World renowned executive and leadership coach Chris Coffey will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association’ s (ISSA-LA) fourth annual Information Security Summit on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hilton Universal City Hotel in Los Angeles. The theme of the one-day Summit is The Growing Cyber Threat: Protect Your Business. Mr. Coffey will discuss concepts from his soon-to-be published book Innovative Questions and demonstrate how to turn around the perceptions of others by simply asking the right questions. In the world of high-tech Internet information security, asking the right questions means helping professionals in the field to communicate effectively with executives and business leaders who have difficulty understanding the complexity and the seriousness of cybercrime and how it can affect their businesses.

Cyber espionage - Those engaging in cyber espionage to steal classified and/or proprietary data from U.S. agencies and other organizations are riding high. Foreign spies, including U.S. allies, are increasingly launching digital assaults against the nation to steal sensitive economic secrets, according to a recent report by the U.S. Office of National Counterintelligence Executive. The theft of this critical information shows that attackers - state-sponsored or not - are enlisting whatever weaknesses in systems they can to steal corporate and government data, often going unnoticed for months. Experts share background on the types of attacks to watch out for and what to do to thwart them.

At the beginning of this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) released a new strategy that called for increased investments in technological innovation, specifically in the areas of cybersecurity and intelligence systems. Before implementing these advances, the DoD and industry will need to be armed with the knowledge and insights to apply these technologies in a secure environment. The FOSE 2012 Defense Innovations Conference will provide answers to the latest threats, how to adapt enterprise-wide programs, as well as solutions to protecting and achieving the DoD mission. Attendees will be able to participate in sessions focused on Cybersecurity, Mobile Device and Application Security, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and Biometric Integration. FOSE 2012 will take place April 3-5, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.