Keynotes/General Sessions

Keynote: Steven Chabinsky, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI's Cyber Division

March 23, 2010

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Prerequisite: None

The Cyber Threat: Who's Doing What to Whom?

Cybercrime is big business, and organized crime groups are treating it that way. Hear the FBI discuss the changing nature of cybercrime, how the FBI is organized and partnering to address this growing and dynamic threat, and what you can do to help.


Steven Chabinsky

Steven Chabinsky serves as Deputy Assistant Director within the FBI's Cyber Division. The Cyber Division manages all FBI domestic and international investigative and outreach efforts focused on protecting the United States from cyber attack, cyber espionage, online child exploitation, Internet fraud, intellectual property rights theft, and other high technology crimes. Mr. Chabinsky recently returned to the FBI after completing a joint duty assignment with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where he served as Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Cyber (Acting), the Chair of the National Cyber Study Group, and the Director of the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force. In these roles, Mr. Chabinsky led the ODNI's efforts to coordinate, monitor, and provide recommendations to the President regarding implementation of U.S. cyber strategy. Prior to his ODNI tour, Mr. Chabinsky served as Chief of the FBI's Cyber Intelligence Section, where he organized and led the FBI's analysis and reporting on terrorism, foreign intelligence, and criminal matters having a cyber threat nexus.