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Scott Borg, Director and Chief Economist of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (US-CCU) [http://www.usccu.us/]
The U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (US-CCU), an independent, non-profit research institute that investigates the strategic and economic consequences of possible cyber-attacks. Mr. Borg is responsible for many of the concepts that are currently being used to understand the implications of cyber-attacks in business contexts. In collaboration with John Bumgarner, he is author of the US-CCU Cyber-Security Check List, the most comprehensive survey to date of cyber vulnerabilities. He regularly advises a number of different U.S. government departments and industry associations.
Before being asked by government officials to tackle cyber-security issues, Mr. Borg was one of the principal developers of Value Creation Analysis, a set of business strategy models for understanding how much value can be created by various types and components of value chains. He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Yale, Massachusetts, Columbia, and other leading universities. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow in International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.
The NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Homeland Security and Defense™ is the nation’s leading public forum on homeland security and homeland defense. The 2010 symposium is the eighth annual conference organized by the National Homeland Defense Foundation. The symposium features international experts discussing the latest research, operations and policies affecting homeland security and defense.
Watch the NHDF web site at www.nhdf.org for more information about the symposium, including updates on speakers and panelists.
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