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Contact: Philip Bulman, (301) 975-5661 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to Deliver Keynote Speech at Government/Industry IT Security Conference Friday, April
5, 2002 National Institute
of Standards and Technology The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a one-day conference, “Continuity of Operations: Planning and Response in Today’s Environment,” covering the latest developments in contingency planning for crises that affect critical computer systems. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver the keynote address at 8:45 a.m. Other speakers will include contingency planning experts from a variety of companies and computer security specialists from NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory. Key areas such as electrical power distribution, emergency services, transportation and electronic commerce depend heavily on computer systems. The conference will focus on current thinking both within the federal government and the private sectoron how to keep information technology operations for these critical infrastructures up and running during times of crisis. Additionally at the April 5 conference, NIST plans to release an economic report showing how the use of role-based access control (RBAC) technology for controling access to computer networks has resulted in benefits of about $292 million. Reporters will receive a copy of the report in their press packets. SPONSORS: The National Information Assurance Partnership (a collaboration between NIST and the National Security Agency), PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, and the Association of Government Accountants MEDIA REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN: Reporters who plan to cover the conference must register by noon, Thursday, April 4, 2002, by calling or e-mailing Philip Bulman as listed above. On-site registration will not be available. Photo identification must be presented at the main gate, and conference badges must be worn at all times while on campus. Check-in at the NIST Administration Building is from 7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. AGENDA: For the conference agenda, go to www.niap.nist.gov. Created: 4/1/2002 |
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