March 2009 Archives

Securing the Future --

Cyber security leaders join California state and local government security professionals to discuss solutions to the evolving cyber security challenges that face government today.

Topics will include the critical issues of establishing a threat and vulnerability management program, privacy and data protection and the role intrusion detection plays in an organization's overall security strategy.

The day will end with an informative and light-hearted presentation by Dr. Kevin Kealy, AT&T Lab's Security Scientist on "Securing the Future," what every organization needs to know about how to safeguard data and systems as IT staff moves in and out of an organziation.

California's Executive Officer of Information Security and Privacy Protection, Mark Weatherford, will be hosting the summit, held on Thursday, May 14 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Mark your calendars for the week of May 12 -14 to hear these exceptional speakers at the Conference on California's Future.

Mark Hurd

Chairman of the Board, CEO and President

Hewlett Packard

James Burke

Science Historian, Author and Television Producer best known for his television documentary

series called Connections. 

Dr. Kevin Kealy

Chief Security Scientist

AT&T Labs

Judge Quentin L Kopp

Chairman

California High-speed Rail Authority

Dr. Jerry Mechling

Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Chair: Leadership for a Networked World Program

Harvard, Kennedy School of Government

John Young

Former CIO, Central Intelligence Agency

Director of Enterprise Solutions, ESRI

Paul Clanon

Executive Director

California Public Utilities Commission

Mary Nichols (invited)

Chairman

California Air Resources Board

Teri Takai

Chief Information Officer

State of California

Michael Byrne

Deputy Director

Office of the Chief Information Officer

California GIS Officer

 Ray Kerridge

City Manager

City of Sacramento

Randell Iwasaki

Chief Deputy Director

Caltrans

 Mark Weatherford

Executive Officer

California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection 

CEO Mark Hurd, who in four years took Hewlett-Packard from an industry doormat to the world's biggest technology company and one of the most admired, will deliver the opening day keynote on Tuesday, May 12 at the Conference on California's Future.

Under his leadership, HP has become a benchmark for efficiency. Currently it is in the final stages of a large consolidation that has reduced the number of data centers by 65%, with a target of 95% completion by project end.

The story of HP's successful consolidation is very relevant to California leaders, considering that Hewlett-Packard and the state of California are of comparable magnitude.

You won't want to miss this keynote, so mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 12 at 10:30am!