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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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