When handling personal data, organizations must utilize both best practices for privacy and cybersecurity to ensure that it is protected, sound, and treated in line with individual and societal expectations.
FPF’s work on privacy and cybersecurity focuses on the overlap between the two areas, including how different global laws and policy regimes tackle that overlap. Through FPF’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Expert Group, FPF facilitates the coordination and collaboration of privacy and cybersecurity experts to promote common goals, strategies, and understanding.
FPF’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee comprises top cyber and privacy executives at industry-leading companies and civil society and academia representatives.
Advisory committee members include:
- Emily Hancock, Cloudflare
- Stephenie Handler, Gibson Dunn (Chair)
- David Hoffman, Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
- Anitha Ibrahim, Amazon Web Services
- Andy Serwin, DLA Piper
- Chad Sniffen, National Network to End Domestic Violence
- Melanie Tiano, T-Mobile
- Heng Xu, American University
Smart Grid Today Web Conference
Privacy and the Smart Grid: How to Address Consumer Concerns Without Jeopardizing the Growth of the Grid A web conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Click here or call 888-471-4447 (+1-301-769-6804) to register! YOUR PRESENTERS: Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center Annabelle Lee, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, Computer Security […]
Useful commentary from the Smart Grid Security Blog
Check out this useful privacy commentary from the folks at the Smart Grid Security Blog, “An Informed Public and an Informed Grid.“
Useful Commentary from Smart Grid Security Blog
Check out this useful privacy commentary from the folks at the Smart Grid Security Blog, “An Informed Public and an Informed Grid.”
Ubiquitous Biometrics
Guest Post from privacy expert Kathy Harman-Stokes Speakers at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2010 Biometrics Conference emphasized the value of “ubiquitous biometrics.” For biometrics to become ubiquitous, one speaker said biometrics should be widely used for facilities access, by employers for time and attendance recording of employees, and customer identification for various transactions, […]
Comments to the FCC on Open Internet and Broadband
This afternoon we filed comments to the FCC which address their October 22nd 2009 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) focused on “Preserving the Open Internet and Broadband Industry Practices.” The FCC’s request for comments are an important opportunity for us to highlight the fact that Broadband access and use implicates numerous privacy and data security […]
Smart Grid Consumer Privacy Seal Launch Press Release
The Future of Privacy Forum and TRUSTe Launch a Smart Grid Privacy Seal Program Leaders in Government and Industry Voice Their Support The Future of Privacy Forum has developed a first of its kind privacy seal program for companies that use consumer energy information. The seal will be powered by TRUSTe, the leading data privacy […]
Roundtable 2010: The Year that Privacy and Data Security Become Priority Risk Management Issues
Christopher Wolf will be participating in Roundtable 2010: The Year that Privacy and Data Security Become Priority Risk Management Issues. Jan 27, 2010 11:30 AM – 1:50 PM IBM Corporation 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
ISPAB to Address Smart Grid Issues
The Commerce Department/NIST Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is holding its December meeting tomorrow in Washington, DC. On the agenda is a discussion about privacy, security and the smart grid, led by FPF Co-Chair Jules Polonetsky, Dave Dalva, Senior Security Strategist at Cisco, and Lynn McNulty, Director of Government Affairs at (ISC)2. ISPAB […]
Experts: Smart Grid Poses Privacy Risks
Experts: Smart Grid Poses Privacy Risks Washington Post – Security Fix Blog By Brian Krebs Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Technologists already are worried about the security implications of linking nearly all elements of the U.S. power grid to the public Internet. Now, privacy experts are warning that the so-called “smart grid” efforts could usher in […]
Smart meters touted for ability to help conserve, but critics are skeptical
Smart meters touted for ability to help conserve, but critics are skeptical Argus Leader Thom Gabrukiewicz November 10, 2009 Empowering electric customers to save money through conservation is the government’s great hope for smart metering, but not everyone buys into the technology. Some have concerns about just who would benefit financially, consumer or utilities. Others […]