Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Public-Sector Responses

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
House Commerce Committee
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9397

As part of the committee’s efforts to examine the current landscape of cybersecurity and identify solutions to combat this complex issue, the subcommittee will discuss the role of the federal government in securing communications networks. Specifically, members will examine how the public sector is working with the private sector and how this partnership could improve.

Witness List

Fiona Alexander
Associate Administrator
Office of International Affairs
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Admiral James A. Barnett (ret.)
Chief
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Federal Communications Commission

Bob Hutchinson
Senior Manager for Information Security Sciences
Sandia National Laboratories

Greg Shannon
Chief Scientist
CERT
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Roberta Stempfley
Acting Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications
Department of Homeland Security