Virtual Cybersecurity Summit: Government

August 25-27, 2020

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Beyond the highly-publicized nation-state scandals, government’s involvement in cybersecurity has quickly evolved. Additionally, with enterprises globally now supporting a 100% remote workforce and customer base, global organizations may be forever changed. Government entities around the world fighting their own battles on the cyber front and we now have government-sponsored organizations collecting intelligence, passing legislation and, in some cases, imposing sanctions.

Our team of experts from some of the most strategically significant cybersecurity positions of governments around the world tell us about their impact on both the public and the private sector.

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   Members of the ISMG Community

Eugene Liderman

Director of Mobile Security Strategy, Google

Rohit Ghai

President, RSA

Sam Curry

Chief Security Officer, Cybereason

Tom Field

SVP - Editorial, ISMG

Michael Chertoff

Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group

Gen. Keith Alexander (retired)

Mathew J. Schwartz

Executive Editor, DataBreachToday & Europe

Art Coviello

former CEO, RSA Security; Venture Partner, Rally Ventures

Speakers / Government Summit Speakers

Jeremy Sheridan

Deputy Assistant Director - Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service

Christopher Krebs

Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

Randy Trzeciak

Director, CERT Insider Threat Center, CMU

Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.)

President and CEO, FXTaylor Associates, LLC

Jeff Greene

Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST

Avi Rembaum

Vice President of Security Solutions, Check Point Software Technologies

Jim Richberg

CISO, Fortinet

Jason Rivera

Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, Crowdstrike

Cameron Smith

Director of Product Management, Gigamon

Manoj Sharma

Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom

Randy Sabett

Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

Michael Anderson

CISO, Dallas County

Chuck Brooks

Cybersecurity Evangelist,

Jeffrey Brown

CISO, State of Connecticut

Draft Agenda / Session Date & Times



9:00 am - 9:30 am

Registration & Exhibit Browsing

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Election Cybersecurity 2020

Speaker:
Christopher Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

In terms of election cybersecurity, is the U.S. better off in 2020 than it was in 2016? Christopher Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, answers this question and more in an exclusive keynote that tackles:
  • The state of election security
  • Myths and realities about foreign influence
  • What has been done to ensure election resiliency
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Doing More with Less: Managing IT Challenges in the wake of COVID-19

Speakers:
Chuck Brooks, Cybersecurity Evangelist
Jeffrey Brown, CISO, State of Connecticut
Jim Richberg, CISO, Fortinet
Michael Anderson, CISO, Dallas County

It's a given that current economic conditions will result in - at best - "conservative" cybersecurity budgets in 2021. And yet it's also fact that cybersecurity is one of the most important business/government functions, and security leaders are in unique positions to influence policy and spending. How can they best wield this influence with available resources?

Join this expert panel as it discusses:

  • The reality of 2021 funding
  • The heightened role of risk management frameworks
  • Strategic partnerships and how to prepare for the year ahead
10:30 am - 11:00 am

U.S. Secret Service: Inside the New Cyber Fraud Task Force

Speaker:
Jeremy Sheridan, Deputy Assistant Director - Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service

In recognition of the growing convergence of cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service recently combined its Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Financial Crimes Task Forces into a single unified network, The Cyber Fraud Task Force. How has the merge impacted investigators' efforts on deterring criminal activity in an environment where cybercrime has been amplified by the pandemic? In this exclusive session, Deputy Assistant Director Jeremy Sheridan, Office of Investigations, U.S. Secret Service outlines:
  • The Cyber Fraud Task Force mission
  • Current cybercrime trends, investigations and successes
  • Advice to organizations on avoiding fraud in the months ahead
11:00 am - 11:30 am Track A

Security Transformed

Speaker:
Avi Rembaum, Vice President of Security Solutions, Check Point Software Technologies

Preceding the outbreak of COVID-19 was a trend across industries to transform the traditional IT stack into a new form of computing, one that was focused on enabling agility and innovation while also delivering cost reduction. This shift sought to leverage public cloud and cloud-like development methods as well as infrastructure design. This was certainly also true for government. Initiatives like Cloud First and the Cloud Smart, along with Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0, seek to "fully actualize the promise and potential of cloud-based technologies" in a secure way. (Source: "FEDERAL CLOUD COMPUTING STRATEGY," Suzette Kent, U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer, June 24, 2019) The effort to transform information technologies, like all changes, introduces new considerations, especially in the areas of cyber, information and network security. This session will highlight some of the most significant security implications of cloud transformation. The session will also suggest key security technologies and processes that government agencies and private enterprise should consider when embarking on a transformation program.
11:00 am - 11:30 am Track B

Modern Problems require Modern Solutions

Speaker:
Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom

Organizations have been building towards a remote workforce for many years but Covid-19 was the single, most compelling event that propelled it forward at lightning speed, creating a myriad of security challenges and risks. Securing a remote workforce has never been more essential for today's organizations. Workers must remain productive wherever they are, but a poorly implemented solution only adds complexity and cost, eliminating many of the benefits that come with embracing digital transformation.

Please join, Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom as he discusses the Symantec Secure Remote Access Framework and learn about:

  • The challenges and risks of securing a remote workforce
  • Best practices for empowering a secure remote workforce on your digital transformation journey
  • How Symantec can help you confidently enable a remote workforce without adding risk or complexity.
11:30 am - 11:45 am

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

NIST on Home Office Security

Speaker:
Jeff Greene, Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST

The federal government has an entire agency dedicated to homeland security, but who is paying attention to the new, wide-open frontier - the home office? In this Q&A session, Jeff Greene of NIST talks about how to secure the work-from-home environment, including:
  • How NIST approached remote deployment
  • Lessons learned about telework
  • How to secure virtual meetings
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Track A

Panel Discussion: Cloud Transformation: Security and Visibility in the Accelerated Journey

Speakers:
Cameron Smith, Director of Product Management, Gigamon
Randy Sabett, Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

It's been one of the byproducts of 2020's accelerated digital transformation: IT teams are migrating greater numbers of critical applications to the public cloud to gain the obvious business benefits of scalability, availability and agility.

But what's not always so obvious: The cloud security strategies and tools necessary to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and potential breach. Join this expert panel and learn:

  • The key elements of a cloud security strategy
  • Automated tools that provide necessary security and performance monitoring
  • Real-life uses cases and lessons learned that are particularly applicable in the public sector
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Track B

The Evolution of Ransomware

Speaker:
Jason Rivera, Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, Crowdstrike

This brief will cover the latest trends and developments of financially motivated ransomware attacks. We will discuss the latest intelligence observations pertaining to how threat actors deploy ransomware against various industry targets, as well as the latest developments in how the sophistication of ransomware continues to improve.
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm

Insider Threat: How to Mitigate the Heightened Risk

Speaker:
Randy Trzeciak, Director, CERT Insider Threat Center, CMU

A remote workforce. Economic stress. Pandemic fatigue. These ingredients create a "perfect storm" for insider risk, whether through malicious acts or accident. What can you do to improve monitoring and mitigation of insider risk in these unique conditions?

Randy Trzeciak, director of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the world's leading authorities on preventing, detecting, and responding to insider incidents. In this exclusive session, he details:

  • The latest research on insider incidents
  • Unique risks created within today's remote workforce
  • How to mitigate the risks posed by malicious and unintentional insider threats
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Campaign Security 2020

Speaker:
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), President and CEO, FXTaylor Associates, LLC

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have their eyes and hands on election cybersecurity, but who's paying attention to securing the actual campaigns? This is the purview of the newly-chartered U.S. CyberDome. In this exclusive session, U.S. CyberDome Executive Director, Brigadier Gen. Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), outlines:
  • The U.S. CyberDome mission
  • Threats to campaign security
  • How threats and threat actors will be addressed between now and November
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

OnDemand Session Viewing Available

View Schedule
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Registration & Exhibit Browsing

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Election Cybersecurity 2020

Speaker:
Christopher Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

In terms of election cybersecurity, is the U.S. better off in 2020 than it was in 2016? Christopher Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, answers this question and more in an exclusive keynote that tackles:
  • The state of election security
  • Myths and realities about foreign influence
  • What has been done to ensure election resiliency
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Doing More with Less: Managing IT Challenges in the wake of COVID-19

Speakers:
Chuck Brooks, Cybersecurity Evangelist
Jeffrey Brown, CISO, State of Connecticut
Jim Richberg, CISO, Fortinet
Michael Anderson, CISO, Dallas County

It's a given that current economic conditions will result in - at best - "conservative" cybersecurity budgets in 2021. And yet it's also fact that cybersecurity is one of the most important business/government functions, and security leaders are in unique positions to influence policy and spending. How can they best wield this influence with available resources?

Join this expert panel as it discusses:

  • The reality of 2021 funding
  • The heightened role of risk management frameworks
  • Strategic partnerships and how to prepare for the year ahead
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

U.S. Secret Service: Inside the New Cyber Fraud Task Force

Speaker:
Jeremy Sheridan, Deputy Assistant Director - Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service

In recognition of the growing convergence of cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service recently combined its Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Financial Crimes Task Forces into a single unified network, The Cyber Fraud Task Force. How has the merge impacted investigators' efforts on deterring criminal activity in an environment where cybercrime has been amplified by the pandemic? In this exclusive session, Deputy Assistant Director Jeremy Sheridan, Office of Investigations, U.S. Secret Service outlines:
  • The Cyber Fraud Task Force mission
  • Current cybercrime trends, investigations and successes
  • Advice to organizations on avoiding fraud in the months ahead
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Track A

Security Transformed

Speaker:
Avi Rembaum, Vice President of Security Solutions, Check Point Software Technologies

Preceding the outbreak of COVID-19 was a trend across industries to transform the traditional IT stack into a new form of computing, one that was focused on enabling agility and innovation while also delivering cost reduction. This shift sought to leverage public cloud and cloud-like development methods as well as infrastructure design. This was certainly also true for government. Initiatives like Cloud First and the Cloud Smart, along with Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0, seek to "fully actualize the promise and potential of cloud-based technologies" in a secure way. (Source: "FEDERAL CLOUD COMPUTING STRATEGY," Suzette Kent, U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer, June 24, 2019) The effort to transform information technologies, like all changes, introduces new considerations, especially in the areas of cyber, information and network security. This session will highlight some of the most significant security implications of cloud transformation. The session will also suggest key security technologies and processes that government agencies and private enterprise should consider when embarking on a transformation program.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Track B

Modern Problems require Modern Solutions

Speaker:
Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom

Organizations have been building towards a remote workforce for many years but Covid-19 was the single, most compelling event that propelled it forward at lightning speed, creating a myriad of security challenges and risks. Securing a remote workforce has never been more essential for today's organizations. Workers must remain productive wherever they are, but a poorly implemented solution only adds complexity and cost, eliminating many of the benefits that come with embracing digital transformation.

Please join, Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom as he discusses the Symantec Secure Remote Access Framework and learn about:

  • The challenges and risks of securing a remote workforce
  • Best practices for empowering a secure remote workforce on your digital transformation journey
  • How Symantec can help you confidently enable a remote workforce without adding risk or complexity.
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

NIST on Home Office Security

Speaker:
Jeff Greene, Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST

The federal government has an entire agency dedicated to homeland security, but who is paying attention to the new, wide-open frontier - the home office? In this Q&A session, Jeff Greene of NIST talks about how to secure the work-from-home environment, including:
  • How NIST approached remote deployment
  • Lessons learned about telework
  • How to secure virtual meetings
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Track A

Panel Discussion: Cloud Transformation: Security and Visibility in the Accelerated Journey

Speakers:
Cameron Smith, Director of Product Management, Gigamon
Randy Sabett, Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

It's been one of the byproducts of 2020's accelerated digital transformation: IT teams are migrating greater numbers of critical applications to the public cloud to gain the obvious business benefits of scalability, availability and agility.

But what's not always so obvious: The cloud security strategies and tools necessary to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and potential breach. Join this expert panel and learn:

  • The key elements of a cloud security strategy
  • Automated tools that provide necessary security and performance monitoring
  • Real-life uses cases and lessons learned that are particularly applicable in the public sector
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Track B

The Evolution of Ransomware

Speaker:
Jason Rivera, Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, Crowdstrike

This brief will cover the latest trends and developments of financially motivated ransomware attacks. We will discuss the latest intelligence observations pertaining to how threat actors deploy ransomware against various industry targets, as well as the latest developments in how the sophistication of ransomware continues to improve.
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Insider Threat: How to Mitigate the Heightened Risk

Speaker:
Randy Trzeciak, Director, CERT Insider Threat Center, CMU

A remote workforce. Economic stress. Pandemic fatigue. These ingredients create a "perfect storm" for insider risk, whether through malicious acts or accident. What can you do to improve monitoring and mitigation of insider risk in these unique conditions?

Randy Trzeciak, director of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the world's leading authorities on preventing, detecting, and responding to insider incidents. In this exclusive session, he details:

  • The latest research on insider incidents
  • Unique risks created within today's remote workforce
  • How to mitigate the risks posed by malicious and unintentional insider threats
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Campaign Security 2020

Speaker:
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), President and CEO, FXTaylor Associates, LLC

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have their eyes and hands on election cybersecurity, but who's paying attention to securing the actual campaigns? This is the purview of the newly-chartered U.S. CyberDome. In this exclusive session, U.S. CyberDome Executive Director, Brigadier Gen. Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), outlines:
  • The U.S. CyberDome mission
  • Threats to campaign security
  • How threats and threat actors will be addressed between now and November
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

OnDemand Session Viewing Available

View Schedule
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Registration & Exhibit Browsing

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Election Cybersecurity 2020

Speaker:
Christopher Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

In terms of election cybersecurity, is the U.S. better off in 2020 than it was in 2016? Christopher Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, answers this question and more in an exclusive keynote that tackles:
  • The state of election security
  • Myths and realities about foreign influence
  • What has been done to ensure election resiliency
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Doing More with Less: Managing IT Challenges in the wake of COVID-19

Speakers:
Chuck Brooks, Cybersecurity Evangelist
Jeffrey Brown, CISO, State of Connecticut
Jim Richberg, CISO, Fortinet
Michael Anderson, CISO, Dallas County

It's a given that current economic conditions will result in - at best - "conservative" cybersecurity budgets in 2021. And yet it's also fact that cybersecurity is one of the most important business/government functions, and security leaders are in unique positions to influence policy and spending. How can they best wield this influence with available resources?

Join this expert panel as it discusses:

  • The reality of 2021 funding
  • The heightened role of risk management frameworks
  • Strategic partnerships and how to prepare for the year ahead
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

U.S. Secret Service: Inside the New Cyber Fraud Task Force

Speaker:
Jeremy Sheridan, Deputy Assistant Director - Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service

In recognition of the growing convergence of cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service recently combined its Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Financial Crimes Task Forces into a single unified network, The Cyber Fraud Task Force. How has the merge impacted investigators' efforts on deterring criminal activity in an environment where cybercrime has been amplified by the pandemic? In this exclusive session, Deputy Assistant Director Jeremy Sheridan, Office of Investigations, U.S. Secret Service outlines:
  • The Cyber Fraud Task Force mission
  • Current cybercrime trends, investigations and successes
  • Advice to organizations on avoiding fraud in the months ahead
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Track A

Security Transformed

Speaker:
Avi Rembaum, Vice President of Security Solutions, Check Point Software Technologies

Preceding the outbreak of COVID-19 was a trend across industries to transform the traditional IT stack into a new form of computing, one that was focused on enabling agility and innovation while also delivering cost reduction. This shift sought to leverage public cloud and cloud-like development methods as well as infrastructure design. This was certainly also true for government. Initiatives like Cloud First and the Cloud Smart, along with Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0, seek to "fully actualize the promise and potential of cloud-based technologies" in a secure way. (Source: "FEDERAL CLOUD COMPUTING STRATEGY," Suzette Kent, U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer, June 24, 2019) The effort to transform information technologies, like all changes, introduces new considerations, especially in the areas of cyber, information and network security. This session will highlight some of the most significant security implications of cloud transformation. The session will also suggest key security technologies and processes that government agencies and private enterprise should consider when embarking on a transformation program.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Track B

Modern Problems require Modern Solutions

Speaker:
Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom

Organizations have been building towards a remote workforce for many years but Covid-19 was the single, most compelling event that propelled it forward at lightning speed, creating a myriad of security challenges and risks. Securing a remote workforce has never been more essential for today's organizations. Workers must remain productive wherever they are, but a poorly implemented solution only adds complexity and cost, eliminating many of the benefits that come with embracing digital transformation.

Please join, Manoj Sharma, Technical Director, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom as he discusses the Symantec Secure Remote Access Framework and learn about:

  • The challenges and risks of securing a remote workforce
  • Best practices for empowering a secure remote workforce on your digital transformation journey
  • How Symantec can help you confidently enable a remote workforce without adding risk or complexity.
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

NIST on Home Office Security

Speaker:
Jeff Greene, Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST

The federal government has an entire agency dedicated to homeland security, but who is paying attention to the new, wide-open frontier - the home office? In this Q&A session, Jeff Greene of NIST talks about how to secure the work-from-home environment, including:
  • How NIST approached remote deployment
  • Lessons learned about telework
  • How to secure virtual meetings
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Track A

Panel Discussion: Cloud Transformation: Security and Visibility in the Accelerated Journey

Speakers:
Cameron Smith, Director of Product Management, Gigamon
Randy Sabett, Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

It's been one of the byproducts of 2020's accelerated digital transformation: IT teams are migrating greater numbers of critical applications to the public cloud to gain the obvious business benefits of scalability, availability and agility.

But what's not always so obvious: The cloud security strategies and tools necessary to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and potential breach. Join this expert panel and learn:

  • The key elements of a cloud security strategy
  • Automated tools that provide necessary security and performance monitoring
  • Real-life uses cases and lessons learned that are particularly applicable in the public sector
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Track B

The Evolution of Ransomware

Speaker:
Jason Rivera, Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, Crowdstrike

This brief will cover the latest trends and developments of financially motivated ransomware attacks. We will discuss the latest intelligence observations pertaining to how threat actors deploy ransomware against various industry targets, as well as the latest developments in how the sophistication of ransomware continues to improve.
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Insider Threat: How to Mitigate the Heightened Risk

Speaker:
Randy Trzeciak, Director, CERT Insider Threat Center, CMU

A remote workforce. Economic stress. Pandemic fatigue. These ingredients create a "perfect storm" for insider risk, whether through malicious acts or accident. What can you do to improve monitoring and mitigation of insider risk in these unique conditions?

Randy Trzeciak, director of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the world's leading authorities on preventing, detecting, and responding to insider incidents. In this exclusive session, he details:

  • The latest research on insider incidents
  • Unique risks created within today's remote workforce
  • How to mitigate the risks posed by malicious and unintentional insider threats
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Campaign Security 2020

Speaker:
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), President and CEO, FXTaylor Associates, LLC

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have their eyes and hands on election cybersecurity, but who's paying attention to securing the actual campaigns? This is the purview of the newly-chartered U.S. CyberDome. In this exclusive session, U.S. CyberDome Executive Director, Brigadier Gen. Francis X. Taylor (Ret.), outlines:
  • The U.S. CyberDome mission
  • Threats to campaign security
  • How threats and threat actors will be addressed between now and November
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Exhibit, Resource Center & Networking Break

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

OnDemand Session Viewing Available

View Schedule

SPONSORS / Supporting Organizations

Akamai
Auth0
Bitsight
Check Point
Cloudflare
Contrast Security
Cybereason
DivvyCloud
Expel
Gigamon
Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
HolistiCyber
LastPass
OneSpan
Proofpoint
Symantec

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World's First CISO Weighs in on the Technologies and Trends Shaping 2019

The Challenge of Fighting Identity Fraud

IBM's Shaked Vax on Emerging Technologies to Assure Digital IDs

A Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats

Randy Trzeciak of CERT Reviews the Latest Research

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