President Barack Obama Planning Trip to Bay Area

President Barack Obama is returning to the Bay Area this week as he prepares to push for changes in cybersecurity policy, Democratic National Committee officials said.

The president is scheduled to attend a fundraiser at a San Francisco residence on Feb. 13.

The White House has also convened a Cybersecurity Summit at Stanford University that day with top policymakers, industry leaders and academics.

President Obama is expected to deliver the keynote address at the event, which will be held in Memorial Auditorium and in the Cemex Auditorium at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The event is not open to the public, but Stanford students can register for a lottery to obtain tickets.

The summit will address topics such as increasing public-private partnerships and cybersecurity information sharing, creating and promoting improved cybersecurity practices and technologies and improving adoption and use of more secure payment technologies, according to the White House.

The president has made cybersecurity a top issue following a massive hacking breach at Sony late last year. Federal investigators have implicated the government of North Korea in the attack, raising concerns about international hacking threats.

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