The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) will host the 2008 Emerging Cyber Security Threats Summit on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Georgia Tech Ferst Center for the Arts.

The GTISC Emerging Cyber Security Threats Summit convenes prominent thought leaders from the information technology and security fields for a revealing look at emerging threats and the challenges that need to be overcome to safeguard users, businesses and critical infrastructure. The participants in the 2008 GTISC Summit include:

Keynote:
Lt. General Robert J. Elder, Jr.
Commander, Eighth United States Air Force

Moderator:
Thomas E. Noonan
Co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer, Internet Security Systems.

Panelists:
Mischel Kwon, Director of U.S. CERT, Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Wenke Lee, Professor, College of Computing at Georgia Tech
Morris Moore, Vice President of Security, Motorola
Sam Phillips, Senior Vice President of Information Security and Business Continuity, Bank of America
Jon Ramsey, Chief Technology Officer, SecureWorks
Dr. Jim Ransome, Senior Director, Secure Unified Wireless and Mobility Solutions & Corporate Security Programs and Global Government Solutions, Cisco Systems Inc.
Heath Thompson, Director, Product Development, IBM Internet Security Systems

Cool thing going on tomorrow at 10AM at Tech.