• Bell Aliant
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David Rice is an internationally recognized information security professional and the author of the critically acclaimed book "Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software." For a decade he has advised, counseled, and defended global IT networks for government and private industry. David has received an award from the U.S. Department of Defense for "significant contributions" to advancing security of critical national infrastructure and global networks. He is currently Director of The Monterey Group in Monterey, California.

The economic, legal, and regulatory incentives in the software market are missing, distorted, or perverted. This allows software manufacturers to continuously "dump" vast quantities of vulnerabilities into the global stream of commerce, with little consequence to them and with great consequence to everyone else. The money expended on cyber security is, in part, to deal with the effects of insecure software, not to prevent insecure software in the first place. This simply is not sustainable. It should be more expensive (and more difficult) for attackers to discover vulnerabilities than for software buyers to protect against an unrelenting deluge of vulnerabilities. Because of software's pervasiveness, "bad" software is no longer a technical issue, but a public policy issue as well. David Rice highlights possible incentives for creating sustainable cyber security for the global community.

In this interactive 'Ask the Xpert' session, David Rice will briefly introduce himself and his area of expertise. After the introduction, we will open the session to questions from the audience.

David Rice on incentives in the software market: they are are missing, distorted or perverse. He is also willing to field questions on software quality, the maturity of the market, analogies with other industries.

It is recommended to take a moment of your time to prepare your questions. A moderator will be present at each 'Ask the Xpert' session.