4^th ANNUAL GFIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE

SAVE-THE-DATE for the 4^th Annual Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST) National Conference, Uniting the Cyber Response Community. This year’s Conference will be held on June 1–6, 2008, at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Cyber risks to critical networks and systems continue to escalate. As the importance of implementing strong cyber security practices grows across government and private sector agencies, so do the roles and responsibilities of cyber responders and the importance of collaboration across organizations. America’s cyber infrastructure serves as a vital linkage among the 17 critical infrastructure and key resource sectors, as well as a fundamental element of all emergency response operations at the Federal, State, Local and Tribal government levels. The Conference theme Uniting the Cyber Response Community will present opportunities for the cyber responder community to explore vital areas such as:

Increasing the collaboration, information-sharing, and capabilities for coordinating response efforts are critical elements to ensuring effective mitigation steps are taken to reduce cyber risks and barriers to effective cyber response. Cyber attacks may begin within a government agency and quickly move to the private sector or vice versa. Since 85% of the critical infrastructure in the United States is owned by the private sector, this unity between the cyber response community in the government and private sector will be essential to effective protection and defense.

Don’t miss your opportunity to hear the latest in cyber security trends and technology plus interact with key industry and government leaders. In an increasingly connected society, building partnerships and strengthening relationships among the response community is essential to effective response coordination and collaboration – and the 4^th Annual GFIRST National Conference will contribute to that effort.

Who Should Attend?

What is GFIRST?

GFIRST is a group of technical and tactical practitioners from security response teams responsible for securing government information technology systems. GFIRST members work together to understand and handle computer security incidents and to encourage proactive and preventive security practices across government agencies.