Event Schedule

Times for this Event are in Eastern Time (EDT/EST).

The Summit will be open from 11:00 AM March 30th to 5PM and 8:30 AM March 31st to 3PM.

• DAY ONE
• Welcome to the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit
• Stop Chasing, Start Defending: Preventing Ransomware with Zero Trust 9:35 am

  Presented by ThreatLocker

  Join ThreatLocker’s Director of Technical Engagement, Ben Jenkins, as we discuss endpoint evasion techniques that are undetectable by most EDR/MDR and antivirus solutions. Understand how businesses are enhancing their cyber resilience and significantly limiting the damage ransomware can inflict with a Zero Trust architecture.

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  Speaker:

  Ben Jenkins

  Ben Jenkins

  Director of Technical Engagement at ThreatLocker

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• The State of Secure Identity 10:05 am

  Presented by Auth0

  Digital identities control access to an ever-growing number of applications, services, and critical systems. This makes identity an interesting attack vector for threat actors, and highlights the importance of authentication and authorization in preserving trust and security. The 2021 Auth0 State of Secure Identity report highlights the latest trends in identity security, including what types of attacks Auth0 has observed, the characteristics of these attacks, what industries are most affected, and the adoption rates for identity protection technologies. 

  During this session, we’ll provide greater insight into which industries are: 

  – Most highly targeted by credential stuffing attacks 

  – Most highly targeted by SQL injection attacks 

  – Leading the way in MFA adoption to improve overall security posture 

  We’ll also shed light on: fake account creation, MFA bypass attacks, and what defensive measures are being adopted to combat these identity security threats.

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  Speaker:

  Gatewood Green

  Gatewood Green

  Principal Security Architect at Auth0

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• Empower the Human “Cyber-Warrior”: A Public-Private Partnership 10:25 am

  Despite the addition of more and more technologies (MFA, DLP, email security, etc.), and education (user awareness, phishing simulation, etc.) more than 90% of eventual monetary losses due to a data breach result from users. Whether malicious or unintentional, the oft-confused carbon-based life forms (users) are worthy of a focus from this panel of experts.

  This discussion at the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit will include members of our law enforcement, federal cyber support, and other agencies alongside leaders from private industry. They will present some of the facts from their experiences, and share best practices and practical advice for the cyber leaders in the audience to finally close the gaps related to user “error.” They’ll discuss processes and ideas on how cyber leaders can be less susceptible to these gaps, and thoughtful paradigms to effectuate a shift in strategy to better cope.

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  Panel Participants:

  Richard Dean

  Richard Dean

  Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office

  Todd Ryan

  Todd Ryan

  Chief Information Officer at Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

  Robert Price

  Robert Price

  Supervisory Special Agent at Infragard MO (FBI partner)

  Richard Kelley

  Richard Kelley

  General Manager, Q:CYBER and Platform at QOMPLX, Inc.

  Philip Kapusta

  Philip Kapusta

  Future Operations Bureau Commander at Pasco Sheriff's Office

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• Low Hanging Fruit – Improving AD Security for the Easy Win 11:15 am

  Presented by Attivo Networks

  Threat actors, Red-Teams, and Ransomware have been abusing Active Directory for years. In fact attackers have compromised or leveraged AD in 100% of the successful ransomware attacks over the last 3 years. This discussion will discuss new technologies to help you visualize the risk in your AD and add a layer of security around this very important part of enterprise infrastructure.

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  Speaker:

  Tom Atkins

  Tom Atkins

  Regional VP at Attivo

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• Leveraging a Single Identity Tool as a Foundation for a Unified Identity Security Framework 11:35 am

  Presented by One Identity

  Identity sprawl is on the rise. Humans, devices, bots, and other forms of identities have more than doubled in 85% of organizations surveyed. Most of these identities have elevated access and are a target breach point for one of the most common forms of attack today, ransomware. Stand-alone Identity tools are unable to address this current threat surface, and must be integrated with other identity security tools to attain 360-visibility across all identities and address this growing problem in a holistic manner. Learn how to leverage any identity tool as a foundational component of a complete, identity-based ecosystem to ultimately improve your overall cybersecurity posture.

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  Speaker:

  Larry Chinski

  Larry Chinski

  Vice President Global IAM Strategy and Customer Advocacy at One Identity

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• Lunch Break
• Creating Florida’s First Cybersecurity Program: Lessons Learned So Far 12:30 pm

  Serving as Florida’s Chief Information Officer, Jamie Grant leads the Florida Digital Service and is responsible for the state’s CDO, CISO, Chief of Service Experience, and the State Data Center.  Tasked with developing the state’s first ever enterprise approach to technology, he will share the progress this far in building Florida’s technology office and why partnership is foundational to its success.  

  Appointed personally by the Governor, Mr. Grant leveraged the work done by Florida Cyber Task Force, which has become an advisory board with a public and private partnership, to take a brand new approach for a state-wide digital service. Cybersecurity is core to its mission, as the “battlefield” for warfare moves to the modern age.  Protecting citizens, assets, information and infrastructure is the building block for stable government services. 

  Grant will share experiences that will benefit cybersecurity leaders–be they in the public or private sectors.  He’ll talk about cutting bureaucracy, budgeting, staffing, working with solution providers, and motivating teams to strive for a meaningful mission.  

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  Speaker:

  James J.W. Grant

  James J.W. Grant

  Chief Information Officer at State of Florida

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• Knowing What Not to Do 1:15 pm

  Presented by Tego Data

  The proliferation of Zero-Day vulnerabilities has amplified the stress level for already burdened IT and Security staff. One needs to look no farther than ProxyLogon, PrintNightmare and Log4j vulnerabilities as sublime examples of disruptive vulnerabilities. 

  Tasked with finding the vulnerabilities and then planning and executing mitigation strategies, many IT teams had to jump into vulnerability resolution while neglecting important, but less urgent IT initiatives. Exacerbating matters, those steps were often executed in a void of proper risk assessment and change management. The problems will only get worse in the future. 

  This presentation will provide a brief case study into the aforementioned vulnerabilities and identify new techniques, technologies and best practices to evaluate how, when and even if IT should take action to mitigate.

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  Speaker:

  Greg Manson

  Greg Manson

  VP of Security, Audit, and Compliance at Tego Data

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• Windows 11: Adapt Early or Follow Cautiously? 1:35 pm

  Presented by baramundi

  6 years after the release of Windows 10, Microsoft introduced their new Operating System Windows 11. That fact is causing a lot of IT Departments to evaluate their decision whether it is worth it to make the transition now or not. Especially with a lot of companies still having remote work and older machines in place this decision comes with a few new challenges companies need to be aware of. On the other hand Windows 11 opens up new possibilities with regards to security and efficiency. 

  Axel Peters from baramundi software will tackle the big questions that IT departments have regarding Windows 11: Should I start planning deployment now or sit tight for a while? How does Microsoft’s latest OS affect endpoint management? And how will it affect endpoint security?

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  Panel Participants:

  Axel Peters

  Axel Peters

  VP West Operations, baramundi

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• The Journey to Security Service Edge: The Killer Feature is Simplicity 2:15 pm

  Presented by Axis Security

  Due to the growth of “Cloud” over the past ten years, organizations have moved from the data center to “centers of data”.  As applications are now distributed, the networks and security solutions have become more complex and brittle. Adding fuel to this fire of complexity, network and security solutions must now address the demands of the hybrid workforce.  In this talk, John will discuss how you can use Security Service Edge in a simple way to solve some of the complex network security problems no matter how large your organization. 

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  Speaker:

  John Spiegel

  John Spiegel

  Field CTO at Axis Security

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• Stopping Ransomware with Autonomous Response 2:35 pm

  Presented by Darktrace

  New strains of ransomware are leaving organizations vulnerable – too often, security teams lack the ability to respond proportionately to an attack, leading to cyber disruption across the organization.

  Join Mitch Bowman, Cyber Security Director, as he unpacks some of today’s most advanced ransomware threats. Learn how Self-Learning AI understands the organization to reveal every stage of a ransomware attack – and takes targeted, autonomous action to stop the threat in its tracks.

  This presentation will discuss:
  -Recent ransomware threat trends, including double extortion and RDP attacks
  -How Autonomous Response takes action to contain an emerging attack, even when security teams are out of office
  -Real-world examples of ransomware detected by Darktrace AI – including a zero-day and an attack initiated on Christmas Day

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  Panel Participants:

  Mitch Bowman

  Mitch Bowman

  Cyber Security Director at Darktrace

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• Defense in Depth: New Strategies for 2022 2:55 pm

  Layering Defense in Depth (DiD) with intentional redundancies increases the security of a system as a whole and addresses many different attack vectors. From individual laptops, to VPN to the WAN, the old paradigm of “castles and moats” is soooo 1999. How are organizations preparing to defend against inventive hackers penetrating their systems in 2022? Join us at the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit to hear industry experts thoughts on this question and more!

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  Panel Participants:

  Troy Kitch

  Troy Kitch

  VP of Products at 1Password

  Ryan Bowman

  Ryan Bowman

  Director of Solutions Engineering at ThreatLocker

  Nick Houck

  Nick Houck

  Senior Security Strategist at Attivo

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• Incident Response & The Trickle Down Effect 3:40 pm

  CISOs stand prepared to guide their organizations through Cyber Intrusion and Ransomware Events and Devon Ackerman’s Incident Response teams across North America handle thousands of such events each year. They are on the front lines working in lockstep with victim organizations and their CISOs, augmenting Client IT and Incident Response teams, performing forensic analysis, working to contain and eject threat actors from networks and investigate incidents to identify risk to sensitive data. 

  From that body of experience, interactions and investigative results, Mr. Ackerman will walk through observed patterns that Kroll has termed “The Trickle Down Effect” as it relates to Nation State Actors and their Tactics, Techniques and Procedures being observed and absorbed by Organized Crime Groups and mass produced against victim organizations, like your own.  Mr. Ackerman will also walk the audience through two concepts (Castle Wall Doctrine & Kroll’s Intrusion Lifecycle) that he hopes will be helpful for CISOs as they convey concepts and analogies to members of their Boards, their Executive Teams, and employees of their organizations. 

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  Speaker:

  Devon Ackerman

  Devon Ackerman

  MD & Head of Incident Response at Kroll Cyber Risk

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• Day One Closing Session
• DAY TWO
• Welcome to the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit
• A New, Modern Way to Protect Data 9:35 am

  Presented by Pure Storage

  The world of data backup and recovery has evolved with ransomware to highlight the need for a resiliency architecture that gives an organization the ability to quickly and reliably get back up and running after a cyber attack. This session will dive into how an attack (such as ransomware) unfolds and key considerations to give before, during and after so that the post-event recovery needs of the business can be achieved.

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  Panel Participants:

  Andy Stone

  Andy Stone

  CTO - Americas at Pure Storage

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• Human-Centric Security: Protect the Person to Protect the Business 9:55 am

  Presented by 1Password

  Human error is the leading cause of data breaches, with 92% of workers feeling additional security measures impacts their work. This session will dive into the changing landscape of security, the key challenges that are causing security risks to be at an all-time high, and how to secure your people to protect your business with a human-centric approach.

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  Speaker:

  Troy Kitch

  Troy Kitch

  VP of Products at 1Password

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• DHS-CISA Briefing: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict’s Impact on the Cyber-Threat Landscape 10:15 am

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) first issued its “Shields Up” warning in mid-February. Working with other agencies, important information is updated regularly at cisa.gov/shields-up.  Consolidating that information and a host of the intelligence that CISA has made available, Region 4 Cybersecurity Advisor and former Georgia State CISO Stanton Gatewood will go over the nature of the current threats posed by these and other pressing headlines. 

  Join this session for update on cybercrime, cyber-attacks, exploits, data breaches, cyber insurance, the cyber workforce gap, kinetic-warfare v. cyber-warfare, soaring ransomware PLUS live audience Q&A. 

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  Speaker:

  Stanton Gatewood

  Stanton Gatewood

  Cyber Security Coordinator/Advisor at US DHS/CISA

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• Evolving Your Organization’s Security Maturity 11:20 am

  Presented by Cavelo

  Data protection, security maturity and regulatory compliance go hand in hand. A variety of initiatives can help teams align to best practices while building on their security maturity. Knowing what types of data you have, who has access to it and how it’s used provides data-driven evidence that better supports decision making and demonstrates to stakeholders and auditors that you’re taking appropriate steps to protect your business’s sensitive data – and the privacy of your customers.

   This session will review:

  • The NIST Cybersecurity Maturity Model and how it supports broader security strategy
  • Sensitive data types and how they vary based on the nature of your business or the industry that you operate in
  • Core security initiatives to achieve greater security maturity, whether you’re establishing your baseline or scaling your strategy

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  Panel Participants:

  James Mignacca

  James Mignacca

  CEO at Cavelo

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• AI/ML and Other Leading-Edge Innovations in Cybersecurity 11:45 am

  We get it, Artificial Intelligence (AI) with particular focus on Machine Learning (ML) is one way to overcome advanced threats with particular attention to scale. That said, those terms are thrown at our executives to delight, amaze and confuse them. How do we really discern between them as tools in our kit versus ‘Weapons of Mass Distraction’? Find out what experts have to say at the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit!

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  Panel Participants:

  Adam Fletcher

  Adam Fletcher

  Senior Managing Director, Chief Security Officer at The Blackstone Group

  Larry Chinski

  Larry Chinski

  Vice President Global IAM Strategy and Customer Advocacy at One Identity

  Mark Sangster

  Mark Sangster

  Cybersecurity Expert & Author “No Safe Harbor”

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• Lunch Break
• A Realistic Take on Zero Trust 1:05 pm

  Presented by Lookout

  Learn about how you can take a pragmatic approach to securing your multiple cloud apps and services. We will discuss the journey to the cloud and how security tools all work together to build a unified cloud security strategy that is effective and scalable for modern enterprises.

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  Speaker:

  Hank Schless

  Hank Schless

  Senior Manager, Security Solutions at Lookout

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• Compliance as a Catalyst for Reducing Risk 1:25 pm

  Presented by Reciprocity

  Compliance is a required part of risk management. But are your compliance initiatives helping you bridge compliance and risk?  Effective compliance is a catalyst for developing a proactive, risk management program by providing effective controls and tools that assess, manage, and monitor risk. Compliance isn’t about checking the box, it’s about proactively protecting your company and providing assurance so that others trust doing business with you. And, demonstrating trust will be the next market shaper. 

  • Challenges in Compliance and Risk Programs
  • Five Best Practices in starting a Risk Program
  • Compliance Considerations that will Improve Your Risk Posture

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  Speaker:

  Rob Ellis

  Rob Ellis

  Chief Strategy Officer at Reciprocity

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• Keynote Fireside Chat: John Kindervag 1:45 pm

  John Kindervag is a 25-year veteran of the high-tech world. He holds numerous industry certifications, including CISSP, CEH, QSA and CCNA. Prior to joining Forrester, Kindervag was the Senior Security Architect with security consultancy Vigilar, and he started the security practice for a Cisco Gold VAR, Flair Data Systems, where he was a Principal Security Consultant. He has particular expertise in the areas of wireless security, intrusion detection and prevention, and voice over IP hacking. He has been interviewed and published in numerous magazines, including Hospitality Technology Magazine, SecurityFocus.com and Techtarget.com. Kindervag has spoken at many security conferences and events, including ToorCon, ShmoCon and InfoSec World.

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  Speaker:

  John Kindervag

  John Kindervag

  Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy

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• Top 5 Considerations When Adopting Zero Trust 2:45 pm

  Presented by Twingate

  Zero Trust is not a new concept, but only in recent years have organizations prioritized efforts towards adopting the architecture. And in the past two years, with teams increasingly becoming distributed or remote, there has been a greater need for Zero Trust than ever before. However, current tech stacks hardly offer ideal support for BYOD, let alone mass adoption of a mobile workforce.

  With Zero Trust, organizations reduce their attack surface, develop identity-first concepts in place of device IPs, build in continuous authentication, establish a trust model that removes inherent trust, and move towards the principle of least privilege and passwordless systems. Join Twingate’s Product Manager Team Lead, Anna Liu, for a brief presentation discussing how to successfully build a foundation towards adopting and implementing a Zero Trust strategy.

  After joining this session, you’ll come away with:

  • A path towards Zero Trust adoption
  • Processes needed prior to tool evaluation
  • Myths squashed and buzzwords decrypted
  • Resources for building a Zero Trust architecture

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  Speaker:

  Anna Liu

  Anna Liu

  Product Manager Team Lead at Twingate

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• Cybersecurity Leadership Lessons, from Hawaii to Afghanistan 3:05 pm

  If it’s not Illegal, immoral, or unethical – it’s on the table.  John Felker led some of our nation’s largest and most important groups within consequential missions related to security, defense and protection. Pulling from his experiences at CISA, NCCIC, the US Coast Guard Cyber Command, and more, he will share with the Conference audience his most prescient takeaways from a lifetime of service, with a specific focus on cybersecurity. 

  Today, cybersecurity leaders are uniquely positioned to lead their peers and the organizations they serve as we are among the most sought-after, read-in, and connected executives in our respective firms.  Patching together a depth of technical knowledge, Mr. Felker will focus on further developing information gathering practices, leadership style, and effective decision making in team-based environments that will embody your character as a leader and at the same time encourage the loyalty and compliance of staff at all levels. 

  Look for best practices on delegation, setting metrics, training, accountability, and building effective teams in this unique presentation from a monumental executive leader.

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  Speaker:

  John Felker

  John Felker

  Formerly: Asst Director, CISA; Director, NCCIC

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• Cyber Executive RoundTable 3:45 pm

  Submit your bio for consideration to participate on our Cyber Executive RoundTable

  at the SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit

  to [email protected] or fill out our Call for Speakers form here.

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  Panel Participants:

  Scott Dickinson

  Scott Dickinson

  CISO - AnMed Health

  Jeremy Rodgers

  Jeremy Rodgers

  Chief Information Security Officer

  Stanton Gatewood

  Stanton Gatewood

  Cyber Security Coordinator/Advisor at US DHS/CISA

  Jeff Hudesman

  Jeff Hudesman

  CISO at Pinwheel

  Carlota Sage

  Carlota Sage

  vCISO at Fractional CISO

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• SouthEast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Closing