12th Annual EnergySec Security Summit

This event qualifies for 2 CEUs

This event qualifies for 16 CPEs

This event qualifies for 1 CLPs

For more than 11 years the EnergySec Security Summit has been the premier gathering for stakeholders in the energy sector focused on physical and cyber security. Our summits give each attendee a rare opportunity to mingle with asset owners, government agencies, researchers, consultants, vendors and academia under one roof.

This year’s summit will be held at the Disneyland Resort on August 22-24, 2016. We have made arrangements for a block of GSA Per Diem rate rooms at the nearby Fairfield Inn Anaheim Resort, one of Disney’s Good Neighbor hotels. Details can be found on the event website.

Don’t miss these exciting summit activities:

Welcome reception with free family photo opportunity with Mickey & Friends
Annual Energy Sector Cyber Security Professional, Physical Security Professional & Executive of the year award presentations!
30+ panelists and speakers sharing invaluable information you can actually use!
Special park ticket prices just for our attendees and their guests
Free food, beverages and networking opportunities
Did we mention we are doing this at Disneyland?
We arranged to have the summit hotel pricing extend to days before and after the event
Special government room rates at nearby hotels

Who should attend:

Chief Technology Officers (CTO)
Chief Security Officers (CSO)
Chief Information Officers (CIO)
Chief Information Security Officers (CISO)
Department of Homeland Security personnel
Department of Energy personnel
General managers (municipals, coops, power plants, etc)
Compliance managers/officers
Regulatory specialist
Operations managers
IT & security architects
Corporate/Physical security personnel
Cyber risk managers
Students and professors
Auditors
Security analysts
Program managers
All security professionals interested in helping protect critical infrastructures

If you need help justifying the value of attending the summit, we have a template for you. Just click here and use to your hearts content!!

Of course, our summits are also about networking and getting to know others with common security and/or compliance goals! There is no better way to expand your knowledge than to network!

Speaker and Presenter Information

A few of our speakers/panelists (more details found on the event website):

Philip Quade
Special Assistant to the Director and Chief of NSA Cyber Task Force, National Security Agency

Mr. Quade is the Special Assistant to the Director National Security Agency for Cyber, and Chief of the NSA Cyber Task Force.

Immediately prior, he served the Chief Operating Officer of the Information Assurance Directorate at NSA, managing day-to-day operations, strategy, planning, integration, and relationships, in cybersecurity and related disciplines.

Mr. Quade served external to NSA as head of the Information Operations Technology Center’s Advanced Technology Group, as a Professional Staffer at the US Senate, and at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for a cross-discipline intelligence effort.

Previous assignments at NSA include serving as a computer scientist, cryptanalyst, computer & network security evaluator, and a variety of policy, program management, and resource jobs.

David Defalaise

CIP Reliability Standards – Technical Reviewer at FERC

David DeFalaise has worked 14 of 22 years of working as a Federal employee. Prior to government service, he did about four years doing Rapid Application Development (RAD), and then four years of web development for dot-coms and telecoms. David then worked for the US Navy for ten years doing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Industry Control Systems (ICS) development on DoD gas and oil pipeline systems. He has now been at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for four and half years working on the CIP Reliability Standards. Specifically, he managed and served as the technical reviewer for Order No. 791, Order No. 802, and Order No. 822. David graduated with a degree in Mathematics from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Nick Weber

Security Manager at Grant County PUD

Nick Weber has worked in the security field for over 15 years. He currently serves as the security manager at Grant County PUD. Prior to joining Grant, he served as an auditor on the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Cyber Security Audit Team. Mr. Weber also worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a Critical Infrastructure Assessment Team Leader and later an Electricity Sector Specialist. In these roles he has worked to develop and leverage relationships with critical infrastructure stakeholders and government agencies to increase the resilience of the nation’s most critical assets. Mr. Weber has served as a Cavalry officer for 14 years in the Army Reserve and National Guard, most recently leading a Cyber Network Defense team. Mr. Weber holds the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac University and has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Idaho. He was selected as a member of the Security Systems News 20 Under 40 class of 2014 and currently holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), and Security+ certifications.

Expected Number of Attendees

200

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Commerce, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, NASA, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Coast Guard, USAID, National Guard Association