RiskSense CEO to Discuss How States and Municipalities Can Navigate Cyber Security Landscape at Michigan Digital Government Summit
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management, today announced that its CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will participate on an expert panel at the 2017 Michigan Digital Government Summit to discuss how state and local governments, even with limited resources, can stay ahead of cyber threats.
WHO: Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala is co-founder and CEO at RiskSense. He is a cyber security expert on
malware analytics, breach exposure management, Web application security, enterprise risk
reduction, and was part of a think tank that collaborated with the U.S. Department of
Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community on cyber security best practices. Dr. Mukkamala was
also a lead researcher for CACTUS (Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the
U.S.) and holds a patent on Intelligent Agents for Distributed Intrusion Detection System
and Method of Practicing.
Other Panelists:
Rajiv Das, Chief Security Officer and Deputy Director, Department of Technology, Management
and Budget, State of Michigan
John Rush, Senior Solutions Engineer, Security Specialist, Ivanti
Deb Fett, Chief Information Officer, Innovation & Technology, Ingham County
WHAT: Government organizations of all sizes are vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber
threats including spear phishing, ransomware and hacktivism. They are facing well organized
and financed adversaries with access to advanced, automated attack tools. In this session
Dr. Mukkamala and the other panelists will discuss the unique cyber security challenges
facing State and Local governments, including limited financial and technical resources.
They will present best practices that have been successfully implemented by smaller
government agencies to predict, prepare for and defend against today's leading cyber threats
and the results they have achieved.
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 from 10:40 AM to 11:45 AM
WHERE: Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI
HOW: To schedule a conversation with Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala, contact Marc Gendron at marc@mgpr.net
or +1 781.237.0341. For more information, visit: http://www.govtech.com/events/
Michigan-Digital-Government-Summit.html
Resources
RiskSense Platform Overview: http://bit.ly/2yIJ1YE
White Paper on Operationalizing Cyber Risk: http://bit.ly/2gaurSX
Webinar on Cyber Risk Management: What's Holding Us Back? http://bit.ly/2xTE2ba
About RiskSense
RiskSense®, Inc. is the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management. The company provides enterprises and governments with clear visibility into their entire attack surface, including attack susceptibility and validation, as well as quantification of risks based on operational data.
The RiskSense Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform unifies and contextualizes internal security intelligence, external threat data and business criticality to transform cyber risk management into a more pro-active, collaborative, and real-time discipline. It embodies hands-on expertise gained from defending critical government and commercial networks from the world's most dangerous cyber adversaries.
By leveraging RiskSense cyber risk management solutions, organizations can significantly shorten time-to-remediation, increase operational efficiency, strengthen their security programs, heighten response readiness, reduce costs, and ultimately minimize cyber risks. For more information, please visit www.risksense.com or follow us on Twitter at @RiskSense.
Media Contacts
Marc Gendron
Marc Gendron Public Relations
+1 781.237.0341
marc@mgpr.net
or
media.relations@risksense.com
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