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Strategic Advantage: Why American Corporations Should Care About Cybersecurity

Corporate America is constantly being targeted by
cyber-attacks and cyber espionage, and its brand integrity and market advantage
are increasingly at stake. Melissa Hathaway will discuss several potential
targets within our cyberspace—especially private sector networks—common
vulnerabilities that allow cyber-attacks to succeed (i.e. poor network security
postures or procedures, lack of understanding of the different/layered
techniques that are being used to get to us), and what companies can do to
better protect themselves.



Melissa Hathaway is President of Hathaway Global Strategies
LLC and a Senior Advisor at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. She served
in two Presidential administrations where she spearheaded the Cyberspace Policy
Review for President Obama and led the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity
Initiative for President George W. Bush.



Previously, Ms.
Hathaway was a Principal with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., where she led
two primary business units: information operations and long range strategy and
policy support, supporting key offices within the Department of Defense and
Intelligence Community. Earlier in her career she worked with Evidence Based
Research, Inc. and the American Foreign Service Association. 

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Ms. Hathaway is
frequent keynote speaker on cybersecurity matters, and regularly publishes
papers and commentary in this field. Her efforts are intended to raise public
awareness about real-world problems and build information and research bridges
among academic, industrial and government stakeholders.

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