Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: FTC announces agenda for Start with Security conference in Austin, (Oct 14, 2015)

The FTC has announced the agenda for its Start with Security conference taking place on November 5 in Austin, Texas, which will feature experts from across the technology industry who will share their tips and insights on how startups can secure their application.

The Commission is expanding its efforts to help businesses protect consumers’ information through its “Start with Security” data security initiative that includes guidance for businesses that draws on the lessons learned in the more than 50 data security cases brought by the FTC through the years, as well as a series of conferences to be held across the country. The first event was held on September 9 in San Francisco.

According to the agenda, FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will deliver opening remarks at the event, which is designed to provide the latest information and best practices about security to the large technology community in and around Austin. The day will feature speakers who have helped build and run security programs at large-scale enterprises and rapid-growth startups in Austin, like Dell, RetailMeNot, Honest Dollar, and National Instruments, along with top security experts.

Panels will address how startups can: build a culture of security, including how they can effectively model threats, train their developers, and ensure secure coding practices; scale security testing when they are growing rapidly and continuously iterating their products; work with third-party code and bug reports, and effectively address vulnerabilities; and move past bug hunting to embrace key security features.

In addition to the panel discussions, Venu Shamapant, co-founder of venture capital firm LiveOak Venture Partners, will take part in a “fireside chat” with Commissioner McSweeny on security issues facing today’s startups.

The University of Texas Robert S. Strauss Center and the Center for Identity are co-sponsors of the event with the FTC. Similar events are planned for other cities in the months ahead.

The one day conference, free and open to the public, will take place at the University of Texas, Austin, AT&T Conference Center, and will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A full schedule and panelist biographies, along with details on the conference can be found on the event’s webpage.

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