Cyber Summit Livestream

ABOUT

As the federal government shores up its systems and workforce, agencies must avoid defending against yesterday's cyber threats. New technology can make phishing attempts harder to detect and have users questioning the authenticity of data, images and information.

To explore tomorrow’s technology and threats, Defense One and Nextgov are teaming up for the first-ever Cyber Summit on November 19 in Washington, DC. Join us to hear federal and defense experts discuss new hiring authorities and training programs, cyber policy, tech modernization, threats against election security, offensive cyber ops and new initiatives to strengthen information verification.

AGENDA

7:45 AM	Registration & Networking
8:30 AM	Opening Remarks
8:35 AM	Hiring and Training Tomorrow’s Cyber Workforce In order to strengthen the government’s cyber profile, agencies are prioritizing innovative hiring and reskilling practices to recruit new talent and arm current talent with the best resources. During this panel discussion, we’ll discuss new initiatives like the Cyber Reskilling Academy, the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research Center (GEAR Center) and other programs designed to hire, train and retain cyber talent in the federal government. Jim Cook, VP, Strategic Engagement and Partnerships, MITRE Travis Hoadley,Senior Advisor, Office of Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security Tonya Ugoretz, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) for the Cyber Readiness, Outreach, and Intelligence Branch, FBI Moderated by: Frank Konkel, Executive Editor, Nextgov
9:10 AM	A Session Presented by Our Underwriter Crowdstrike Rob Sheldon, Head of Technology Strategy, Public Sector, CrowdStrike
9:25 AM	One-on-One Interview Representative Stephanie Murphy, (D-FL), United States Congress Moderated by: Jack Corrigan, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov
9:55 AM	Industry Perspective: Combating Cyber Threats A Session Presented by Our Underwriters Sean Frazier, Advisory CISO-Federal, Duo Security Travis Ruebelmann, Principal Solutions Engineer, Cloudera Moderated by: Daniela Fayer, Publisher, Defense One
10:15 AM	Fact vs. Fiction: How the Government is Changing Information Verification What are agency leaders doing to verify fact from fiction? During this conversation, we’ll explore government initiatives and proposed legislation to detect deepfakes and verify information and identities. Lindsay Gorman, Emerging Technology Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy JD Maddox, Senior Technology Advisor, Global Engagement Center, Department of State Dr. Shuowen Hu, Team Lead, Intelligent Perception Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory Moderated by: Brad Peniston, Deputy Editor, Defense One
10:50 AM	A Session Presented by our Underwriter HP Federal Tommy Gardner, Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal
11:05 AM	Will the Future be Safer? Looking Ahead to Tomorrow’s Cyber Landscape From monitoring cyber activity from countries abroad to the changing tools we use to defend our systems to strengthening network mechanisms to respond to threat intelligence, this conversation will look to the future to examine tomorrow’s cyber landscape. We’ll sit down with government experts and think tank leaders to discuss election security, cyber hunting, software defined networks, artificial intelligence and offensive cyber activity from China, North Korea and Russia. Mark Bristow, Director, NCCIC Hunt and Incident Response Team, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, Department of Homeland Security Jonathan Lee, Deputy Chief, Risk Management, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Nick Marinos, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity Team, GAO Moderated by: Jack Corrigan, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov
11:40 AM	Closing Remarks