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Nasdaq CIO Steven Randich Spoke At CXO Media's Fourth Executive Policy Forum - Forum Kicked Off An Official U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Event

Date 12/01/2004

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ;" OTCBB:NDAQ) announced that Steven J. Randich, Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology and Chief Information Officer, NASDAQ, served as a panelist at CXO Media's Executive Policy Forum on January 12th at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The forum, convened hundreds of government leaders with corporate CEOs, chief information officers (CIOs), chief security officers (CSOs) and other security professionals, featured a live event, webcast and satellite broadcast. The event served as the kick-off to an official U.S. Department of Homeland Security event.

Harvard Law Professor and former ABC-TV legal editor Arthur R. Miller moderated the panel and facilitated the dialogue between industry and government leaders about Securing Our Future: Balancing Homeland Security with Corporate Prosperity. The discussion addressed what new laws Congress may enact to protect the homeland and preserve commerce, what new liability and privacy dilemmas will confront corporate America and how to minimize risk and maximize resiliency in a transformed business environment.

"I am very pleased to have participated in such a distinguished panel as a representative of the Wall Street community. Business continuity and information security have been very important topics within financial services over the past few years and remain a core constituent among the industry today. The markets performed well during recent emergency situations and have improved their disaster recovery efforts vastly since the events of September 11th," commented Steven Randich, EVP and CIO, NASDAQ.

In addition to Mr. Randich, panelists included:

  • Michael Assante, VP and CSO, American Electric Power
  • Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
  • Kenneth J. Hunter, President and CEO, Council of Better Business Bureaus
  • Robert Kuttner, Renowned economic analyst; President and Co-Editor, The American Prospect
  • Frank Libutti, Under Secretary of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate, DHS
  • Robert P. Liscouski, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, DHS
  • Christopher B. Lofgren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Schneider National Inc.
  • Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School and author
  • Mac Thornberry, U.S. Congressman
Launched in September 2000, the forum was designed to bring government and business leaders together to discuss security risks to the U.S. economy, as well as explore critical infrastructure security practices. Executive Policy Forum 4 was the first in a series to seek and receive underwriter support.