Ted Leonsis, Don Graham, Bobbie Kilberg, and Aneesh Chopra all shape the world of Washington technology. Our tech scene is thriving with investment from government in IT, growing start-ups like LivingSocial, and people making the region a hub for tech growth.
Future of the Internet Predictions March 2014 PIP ReportVasily Ryzhonkov
This report is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He wrote a paper on March 12, 1989 proposing an “information management” system that became the conceptual and architectural structure for the Web. He eventually released the code for his system — for free — to the world on Christmas Day in 1990. It became a milestone in easing the way for ordinary people to access documents and interact over the Internet — a system that linked computers and that had been around for years.
The Web became a major layer of the Internet. Indeed, for many, it became synonymous with the Internet, even though that is not technically the case. Its birthday offers an occasion to revisit the ways it has made the Internet a part of Americans’ social lives.
Our first report tied to the anniversary looked at the present and the past of the Internet, marking its strikingly fast adoption and assessing its impact on American users’ lives. This report is part of an effort by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project in association with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center to look at the future of the Internet, the Web, and other digital activities. This is the first of eight reports based on a canvassing of hundreds of experts about the future of such things as privacy, cybersecurity, the “Internet of things,” and net neutrality. In this case we asked experts to make their own predictions about the state of digital life by the year 2025. We will also explore some of the economic change driven by the spectacular progress that made digital tools faster and cheaper. And we will report on whether Americans feel the explosion of digital information coursing through their lives has helped them be better informed and make better decisions.
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
Future of the Internet Predictions March 2014 PIP ReportVasily Ryzhonkov
This report is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He wrote a paper on March 12, 1989 proposing an “information management” system that became the conceptual and architectural structure for the Web. He eventually released the code for his system — for free — to the world on Christmas Day in 1990. It became a milestone in easing the way for ordinary people to access documents and interact over the Internet — a system that linked computers and that had been around for years.
The Web became a major layer of the Internet. Indeed, for many, it became synonymous with the Internet, even though that is not technically the case. Its birthday offers an occasion to revisit the ways it has made the Internet a part of Americans’ social lives.
Our first report tied to the anniversary looked at the present and the past of the Internet, marking its strikingly fast adoption and assessing its impact on American users’ lives. This report is part of an effort by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project in association with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center to look at the future of the Internet, the Web, and other digital activities. This is the first of eight reports based on a canvassing of hundreds of experts about the future of such things as privacy, cybersecurity, the “Internet of things,” and net neutrality. In this case we asked experts to make their own predictions about the state of digital life by the year 2025. We will also explore some of the economic change driven by the spectacular progress that made digital tools faster and cheaper. And we will report on whether Americans feel the explosion of digital information coursing through their lives has helped them be better informed and make better decisions.
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
Information Management: Evolution or Revolution?Collabor8now Ltd
What is the future for the Information Professional? 'Big Data', open data, linked data, data visualisation, social technology. Data and information is coming at us from all directions and in a variety of formats. Are we managing all of this, or is it managing us? This presentation is a small peak at a huge topic and gives maybe a broad perspective of the (information) changes happening around us.
In "The Future of the Internet IV," Director Lee Rainie reports on the results of a new survey of experts predicting what the Internet will look like in 2020 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Slides to facilitate a conversation with school leaders & administrators around emerging issues related to Digital Citizenship. Both to raise awareness of the multifaceted nature of the subject and identify action items for schools moving forward.
The material here is taken from Mike Ribble's "Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship".
http://digitalcitizenship.net
Our digital society has undergone profound transformations in the way we work, learn, live and participate. Having transformed our world into a great co-creation Wiki challenges many assumptions and models that need to be revisited. Based on several examples in the area of security drawn from the industry and our research, we argue there is an emerging notion of Digital Responsibility paving the way to further significant societal changes. A new world order or incremental changes ? One thing is sure, ICT has and will continue to challenge our historical assumptions requiring major mindset changes and more transparency.
Webinar slides sept 23 2021 mary aikenCapitolTechU
Capitol Technology University Cap Tech Talks Webinar presented Sept 23, 2021 by Dr. Mary Aiken called “An Introduction to Cyberpsychology: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Human Behavior.”
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
lessons in Gov 2.0: building strategy from the inside outPatrick McCormick
In the seminar, Pat will share his experience and provide an overview of:
the application of social media to the business of government and engagement with citizens
developing a strategic approach to using social media as well as supporting a culture of collaboration.
Pat\'s presentation will draw on a range of practical Gov 2.0 examples in the Department of Justice such as Fire Ready mobile applications, Championship Moves, Cameras Cut Crashes, and the Sentencing Advisory Council.
Presentation from the official launch event for Pulse Lab Jakarta, held in Indonesia on 1 October 2012. Presentation includes a background on "Big Data for Development," a showcase of Pulse Lab Jakarta's initial social media analysis research results, and roadmap for the Lab. http://www.unglobalpulse.org/PLJLaunch
Lee Rainie, director of Internet and Technology research at the Pew Research Center, gave the Holmes Distinguished Lecture at Colorado State University on April 13, 2018. He discussed the research the Center conducted with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center about the future of the internet and the way digital technologies will spread to become the “internet of everywhere” and “artificial intelligence” everywhere. He also explored the ways in which experts say this will create improvements in people’s lives and the new challenges – including privacy, digital divides, anti-social behavior and stress tests for how human social and political systems adapt.
Presented by Lee Rainie
An overview of the extensive roster of expert predictions about the coming decade that the Pew Internet Project recently gathered. Among other things, this keynote covers what happens to people’s behavior when the Internet is everywhere, how new social and cultural divides will emerge, how deeply education will be disrupted, and how a different mix of companies will influence the Internet.
20090906 On Future Internet, Cloud Computing, and Semantics – You name itArian Zwegers
Presentation about various aspects of the Future Internet, Cloud Computing, business models, and semantics, for the ACTIVE Summer School, Bled (Slovenia), 6 September 2009.
Also available as video on http://videolectures.net/active09_zwegers_ficc/
Summary of leadership roles, professional activities and memberships, speeches, and published writings in the areas of cybersecurity, homeland security, emerging technologies, and government affairs
Chuck Brooks profile on cybersecurity, homeland security, and emerging techno...Chuck Brooks
Speaker and Writer and Leadership profile of Chuck Brooks on Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity,Artificial Intelligence, and perspectives on contemporary issues of the day
Information Management: Evolution or Revolution?Collabor8now Ltd
What is the future for the Information Professional? 'Big Data', open data, linked data, data visualisation, social technology. Data and information is coming at us from all directions and in a variety of formats. Are we managing all of this, or is it managing us? This presentation is a small peak at a huge topic and gives maybe a broad perspective of the (information) changes happening around us.
In "The Future of the Internet IV," Director Lee Rainie reports on the results of a new survey of experts predicting what the Internet will look like in 2020 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Slides to facilitate a conversation with school leaders & administrators around emerging issues related to Digital Citizenship. Both to raise awareness of the multifaceted nature of the subject and identify action items for schools moving forward.
The material here is taken from Mike Ribble's "Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship".
http://digitalcitizenship.net
Our digital society has undergone profound transformations in the way we work, learn, live and participate. Having transformed our world into a great co-creation Wiki challenges many assumptions and models that need to be revisited. Based on several examples in the area of security drawn from the industry and our research, we argue there is an emerging notion of Digital Responsibility paving the way to further significant societal changes. A new world order or incremental changes ? One thing is sure, ICT has and will continue to challenge our historical assumptions requiring major mindset changes and more transparency.
Webinar slides sept 23 2021 mary aikenCapitolTechU
Capitol Technology University Cap Tech Talks Webinar presented Sept 23, 2021 by Dr. Mary Aiken called “An Introduction to Cyberpsychology: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Human Behavior.”
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
lessons in Gov 2.0: building strategy from the inside outPatrick McCormick
In the seminar, Pat will share his experience and provide an overview of:
the application of social media to the business of government and engagement with citizens
developing a strategic approach to using social media as well as supporting a culture of collaboration.
Pat\'s presentation will draw on a range of practical Gov 2.0 examples in the Department of Justice such as Fire Ready mobile applications, Championship Moves, Cameras Cut Crashes, and the Sentencing Advisory Council.
Presentation from the official launch event for Pulse Lab Jakarta, held in Indonesia on 1 October 2012. Presentation includes a background on "Big Data for Development," a showcase of Pulse Lab Jakarta's initial social media analysis research results, and roadmap for the Lab. http://www.unglobalpulse.org/PLJLaunch
Lee Rainie, director of Internet and Technology research at the Pew Research Center, gave the Holmes Distinguished Lecture at Colorado State University on April 13, 2018. He discussed the research the Center conducted with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center about the future of the internet and the way digital technologies will spread to become the “internet of everywhere” and “artificial intelligence” everywhere. He also explored the ways in which experts say this will create improvements in people’s lives and the new challenges – including privacy, digital divides, anti-social behavior and stress tests for how human social and political systems adapt.
Presented by Lee Rainie
An overview of the extensive roster of expert predictions about the coming decade that the Pew Internet Project recently gathered. Among other things, this keynote covers what happens to people’s behavior when the Internet is everywhere, how new social and cultural divides will emerge, how deeply education will be disrupted, and how a different mix of companies will influence the Internet.
20090906 On Future Internet, Cloud Computing, and Semantics – You name itArian Zwegers
Presentation about various aspects of the Future Internet, Cloud Computing, business models, and semantics, for the ACTIVE Summer School, Bled (Slovenia), 6 September 2009.
Also available as video on http://videolectures.net/active09_zwegers_ficc/
Summary of leadership roles, professional activities and memberships, speeches, and published writings in the areas of cybersecurity, homeland security, emerging technologies, and government affairs
Chuck Brooks profile on cybersecurity, homeland security, and emerging techno...Chuck Brooks
Speaker and Writer and Leadership profile of Chuck Brooks on Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity,Artificial Intelligence, and perspectives on contemporary issues of the day
Chuck Brooks, thought leadership on Homeland Security & Cybersecurity, and Em...Chuck Brooks
Summary of writing, speaking, management and leadership activities of Chuck Brooks, Vice President of Sutherland Government Solution on Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, emerging technologies, IoT, Government Relations, and Thought Leadership
Chuck Brooks, thought leadership on Homeland Security & Cybersecurity, and Em...Chuck Brooks
Summary of writing, speaking, management and leadership activities of Chuck Brooks, Vice President of Sutherland Government Solution on Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, emerging technologies, IoT, Government Relations, and Thought Leadership
Chuck brooks profile on cybersecurity, homeland security, and emerging techno...Chuck Brooks
Highlights of Chuck Brooks thought leadership writings, articles, and speeches on topics of cybersecurity, homeland security and emerging technologies.
Chuck Brooks thought leadership profile (cybersecurity, homeland security ,em...Chuck Brooks
Chuck Brooks; Subject Matter Expert & Thought leader:
• Cybersecurity & Homeland Security
• Emerging Technologies: Smart Cities, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Big Data, and Internet of Things
• Government Relations & Marketing
In October 2008, on the eve of the presidential election, citizens and stakeholders from around the country convened at http://www.thenationaldialogue.org/h... to share their ideas and concerns about the future of our health IT and privacy policies. Over 3,000 people from every state and 80 countries around the world visited this website, generating hundreds of ideas and comments.
Now, a Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration has analyzed that Dialogue, and issued this report with key implications for health IT and privacy and civic engagement. The report also uses the information shared during to course of the Dialogue to establish principles on which future health IT and privacy policy should be based.
President Obama has called upon government to harness new technology and make government transparent, participatory and collaborative. The National Dialogue demonstrates an important new opportunity to use technology to reach across and outside of government to access the collective brainpower of organizations, stakeholders and individuals.
Chuck Brooks Profile: on Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Emerging Technolog...Chuck Brooks
From LinkedIn's Marketing Blog: Chuck Brooks – Security Voice and “Government Relations and Marketing Executive, Thought Leader”
Chuck’s varied security experience is evident in what he publishes. From aviation to public sector, government to science, his posts take on the multifaceted aspects of cyber security as it relates to industries/verticals, homeland issues and next-gen technology. Since he’s keen on variety, with formats ranging from expert Q&As to content roundups, to non-tech posts associated with topics/verticals he’s covered, his perspective truly stands out.
Tech marketer takeaways: Chuck focuses core content on security, but isn’t afraid to include content tangentially related to core subject matter (e.g. a post focused on mastering the art of influence in Washington, D.C.) which incorporates fresh/unexpected content to help keep readers interested and foster conversation.
JESS3 Presents - The Do's & Don'ts of Making an InfographicJESS3
Utilizing infographics to tie visual design and data together is what we do best, and we're gonna let you in on the secret to our success! Here are the Do's and Don'ts of creating an awesome infographic!
It's finally Christmas! We've spent a whole year creating thousands of snackable graphics & now it's time to snack on some xmas goodies! So from all of us here at JESS3 to all of you, Merry Christmas & a happy, healthy New Year!
Putting the Strategy in Client Strategy by JESS3JESS3
Made with love and learnings by JESS3. Originally presented by JESS3 Associate Director of Client Strategy Sheri Cook to the University of Oklahoma AdClub on November 27, 2012.
Running up to their big Storytelling Lab Day this October, Ogilvy London asked some of its key partners to come in and talk about the many different aspects of storytelling week-by-week in the form of a Lab Lunch. This week JESS3 presented Visual Storytelling with Data to the Ogilvy team.
A Brief History of Information Design and Visual StorytellingJESS3
Humankind has been telling complex stories through simple visuals long before you saw your first infographic at Mashable. History is humbling, let's go back in time together!
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
The infographic is in danger. Learn what you can do to save it from (insert villain here).
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
How to Select a Topic and Target Audience for Your InfographicJESS3
Honing in on your topic and audience are harder than you might think. Don't worry, we are here to help.
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
Have you ever found yourself in a never ending spiral of edits from a client? Did you or your client assume that making an infographic would be "quick" and "easy"? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to review this deck and reflect.
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
How to Create a Narrative for Your InfographicJESS3
Just like your term paper in college, an infographic needs to have a structure: from a clear thesis, to credible evidence to a concise (and even actionable) conclusion.
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
Thought Starters for Infographic Distribution and OutreachJESS3
Ever wonder how an infographic goes -- dare we say -- "viral"? A few thought starters to get the wheels turning.
Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
The Importance of Infographic Wireframing and StructureJESS3
Ever wonder why an infographic doesn't look "just right"? Chances are they skipped out on some of these key steps. Originally presented at JESS3's UX Week 2012 Infographic Workshop.
JESS3 specializes in the art of data visualization, adding context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of data around us.
Learn how Eloqua and JESS3 collaborated to combine content marketing with social media to improve business performance. Content includes: The Content Grid, The Social Media Playbook, The Future of Revenue Video and Grande Guide series. Case study prepared by Joe Chernov (Director of Content, Eloqua) and Leslie Bradshaw (President & COO of JESS3) in November 2010.
This JESS3-illustrated case derives 10 actionable Facebook marketing lessons from a BrandGlue / Eloqua collaboration that increased Eloqua's Fan community by 2,500%, Facebook-referred traffic by 150% and Fan engagement to 3x industry norms. Tips include: Create a landing tab with a single call to action - it can increase new Fan conversions by 73 percent; and avoid 3rd party publishing tools, which can reduce visibility by 61 percent. While the tips apply to all marketers, they are especially important for B2B marketers.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys at Amazon.pdf
Tech Titans
1. Opposite page, from bottom
left: Ted Leonsis, Don Graham,
Bobbie Kilberg, and Aneesh
Chopra all shape the world of
Washington technology.
Our tech scene is the hottest it’s been since the dot-com
glory days of the 1990s, with big investment by govern-
ment in IT, surging green-energy programs, growing
biotech research, and start-ups such as LivingSocial.
Here are the people who are making this region grow.
GOV 2.0 AND POLITICOS Gov 2.0
Curtis “Bob” Burns, social-media analyst, Keith Alexander, director, National
Transportation Security Administration.
Writing under the handle Blogger Bob, Burns
Security Agency. The head of the
helps pen TSA.gov’s official blog, which is Defense Department’s cybersecurity
regarded as the best in the government and efforts, Alexander leads a workforce that
one of the few with both a devoted reader- includes some of the best mathemati-
ship and a thoughtful policy discussion.
Sheila Campbell, manager, General Ser-
cians and technologists on the planet.
vices Administration’s USA.gov. Working
with her colleague Bev Godwin, Campbell
is a key player helping to move the federal is taking a larger role in regulating and polic- Department of State. The driving force
government online. ing the Internet. behind much of State’s digital-communi-
Aneesh Chopra, US chief technology offi- Julius Genachowski, chairman, Federal cation initiative and Hillary Clinton’s “Net
cer, and Vivek Kundra, US chief information Communications Commission. The appoint- freedom” agenda, Ross cofounded the non-
officer, the White House. The two men, both ment of Genachowski, a veteran of the DC profit One Economy.
with local ties, are helping the nation spend venture-capital world, was a signal to techies Patrick Ruffini and Mindy Finn, cofound-
its $80 billion–plus annual IT budget more that the Obama administration was going to ers, Engage. The two GOP operatives scored
wisely and inventively. elevate and engage with technology policy. big in the fall elections, helping several tea-
Linda Y. Cureton, chief information officer, Bob Goodlatte, US congressman from Vir- party candidates to victory. They’ll likely be
NASA. The Howard graduate is a leader in ginia. The ten-term Roanoke Republican is at the center of the Republican 2012 presi-
the government’s push for cloud comput- cochair of the Congressional Internet Caucus dential race.
ing services. and a leader on high-tech issues. Nick Schaper, digital strategist, US Cham-
Regina Dugan, director, Defense Advanced Todd Park, chief technology officer, ber of Commerce. House speaker John
Research Projects Agency. Trained as a Department of Health and Human Services. Boehner’s former top digital strategist is
mechanical engineer and an expert in explo- The cofounder of Athenahealth, Park is at starting a new job boosting business’s use
sives detection, Dugan in 2009 became the the forefront of the nation’s discussion about of new media.
first woman to lead the Pentagon’s elite Clar- moving health-care information online. Phil Weiser, senior adviser to the direc-
endon-based technology, Skunkworks. Macon Phillips, White House director of tor for technology and innovation, National
Ed Felten, chief technologist, Federal new media. Since day one of the Obama Economic Council, the White House. The
Trade Commission. The Princeton com- administration, Phillips has been building an President’s point person on “winning the
puter-science professor and data-privacy impressive team to bypass the White House future,” Weiser is a key liaison to the tech
expert started earlier this year as the first tech- press corps and speak directly to citizens. community.
nologist within Jon Leibowitz’s FTC, which Alec Ross, senior adviser for innovation,
DEALMAKERS
Politico Errol Arkilic, industrial-innovation program
director, National Science Foundation. The
Mark Warner, US senator from Virginia. grantmaker, who focuses on small businesses,
The former governor and venture capital- has been a consistent presence on the local
ist has made technology a centerpiece of scene, including participating in DC Lean
Startup Circle.
his agenda since the beginning of his career, Peter Barris, managing general partner,
when he made buckets of money helping to New Enterprise Associates. Through a score
launch the cell-phone industry. of companies, including Vonage, Barris has
an eye for worthwhile investments, but his
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2. firm’s investment in the Chicago-based com- ing LivingSocial), Case and his right hand,
pany that spawned Groupon might make his Tige Savage, are key drivers and funders of
backers the richest. many projects.
John Burton, managing general partner, John Crupi, CTO, JackBe. The rest of
Updata Partners. The cofounder of the Reston the company’s motto, “nimble and quick,” 2 5 7 9 11
growth-stage venture-capital firm is head of underscores what it sees as the key to Presto—
the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. real-time business intelligence on the compa-
Brooke B. Coburn, managing director, the ny’s custom dashboards—which has helped
Carlyle Group. David Rubenstein’s Carlyle the government’s own stimulus Web site,
Group, a private-equity firm, remains one of Recovery.gov.
the region’s biggest pocketbooks. Tom Davidson, CEO, EverFi. Fresh off
Carol Thompson Cole, CEO, Venture Phi- $11 million in Series A funding from New 1 4 8
lanthropy Partners. The onetime DC mayoral Dealmaker Enterprise Associates and others, Davidson
aide now heads the prestigious philanthropy
group founded by Mario Morino.
Don Rainey, general part- is set for a big expansion of his financial-lit-
eracy programs. 12
Chris Darby, CEO, In-Q-Tel. Not many ner, Grotech Ventures. A long- Mark D. Ein, founder and CEO, Venture-
government agencies have their own ven- time Washington investor, house Group. The tech entrepreneur has a 3 6 10
ture-capital firm, but the CIA does—and if Rainey has his fingers in many variety of projects, from the Kastle Systems
Darby spots promising technology, he has security company to the pro tennis team he has
deep pockets to play with. pots, from military projects to named after it—the Washington Kastles.
Miles Gilburne, managing member, ZG LivingSocial, a move that will Raul Fernandez, CEO, ObjectVideo.
Ventures. A key ally of Steve Case, Gilburne— make his partners at Grotech After taking his company Proxicom public
a former AOL vice president—has a particu- and selling it for nearly $450 million, Fer-
lar interest in biotech and life sciences.
a lot of money. nandez is busy with his video-analytics
Mike Lincoln, partner, Cooley Godward company and his co-ownership of the Wiz-
Kronish. Working with his colleague Adam who provide key early-stage funding to start-
Ruttenberg, Lincoln is the key mergers-and- ups, May is a must-meet for any budding
acquisitions and venture-capital lawyer for entrepreneur.
Northern Virginia. Nigel Morris, former president and COO,
Art Marks, general partner, Valhalla Part- Capital One. The cofounder of the credit-
ners. Marks, who now works at Valhalla with card powerhouse has moved on to being one
cofounder Gene Riechers, has spent more of the region’s most prolific dealmakers and
than 25 years in local venture-capital circles negotiators.
Photographs by Chris Leaman; Steger by Jim Stroup/Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Knapp by William Atkins/George Washington University
and is still active in many deals. Kim Shanahan, Korn/Ferry. The leading
John May, managing partner, New Van- headhunter for the Northern Virginia tech
tage Group. One of the only local “angels” industry, Shanahan has many top executives
on speed dial. Here are those who might very well make the next Tech Titans list
Ralph Terkowitz, general partner, ABS
Capital. The former CTO/CIO of the Wash-
Entrepreneur
ington Post Company hosts regular dinners 1. Michael Edson, director of Web hoping to disrupt “what’s core to starting a company focused on Zaleski—who spends her free time
that bring together a who’s who of the local Tim O’Shaughnessy, and new-media strategy, Smith- Washington”—politics, govern- captioned video tours. crisscrossing the country rock-
tech scene. CEO, LivingSocial. The sonian Institution. The 20-year ment, and media. climbing—is helping to speed the
veteran of “the nation’s attic” has 9. Robert Musslewhite, CEO, Post into the digital age.
Georgetown grad is on top helped launch its first blog and 5. Charles W. Steger, presi- Advisory Board Company. While
ENTREPRENEURS of the hottest thing to hit the adapt some of its collection for an dent, Virginia Tech, and 6. Steven the David Bradley–founded com- 12. Christine A. Varney, assistant
alternative-reality game. Knapp, president, George Wash- pany is known for its health-care attorney general for antitrust, Jus-
Sid Banerjee, cofounder and CEO, Clar- local tech world since AOL, ington University. Both universi- consulting and “best practices” tice Department. The respected
abridge. The customer-feedback-mining
start-up led by Banerjee—one of the first
with an ever-growing valu- 2. Sean Glass, venture partner, ties are making big tech plays, research, it’s pushing to become former head of Hogan & Hartson’s
employees of MicroStrategy—is a big hit, as ation—helped recently by a Novak Biddle. A former game-com- with GW increasing the size of its more of a software company. Internet-law division, Varney is at
pany founder backed by Richard Loudoun research center and Vir- the center of the discussion about
was his previous venture, Claraview. $400-million venture-fund- Branson, Glass is seen as a leader ginia Tech expanding into a large 10. Chitra Ragavan, senior coun- whether Google is too large.
Dealmaker James Bankoff, CEO, SB Nation. Bankoff ing round—and a staff that’s of the next generation of local ven- Ballston facility focused on health selor, Palantir. A former legal-
Philip Bronner, Novak is a former AOL executive and senior adviser
at the private-equity powerhouse Providence
been expanding by six a day. ture capitalists. technology and cybersecurity. affairs reporter for U.S. News and
an NPR correspondent, Ragavan
13. Frank Baitman, chief informa-
tion officer, Social Security Admin-
Biddle Venture Partners. Equity Partners. SB Nation has a network 3. Ginny Hunt, head of public-sec- 7. Jim Long, cameraman, NBC is helping sell one of Silicon Val- istration. The former IBM business
Since Jack Biddle and Roger of more than 300 blogs that dominates the ards, Capitals, and Mystics. tor projects, Google. People inside News. By day he’s a mild-man- ley’s most intriguing companies— strategist is rethinking how one
online sports conversation—and he hopes it’ll Peter LaMotte, president, GeniusRocket. and outside of government are nered cameraman, but on Twitter backed by PayPal founder and of the government’s biggest pro-
Novak founded it in 1997, coming to know Hunt as Google’s and at tech conferences he trans- Facebook funder Peter Thiel—as grams and data sets can be more
be global as he moves into European soccer. Under CEO Mark Walsh, LaMotte, a vet-
NBVP has established itself Aaron Batalion, cofounder and CTO, eran of the Corporate Executive Board, is
“DC fixer.” forms into @NewMediaJim, one of it expands into providing analy- efficient, responsive, and useful.
as the area’s top venture- LivingSocial. The head technologist for this the power behind the “curated crowdsourc- 4. Clay Johnson, creator, Big
the area’s favorite tech thinkers. sis and software to the intelligence
community. 14. Adam Sharp, Twitter. The
capital firm, and Bronner is rapidly growing company is a big local pres- ing” site, which helps connect creatives and Window Labs. A veteran of the 8. Catharine McNally, founder, microblogging site’s first Washing-
ence and is helping to push the start-up scene businesses.
the go-to for local start-ups, Howard Dean presidential cam- Keen Guides. Deaf since she was 11. Katharine Zaleski, Digi- ton hire, formerly an executive pro-
forward. Robert S. Marshall, CEO, Earth Networks. paign and the Sunlight Foun- eight months old, McNally worked tal News Products head, Wash- ducer at C-SPAN, is just months
including Approva, Clear- Steve Case, CEO, Revolution. With his Best known for his Germantown-based com- dation, Johnson has launched at the Kennedy Center and the ington Post. One of the original into his new role guiding politicians
spring, and Webs. fingers in lots of deals and boards (includ- pany’s WeatherBug, the University of Mary- an incubator for companies Freer and Sackler Galleries before staff at the online Huffington Post, and policymakers through the site.
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3. Entrepreneur Deborah H. Alderson, president, SAIC’s tions since 2006 and has grown the company Thinker
Defense Solutions Group. While she oversees into more than a billion dollars in revenue.
Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur/investor. a workforce of 12,500, Alderson has made Michael L. Chasen, CEO, Blackboard. Andy Carvin, social-media strate-
Now owner of the Verizon Center and mentoring women a focus of her energies and The education-services provider continues gist, NPR. Beloved in the local tech com-
its teams, Leonsis is a fan favorite for his developed SAIC’s Women’s Network. to grow, allowing Chasen increasing flexibil-
Anne Altman, general manager, Global ity to involve himself in other local start-ups
munity, the prolific tweeter has become
stewardship of the Capitals and perhaps Public Sector, IBM. The experienced IBM and deals. a worldwide resource as the hub of first-
the biggest player in the local tech com- leader continues to rise, most recently taking Pablo Chavez, managing policy counsel, person accounts about the unrest and
munity—from his SnagFilms start-up to over all of the giant’s public-sector work. and Mike Bradshaw, director of Google Fed- revolution across the Arab world.
John Becker, CEO, Approva. The com- eral, Google. Google’s presence is expand-
fast-rising Groupon, in which he invests. pany has embraced a lighthearted market- ing yearly in Washington—its $5.2 million in
ing campaign targeting “control freaks” lobbying expenses last year was up by nearly
with its access-control software, which has a third from 2009. Chavez, a former John
land grad operates the world’s largest weather Pete Snyder, founder and CEO, New become the industry standard for most of McCain aide, is one of the leading Silicon executive turned undersecretary of the Army tech sector regionally.
and lightning observation system. Media Strategies. The Rosslyn-based com- the large audit firms. Valley voices on Capitol Hill, and Bradshaw now heads the nonprofit management con- Donna Morea, president, CGI US, Europe,
Hooman Radfar, cofounder and CEO, munications firm has been singled out for its is the face of Google in the federal sector. sultancy born of Defense Secretary Robert and Asia. Just about the entire world except
Clearspring. After some growing pains, the success by Virginia governor Bob McDonnell Lynda Clarizio, CEO, Invision. The former McNamara’s frustration with the Pentagon’s Canada now falls under the purview of this
McLean-based firm has seen its social-sharing and continues its recent hiring spree. head of Advertising.com for AOL and a business practices 50 years ago. 25-year veteran of the IT industry.
widget, AddThis, make it one of the largest Daniel Yates, founder and CEO, Opower. onetime Arnold & Porter lawyer, Clarizio Linda Gooden, executive vice president, Matthew O’Connell, CEO, GeoEye. High-
Web sites in the world—and one that pos- His Arlington-based energy-efficiency start- is among the foremost experts on digital Lockheed Martin Information Systems & quality satellite images once were the exclusive
sesses an enormous amount of valuable data up, perhaps more than any other outside of advertising. Global Solutions. With more than $10 bil- domain of a handful of governments, but now
on user behavior and preferences. LivingSocial, seems poised for a big IPO James F. Coakley, CEO, Power Loft. The lion in annual sales, Gooden oversees a busi-
Michael J. Saylor, founder and CEO, down the road. Prince William County data center is one of ness roughly the size of Cambodia’s GDP.
MicroStrategy. The long ride of MicroStrat- the area’s largest storage facilities and a green Walter P. Havenstein, CEO, SAIC. The
egy hasn’t been steady for Saylor—who lost model for similar projects. newish leader of the region’s biggest gov-
billions when the tech bubble burst—but it’s ENTREPRENEURIAL COUPLES Matthew J. Desch, CEO, Iridium. As head ernment-technology contractor, with 17,500
going gangbusters now and looking the best Phillip and Caren Merrick. The cofounders of of one of the world’s largest mobile-satellite local employees, is seen as a breath of fresh air,
it has in years, thanks in part to the hard work webMethods, which was the most successful companies—relied upon by mariners, explor- raising employee morale. He’s also a leader
of COO Sanju K. Bansal. software IPO of its time, have their own proj- ers, and even the Defense Department— in education, chairing the nonprofit FIRST
Chris Schroeder, CEO, HealthCentral. The ects now—with Phillip overseeing the online Industry Leader Desch helped take the company public in (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
Washington Post Company has helped launch résumé site VisualCV and Caren running for 2009. and Technology).
many a career locally, and the former Washing- the Virginia state Senate. Donald E. Graham, Amr ElSawy, CEO, Noblis. The nonprofit Fred Humphries, vice president, US gov-
tonpost.Newsweek Interactive CEO’s is one. Bradley and Sheryl Schwartz. The hus- CEO, Washington Post Com- consulting firm—which traces its history to ernment affairs, Microsoft. The top represen-
His health-care information provider has an band-and-wife team that runs Blue Can- pany. As a regular Face- MIT’s World War II efforts to help the gov- tative of the Redmond, Washington, software
A-list team of backers, from Barry Diller to opy—a government-tech contractor founded ernment solve complex problems—remains a giant is, along with Ed Ingle, a powerful voice
Sequoia Capital to the Carlyle Group. in 2001 that has twice made Inc. magazine’s
book user, a board member force in federal circles. in DC.
Community Leaders
list of the 500 fastest-growing private US of the social-media power- Nelson M. Ford, CEO, LMI. The health-care Sudhakar Kesavan, CEO, ICF Interna- Zvi Band, founder of
companies—both came to the start-up with house, and overseer of the tional. The green-tech consulting firm— skeevisArts, and Michael
extensive corporate backgrounds. print newspaper business’s perhaps best known for helping launch the
Amy Senger and Steven Mandzik. Found- Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Mayernick, cofounder of
ers of the consulting firm 1X57, they’ve
transition to a multi-platform Star program—has developed into a global Giv.to. Hoping to spur more
become influential in Gov 2.0 circles—and media experience, Graham is leader under Kesavan, who has worked at collegiality among the local
have helped usher the CIA into the age of at the forefront of technologi- the firm since 1983 and is now vice chair of
community, the two ener-
social media. cal change. Products such as NVTC.
Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova, Jeong Kim, president, Bell Labs. More getic techies launched a Web
founders, Imangi Studios. Their small-game Trove, built by his team and than a decade after he made many millions on site, Proudly Made in DC, that
development company has churned out a led by CDO Vijay Ravindran, the sale of his tech start-up to Lucent Tech- showcases start-ups.
number of popular iPad and iPhone apps, are causing excitement in nologies, Kim has settled into his role as head
including the game Harbor Master. of the storied Bell Labs.
Jesse Thomas and Leslie Bradshaw,
media circles. Bruce Klein, senior vice president, US GeoEye’s work is provided through Google,
Entrepreneurial Couple cofounders, Jess3. The creative geniuses public-sector theater, Cisco. One of the larg- Yahoo!, and Bing to any computer user in the
Jen Consalvo and behind one of the region’s hottest agencies,
they helped an astronaut check into Four-
Wes Bush, CEO, Northrop Grumman.
The decision by the new head of Northrop
Industry Leader est providers of networking products to the
government, Klein manages an extensive
world.
Gary Shapiro, CEO, Consumer Electron-
Frank Gruber, founders, square from space and helped C-SPAN estab- to move the company’s headquarters to the Teresa Carlson, vice portfolio. ics Association. The longtime head of the
Tech Cocktail. Their start- lish itself as a digital innovator. Washington area—creating a bidding war president, global public Marne Levine, vice president, global public powerful trade association is taking a bigger
up, which began as a local among Virginia, Maryland, and the District, sector, Amazon Web Ser- policy, Facebook. The arrival of Larry Sum- role in policy, arguing in his new book, The
eventually won by Falls Church—was a coup. mers’s chief of staff from the National Eco- Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the
networking group, has be- INDUSTRY LEADERS It was also a recognition of the importance of vices. The move of the influ- nomic Council as the social-networking site’s American Dream, that the United States
come a national gathering Reggie Aggarwal, founder and CEO, the government IT sector, where Linda Mills ential vice president of lead policy person shows how seriously the needs to rethink its strategy for economic
point for budding entrepre- Cvent. A leader in the Indian high-tech heads Northrop’s $8.4-billion-a-year informa- Microsoft Federal Services company is now taking Washington. competitiveness.
world, he heads an 800-plus-person event- tion-systems business. Mark D. McLaughlin, president and chief David W. Thompson, cofounder and CEO,
neurs, attracting thousands to Amazon in December
management software company that has Edward J. Casey Jr., CEO, Serco (North executive officer, VeriSign. The Web-secu- Orbital. The commercial space-launch com-
at the South by Southwest helped put together more than 275,000 America). A former energy executive, Casey showed how seriously the rity firm’s relocation last summer to North- pany, which has its own space facility off of
Interactive conference. events worldwide. has led Serco through two successful acquisi- retailer took cloud computing. ern Virginia was a sign of the energy in the ( C O N T I N U E D O N PAG E 12 2 )
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4. are not talking about a bunch of eggheads in ty’s top cheerleaders and boosters, helping to
tweed jackets and pipes. We are talking about Tech Titans forge connections, deals, and friendships.
real people in your district who not only share continued from page 71 Mark Bisnow, founder, Bisnow on Busi-
our broad views but who are financially sup- ness. His networking schmooze-fests and
porting us.” Maryland’s Eastern Shore, will grow only speaker series, a spinoff of his e-newsletters,
Feulner is all but a cheerleader when it more critical as NASA wraps up the space- have been a big success.
comes to talking about Heritage’s new pro- shuttle program. Phillip J. Bond, CEO, TechAmerica. For
file—with the added presence and savvy, he Steve Trundle, CEO, Alarm.com. The one- nearly 20 years, Bond has moved back and
is quick to note, of Addington. Its footprint time MicroStrategy CTO now runs a hot secu- forth between government and the private
on Capitol Hill is growing. The think tank rity company that allows users to connect to sector. He now leads one of the most pow-
not only is housed in two spacious buildings their home security systems remotely. erful industry voices.
on Massachusetts Avenue, a few blocks from John B. Wood, CEO, Telos. The head of Allyson Kapin, founding partner and exec-
Senate office buildings and the Capitol, but it the cybersecurity firm is proving a key booster utive creative director, Rad Campaign. Kap-
also purchased a building in 2008 on Penn- of Loudoun County growth with his forma- in’s Women Who Tech conference and her
sylvania Avenue, Southeast, spitting distance tion of the local CEO Cabinet to advise poli- boundless energy helped lead Forbes to name
from the House office buildings. cymakers on economic-development issues. her one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs
“We are not halfway downtown like Cato,” to follow on Twitter.
Feulner says. “We are not all the way down- Alan Merten, president, George Mason
town like AEI or out Embassy Row like Brook- THINKERS University, and Bob Templin, president,
ings. I am not saying necessarily that particular Robert D. Atkinson, president, Information Northern Virginia Community College. The
factor makes us better, but I am saying it makes Technology & Innovation Foundation. With IT world continues to hunger for employees,
us different because we know precisely what “innovation” becoming a major policy area, and these two higher-education leaders are
our primary target audience is, and it is right Atkinson has been at the forefront of pushing it
over there,” meaning Capitol Hill. “That is as a cornerstone of economic development.
another reason Addington is such a neat, inte- Rod Beckstrom, CEO, ICANN. The body
gral player and [fits into] what we are about— that governs Internet addresses and names
because he has been on both the House and (such as .com and .us) is headed by Beck-
Senate staff and he knows how that works as strom, an author and entrepreneur.
well as knowing how downtown works.” Edward Black, CEO, Computer & Com-
Addington’s second act dovetails with Heri- munications Industry Association. Head of
tage’s effort to be more muscular on Capitol one of the industry’s top trade groups since
Hill. “We want independent thinkers who are 1995, Black was involved with the State
also team players, and this guy is the perfect Department and is active in other govern-
combination,” Feulner says. “In the confines ment projects on tech policy.
of his office, he tells it to me straight out, but Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet
when our board comes to a decision, he is a evangelist, Google; Steve Crocker, board-of-
great colonel in the Army. He salutes and says, directors vice chair, ICANN; and Robert E. Community Leader
‘Forward march,’ and on we go.” Kahn, president, CEO, and chairman, Corpo-
Addington makes clear that success in his ration for National Research Initiatives. Not Bobbie Kilberg, CEO,
first year can be measured in a tangible way. too many people can claim to have invented Northern Virginia Technology
Three of the think tank’s priorities fall in his the Internet (and Al Gore’s not one of them),
area of responsibility: to win substantial cuts but these three can. Decades later, all are still
Council. Kilberg has led the
in federal spending, to succeed in repealing leaders in the industry. region’s most influential tech
“Obamacare,” and to make the temporary tax Leslie Harris, CEO, Center for Democracy trade group for more than a
cuts passed during the Bush administration & Technology. The Georgetown Law grad decade—and her Hot Ticket
permanent. “Success is defined as all three,” turned policy wonk has helped establish CDT
he says. “Progress is defined as two.” as a key resource for privacy rights online. Awards event, hosted at her
As for Addington’s take on where he is now Walt Mossberg, personal-tech colum- McLean house, is the com-
after the fights he’s taken on over the years, nist, Wall Street Journal. Mossberg’s reviews munity’s event of the year.
just for a moment he allows an outsider in and are considered definitive by many, and his
becomes a little introspective: “The meaning- expanding empire of projects, such as All-
ful life. Somehow, you’re 80 and rocking on ThingsD, keep him influential. providing thousands of educated students.
the front porch and thinking about what did Lynn St. Amour, CEO, Internet Society. Shireen Mitchell, CEO, Digital Sisters/
you do with your life. The best you can hope Her organization, based in the United States Sistas. University of the District of Columbia
in the end is that you lived it properly and and Switzerland, works on increasing Inter- graduate Mitchell—who goes by the name
accomplished something useful. That so much net access to developing countries and setting Digitalsista online—works to deliver technol-
outweighs the ups and downs and in-between standards to ease communication. ogy to underserved women and children.
struggles.” Jill Stelfox, founder and president,
Accession Point. The serial entrepreneur
Kirk Victor has covered the White House and
COMMUNITY LEADERS now runs a consulting firm to encourage
Congress for National Journal, collaborated with Shashi Bellamkonda, director of social media, others’ ideas and is respected for her energy
Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings on Hollings’s book, Network Solutions; Peter Corbett, founder, and connections.
“Making Government Work,” and currently is a Twin Tech; and Justin Thorp, community
contributing writer at the Fiscal Times and a con-
tributing editor at National Journal. He can be manager, Clearspring. Online and offline, Editor Garrett M. Graff can be reached at
reached at kirkvic@gmail.com. these three are among the tech communi- ggraff@washingtonian.com.
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