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November 12 marks six months since the Biden Administration issued the sweeping Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO), setting a milestone in the advancement of a coherent federal strategy to optimize cyber risk management. With the Executive Order’s release, the Biden Administration put down a marker to elevate the importance of cybersecurity. The EO directed all agencies to [...]
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ITI’s Gordon Bitko, Senior Vice President of Policy for Public Sector, and EY’s Scott Smith, Principal of Cybersecurity, break down the concept of Zero Trust, its importance, its role in the Biden Administration’s EO, and how industry can help the government adopt this security approach. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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On 12 October 2021, ITI hosted a hybrid panel event, “What’s Next for the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council (TTC)?” at Euractiv Studios. The event was moderated by ITI’s President and CEO Jason Oxman and featured a live panel debate and a keynote speech from European Commission Executive Vice President, Margrethe Vestager. Speakers Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Harley Geiger, Senior Policy Director at Rapid7, about industry’s role in advancing cybersecurity globally, the Biden Administration’s approach to addressing the evolving cyber threat, the importance of securing critical infrastructure, the intersection of security and privacy, and more. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify [...]
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On September 23, 2021, ITI hosted the virtual event, “Global Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Policy: How to Further Global Cooperation?” In case you missed it, you can find a recap of the event below or watch the event here: ITI brought together global policy makers and industry experts to discuss perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI) policy and potential for global collaboration. [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with John Godfrey, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, and Mark Newton, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Samsung Electronics America, on how the pandemic has affected Samsung’s policy priorities, the role of the industry in closing the digital divide, and how the tech industry can help advance climate solutions & create a more sustainable future. Listen [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman highlights the winners of ITI’s 2020 Industry Awards Program, which recognizes the many ways in which technology companies are improving the lives of people and communities across the globe to address issues like connectivity, cybersecurity, and climate change, and to further diversity, equity, and inclusion. In part two of this episode, he talks to Environmental Steward [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman highlights the winners of ITI’s 2020 Industry Awards Program, which recognizes the many ways in which technology companies are improving the lives of people and communities across the globe to address issues like connectivity, cybersecurity, and climate change, and to further diversity, equity, and inclusion. In part one of this episode, he talks to Tech Impact Award [...]
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The Biden Administration, like the Trump Administration before it, has made securing IT supply chains a top priority. In 2021, the new administration released two key executive orders: one focused on supply chain resilience for four critical sectors, and one cybersecurity-focused set of directives that included security requirements for vendors supplying the federal IT infrastructure. But even before [...]
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This week, top officials from the United States and the European Union will attend the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The TTC was created in response to the need for a structured mechanism that would allow for bilateral discussion about one of the most active areas of policymaking in the world -- technology. As the leading advocate for the world’s most innovative [...]
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