28 January 2014: David Aucsmith, Senior Director of Microsoft’s Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, presented on “Cyber Security and Beyond.” In addition to providing a thorough evolution of the internet, technological devices and cyber threats, he focused on the complicated relationship between the government and private sector in identifying and managing the cyber threats from state and non-state actors that exist today. Mr. Aucsmith concluded by demonstrating the multitude of ways the private sector is able to assist government entities in managing this phenomenon.