Media Alert: ThreatStream CEO Hugh Njemanze Joins Experts from DHS, NIST and Gartner on RSA Panel that Addresses the Risks and Benefits of Threat Intelligence Sharing

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ThreatStream® (RSA booth #S2727), the leading provider of an enterprise-class threat intelligence platform, today announced that ThreatStream (@threatstream) CEO Hugh Njemanze will be moderating a panel on legislation regarding threat intelligence sharing at the RSA Conference (@RSAConference) in San Francisco this month. The panel discussion, titled "Should Organizations Share Threat Intel to Avoid the Next Cybergeddon", will be held on Wednesday, April 22 from 10:20-11:10 A.M. In addition, ThreatStream Labs Director of Research, Jason Trost, will be speaking on the lessons learned from running the Modern Honey Network (MHN), the largest crowd-sourced honeynet project. 

At the RSA Conference, Njemanze will be joined by Nate Lesser, Deputy Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, National Institute of Standards and Technology (@usnistgov); Richard Struse, Chief Advanced Technology Officer, Department of Homeland Security (@DHSgov); and Anton Chuvakin (@anton_chuvakin), Research Vice President, Gartner (@Gartner_inc).  They will discuss the risks and benefits of cyberthreat information-sharing and whether legislation is necessary to drive important improvements against today's most sophisticated cyberattacks.

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"Through the first week of April this year, we've already seen 225 data breaches that have exposed over 100 million records," said Njemanze. "With greater concern regarding nation-state attacks, cyber terrorism, hactivists and attacks on critical infrastructure, threat intelligence sharing will provide both the private and public sectors with the curated information about malicious actors and threats that is necessary to defend our nation as well as frequently targeted industries such as financial services, healthcare and manufacturing."

More information about the sessions can be found below:

RSA: "Should Organizations Share Threat Intel to Avoid the Next Cybergeddon?"
WHO: Hugh Njemanze, ThreatStream; Anton Chuvakin, Gartner; Nate Lesser, NIST; Richard Struse, DHS
TOPIC: With the rise in private-sector data breaches and politically motivated attacks on the public sector and critical infrastructure, there's growing discussion of legislation for threat-intelligence sharing. The panel will dive into the risk and benefits of sharing, whether legislation is necessary to drive improvement against cyberattacks and whether sharing will actually mitigate a "cybergeddon."
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 10:20-11:10 A.M.
WHERE: Moscone Center West, Room 2007 | 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA

In June 2014, ThreatStream announced the Modern Honey Network (MHN), an enterprise-ready honeypot management system that enables organizations to create a fully functional active-defense network in minutes.  ThreatStream Labs Director, Jason Trost, will be providing an update on MHN at the annual BSidesSF event taking place April 19-20, 2015.  Details follow:

BSidesSF: "Lessons Learned from Building and Running MHN, the World's Largest Crowd-Sourced Honeynet" 
WHO: Jason Trost, ThreatStream
TOPIC: This session will elaborate on the lessons learned from running MHN, the crowd-sourced honeynet project that spans 35 countries, five continents, and includes participation by hobbyists, academic researchers and Fortune 1,000 companies. 
WHEN: Monday, April 20, 4:00-5:00 P.M. 
WHERE: 135 Bluxome St., San Francisco, CA

About ThreatStream
ThreatStream® provides the leading enterprise class Threat Intelligence Platform, combining comprehensive threat data collection, prioritization, and analytics with secure collaboration in a vetted community. Offering the broadest enterprise security infrastructure integration available, ThreatStream enables organizations to proactively identify and combat cyber threats targeting their operations.  Headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company is privately held and has received venture capital backing from General Catalyst Partners, Google Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Paladin Capital Group and individual investors. To learn more, visit www.threatstream.com and follow us on Twitter @threatstream.

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