CyberHive to Promote "Securing The Internet Of Things"

San Diego Incubator Brings Together Industry and Security Experts to Discuss IoT Solutions


SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 2, 2013) - CyberHive, San Diego's largest security incubator, will be sponsoring a seminar on "Securing The Internet Of Things," on October 2nd at the San Diego Gas & Electric Company's Innovation Center from 3:15 to 9:00 PM. The event will bring together 200 thought leaders from Big Data, Internet-of-Things (IoT), M2M, Privacy, and Security, to discuss the topic. The seminar is open to cyber security firms, innovators in the IoT field, investors, and executives from government, organizations concerned about security, privacy and regulation of products that touch the Internet.

The keynote speaker will be Daniel Obodovski, co-founder, Managing Partner for DND Ventures LLC and the author of "The Silent Intelligence, The Internet of Things". In addition, two panels will be featured. "Who Owns and Protects the Democratized Data of IoT?" will be moderated by Navid Alipour, Managing Partner, Analytics Ventures and include panelists Tom Caldwell, President of CyberFlow Analytics, Stephen Coggeshall, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, ID Analytics, Matt Harrigan, President and CEO of PacketSled, and Steve Kovsky, Sr. Manager, Digital Content and Corporate Marketing Communications for Websense.

"Privacy and Security Implications: What New Cyber security Regimes and Policies Will be Needed for the Resilient Network", will be moderated by Justine Phillips, Attorney with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton and include panelists Cecilia Anastos, Founder of Meta Enterprises, Sage Osterfeld, Chief Marketing Officer of AirPatrol, Chris Vera, Privacy Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Jauher Zaidi, CEO and founder of Appriva and Palmchip.

"The Internet of Things is going to have one of the most dramatic impacts on consumers, government and business since the beginning of the Internet itself," commented Darin Andersen, Founder and Chairman of CyberHive as well as President & CEO of CyberUnited. "However, like the impact of all new technology trends, there are numerous concerns around it. This event brings together some of the most significant authorities in the country, let alone San Diego, to discuss these issues and postulate solutions."

Reservations can be made in advance through Maggey Felix at maggey@cyberhivesandiego.org