City of Boston CIO to headline Bloomberg Government's Boston-based event "The Digital Trust: The Technology of Trust"

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Nov 11, 2014, 09:50 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boston's new Chief Information Officer, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, will join senior security executives from RSA, Wayfair.com, Veracode and Visa for a discussion of security technology and systems at a Bloomberg Government briefing in Boston. The event is open to the public and the press.

Produced in partnership with Visa, Bloomberg Government's "The Digital Trust: The Technology of Trust" event is the third of a national six-part series on the value of trust in the digital economy.

WHEN:
November 13, 2014
8:20-10:30 AM ET
Doors open at 8:00 AM

WHERE:
The State Room
Harborside Salon
60 State Street, 33^rd Floor
Boston, MA 02019

WHO:
Confirmed Speakers Include:

Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston
John Mallery, Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aaron Brantly, Assistant Professor, Cyber & International Relations, U.S. Army
Mike Brown, Vice President & General Manager Global Public Sector, RSA
Chris Wysopal, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Veracode
Jack Wood, Chief Information Officer, Wayfair.com
Ellen Richey, Vice Chairman of Risk and Public Policy, Visa, Inc.
Sanford Reback, Senior Technology Analyst, Bloomberg Government (Moderator)

REGISTRATION:
To attend, click HERE (http://bit.ly/1ssWdpz)

PRESS:
Media must be credentialed to attend the event. To RSVP please contact Lindsay Bomar at [email protected]

SOCIAL:
Join the conversation: On Facebook and Twitter @BGOV, #SecuringCommerce

About The Digital Trust: Securing Commerce Series:
The Digital Trust is a national conversation about the technology enabling trusted, secure connections between consumers and merchants, transforming commerce and expanding choice. Bloomberg Government and Visa began with a kick-off event in Washington, D.C., and will host events in Austin and Boston in the Fall of 2014. The conversation will continue in 2015 with forums in Chicago and San Francisco, culminating in the keystone event in Washington, D.C.

Bloomberg Government's "The Digital Trust" Series with Visa will include:

Washington, D.C. - "Securing Commerce" Series Kick-off – September 30, 2014
Austin – "Solving for Cyber: The Business of Building Trust" – October 21, 2014
Boston – "The Technology of Trust" – November 13, 2014
Chicago – "Trusted Connections are Transforming Commerce" – January 22, 2015
San Francisco – "Pay it Forward: The Future of Secure Payments" – February 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – "In Digital We Trust" – March 26, 2015

About Bloomberg Government:
Bloomberg Government is the single source for professionals who need to understand the business impacts of government actions so they can work quickly, decisively and effectively. This comprehensive, subscription-based, online tool collects best-in-class data, provides high-end analysis and analytic tools, and delivers deep, reliable, timely and unbiased reporting from a team of more than 2,300 journalists and multimedia specialists worldwide. Follow us on Twitter @BGOV and like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bloomberggovernment. For more information visit www.bgov.com.

About Visa:
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced processing networks — VisaNet — that is capable of handling more than 56,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead of time with prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information, visit usa.visa.com/about-visa, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews.

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