Offit Kurman Attorney Ira Hoffman Named To Workshop At Prestigious U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Conference

Bethesda, MD | February 24, 2014  — Ira E. Hoffman, a Principal in the Cybersecurity, Government Contracts and International Practice Groups at Offit Kurman, P.A., has been named a workshop panelist at the Defensive Cyberspace Operations & Intelligence (DCOI) Cyber Conference, to be held at Tel Aviv, Israel on April 8-9, 2014.  The conference, which is co-sponsored by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and the U.S.-based CyberSecurity Forum Initiative (CSFI), in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence, the Prime Minister’s Office, National Cyber Bureau, and the Office of the Chief Scientist, will be keynoted by the Israeli Minister of Intelligence, Dr. Yuval Steinitz.  Mr. Hoffman, the only U.S. lawyer invited to speak at the conference, will be a panelist at the workshop titled “Strategic Operational Simulation.”  Joining Mr. Hoffman on the workshop panel, which will be moderated by Paul De Souza, Founder/President of CSFI and Daniel Cohen, Coordinator of the Military and Strategic Affairs Program at INSS, are Maj. Gen. Harold “Punch” Moulton (USAF Ret.), former Director of Operations, U.S. European Command; Real Admiral Norman R. Hayes (USN Ret.), former Director, National Security Operations Center at NSA; and J. Allen Lewis, Founder, Cyber Defense Training Systems, LLC.  “Since more than half of the cyber attacks against targets in the U.S. originate from overseas, intensified international cooperation in defending against cyber threats is imperative.  The DCOI conference, which features high-level participants from both the U.S. and one of our closes cyber allies — Israel — will help improve cybersecurity in both countries,” said Hoffman.  Please click here for more information on the conference.

ABOUT IRA HOFFMAN

Mr. Hoffman is a Principal in the International, Cybersecurity, and Government Contracts Practice Groups at Offit Kurman, P.A.  He has been practicing international and government contracts law for nearly 30 years, and has broadened his practice to include cybersecurity in recent years.  His clients range from start-ups in the government contracts and/or cybersecurity space, to mid-size technology services companies, to U.S. subsidiaries of multinational corporations.  He is a member of the Governor’s International Advisory Council (appointed by the Governor of Maryland); the CyberMaryland Advisory Board, the Board of the Maryland/Israel Development Center, and the Board of the Public Contracting Institute (PCI), where he also teaches.  Previously, Mr. Hoffman served as counsel to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Mission to the United States, and, later, as counsel to the Vice Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission.  He has taught International Trade Law and European Law as an adjunct professor at the George Mason University School of Law; is the Editor of The Annotated Export Administration Regulations Desk Reference (West, 2013); is a frequent public speaker on cybersecurity, international and government contracts matters; and is the author of several articles including, most recently, “International Cooperation in Combating Cyberthreats and U.S. Law,” which was published in the January/February 2014 issue of the Maryland Bar Journal.  Mr. Hoffman can be reached at <ihoffman@offitkurman.com>.

 ABOUT OFFIT KURMAN

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest growing, full-service law firms in the mid-Atlantic region.  With offices serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia, Bethesda, Frederick, MD and Wilmington, DE, we are well-positioned to meet the legal needs of dynamic businesses and the people who own and operate them.  At Offit Kurman, we are our clients’ most trusted legal advisors, the professionals who help them to maximize and protect their business value and individual wealth.  In every interaction, we consistently maintain our clients’ trust and confidence by remaining focused on their objectives to help them achieve their goals.