Locke, Schmidt to attend NSTIC release
14 April, 2011
category: Digital ID, Government
U.S. Commerce Sec. Gary Locke will be joined by Chair of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt to release the administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).
Hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the event will include a panel discussion with industry leaders and privacy advocates, as well as demonstrations of technologies being developed to improve online authentication.
The strategy is designed to be a a building block in the national effort to secure cyberspace.
Attendees include:
- Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- Gene B. Sperling, assistant to the president for Economic Policy and director of the National Economic Council
- Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of Homeland Security
- Howard A. Schmidt, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator
- Ann Beauchesne, vice president national security and smergency preparedness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator, Maryland
- Dan Lungren, U.S. Representative, California
Panelists:
- Leslie Harris, president and CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology
- Susan Landau, fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
- Eric Sachs, senior product manager, Internet Identity, Google