Former White House Counterterrorism Expert Roger Cressey Scheduled as Keynote Speaker for 2004 Strictly Business Technology Expo

Business Wire, May 18, 2004

Business Editors

Strictly Business Technology Expo

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004

NBC-TV News Analyst Will Address Area

Professionals on Cyber Security

Cygnus Expositions today announced that Roger Cressey will replace his business colleague Richard Clarke as a keynote speaker for this year's Strictly Business Technology Expo in Minneapolis. Cressey's presentation will take place on Wednesday June 9 at 1 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Cressey will educate participants on emerging cyber security standards and their potential impact on business. A congressional committee is examining whether the SEC should require public filings of the state of a company's cyber risk profile, similar to the Y2K filings that were required in 1999. Cyber security standards are already emerging in health care, banking, insurance, finance, electric power and telecommunication, yet companies are frequently unable to buy secure software from vendors. Cressey's will address such issues as: Do security standards help security and, if so, who should develop them? What is the appropriate burden sharing among the enterprise and the vendors they rely upon?

An NBC-TV news counterterrorism analyst, Cressey is president of Good Harbor, an advisory service firm that counsels clients on homeland security, critical infrastructure protection, cyber security and counterterrorism. Richard Clarke is the firm's chairman. Cressey previously served as Chief of Staff to the president's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board at the White House. He has also served as Director for Transnational Threats on the National Security Council staff, where he was responsible for coordination and implementation of U.S. counterterrorism policy. He managed the U.S. government's response to the Millennium terror alert, the USS COLE attack, and the September 11 attacks. He has also served overseas with the U.S. Embassy in Israel and with United Nations peacekeeping missions in Somalia and the former Yugoslavia, where he was part of a United Nations team that planned the successful capture of the first individual indicted for war crimes in Croatia.

About Strictly Business

Strictly Business, the Midwest's largest technology expo, takes place June 9-10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Now in its 22nd year, Strictly Business features an exhibit floor showcasing leading national and regional technology businesses, as well as concurrent presentations on hot IT topics by high-profile executives. The event enables executives, IT managers and planners, business owners and managers, and corporate communicators to learn about the latest in networking, security, accounting, IP telephony, storage, wireless, supply chain, digital media and all of the products necessary to build an effective IT infrastructure. Strictly Business is produced by Cygnus Expositions, a division of Cygnus Business Media.

This year's Strictly Business will once again be held in conjunction with the Mid-America Print Expo, which will mark its second year. Admission to exhibits and the expos is free to qualified pre-registered attendees and special VIP pass holders. For more information visit www.strictlybusinessexpo.com or call 1-800-548-1407.

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