Cyber Leaders from 36 U.S. States and Localities Speak at Mar 10-12 D.C. Event
“Our summit helps localities protect themselves by sharing data, learning and building relationships.”
“Key cyber issues that worry national leaders also concern leaders from all other levels of government. Our state and local summit focuses on cyber topics that are very much in the news, tailored to their specific needs. Keeping our country safe from cyber criminals also requires keeping critical infrastructure safe at the regional level too,” explained Troy Schneider, EVP and GM, Billington CyberSecurity. “Our summit helps localities protect themselves by sharing data, learning and building relationships.”
The summit convenes nearly 1,000 government officials, tech leaders, and academia to find ways to enhance the cybersecurity of the municipalities that comprise the U.S. and the critical infrastructure sectors. Among the agenda topics are:
- Protecting the diverse digital ecosystem of Florida, the nation’s 4th largest economy.
- Addressing ransomware in cloud environments.
- Looking ahead as adversaries seek to exploit and leverage AI technologies.
- Examining priorities of state digital and cybersecurity leaders.
- Evaluating impacts on state and local cyber programs as the energy grid becomes more diversified, decentralized, and data centric.
- Learning lessons on ways in which AI/ML is being applied to enhance cybersecurity.
- Planning for the ramifications for regional and local cyber entities should China invade Taiwan.
More than 36 cyber leaders will be speaking during 25 sessions, including:
- Amanda Crawford, Executive Director and CIO, State of Texas
- Vitaliy Panych, CISO, State of California
- Jeremy Rodgers, CISO, State of Florida
- Tony Sauerhoff, CISO, State of Texas
- Bruce Coffing, CISO, City of Chicago, Illinois
- Dr. Brian Gardner, Interim CIO, City of Dallas, Texas
- Michael Geraghty, CISO and Director, State of New Jersey
- Colin Ahern, Chief Cyber Officer, State of New York
- Katie Savage, Secretary, Department of IT, State of Maryland
- Michael Watson, CISO, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Michael Gregg, CISO, State of North Dakota
