More than a dozen esteemed federal cybersecurity and information assurance officials took part in the 6th Annual Cybersecurity Technology Summit, sponsored by the chapter and held in April at the Capital Hilton.
Considered the cybersecurity community's marquee event, which offers continuing education credits, a Technology Zoo competition and networking for the cybersecurity community, more than 600 thought leaders from numerous federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense Department, the intelligence community, the White House, FBI, Department of Energy and others from industry, came out to the one-day summit.
The event tackled strategies for addressing cyber intelligence, next-generation cyber operations and insider threat. Speakers also discussed the status of cyber work force development and issues impacting tomorrow's evolving threat environment.
The summit featured keynotes, discussion panels and breakout sessions. The speakers included: Adm. Michael Rogers, USN, director of the National Security Agency; Phyllis Schneck, deputy under secretary for cybersecurity and communications for the National Protection and Programs Directorate within the DHS; Michael Daniel, cybersecurity coordinator for the White House; Lt. Gen. Bill Bender, USAF, chief, information dominance and chief information officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. Joseph Brendler, USA, special assistant to the deputy chief information officer/G-6, Office of the Secretary of the Army; Brig. Gen. Sarah Zabel, USAF, director, Cyberspace Strategy and Policy, Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; Dr. Portia Crowe, cyber chief technology officer, deputy director, U.S. Army PEO C3T; Greg Touhill, deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity operations and programs; Rod Turk, associate CIO for cybersecurity and chief information security officer for the Department of Energy; Jay Doyle, of NCIS; Ken Bible, deputy director, C4/ deputy CIO, Headquarters United States Marine Corps; Joseph Demarest, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Cyber Division; Shaun Khalfan, senior business, policy and technical adviser for cybersecurity at the Navy CIO; Mike Theis, chief counterintelligence expert and senior member, Technical Staff, CERT Insider Threat Center, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon; Frank Konieczny, chief technology officer, Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
Sqrrl, a big data analytics company that develops software to uncover hidden patterns, trends and links in data, won the Technology Zoo competition. The three judges included Douglas Maughan, Director of Cybersecurity Division at the Department of Homeland Security; William P. Crowell, a Partner at Alsop Louie; and Dave Wennergen, former CIO of the US Navy. |
