Nasdaq Announces New Corporate Threat Preparedness Series -- 'POINT'
October 07 2015 - 8:01AM
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced a new global initiative under
the acronym, POINT (Perspectives, Opportunities and Insights on the
Next Threat). The quarterly corporate-focused series will take a
best practices approach to identifying the coming corporate threats
and how companies and their boards can prepare for and find
opportunities in these potential threats to their business.
To coincide with October's U.S. National Cyber Security
Awareness Month, cyber security will be the inaugural topic in the
Nasdaq POINT Series. Other planned topics in the series will
include activism, M&A, intellectual property protection, global
talent wars, among others. The Nasdaq POINT Series will be
delivered through engaging webinars, white papers and in-person
events – and will include subject matter experts and other
luminaries to share up-to-date information and recommendations.
"The greatest threats to businesses are those that the companies
are unprepared to address," said Adena Friedman, President, Nasdaq.
"By creating POINT, Nasdaq is demonstrating a commitment to our
clients by looking around corners at the approaching threats to
their business, and sharing best practices that are imperative to
running a successful regional or global enterprise."
As part of the POINT initiative's initial focus on cyber
security, Nasdaq will be conducting a variety of activities
throughout October and Q4 including:
- An independent research report with Tanium on the challenges
facing board of directors and executive teams around cybersecurity
awareness and readiness, questions to be asked of executive teams,
and actionable guidance on how to have a meaningful board level
dialogue around security posture and risk;
- Corporate Solutions fire side chat client video with Nasdaq
CISO Lou Modano on cyber security challenges and management for
corporates;
- October 21 - hosting National Cyber Security Alliance's annual
cyber day at MarketSite, including Closing Bell ceremony, press
conference and luncheon. This year's theme is "Challenges and
Opportunities to Securing the Internet of Things."
- October 26 - CIO Thought Leadership Forum on Cyber Security at
MarketSite, hosted by Nasdaq CIO Brad Peterson;
- October 29 - Directors Desk will host a live panel discussion
from Nasdaq global headquarters for boards and corporate
secretaries, "Cybersecurity – What Board Members Need to
Know."
"There is absolutely no disputing that cyber security is easily
among the top five issues that are front and center on the minds of
every C-level executive running a company," said Lou Modano, Senior
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. "Our goal
with POINT is to aggregate and share our knowledge and best
practices beyond Nasdaq to positively impact how the capital
markets ecosystem advances their cyber security efforts."
More information about the POINT series including access to
events will be made available at: business.nasdaq.com.
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, clearing,
exchange technology, listing, information and public company
services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of
solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute
their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies
that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global
capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic
stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50
countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions.
Nasdaq is home to more than 3,600 listed companies with a market
value of approximately $9.6 trillion and more than 10,000 corporate
clients. To learn more, visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or
business.nasdaq.com.
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