for Command Software Systems (now Authentium), Product Manager for behavior-based InDefense, Inc., and as Response Coordinator for FrontBridge Technologies during the height of the email worm outbreaks. She has also consulted to various other security firms throughout the years, including Shavlik Technologies and Trend Micro. In her spare time, Mary writes about information security and anti-malware topics. Her work has been published in a variety of publications, including Virus Bulletin, Elsevier, PC World, and ZDNet. She also manages the consumer-focused antivirus.about.com website. Prior to joining ScanSafe, Mary was senior content manager for the Microsoft Anti-Malware Research and Response Team.

Prior to entering the computer security field, Landesman attended Brevard College and served as a telecommunication specialist in the U.S. Coast Guard.

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