Sunday, September 7, 2003

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. registration (foreigners only, at reception)
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. registration (foreigners and Bulgarians)
7:00 p.m. - reception by the Council for Information Technologies to the President, for foreign guests only. Invitation to be received during registration.

Southeast Europe Cybersecurity Conference Agenda

September 8-9, 2003

Sofia, Bulgaria

Monday, September 8, 2003

I. 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. WELCOMING NOTES / OPENING

- Welcoming remarks by the Government of Bulgaria

- Opening remarks by United States Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr.

II. 9:10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. ORGANIZING TO SECURE CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES: PROCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND LESSONS LEARNED

U.S. Government experts will discuss the challenges involved in securing critical information infrastructures and organizing to meet the challenges.

Introduction : Ms. Michele G. Markoff, Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection, United States Department of State

- Mr. Howard Schmidt, “Organizing Nationally for Cybersecurity,” Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Ebay, Inc (former Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, The White House)

- Mr. William Merrell, “DHS: The Roles and Functions of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate,” Chief, International Affairs, Office of Planning and Partnerships, IAIP, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

- Col. Gene Tyler, “U.S. Department of Defense Information Assurance Program,” Director, Defense-wide Information Assurance Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration

- Mr. Christopher Painter, "Organizing for Cybercrime," Deputy Chief, Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. BREAK

III. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. TRENDS IN THREATS TO NETWORK INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Government and private sector experts will give presentations on trends in threats – by entity and type activity – to computer and information systems to include how these threats have become more complex and persistent over time.

Introduction : Ms. Erica Russell, Deputy Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection, United State Department of State

- Mr. James Farnan, "Criminal Threats to Information Systems," Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice

- Dr. Barbara Laswell, “Threat Trends and Protection Strategies,” Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, U.S.

- Andrzej Kontkiewicz, Principal Systems Engineer, Symantec, “Trends in Threats and Attacks”

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEECH

Mr. Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria

IV. 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CYBERCRIME LEGISLATION AND LEGAL REFORM

U.S., Bulgarian and Council of Europe cybercrime experts will discuss the role of cybercrime legislation and the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

Introduction : Mr. Christopher Painter, Deputy Chief, Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

- Mr. Gianluca Esposito, "The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime," Administrator, Legal Affairs, Council of Europe

- Mr. Jim Dempsey, “Protecting Privacy and Freedom of Communications in the Fight Against Cybercrime,” Director, Center for Democracy and Technology

- MP Michael Mikov, “Bulgaria’s Cybercrime Laws”

- Mr. Christopher Painter, "U.S. Cybercrime Legislation and the Importance of Legal Procedural and Substantive Frameworks,” U.S. Department of Justice

V. 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CYBERCRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY BUILDING

U.S. government cybercrime experts will discuss the role of 24/7 legal/law enforcement assistance in cyber-related cases, and the fundamentals of cyber investigations.

Introduction : Mr. Christopher Painter, U.S. Department of Justice

- Mr. James Farnan, "Criminal Threats to Information Systems," Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice

- Edward Autelli, “Secret Service Computer Crimes Overview”, U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security

- Mr. Christopher Painter, “Importance of Trained Investigators for Cyber Crime, a Prosecutors Perspective”, U.S. Department of Justice

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. BREAK

VI. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND INFORMATION SHARING

Representatives from the U.S. government and industry will discuss the benefits from and challenges involved in the formation of public-private partnerships that are needed to secure cyberspace.

Introduction : Mr. Daniel Hurley, Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

- Mr. Howard Schmidt, “The Roles and Responsibilities of the Private Sector in Cybersecurity,” Ebay, Inc

- Mr. Daniel C. Hurley, Jr., “Economic Security Component of Critical Infrastructure Protection: Roles of Industry and Government,” U.S. Dept. of Commerce

- Mr. Ken Watson, “Critical Infrastructure Protection: The Business Case for Public-Private Partnership,” CISCO Systems

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. RECEPTION - by Government of Bulgaria (Minister Kalchev)

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

VII. 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CYBER INCIDENT WATCH, WARNING, AND INFORMATION SHARING

Experts involved with cyber incident watch and warning will discuss the need to have computer emergency response team capabilities, 24/7 points of contacts, the benefits to the exchange of watch and warning information, and the training of incident management personnel.

Introduction : Mr. Howard Schmidt, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Ebay, Inc. (former Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, The White House)

- Dr. Barbara Laswell, “Building Global CSIRT Capabilities,” Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, U.S.

- Mr. William Merrell, “NCSD and Information Sharing,” Chief, International Affairs, Office of Planning and Partnerships, IAIP, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

- Mr. Gorazd Bozic, “Computer Security Cooperation in Europe,” Director of the Slovenian CERT (SI-CERT)

VIII. 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APPROACHES TO SECURING NETWORKED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Experts will provide information on technical means and procedures to provide basic and advanced security measures for information networks.

Introduction : Mr. Daniel C. Hurley, Jr., Introductory remarks and presentation: “Protecting Federal Information Systems and Networks: A Standards-Based Security Certification Program,” U.S. Department of Commerce

- Mr. Clint Kreitner, “Securing IT Systems With Consensus Benchmarks and Scoring Tools,” Center for Internet Security

- Mr. Jack Cleary, “Authentication for the 21st Century: Centralized Out-of-Band Authentication,” QT Worldtel, Inc.

- Mr. Howard Schmidt, New Industry Initiatives in Cybersecurity,” Ebay, Inc.

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH

IX. 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. REGIONAL APPROACHES TO CYBERSECURITY

Government experts will discuss international and national organization for and approaches to cybersecurity to date to inform attendees of on-going efforts and identify areas of possible cooperation.

Introduction : Ms. Michele Markoff, Introductory remarks and presentation, “International and Regional Approaches to Critical Infrastructure Protection,” U.S. Department of State

- Mr. Christopher Painter, “Overview of G-8 and CoE Initiatives,” U.S. Department of Justice

- Mr. Veni Markovski, “Bulgaria’s Approaches to Cybersecurity,” Chairman, President's Council for Information Technologies, chairman Internet Society - BG

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. BREAK

X. 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SOUTHEAST EUROPE CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION: ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION AND WAY-AHEAD

Plenary discussion of possible ways to increase cybersecurity cooperation between regional neighbors.

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CLOSING SESSION

Closing remarks by Assistant Secretary Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S Department of State

Closing remarks by the Government of Bulgaria

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. dinner for foreign participants only