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Re lnvrtatron to Endurrng Securrty Framework Mobrlrty Meetrng
General Keith.. so great to see you.. ! I'm unlikely to be in california that week so I'm sorry I can't attend
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be on the east coast). Would love to see you another time. Thank you
! Eric
On Jun 28,2012,at7:52 AM, Alexander, Keith wrote:
Eri c
I t was good seet ng you recent l y af t er t he meet i ng earl i er t hi s mont h.
About three years ago, the Deputy Secretari es of DoD and DHS and 18 US CEOs l aunched an effort cal l ed the Enduri ng
Securt t y Framework (ESF) t o coordi nat e government / i ndust ry
act i ons on rmport ant (general l y cl assi f i ed) securi t y rssues
t hat coul dn' t be sol ved by i ndi vrdual act ors al one. For exampl e, over t he l ast 18 mont hs, we (pl mari l y I nt el , AMD, Hp,
Del l and Mtcrosoft on the i ndustry si de) compl eted an effort to secure the BIOS of enterprrse pl atforms to address a
t hreat i n t hat area.
About sl x mont hs ago, we began f ocusi ng on t he securrt y of mobi l i t y devi ces. A group
{pri mari l y
Googl e, Appl e and
Mtcrosoft) recentl y came to agreement on a set of core securi ty prrnci pl es. When we reach thi s poi nt i n our proj ects, we
schedul e a cl assi fi ed bri efi ng for the CEO' s of key compani es tci ' provrde them a bri ef on the speci fi c threats we bel reve
can be mt t i gat ed and t o seek t hei r commi t ment f or t hei r organrzat i on t o move ahead.
We are conveni ng a smal l group of CEO' s f or such a drscussi on rn Si l i con Val l ey on August 8t h and I woul d l t ke t o i nvt t e
you t o at t end gl ven Googl e' s promi nence t n t he i ndust ry. Googl e' s part i ci pat i on
t n ref i nement , engrneerrng and
depl oyment of t he sol ut i ons wt l l be essent i al (sergei
Bri n has at t ended previ ous
sessi ons but cannot make t hi s meet rng
f or schedul i ng purposes).
Here are t he l ogrst i cs f or t he meet l ng. . .
o The August 8 meet t ng wi l l t ake pl ace i n a secure f aci l i t y i n proxrmi t y
t o t he San Jose, CA arrport .
o
The meet l ng i s schedul ed f rom LLam
- 3pm PST and wi l l ' i ncl ude a cl assrf i ed t hreat brref rng.
o
The meet i ng di scussi on wi l l be t oprc-speci f rc, and deci si on-ori ent ed, wi t h a f ocus on Mobrl i t y Threat s and
Securi ty.
I woul d be happy t o di scuss t hi s f urt her wi t h you t o provrde you
addi t i onal det at l s on t he ef f ort and t he Googl e
i ndi vrdual s who have part i ci pat ed, at your conveni ence, as wel l .
A, l t he Best
GEN Kei t h Al exander
ef i se bi i NSA on
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Alexander. Keith
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Frrday, January 13, 2012 5 20 PM
' Sergey Brrn'
RE ESF Executve Steerrng Group
)ergey,
Thanks f or t he not e back and t he correct emai l address
Look f orward t o seerng you next week.
Best ,
Ker t h
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Subject: Re: ESF Executive Steerrng Group
hi keith,
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looking forward to seeing you next
fyi, my best email address to use is
don't really check.
cheers,
--sergey
On Fri , Dec 23, 201 I , at 6: 50 AM, Al exander, Kei t h
Sergey,
Thank you for your team's participation in the Enduring Security Framework (ESF).
critical to the nationos progress against the threat in cyberspace and really appreciate
Adrian Ludwig's contributions to these efforts during the past year.
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I see ESF' s work as
Vint Cerf, Eric Grosse and
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You recently received an invitation to the ESF Executive Steering Group meeting, which will be held on
January 19,2012. The meeting is an opportunity' to recognize our 201I accomplishments and set direction for
the year to come. We will be discussing ESF' s goals and specific targets for 2012. We will also discuss some
of the threats we see and what we are doing to mitigate those threats.
I look forward to seeing you and to your parlicipation in the discussions. Your insights, as a key member of the
Defense Industrial Base, are valuable to ensure that ESF's efforts have a measurable impact.
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Happy Hoiiciays anci best wishes.
Best,
Keith