Emerging Trends and Threats for 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2:00pm-3:00pm (Eastern)
Presenters
Mr. Bruce McConnell
Counselor to the Deputy Under Secretary
National Protection and Programs Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
As Counselor to DHS Deputy Under Secretary Phil Reitinger, McConnell serves as senior advisor on a host of strategic and policy matters related to the Directorate and its components, with a special focus on cybersecurity. McConnell most recently served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, working on a variety of open government and technology issues. From 2000-2008, he created, built, and sold McConnell International and Government Futures, boutique consultancies that provided strategic and tactical advice in technology, business and government markets. Previously, McConnell was Director of the International Y2K Cooperation Center, where he coordinated regional and global critical information technology infrastructure organizations to promote information sharing and joint action, from 1999-2000. As Chief of Information Policy and Technology in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 1993-1999, he led the government-industry team that reformed U.S. encryption export policy, created an information security strategy for government agencies, redirected government technology procurement and management along commercial lines, and extended the presumption of open government information onto the Internet. McConnell holds an M.P.A. from the University of Washington and a B.S. from Stanford University.
Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege Jr. (USAF, Ret)
Chairman, Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation
Director, Deloitte Services LP
Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege, Jr. (USAF, Ret) is Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation, which develops cyber solutions for clients grappling with the need for increasingly interdependent information networks, spanning both the public and private sectors.
General Raduege retired after serving 35 years in the U.S. military. He worked in the areas of technology, including telecommunications, space, information, and network operations. He served more than 17 years in joint duty assignments. In his last position, he led Department of Defense net-centric operations as the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. In that role, he directed planning, engineering, and implementation of interoperable communications and intelligence systems serving the needs of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, and the military Services. Notably, he led efforts to restore communications to the Pentagon following the September 11th terrorist attacks; upgraded Presidential communications; and led the successful expansion of the Department's Global Information Grid through a $1 billion transformational communications program.
General Raduege was also appointed by the Secretary of Defense as the Commander of the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations and Deputy Commander for Global Network Operations and Defense for the U.S. Strategic Command. In these roles, he was the first commander assigned responsibility for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid to assure timely and secure net-centric capabilities across the entire Department. He also served as the Manager of the National Communications System and led our Nation's efforts to prioritize the restoration of telecommunications throughout New York City and the Pentagon following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Prior to his last assignments, Raduege directed command and control systems for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Space Command, and Air Force Space Command. He also served as the Chief Information Officer for all three commands, was the architect for computer network defense and attack capabilities established within the Department of Defense, and was the National spokesman for the Department during the successful "Year 2000" computer roll-over efforts.
General Raduege directed command and control communications at the U.S. Central Command for 3 years, including the relocation efforts required after the Khobar Towers bombing. Earlier, he served as the first commander of the Air Force C4 Agency and was the Joint Chiefs of Staff architect for all satellite communications supporting over 500,000 deployed military members during the Gulf War in 1991.
General Raduege serves as a senior counselor to The Cohen Group; on the World Board of Governors of the United Services Organizations (USO); on the Executive Council of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC); as co-chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency; as a senior cyber security advisor to the EastWest Institute (EWI); as the cyber ‘tiger team’ chair for the University of Maryland University College (UMUC); as a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) National Security Advisory Council and; on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International. He also serves as an advisor to the Defense Science Board, and is a member of the Board of Trustees and chairs the Technology Committee for Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
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