More on Internet Security Summit

I'm told the panel I moderated on "The Role of Industry" went well; it's always hard to know when you're on the stage. There was a nice give-and-take between Gartner analyst Avivah Litan, who believes more government action is needed to incent good behavior by corporations, and Emory U. Economics Professor Paul Rubin, who believes regulation actually introduces more costs into the system, and that the focus should be on the actual bad guys doing the hacking.

FTC Chairman Deborah Majoras made a great case for her agency being an enforcement agency, not a regulatory one (although they of course do have a regulatory role). Majoras, former antitrust chief, is really quite sharp. Also delightful was my colleague Orson Swindle, a former FTC commissioner, who brought his plain-spoken approach to the conference.

Watch for more on this topic from PFF in the future.