2022 Agenda
OPENING DAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
9:30a – 1:00p
REGISTRATION OPEN
Sponsored by New North Ventures
CUMBERLAND ROOM
1:00p – 1:30p
WHO’S IN THE ROOM
A CIPHER BRIEF THREAT CONFERENCE WELCOME
CLOISTER BALLROOM
1:30p – 2:30p
A CYBER EXERCISE: CHINA LAUNCHES INVASION OF TAIWAN
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Led by Dmitri Alperovitch, Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Introduction by Jason Fickett, Principal/Director, Booz Allen Hamilton
CLOISTER BALLROOM
2:30p – 3:00p
THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON CHINA
A CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT DISCUSSION
Led by The Hon. Susan Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
With Ambassador Joe Detrani, Former Director of the National Counterproliferation Center
Mark Montgomery, Executive Director, CyberSolarium.org
Moderator: Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute / Principal Member of the Cyber Initiatives Group
CLOISTER BALLROOM
3:00p – 3:20p
NETWORKING BREAK
Sponsored by IBM
CLOISTER FOYER II
3:20p – 3:30p
A NEW TAKE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTELLIGENCE SHARING
A LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Christopher Ahlberg, Co-Founder and CEO, Recorded Future
3:30p – 4:05p
RUSSIA'S UKRAINE GAMBLE
A CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT DISCUSSION
Sponsored by The Cyber Initiatives Group
With Mark Kelton, Former Deputy Director National Clandestine Service, CIA
Robert Dannenberg, Strategic Advisor, Goldman Sachs, & Former Senior CIA Officer
Paul Kolbe, Director, Intelligence Project, Harvard, & Former Senior CIA Officer
Moderator: Greg Myre, National Security Correspondent, NPR
CLOISTER BALLROOM
4:05p – 4:20p
UKRAINE & WHERE IS OFFENSIVE CYBER HEADED?
A LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Mark Montgomery, Executive Director, CyberSolarium.org
CLOISTER BALLROOM
4:20p – 4:35p
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALBANIA?
A FIRESIDE CHAT
With Kelly Bissell, Global Security Services Lead, Microsoft
Kozeta Garrett, Security Practice Lead — Americas, Security Service Line, Modernization & Transformation, Microsoft
CLOISTER BALLROOM
4:35p – 5:00p
RUSSIA ON THE BATTLEFIELD
With Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute / Principal Member of the Cyber Initiatives Group
Moderator: Jennifer Griffin, Chief National Security Correspondent, FOX News
CLOISTER BALLROOM
5:00p – 5:30p
INVESTING IN FUTURE NATIONAL SECURITY
With Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.), CEO & President, BENS
Brett Davis, Partner, New North Ventures
Katie Gray, Partner, In-Q-Tel
Moderator: Brad Christian, COO, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
5:30p – 6:00p
IS THIS OUR DIGITAL SPUTNIK MOMENT?
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
With Jennifer Ewbank, Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation
CLOISTER BALLROOM
6:00p – 7:00p
COCKTAIL RECEPTION: A NETWORKING AFFAIR
Sponsored by Recorded Future
BLACK BANKS TERRACE
DAY TWO: MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
8:45a – 9:30a
SPONSORED SESSION: ‘ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH’
Sponsored by Mandiant
CLOISTER BALLROOM
9:30a – 10:00a
THE WILD CARD INTERVIEW
An Unannounced Guest
Moderators: Suzanne Kelly, CEO & Publisher, The Cipher Brief, and Brad Christian, COO, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
10:00a – 10:40a
THE FUTURE OF COMPREHENSIVE CYBERSECURITY
KEYNOTE & FIRESIDE CHAT
With Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, Executive Office of the President
Moderator: Suzanne Kelly, CEO & Publisher, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
10:40a – 11:00a
CISA AND THE SHIELD: A ROADMAP FOR U.S. BUSINESSES
A LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff, CISA
CLOISTER BALLROOM
11:00a – 11:10a
PRIVATE SECTOR LENS: PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
A LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Ryan LaSalle, Senior Managing Director, North America Lead, Accenture Security
CLOISTER BALLROOM
11:10a – 11:20a
NETWORKING BREAK
11:20a – 11:40a
HOW STRONGER CYBER COORDINATION LEADS TO BETTER DEFENSE
With Laura Galante, Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, ODNI
CLOISTER BALLROOM
11:40a – 11:50a
WHAT I SEE IN FUTURE CYBERSECURITY
A LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Kevin Mandia, CEO, Mandiant
CLOISTER BALLROOM
11:50a – 12:15p
FBI: THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S SWISS ARMY KNIFE
With Laura Dehmlow, Section Chief, Foreign Influence Task Force, FBI
Cynthia Kaiser, Section Chief for Cyber National Security Intelligence, FBI
Moderator: Tonya Ugoretz, Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence, FBI
CLOISTER BALLROOM
12:20p – 1:20p
NETWORKING LUNCH BUFFET
Sponsored by Cyber Initiatives Group
BLACK BANKS TERRACE
1:20p – 1:40p
THE HUDDLE: A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT COLLABORATION
Sponsored by The Cyber Initiatives Group
Introduction: Geoff Brown, Cyber Initiatives Group Principal Member
Chris Krebs, Partner, Krebs Stamos Group & former CISA Director
Kelly Bissell, Global Security Services Lead, Microsoft
Jason Fickett, Principal/Director, Booz Allen Hamilton
Teresa Shea, Cyber Initiatives Group Principal
Glenn Gerstell, former General Counsel, NSA
Mark Montgomery, Excutive Director, CyberSolarium.org
Moderator: Matt Hayden, Cyber Initiatives Group Principal Member
CLOISTER BALLROOM
1:40p – 2:00p
A COMPLICATED THREAT LANDSCAPE
SESSION
With General Michael Hayden (Ret.), Former Director of the CIA and NSA / Principal Member of the Cyber Initiatives Group
Moderator: Suzanne Kelly, CEO & Publisher, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
2:00p – 2:30p
PLOTTING A COURSE: NGA’S APPROACH TO INTELLIGENCE USING AI/ML
FIRESIDE CHAT
With VADM Frank Whitworth, Director National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Suzanne Kelly, CEO & Publisher, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
2:30p – 3:30p
THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE EXERCISE: FROM UKRAINE TO TAIWAN
Sponsored by Crowdstrike
With an Introduction by Adam Meyers, SVP Intelligence, Crowdstrike
Led by The Hon. Susan Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Team Leads:
Open-Source / Data: Kristin Wood, CEO, Grist Mill Exchange
Cyber & the Private Sector: Adam Meyers, SVP Intelligence, Crowdstrike
Technology: Teresa Shea, Cyber Initiatives Group Principal
Intelligence and Products: Andrew Hallman, VP National Security
Strategy & Integration, Peraton
Policy: Mark Montgomery, Executive Director, CyberSolarium.org
Quantum: Jen Sovada, President Public Sector, Sandbox AQ
3:30p – 3:50p
BUILDING FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE IC WORKFORCE
With Kim Lynch, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Jennifer Ewbank, DCIA / Digital Innovation
Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff, CISA
Moderator: Suzanne Kelly, CEO & Publisher, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
3:50p – 4:10p
NETWORKING BREAK
Sponsored by The Cyber Initiatives Group
CLOISTER PATIO
4:10p – 4:25p
THE HUDDLE
With Dmitri Alperovitch, Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Edward Marshall, Global Head of Family Office and HNW, Dentons
Andrew Mac, Advisor to the President of Ukraine, Office of the President of the Ukraine
4:25p – 4:40p
ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY
KEYNOTE BRIEF
With Rich Baich, CISO & Director of the Office of Cybersecurity, CIA
CLOISTER BALLROOM
4:40p – 5:20p
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY & THE FUTURE
With Lt. Gen. Michael Groen (Ret.), former Director, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, DOD
Tom Lash, National Security Lead, AWS
Rich Baich, CISO & Director of the Office of Cybersecurity, CIA
Mark Munsell, Deputy of Data & Digital Innovation, NGA
Moderator: Brad Christian, COO, The Cipher Brief
CLOISTER BALLROOM
5:20p – 5:30p
CLIMATE: THE ULTIMATE NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
With Maureen Hinman, Executive Director, Silverado Policy Accelerator
CLOISTER BALLROOM
DAY THREE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
ESPIONAGE IN THE HOMELAND
9:00a – 9:20a
ESPIONAGE REDEFINED
A KEYNOTE ADDRESS
With Michael Orlando, Director, NCSC
CLOISTER BALLROOM
9:20a – 10:00a
FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE
With Michael Orlando, Acting Director, NCSC
Laura Dehmlow, Section Chief, Foreign Influence Task Force, FBI
Andrew Hallman, Vice President, National Security Strategy & Integration, Peraton
Karen Monaghan, Deloitte
Moderator: Glenn Gerstell, Former General Counsel, NSA
CLOISTER BALLROOM
10:00a –10:45a
CYBER ESPIONAGE: WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR SEES
With Sandra Joyce, EVP & Head of Intelligence and Government Affairs, Mandiant
Adam Meyers, SVP Intelligence, Crowdstrike
Stuart Solomon, President, Recorded Future
Kelly Bissell, Global Security Services Lead, Microsoft
Moderator: Eamon Javers, Senior Washington Correspondent, CNBC
CLOISTER BALLROOM
10:45a – 11:00a
SPYING IN THE OPEN: USING OPEN-SOURCE INFORMATION
LIVE-ACTION OP-ED
With Kristin Wood, CEO, Grist Mill Exchange
Cynthia Saddy, Senior Vice President, Grist Mill Exchange
CLOISTER BALLROOM
11:00a – 11:30a
THE HUDDLE: HOW DO WE MOVE THIS FORWARD?
11:30a – 11:45a
CONFERENCE DEBRIEF & WRAP-UP
*Sessions and Speakers are Subject to Change. Conference tickets are not refundable but may be transferable under certain conditions.
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