FTC Public Forum on Threats to Mobile Devices
Public Forum on Threats to Mobile Devices
Federal Trade Commission
June 4, 2013
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/02/mobilethreats.shtm
The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public forum on June 4, 2013 addressing malware, viruses and similar threats facing users of smartphones and other mobile technologies.
As the use of mobile technology increases at a rapid rate and consumers take advantage of the technology’s benefits in large numbers, it is important to address potential threats that exist today, as well as those that may emerge in the future. The forum will bring together stakeholders such as technology researchers, industry members and academics to explore these issues.
The forum will focus on the security of existing and developing mobile technologies and the roles various members of the mobile ecosystem can play in protecting consumers from these types of security threats. The forum will serve to inform the Commission about the current mobile security environment and facilitate an exploration of potential challenges that may arise as consumer use of mobile technology continues to grow.
9:00 Opening Remarks -- Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission
9:15 Overview -- Steven M. Bellovin, Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission
9:25 Panel 1: Understanding Mobile Malware
Moderator: Emily Cope Burton, Staff Attorney, FTC Division of Marketing Practices
Panelists:
- Gareth Maclachlan, Chief Operating Officer, AdaptiveMobile
- Dan Guido, Co-Founder and CEO, Trail of Bits
- Omar Khan, Co-CEO, NQ Mobile
- Patrick Traynor, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:35 Break
10:55 Panel 2: Building Security into Modern Mobile Platforms
Moderator: Nithan Sannappa, Staff Attorney, FTC Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
Panelists:
- Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy, Google
- Michael Coates, Director of Security Assurance, Mozilla Corporation
- Dallas De Ately, Senior Manager for Platform Security, Apple
- William Enck, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
- Geir Olsen, Principal Program Manager, Windows Phone Engineering, Microsoft
- Adrian Stone, Director of Security Response, Blackberry
12:15 Lunch
1:30 Speaker Markus Jakobsson, CTO, Fatskunk
1:50 Panel 3: Extending Security Throughout the Mobile Ecosystem
Moderator: Paul Ohm, Senior Policy Advisor, FTC Office of Policy Planning
Panelists:
- Alex Gantman, Vice President of Corporate Product Security, Qualcomm
- John Marinho, Vice President, Cybersecurity & Technology, CTIA
- Jon Oberheide, CTO, Duo Security
- Alex Rice, Head of Product Security, Facebook
3:00 Break
3:15 Panel 4: Solutions for Consumers to Protect Themselves from Mobile Threats
Moderator: Colleen Robbins, Chief of Online Threat Initiatives, FTC Division of Marketing Practices
Panelists:
- Kayvan Alikhani, CEO, Passban
- Jeff Fox, Technology Editor, Consumer Reports
- Derek Halliday, Director – Project Management, Lookout
- Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure
- Markus Jakobsson, CTO, Fatskunk
- Terry Shofner, VP Sales America, Yubico
4:30 Closing Remarks: Charles A. Harwood, Acting Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
The Commission invites technology researchers and other interested parties to recommend topics for discussion and to submit requests to serve as panelists on a wide variety of topics affecting U.S. consumers. These could include emerging mobile security threats and trends, security challenges in the mobile environment and infrastructure, potential solutions to mobile threats, password and authentication strategies for lost or stolen devices, industry best practices for preventing or reducing risks associated with mobile devices and next generation products and services.
Recommendations for topics for discussion and requests to serve as panelists should be submitted electronically to mobilethreats@ftc.gov by March 28, 2013, and should include information about the parties’ expertise on the issues they propose to address, and complete contact information. The Commission will select panelists based on expertise and the need to represent a range of views about the issues. Panelists selected to participate will be notified by April 23, 2013. For questions, contact Emily Cope Burton at 202-326-2728 or Colleen Robbins at 202-326-2548. The FTC also invites those interested to submit written comments to mobilethreats@ftc.gov on any of the topics mentioned above.
The event is free and open to the public. The forum will be held at the FTC’s satellite building conference center, located at 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.