Public Policy

Interaction with Senior Policy Makers

Members of the Internet Security Alliance regularly meet with Congress to develop relationships and discuss the many aspects of cyber security with U.S. lawmakers.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) with ISAlliance Executive Board 

Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) meets with the Executive Board of the ISAlliance discussing cyber security legislation. Pictured (seated) from left to right Marc McCarthy (VISA), Mike Hickey (Verizon), Rod Wallace (Nortel), Ty Sagalow (AIG). 

Chair Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) 

Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) at the ISAlliance Executive Annual Board meeting

Chair of the Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis (R-VA), with ISAlliance Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer, Larry Clinton.

 

Capitalize on exclusive private meetings with the principals of cyber security policy.  Pictured above from left to right is ISAlliance Board member Matt Broda (Nortel), Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) Legislative Director Ned Steiner, ISAlliance Board member Dr. M. Vidyasagar (Tata), and DHS Undersecretary for Preparedness George Foresman at an Internet Security Alliance function, 11/20/06.

DHS Asst. Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at ISAlliance Exec. WG, GlobalComm '06

ISAlliance invited DHS Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, Bob Stephan to speak on an Executive Panel at GlobalComm 2006.

 

 

As you can see, the ISAlliance interacts with senior level government officials and regularly meets with the Chairs of relevant Congressional Committees and influential White House staffers.  

ISAlliance Members also have the opportunity to testify before Congress. ISAlliance Chairman Ken Silva's, CISO, VeriSign, testimony led to the creation of a key position within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: the First Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security.

Rep. Markey (D-MA) incoming chair of Telecomm & Internet Subcommittee with ISAlliance COO Clinton

Pictured above is ISAlliance Chief Operations Officer, Larry Clinton, meeting with Chair of the Internet and Telecommunications Subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce Committee, Ed Markey (D-MA), before testimony on ISAlliance Incentives for Cyber Security on September 13, 2006.

Pictured to the right is the ISAlliance together with DHS and Industry experts at the start of the hearing. 

 

ISAlliance members can also participate inCongressional Staff Briefings. Each year, the ISAlliance hosts a series of Congressional briefings given by Sponsor companies on various topics dealing with the many issues of information security. 

ISAlliance member, Michael Aisenberg, VP VeriSign

The ISAlliance works with both DHS and the Congress to develop the use of Market Incentives with the federal government. ISAlliance has been championing this idea for several years and has started to move this forward in Congress after the release of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [This has included participation in National Cyber Security Partnership activities. The National Cyber Security partnership (NCSP) is a loose coalition of virtually all industry associations who have an interest in cyber security issues.  In September 2005, ISAlliance Chaired a working meeting held in Annapolis, Maryland with private industry representatives and Capitol Hill and federal government partners.  The goal of the meeting, dubbed “Wye II,” was to further develop the public private partnership].