Cybersecurity Summit 2021
October 6-7, 2021 Day #1: October 6, 2021 | 9:00-4:00 PMDay #2: October 7, 2021 | 9:00-4:00 PM9:00-9:10 AM
Welcome from Harrisburg University
Speakers
Kelly Logan
Vice President for Strategic Workforce Development and University Centers | Harrisburg University
Dr. Eric Darr
President | Harrisburg University
9:10-9:15 AM
Opening Comments from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (COPA)
Speaker
Erik Avkian
CISO | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (COPA)
9:15-10:00 AM
Keynote Address
- Session Title: How Public Sector is Putting Trust in Cybersecurity
Speaker
Bob Turner, BS, MS CISSP
CISO for Higher Education | Fortinet
10:00:10:15 AM
Morning Break
10:15-11:00 AM
Session #1
Track One Presentation: Cybersecurity Innovations that Address Real Threats
Speaker
Tommy Gardner
CTO | HP Federal
Track Two Presentation: Cat and Mouse: An Attacker’s Perspective on Social Engineering Techniques & Effective Mitigation
Speaker
Daniel Robel
Senior Security Consultant, FusionX – Accenture
11:00-11:15 PM
Break into Session #2
11:15-12:00 PM
Session #2
Track One Presentation:Risk, So Critical to Organizations is Frequently Ill Defined
Speaker
Michael Melore, CISSP
Executive CyberSecurity Advisor | IBM
Track Two Presentation: Hardening Your Technical Infrastructure
Speakers
Arun Dharan, MBA
Territory Account Manager | Cisco
Jaime Sanbower
Principal Security Architecture | Cisco
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00-1:45 PM
Session #3
Track One Presentation: Threat of the Day? Pick your Poison. Mitigation beats Remediation but both are essential
Speaker
Cliff Shier, C|CISO, CGEIT, CISM, Six Sigma MBB, ITIL, ISO Audit
Managing Principal and Cyber Resilience Strategist | Unisys
Track Two Presentation: Combatting Critical Infrastructure Threats
Speaker
Nick Anderson
CISO – Public Sector | Lumen
1:45-2:00 PM
Break into Session #4
2:00-2:45 PM
Session #4
Track One Presentation:
Speaker
Track Two Presentation: Emerging Technologies to Securely Operate in a Hybrid Cloud Environment
Speaker
Jon Nelson, CISSP
Global Field Principle Solution Engineer | VMWare
2:45-3:00 PM
Break into Session #5
3:00-3:45 PM
Session #5
Track One Presentation: Recovering Your Business from a Ransomware Attack
Speaker
Glen Wood, MSc
Sr Regional Manager for the Mid-Atlantic – Data Protection and Cyber Security | Dell
Track Two Presentation: Universities- A Valuable Resource to Support Your Cyber Strategy: First Step in Defeating Ransomware- Assessment and Cyber Higher Education
Speakers
Bruce Young, CISSP, PMP, ITIL, PhD
Cybersecurity Instructor | Harrisburg University
Ben Wood
Student & CS Major | Harrisburg University
Aditaya Syal
HPC Cloud Architect | Harrisburg University
Ron Jones
Faculty | Harrisburg University
3:45-4:00 PM
Closing Remarks
9:00-9:05 AM
Welcome from Harrisburg University
Speakers
Kelly Logan
Vice President for Strategic Workforce Development and University Centers | Harrisburg University
Dr. Eric Darr
President Harrisburg University
9:05-9:15 AM
Opening Comments from CCAP
Speaker
Michael Sage
CIO | County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
9:15-10:00 AM
Keynote Address
Session Title: Successful Pennsylvania Government Collaboration Initiatives
Speakers
Kareem Booker
City of Philadelphia
Erik Avakian
CISO | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (COPA)
Michael Sage
CIO | County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
10:00:10:15 AM
Morning Break
10:15-11:00 AM
Session #1
Track Three Presentation: Building Technical Capacity- Student Operated SOC’s
Speakers
John Wargo (moderator)
Director of Technology | Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit
James Globe
MS-ISAC
Dr. Deanne Cranford-Wesley
Director of Cybersecurity | North Carolina Central University
Bruce Young
Harrisburg University
Michael Sage
CIO | County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
Track Four Presentation: Managing Hybrid Cloud Security
Speaker
Maria Thompson, CISSP, CRISC, MS
SLG – Cybersecurity Leader | AWS
11:00-11:15 PM
Break into Session #2
11:15-12:00 PM
Session #2
Track Three Presentation: Cyber Services Available to others- many free
Speakers
Kyle Bryans
Senior Program Specialist MS-ISAC
Major Christine Pierce
Cyber Defense Branch Chief | Pennsylvania National Guard
Sean Stajkowski
Intelligence Analyst 2 PA Criminal Intelligence Center
Track Four Presentation: Securing Your Journey to the Cloud
Speaker
Brandon Swain
Strategic Advisor | NTT Data
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00-1:45 PM
Session #3
Track Three Presentation: Ransomware and the Threat Landscape
Speakers
Simon Conant
Principal Researcher, Unit 42 | Palo Alto Networks
Joe Sorial
Client Security Principal | ePlus
Track Four Presentation: Hacking Active Directory
Speaker
Brandon Keath, MBA, MSCSIA
Cybersecurity Officer, VCISO Services | Appalchia Technologies
1:45-2:00 PM
Break into Session #4
2:00-2:45 PM
Session #4
Track Three Presentation: Cyber Resilience: Protecting and Recovering from Ransomware and other Enterprise-Wide Disruptions
Speaker
John Cox
Sr. Consulting Security Architect | World Wide Technologies
Track Four Presentation: Addressing Cyber Issues with Legal Counsel Before and After Cyber Events
Speakers
Devin Chwastyk, J.D., CIPP/US, CIPP/E
Chair, Privacy & Data Security Group | McNees Wallace & Nurrick
Mary Topper
Chief Privacy Officer | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (COPA)
2:45-3:00 PM
Break into Session #5
3:00-3:45 PM
Session #5
Track Three Presentation: Third Party Technology Threats and Mitigation Strategies
Speakers
Dan Stern
Director, Cyber Security | KPMG
Kendall Doig
Senior Associate | KPMG
Track Four Presentation: Lessons Learned from a Ransomware Attack
Speaker
Karl Haviland, MBA
CTO | Nearly Human