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. 

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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