National Cyber Security Alliance To Ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

What: In recognition of October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a group of NGO officials, government and digital industry leaders will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to close the market.

Convened by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the nation's leading nonprofit public-private partnership promoting the safe and secure use of the internet, the delegation will feature leading cybersecurity experts and C-suite executives as well as a senior official from the Organization of American States.

In honor of the occasion, Grant Schneider, Acting Deputy Federal Chief Information Security Officer, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:Monday, October 24, 2016 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET  

National Cyber Security Alliance Contact:Tola St. [e-mail]

Nasdaq MarketSite:Emily Pan(646) [e-mail]

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Webcast: A live stream of the Nasdaq Closing Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

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About the National Cyber Security AllianceThe National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is the nation's leading nonprofit, public-private partnership promoting cybersecurity and privacy education and awareness. NCSA works with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and NCSA's Board of Directors, which include representatives from ADP; AT&T Services, Inc.; Bank of America; Barclays; BlackBerry Corporation; Cisco; Comcast Corporation; ESET North America; Facebook; Google; Intel Corporation; Logical Operations; Microsoft Corp.; NXP Semiconductors; PayPal; PKWARE; Raytheon; RSA, the Security Division of EMC; Salesforce; SANS Institute; Symantec and Visa Inc. NCSA’s core efforts include National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October), Data Privacy Day (January 28) and STOP. THINK. CONNECT.™, the global online safety awareness and education campaign cofounded by NCSA and the Anti-Phishing Working Group, with federal government leadership from DHS. For more information on NCSA, please visit staysafeonline.org/about-us/overview/.  

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