Cyber Security SmackDown: Organized Crime vs. Agile Start-ups

Organized Crime vs. Agile Start-ups

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Cemex Auditorium
641 Knight Way, Stanford, CA

Event Description:
Cyber security used to be as simple as protecting computers with an antivirus program and a firewall. These static protections defended against drive-by hackers and “script kiddies”, similar to locking your doors to discourage opportunistic burglars. But today, the most dangerous cyber attacks originate from highly de-centralized and organized crime enterprises engaged in sophisticated and focused cyber attacks. Most organizations are unaware they have been hacked until it is too late. Just as the Mafia at the turn of 20th century changed the law enforcement landscape, black hat hacking has become a profitable, illegitimate business that harms individuals, companies, and national security. McAfee estimates that global cyber crime cost corporations and individuals over $1 trillion annually.

As the cloud continues to expand from computers and mobile devices, to cars and smart homes, so do the opportunities for hackers to infiltrate even more aspects of our corporate and personal lives. Large security firms have not been able to keep up with the cyber crime-wave sweeping the internet, but agile startups bring dynamic self-adaptive tools to defend us against this emerging threat. Hear about opportunities and implications for entrepreneurs in this evolving ecosystem.

Jeffrey Carr, Founder and CEO of Taia Global, Inc.
Panelists:
Mike Eynon, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Silver Tail Systems
Ali Golshan, Co-founder & Chief Architect at Cyphort Inc
Marc Goodman, Future Crimes, Founder and Chairman
Jacques Benkoski, Ph.D. and Venture Partner at US Venture Partners

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