Agenda
Times are subject to change.
8:35 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Welcome
Jaimee Kidd, Manager, GovExec
Opening Remarks from our Cyber Defenders Workshop Host.
8:40 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Best Practices for Cyber Workforce Hiring & Training
Editorial Speaker: Jason Barke, Deputy Associate Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management
With the looming threat of cyber attacks, it’s imperative that government agencies fill their open cyber positions. In this session, we’ll dive deeper into effective hiring strategies and training practices.
On Demand
9:05 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Don’t Take Code from Strangers
Underwriter Speaker: Pete Chestna, CISO, North America, Checkmarx
Underwritten by: Checkmarx
What if I told you that 80% of the source code for your application was written by strangers? Today we are seeing the rise of the criminal coder. Through various means, they are injecting open source software with malicious code. Join us to learn about software supply chain and how to bring real improvements back to your agency.
On Demand
9:25 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Implementing Zero Trust Standards
Editorial Speaker: Landon C. Van Dyke, Senior Technology Advisor, Office of Management, Strategy and Solutions, U.S. Department of State
At the end of last year the Department of Defense released a Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap, which requires agencies to implement zero trust standards by 2027. Civilian agencies have been on a zero trust mandate for several years, with more guidance expected from CISA in the next month or so. In this session, we’ll explore how government leaders are implementing zero trust initiatives at their agencies.
On Demand
9:50 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Cyber Defense of Operational Technology
Underwriter Speaker: Meghan Good, VP, Director Cyber Accelerator, Leidos
Underwriter Speaker: Nicholas Franklin, Cyber Physical Leader, Leidos
Underwritten by: Leidos
Leidos’ Cyber experts discuss the challenges with cyber defense for Operational Technology, opportunities for innovation, and a view to the future.
On Demand
10:10 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Coffee Break
A chance to stretch your legs and refill your coffee!
10:20 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
The Tools for Securing Hybrid Work
Editorial Speaker: Aimé Nsengiyumva, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, State of Tennessee
With more public sector employees working remotely at least part of the week, how are offices prioritizing security?
On Demand
10:45 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
How Government Agencies Can Automate Internet Operations Management
Underwriter Speaker: Abhishek Anbazhagan, Product Marketing Manager, Cortex Xpanse, Palo Alto Networks
Underwritten by: Palo Alto Networks
The accelerating pace of evolving threats—including nation-state and supply chain attacks, ransomware, and newly announced software vulnerabilities—has placed a huge burden on federal agency security operations centers (SOCs) to secure, operate, and defend their infrastructure. These challenges come as many agencies embark on an ambitious digital transformation journey, simultaneously migrating to the cloud, expanding remote work, and automating many routine security operations tasks.
Hear directly from our security expert Abhi Anbazhagan as he dives into the evolution of attack surface management (ASM) and ways to reduce the risks of a complex, persistent unmanaged attack surface.
On Demand
11:05 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Using Cyber Ranges to Train State/Local Government Employees
Editorial Speaker: Trace Ridpath, Director of IT Governance & Cybersecurity, Colorado Governor’s Office of Information and Technology
In this session, we’ll explore how state and local governments are incorporating hands-on training opportunities into their cyber strategies.
On Demand
11:30 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Defending Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats: The National Risk Management Center
Editorial Speaker: Mona Harrington, Assistant Director, National Risk Management Center, Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency
Cyber threats increasingly threaten the critical infrastructure Americans rely on every hour of every day. The National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), leads the national effort to enhance the resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure. Learn more about how the NRMC collaborates with public-private partners to identify, analyze, and mitigate risk from cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure.
On Demand
11:50 AM EDT
Thursday, March 30
Closing
Jaimee Kidd, Manager, GovExec
Thanks for joining us!