ISA as a Leader in Public Policy

Policy

The ISA Mission is to integrate advanced technology with economics and public policy to create a sustainable system of cybersecurity. The ISA board does this by implementing its three major goals – thought leadership, policy advocacy and developing effective best practices. The source of ISA’s thought leadership and policy formation is its board of directors. Since its founding over 20 years ago the ISA board has argued that the traditional policy approach focused on technical regulation did not appreciate the true depth of the cybersecurity issue which is not just about technical vulnerabilities but also the economic drivers that sustain the attack community. Over time ISA has been successful in broadening the public policy debate to appreciate cyber as an enterprises wide risk management issue that needs to include technical enhancements but must also address broader problems such as workforce development, duplicative and wasteful regulation, systemic risk and making the economics of security critical infrastructure sustainable by integrating economic incentives into a more fulsome public private partnership.

ISA President Clinton Addresses G-20 Summit on Digital Security in Saudi Arabia 2020
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green [R-TN] Speaks to ISA Board (Pictured: Ted Webster and Niall Brennan)
Rep. Dale Strong [R-AL] Meets with ISA Board Members (Pictured from left to right: Brigadier General Gregory Touhill, USAF (Ret.), CISSP, CISM, and NACD-DC, JR Williamson, Rep. Dale Strong, Michael Higgins, and Patrick Reidy)
Chairman Hal Rogers [R-KY] meets with ISA Delegation (Pictured from Left to Right: Top – David Badanes, Niall Brennan, Chairman Hal Rogers, Larry Clinton; Bottom – JR Williamson, Tracie Grella, Deneen DeFiore, and Jon Brickey)
Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI] Meeting with the ISA Board during the 2024 December Board Meeting
Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA] with ISA President and CEO Larry Clinton
Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA] with ISA Board Members (Pictured from Left to Right: Murray Kenyon, Joseph Nemec, Rep. Ashley Hinson, Tracie Grella, Jon Brickey)
Rep. Brad Finstad [R-MN] with ISA Board Member Mike Gordon
ISA Board Meets with Rep. Darin LaHood Chairman of the House Intelligence NSA and Cyber Subcommittee
Rep Chrissy Houlahan Recieves her McCurdy Award
Former Congressman Richard Burr [R-NC] Meets with ISA Board
Senator Ed Markey meet with ISA Board