Risk, cyber and physical security

This week on BGOV’s Capital Impact show hosted by Allen Scott:

• Bloomberg Government Senior Technology Analyst Sanford Reback recently wrote Cybersecurity Framework Leaves Issues Unresolved. In this BGOV Insight he raised several concerns companies have about the voluntary framework becoming mandatory requirements from NIST. There may also be a bit of hesitation on behalf of companies not willing to take the advice of another government entity regarding technology given the success of www.healthcare.gov.

  In this program Allen is joined by Kiersten Todt, president of Liberty Group Ventures, the company tapped to consult NIST on their framework recommendation. Her job was to ensure that corporations and the general public would be comfortable with the roll out. How did they come to the conclusions made in the document? Were they well informed in the decisions that were made? Will this eventually become a law? You’ll get those answers and many more on this weeks Capital Impact.

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GUEST BIOGRAPHIES

Allen Scott (moderator) specializes in customer on boarding and training at Bloomberg Government. Allen previously worked at Arbitron, Inc. where he served in a variety of roles from customer service to sales operations manager. Prior to Arbitron, Allen worked in radio for several years in the Washington and Baltimore areas. Most recently he spent six years at 99.1 HFS as co-host and news director.

Kiersten Todt is President and CEO of Liberty Group Ventures (LGV). She develops and executes risk management strategies – including the creation and facilitation of tabletop exercises – for Fortune 500 companies, state and local governments, quasi-public entities (i.e., sports stadiums), and institutions (i.e., multi- campus universities, hospitals). She also conducts cyber security gap analyses for public, private, and non-profit entities and develops relevant solutions.