Keynote Address

 

Former Director of National Intelligence under the Bush administration John Michael McConnell will deliver the keynote address at Impact 2010. Mr. McConnell, currently a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, retired from the Navy as a Vice Admiral and also served as Director of the National Security Agency. He continues to serve as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. The job of the board is to provide the President with an independent source of advice about the effectivenes of the intelligence community.

The threat landscape in national security is in a constant state of flux, with new threats emerging and existing threats becoming ever more sophisticated. The evolving threat environment means government must work more closely with the private sector to confront these challenges.

Mr. McConnell will examine what is driving today's emerging threat landscape and what can we expect to see during 2010 and beyond? Equally important, how should security managers best prepare to deal with these challenges?

Key areas of his talk will include:
  • Cyber security threats ­ including cyber terrorism, cyber espionage, and cyber warfare
  • Terrorism — threats from both global and homegrown terrorists
  • Intelligence/Counterintelligence threats and challenges