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TaaSera to Host Fireside Chat with Former White House Cyber Advisor Howard Schmidt and ThirdCertainty's Byron Acohido at RSA 2015

[April 20, 2015]

TaaSera to Host Fireside Chat with Former White House Cyber Advisor Howard Schmidt and ThirdCertainty's Byron Acohido at RSA 2015

CUPERTINO, Calif. and MCLEAN, Va., April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TaaSera Inc., the leading provider of preemptive breach detection for cybersecurity, announced today that it will host a live fireside interview between Howard Schmidt, former Obama Administration Cyber-Security Coordinator and Byron Acohido, Pulitzer Prize winner and Editor-in-Chief of ThirdCertainty. The pair will discuss Howard's mission to redefine cyber security for the 21^st Century and future-proof critical infrastructure, business assets and sensitive data from foreign nation states, corporate spies, terrorists, hacktivists and other cyber bandits.

WHO:	Howard Schmidt, former Cyber Advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, former Microsoft CSO, former CISO for eBay and Board of Directors, TaaSera

	Byron Acohido, former USA Today Security Reporter and Editor-in-Chief, ThirdCertainty

WHAT:	What are the most important technologies that U.S. cyber companies must use to develop essential solutions to protect and defend cyber infrastructure? How will the cybersecurity industry's relationship with the federal government have to evolve in response to the amounting threats facing critical cyber assets? Howard Schmidt will provide his insights into these vital questions while engaging Byron in a spirited discussion on how the industry must evolve in response to emerging geopolitical issues and policies. RSA attendees will have the opportunity to learn about:

	- The hot technologies that are making a measurable impact on cyber readiness
	- The necessary direction for the security industry in light of new international cyber policies and the changing geopolitical environment
	- How the relationship between the industry and government must change to adapt to ever-evolving cyber threats

WHEN:	Tuesday, April 21 at 1:45 p.m. PST

WHERE:	TaaSera's RSA Expo Booth: N4313 North Expo
	Moscone Center
	747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

About TaaSera, Inc.
TaaSera is the leader in Preemptive Breach Detection Systems (BDS). With clear evidence that 9 out of 10 enterprise environments are already compromised by exploited vulnerabilities and malware, TaaSera provides solutions to detect evidence of pending data breaches before data is lost or stolen.

Based on cyber security research by SRI International, TaaSera's unique platform is protected by 12 patents around technology that maps the "Threat DNA" patterns of malicious coordinated network and endpoint behaviors without the use of signatures or sandboxes. The TaaSera team is comprised of security architects and subject matter experts with decades of experience in firewalls, intrusion detection, security event management, malware analysis and endpoint security.

TaaSera has offices in Cupertino, CA and McLean, VA. For more information, please visit taasera.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/taasera.

Contact:
Carolyn Martin
855-822-7372, x 711
[email protected]

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SOURCE TaaSera Inc.

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