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FTC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Upcoming Mobile Security Forum
As previously announced, technology researchers will join industry representatives to take part in the June 4 Federal Trade Commission forum “Mobile Security: Potential Threats and Solutions.” The forum will address mobile malware, how it spreads, its impact on U.S. consumers, the role of mobile platforms and others in the mobile ecosystem – from chipmakers to app developers – in securing mobile devices and data, and ways that consumers can protect themselves from mobile threats.
The forum will be free and open to the public. It will be held at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. A live webcast of the forum will also be available on the forum’s website.
AGENDA
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks | |
| Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission | ||
| 9:15 | Overview | |
| Steven M. Bellovin, Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission | ||
| 9:25 | Panel 1: Understanding Mobile Malware | |
| Moderator: | Emily Cope Burton, Staff Attorney, FTC Division of Marketing Practices | |
| Panelists: | Gareth Maclachlan, Chief Operating Officer, AdaptiveMobile Dan Guido, Co-Founder and CEO, Trail of Bits Omar Khan, Co-CEO, NQ Mobile Patrick Traynor, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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| 10:35 | Break | |
| 10:55 | Panel 2: Building Security into Modern Mobile Platforms | |
| Moderator: | Nithan Sannappa, Staff Attorney, FTC Division of Privacy and Identity Protection | |
| Panelists: | Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy, Google Michael Coates, Director of Security Assurance, Mozilla Corporation Dallas De Ately, Senior Manager for Platform Security, Apple William Enck, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University Geir Olsen, Principal Program Manager, Windows Phone Engineering, Microsoft Adrian Stone, Director of Security Response, Blackberry |
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| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Speaker Markus Jakobsson, CTO, Fatskunk | |
| 1:50 | Panel 3: Extending Security Throughout the Mobile Ecosystem | |
| Moderator: | Paul Ohm, Senior Policy Advisor, FTC Office of Policy Planning | |
| Panelists: | Alex Gantman, Vice President of Corporate Product Security, Qualcomm John Marinho, Vice President, Cybersecurity & Technology, CTIA Jon Oberheide, CTO, Duo Security Alex Rice, Head of Product Security, Facebook |
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| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:15 | Panel 4: Solutions for Consumers to Protect Themselves from Mobile Threats | |
| Moderator: | Colleen Robbins, Chief of Online Threat Initiatives, FTC Division of Marketing Practices | |
| Panelists: | Kayvan Alikhani, CEO, Passban Jeff Fox, Technology Editor, Consumer Reports Derek Halliday, Director – Project Management, Lookout Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure Markus Jakobsson, CTO, Fatskunk Terry Shofner, VP Sales America, Yubico |
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| 4:30 | Closing Remarks | |
| Charles A. Harwood, Acting Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection | ||
Any updates to the agenda, along with logistical information, can be found on the forum's website.
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