On Wednesday November 16 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks. The subcommittees seek to examine how Internet of Things (IOT) connected devices are used in cyberattacks to deny access to popular websites or otherwise disrupt online services. Witnesses: Dale Drew, Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer, Level 3 Communications; Dr. Kevin Fu, CEO, Virta Labs, and Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan; Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Fellow, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University.

What: Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks
Where: Washington DC
When: Wednesday November 16 2016 10am EST | 15:00 UTC
Webcast: https://youtu.be/BvId5-0295U?t=2727
Twitter: #SubCommTech https://twitter.com/hashtag/SubCommTech
Press release: https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/subcommtech-and-subcmt-examine-recent-cyber-attacks

#ddos, #ec, #house

The Internet Society’s New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) and the New York Technology Council (NYTECH) joined the Public Interest Registry (PIR) in presenting a midday symposium “Mitigating DDoS Attacks: Best Practices for an Evolving Threat Landscape” in New York City on December 5 2012. Participating organizations include Afilias, Google, Neustar, M3AAWG, Symantec, EFF, and De Natris Consult.   The event was webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel. Audio / transcript links are below.  English Closed captions are available.
MODERATOR
Brian Cute – CEO, Public Interest Registry (PIR)

SPEAKERS
Jeff Greene – Senior Policy Counsel, Symantec
Ram Mohan – EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Afilias
Damian Menscher — Security Engineer, Google
Miguel Ramos – Senior Product Manager, Neustar
Danny McPherson – Chief Security Officer, Verisign
Jillian York – Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

• View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FR0660X9lGc
• Download audio : https://isoc-ny.org/ddos/mitigating_ddos.mp3
• Download transcript: https://isoc-ny.org/ddos/mitigating_ddos.txt
• AMARA – Captioning / Translation

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