CSCSS Announces Formation of Select Committee on Cyber Intelligence (SCCI)

WASHINGTON, D.C, LONDON, UK, April 24, 2014 - The Centre for Strategic Cyberspace + Security Science (CSCSS) and Board of Directors is pleased to announce the formal approval of nominees to the CSCSS Select Intelligence Committee on Cyber Intelligence by Chairman Richard Stones, CSCSS SVP Cybercrime Intelligence and Associate Chairman Richard Zaluski, CSCSS President, CEO and Ranking CSCSS Board Member for critical cyber intelligence participation in the Select Committee. The CSCSS lead Cybercime, Cybersecurity and Cyber Intelligence Group / C3i Group works to reduce the vulnerability of national infrastructure to e-terrorism and other cyber-threats.

The Committee will work in collaboration with public-private industry, government, and academia, leveraging strategic interagency and international cyber-counterintelligence community partnerships to safeguard intellectual property (IP) and technologies, which, if compromised, would dramatically impact innovation, competitive intelligence, and economic- national security.

The establishment of the Select Committee on Cyber intelligence will provide leadership through CSCSS and C3i to deliver a proactive stance on cyber intelligence and provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between elements of the private-sector + intelligence community to share cyber threat to address the threat proactively.

• Dan Mead SVP/Director of Security EMEA Marsh & McLennan Companies
• Shawn Riley Head of Cyber & Intelligence Science Lockheed Martin
• Curtis Levinson US Cyber Advisor to NATO United States
• Paul Broadbent Chair Gov. Agency Intel Network
• Lance James Head of Cyber Intelligence Deloitte
• Barrie Millett Director, Safety, Health, Environment and Resilience E.ON
• Stephen Batson Senior Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
• Phil Collins Head of Security Bernard Matthews
• Prof. Martin Gill CEO Perpetuity Research
• James Ryan Managing Partner of Litmus Logic
• Mike Gillespie Managing Director of Advent IM
• Director of Cyber Strategy and Research at The Security Institute
• Don Randall Chief Information Security Officer Bank of England
• David Kamien CEO, Mind-Alliance Systems

Specifically, the Intelligence Committee will include but will not be limited to:

1. Strengthen the CSCSS/C3i role as an advocate for productive exchange of ideas in the cyber and intelligence community
2. Make available C3i Group investment to provide information available on relevant cyber issues and productive dialogue on global cyber and intelligence capabilities to address these issues faced by the public-private sectors.
3. Support C3i Group and its membership by preparing, reviewing, approving and/or making recommendations on cyber intelligence
4. Provide content for events, publications, workshops, education and training, white papers, and other CSCSS Resources; promote CSCSS C3i Group membership and support within the community.
5. Oversees nomination and recommendation of recognition programs for CSCSS C3i Group within the cyber intelligence community.
6. Coordinates activities and collaborates with strategic partners (NCA, NCBF, Homeland Security, Defense, Intelligence, Small Business and Technology).

As a key point the Committee will work with interagency partners and the security industry to provide direction and leadership to industry, focusing on the intrinsic risks and threats posed by: potential shortcomings in the cyber information security infrastructure; actions of non-state actors, cyber- terrorists, and criminals; foreign business competitors and governments intent on illegitimately acquiring proprietary information and trade secrets.

The Committee was commissioned in December 2013 and by mandate of the CSCSS Board of Directors and Executive Branch. The Committee is “select” in that membership is by invitation only and comprises (limited to) 15 members representing the public private sector, the “cyber” industry, and academia. The committee will also focus to coordinate and enhance CSCSS / C3i Groups outreach to the cybersecurity community, industry, and to cultivate a spirit of partnership among the public and private sectors.

For Media Inquiries, Please Contact:
Richard Stones, Senior Vice President / Global Cybercrime Intelligence
Chairman CSCSS Chair C3i Group
Washington D.C + 571.451.0312 / London, United Kingdom +44 20351417

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The Center for Strategic Cyberspace + Security Science is a bipartisan, multilateral, international nonprofit organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It seeks to advance global cyberspace security and prosperity by providing strategic insights for cyberspace and policy solutions to decision makers.