CyberCon 2019

The past year has shown that some of the greatest threats that government may face will not come from other countries, but entities unburdened by borders or rule of law. CyberCon 2019 will bring together military, government and civilian agency leadership to look beyond the threat of these adversaries to the changes they must make to win the wars of the future. How can government agencies win the fight today and best prepare to be secure tomorrow?

Panel Topics

Cybersecurity supply chain risks
Enhancing the government’s cyber workforce
Mission Critical: What do agencies need today?
Assessing the human threat
What have we learned from international cyber events

Speaker and Presenter Information

Keynotes

David Luber
Executive Director, U.S. Cyber Command

John (Jack) W. Wilmer,
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and the Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Defense

Panelists

PANEL:

CYBERSECURITY SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS

Katie E. Arrington,
Chief Information Security Officer, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense

Michele Iversen,
Director, Operations and Assessments, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense

Jon Boyens,
Acting Deputy Chief of the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dan Smith,
Vice President, Homeland Security Division, Mission Solutions and Services Group, ManTech

Mark Pomerleau, (Moderator)

PANEL:

ENHANCING THE GOVERNMENT’S CYBER WORKFORCE

Jason Gray,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Education

Gary Washington,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture

Sean Plankey,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energry Security, and Emergency response

Rick Wagner,
President, Mission, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions Group, Mantech

PANEL:

MISSION CRITICAL: WHAT DO AGENCIES NEED TODAY?

Maj. Gen. Thomas Murphy,
Director, Protecting Critical Technology Task Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense

José Arrieta,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Health and Human Services

Richard Naylor,
Senior Cyber Advisor and Deputy Director for CounterIntelligence (Cyber), Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

Joe Faraone,
Director,Federal Advisory Services Cybersecurity Practice, KPMG

PANEL:

ASSSESSING THE HUMAN THREAT

Dr. Brian Hermann,
Chief, Enterprise Services Development Division and Unified Capabilities Portfolio Manager, DISA

PANEL:

ATTACKS ABROAD: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM INTERNATIONAL CYBER EVENTS

Bill Lawrence,
Vice President and Chief Security Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Josh Burgess,
Technical Lead Threat Intelligence Advisor, CrowdStrike

PANEL:
UNDERSTANDING THE “DEFEND FORWARD/PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT” STRATEGY FOR CYBER WARFARE

Brandon Valeriano,
Chair of Armed Politics, Marine Corps University

Bob Ferrell,
Vice President of Public Sector Strategy, World Wide Technology

Expected Number of Attendees

300

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, DOD & Military, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, USPS, NASA, Coast Guard, Federal Government