Nasdaq Announces New Corporate Threat Preparedness Series -- 'POINT'
October 07 2015 - 08:42AM
Cyber Security to be the Inaugural Topic to Coincide With National
Cyber Security Awareness Month
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 Taniumon 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 Solutionsfire side chat client video
with Nasdaq CISO Lou Modano on cyber security challenges and
management for corporates;
- October 21 - hosting National Cyber Security
Alliance'sannual 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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Source: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. via Globenewswire
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