The problem is they don't have much to offer, other than going along. Corporate profits need to be sustained and attending (not fixing) the Cyber world appears to be the new way of doing it. And as a side note, it is the Congressional-cyber-industrial complex……since Congree allocates the funding and reaps the lobbyist's support…
Cyberthreats turn into megabucks for defense companies
By: Tony Romm and Jennifer Martinez
Politico, May 30, 2012
As Congress boosts spending on cybersecurity and mulls over new data safety requirements on private industry, some companies stand to get rich.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and other defense and tech companies have been lobbying Capitol Hill about the growing cyberthreats to national security and corporate America, but they also make millions of dollars each year selling a variety of cybersecurity programs, tools and solutions to government and business.
Some lawmakers say the legislative push has spawned a “cyber-industrial complex.”
“I believe these bills will encourage the development of an industry that profits from fear and whose currency is Americans’ private data,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), speaking on the Senate floor last week in opposition to pending cybersecurity legislation. “These bills create a cyber-industrial complex that has an interest in preserving the problem to which it is the solution.”
The online threats of the digital age — stolen state secrets, hacked personal computers and more — may pose serious, real and novel challenges to the federal government and private sector alike.
But the reaction to those threats has been far more old school: Companies in several different industries are aggressively playing the legislative lobbying game as part of their larger market strategy.
And it’s paying off in millions of dollars of federal contracts alone.
See Also:
Bilderberg 2012: The Official List of Participants
The Bilderbergers now post the participant list on their “official” website. In the past, moles inside the organization would release the secretive list to journalists.
Bilderberg Meetings
Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May-3 June 2012
Final List of Participants Including General Keith Alexander, D/NSA and D/Cyber-Command
| FRA | Castries, Henri de (Chairman) | Chairman and CEO, AXA Group |
| DEU | Ackermann, Josef | Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG |
| GBR | Agius, Marcus | Chairman, Barclays plc |
| USA | Ajami, Fouad | Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| USA | Alexander, Keith B. | Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency |
| INT | Almunia, Joaquín | Vice-President – Commissioner for Competition, European Commission |
| USA | Altman, Roger C. | Chairman, Evercore Partners |
| PRT | Amado, Luís | Chairman, Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF) |
| NOR | Andresen, Johan H. | Owner and CEO, FERD |
| FIN | Apunen, Matti | Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA |
| TUR | Babacan, Ali | Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs |
| PRT | Balsemão, Francisco Pinto | President and CEO, Impresa; Former Prime Minister |
| FRA | Baverez, Nicolas | Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
| FRA | Béchu, Christophe | Senator, and Chairman, General Council of Maine-et-Loire |
| BEL | Belgium, H.R.H. Prince Philippe of | |
| TUR | Berberoğlu, Enis | Editor-in-Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper |
| ITA | Bernabè, Franco | Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia |
| GBR | Boles, Nick | Member of Parliament |
| SWE | Bonnier, Jonas | President and CEO, Bonnier AB |
| NOR | Brandtzæg, Svein Richard | President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA |
| AUT | Bronner, Oscar | Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt |
| SWE | Carlsson, Gunilla | Minister for International Development Cooperation |
| CAN | Carney, Mark J. | Governor, Bank of Canada |
| ESP | Cebrián, Juan Luis | CEO, PRISA; Chairman, El País |
| AUT | Cernko, Willibald | CEO, UniCredit Bank Austria AG |
| FRA | Chalendar, Pierre André de | Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain |
| DNK | Christiansen, Jeppe | CEO, Maj Invest |
| RUS | Chubais, Anatoly B. | CEO, OJSC RUSNANO |
| CAN | Clark, W. Edmund | Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group |
| GBR | Clarke, Kenneth | Member of Parliament, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of Justice |
| USA | Collins, Timothy C. | CEO and Senior Managing Director, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC |
| ITA | Conti, Fulvio | CEO and General Manager, Enel S.p.A. |
| USA | Daniels, Jr., Mitchell E. | Governor of Indiana |
| USA | DeMuth, Christopher | Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute |
| USA | Donilon, Thomas E. | National Security Advisor, The White House |
| GBR | Dudley, Robert | Group Chief Executive, BP plc |
| ITA | Elkann, John | Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. |
| DEU | Enders, Thomas | CEO, Airbus |
| USA | Evans, J. Michael | Vice Chairman, Global Head of Growth Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co. |
| AUT | Faymann, Werner | Federal Chancellor |
| DNK | Federspiel, Ulrik | Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S |
| USA | Ferguson, Niall | Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University |
| GBR | Flint, Douglas J. | Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc |
| CHN | Fu, Ying | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| IRL | Gallagher, Paul | Former Attorney General; Senior Counsel |
| USA | Gephardt, Richard A. | President and CEO, Gephardt Group |
| GRC | Giannitsis, Anastasios | Former Minister of Interior; Professor of Development and International Economics, University of Athens |
| USA | Goolsbee, Austan D. | Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| USA | Graham, Donald E. | Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company |
| ITA | Gruber, Lilli | Journalist – Anchorwoman, La 7 TV |
| INT | Gucht, Karel de | Commissioner for Trade, European Commission |
| NLD | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings |
| USA | Harris, Britt | CIO, Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
| USA | Hoffman, Reid | Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn |
| CHN | Huang, Yiping | Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University |
| USA | Huntsman, Jr., Jon M. | Chairman, Huntsman Cancer Foundation |
| DEU | Ischinger, Wolfgang | Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Global Head Government Relations, Allianz SE |
| RUS | Ivanov, Igor S. | Associate member, Russian Academy of Science; President, Russian International Affairs Council |
| FRA | Izraelewicz, Erik | CEO, Le Monde |
| USA | Jacobs, Kenneth M. | Chairman and CEO, Lazard |
| USA | Johnson, James A. | Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC |
| USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Senior Managing Director, Lazard |
| USA | Karp, Alexander | CEO, Palantir Technologies |
| USA | Karsner, Alexander | Executive Chairman, Manifest Energy, Inc |
| FRA | Karvar, Anousheh | Inspector, Inter-ministerial Audit and Evaluation Office for Social, Health, Employment and Labor Policies |
| RUS | Kasparov, Garry | Chairman, United Civil Front (of Russia) |
| GBR | Kerr, John | Independent Member, House of Lords |
| USA | Kerry, John | Senator for Massachusetts |
| TUR | Keyman, E. Fuat | Director, Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University |
| USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. |
| USA | Kleinfeld, Klaus | Chairman and CEO, Alcoa |
| TUR | Koç, Mustafa | Chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş. |
| DEU | Koch, Roland | CEO, Bilfinger Berger SE |
| INT | Kodmani, Bassma | Member of the Executive Bureau and Head of Foreign Affairs, Syrian National Council |
| USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| USA | Kravis, Marie-Josée | Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute |
| INT | Kroes, Neelie | Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Digital Agenda |
| USA | Krupp, Fred | President, Environmental Defense Fund |
| INT | Lamy, Pascal | Director-General, World Trade Organization |
| ITA | Letta, Enrico | Deputy Leader, Democratic Party (PD) |
| ISR | Levite, Ariel E. | Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| USA | Li, Cheng | Director of Research and Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution |
| USA | Lipsky, John | Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University |
| USA | Liveris, Andrew N. | President, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company |
| DEU | Löscher, Peter | President and CEO, Siemens AG |
| USA | Lynn, William J. | Chairman and CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc. |
| GBR | Mandelson, Peter | Member, House of Lords; Chairman, Global Counsel |
| USA | Mathews, Jessica T. | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| DEN | Mchangama, Jacob | Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS) |
| CAN | McKenna, Frank | Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group |
| USA | Mehlman, Kenneth B. | Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| GBR | Micklethwait, John | Editor-in-Chief, The Economist |
| FRA | Montbrial, Thierry de | President, French Institute for International Relations |
| PRT | Moreira da Silva, Jorge | First Vice-President, Partido Social Democrata (PSD) |
| USA | Mundie, Craig J. | Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation |
| DEU | Nass, Matthias | Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit |
| NLD | Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the | |
| ESP | Nin Génova, Juan María | Deputy Chairman and CEO, Caixabank |
| IRL | Noonan, Michael | Minister for Finance |
| USA | Noonan, Peggy | Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal |
| FIN | Ollila, Jorma | Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc |
| USA | Orszag, Peter R. | Vice Chairman, Citigroup |
| GRC | Papalexopoulos, Dimitri | Managing Director, Titan Cement Co. |
| NLD | Pechtold, Alexander | Parliamentary Leader, Democrats '66 (D66) |
| USA | Perle, Richard N. | Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute |
| NLD | Polman, Paul | CEO, Unilever PLC |
| CAN | Prichard, J. Robert S. | Chair, Torys LLP |
| ISR | Rabinovich, Itamar | Global Distinguished Professor, New York University |
| GBR | Rachman, Gideon | Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times |
| USA | Rattner, Steven | Chairman, Willett Advisors LLC |
| CAN | Redford, Alison M. | Premier of Alberta |
| CAN | Reisman, Heather M. | CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. |
| DEU | Reitzle, Wolfgang | CEO & President, Linde AG |
| USA | Rogoff, Kenneth S. | Professor of Economics, Harvard University |
| USA | Rose, Charlie | Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose |
| USA | Ross, Dennis B. | Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
| POL | Rostowski, Jacek | Minister of Finance |
| USA | Rubin, Robert E. | Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury |
| NLD | Rutte, Mark | Prime Minister |
| ESP | Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, Soraya | Vice President and Minister for the Presidency |
| NLD | Scheffer, Paul | Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University |
| USA | Schmidt, Eric E. | Executive Chairman, Google Inc. |
| AUT | Scholten, Rudolf | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG |
| FRA | Senard, Jean-Dominique | CEO, Michelin Group |
| USA | Shambaugh, David | Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University |
| INT | Sheeran, Josette | Vice Chairman, World Economic Forum |
| FIN | Siilasmaa, Risto | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation |
| USA | Speyer, Jerry I. | Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer |
| CHE | Supino, Pietro | Chairman and Publisher, Tamedia AG |
| IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman, Goldman Sachs International |
| USA | Thiel, Peter A. | President, Clarium Capital / Thiel Capital |
| TUR | Timuray, Serpil | CEO, Vodafone Turkey |
| DEU | Trittin, Jürgen | Parliamentary Leader, Alliance 90/The Greens |
| GRC | Tsoukalis, Loukas | President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy |
| FIN | Urpilainen, Jutta | Minister of Finance |
| CHE | Vasella, Daniel L. | Chairman, Novartis AG |
| INT | Vimont, Pierre | Executive Secretary General, European External Action Service |
| GBR | Voser, Peter | CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc |
| SWE | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman, Investor AB |
| USA | Warsh, Kevin | Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| GBR | Wolf, Martin H. | Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times |
| USA | Wolfensohn, James D. | Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company |
| CAN | Wright, Nigel S. | Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister |
| USA | Yergin, Daniel | Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates |
| INT | Zoellick, Robert B. | President, The World Bank Group |
| Rapporteurs | ||
| GBR | Bredow, Vendeline von | Business Correspondent, The Economist |
| GBR | Wooldridge, Adrian D. | Foreign Correspondent, The Economist |
