How Do We Make Cybersecurity a Priority? with Matthew Burton

Presented by the Economics and Security Working Group and NYU Wagner's Office of International Programs

April
20
3:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Public
Date:
April 20, 2018
Time:
3:00pm - 5:30pm
Location:
The Puck Building - 295 Lafayette Street, Mulberry Conference Room (Room 3072), 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012

We are in the middle of the largest known attack ever perpetrated on a US city, and the attackers may have deliberately minimized the damage to critical systems like 911 and water. There's no reason to believe future attackers will do the same. Future cyber attacks will have very serious impacts on the daily lives of tens of millions of people. Atlanta can be a motivator for other cities to improve. Or it can be the first in a long line of lessons not learned. How can we get cybersecurity to become a priority for government?

Matthew Burton has spent his career working to improve government organizations, with a focus on how technology can and cannot help. He currently works for Hadron Industries, a software firm founded by an Apple engineer-turned-US Army MEDEVAC pilot. Hadron builds collaboration products for missions susceptible to fog of war, including disaster response and cyberdefense.  He has previously worked as the Deputy and Acting Chief Information Officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; as a technology consultant to the US Intelligence Community; and as an intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he specialized in Russian telecommunications and media manipulation.  He has written extensively about the role of technology in democracy, including in the opening chapter of O'Reilly Media's "Open Government" (2010). He has a BA in Public Policy and Russian from Duke University and a Masters from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

NYU Wagner provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email john.gershman@nyu.edu or call 212.998.7400 for assistance.
Hadron Industries