Security is a hot topic, but it’s not one that is easy to
get your arms around. Our increasingly global and
interconnected society is forcing us to think of security,
whether of information or infrastructure, in entirely new
ways. Scholars and security experts came together to address
a
wide range of global security concerns at the Global
Security and Enterprise Resilience conference sponsored by
the Center for International Business and Research (CIBER)
at the Smith School on April 12 and 13.Alfred Berkeley
III, chairman and chief executive officer of Pipeline
Financial Group, Inc., and Pipeline Trading Systems LLC, and
keynote speaker for the conference’s Thursday sessions,
describes the difficulties faced in protecting the nation’s
infrastructure. The problem is complex because 95 percent of
the nation’s infrastructure—water and electric utilities,
telecommunications companies—are privately owned. These
infrastructure companies are interested in competing
effectively, and somewhat less interested in cooperating to
react quickly and effectively to security threats.
Conference topics focused on a variety of issues related
to both global security and enterprise resilience. What are
the effects of global terrorism on the corporate world? How
does human behavior affect cybersecurity? How can
organizations manage risk, in an increasingly smaller and
flatter world? How can organizations ensure regulatory
compliance in a world of multiple standards, often driven by
special interests or specific industry needs? What economic
incentives are required to make information sharing
desirable?
A complete list of conference presentations is available
on the
CIBER Web site. |
