2024 Government Cybersecurity Roadshow - Illinois

Agenda

Springfield, 25 September 2024

All times in CDT

8:15 am

Registration and Networking Coffee

9:00 am

Keynote

Welcome from Public Sector Network

9:10 am

Keynote

Welcome from Chair: Tanium

9:30 am

Government Keynote

Driving Innovation across AI & Partnership Development

Rob Kerr, UIS Innovation Director, University of Illinois-Springfield
  • AI Innovation lines of interest
  • Partnership development with all levels of government, academia, and more: current priorities
  • The way ahead for innovation at UIS

Rob Kerr, UIS Innovation Director, University of Illinois-Springfield

9:55 am

Platinum Partner

Getting Ahead of Cyber Risk: The New Approach to Cloud Security

10:20 am

Government Keynote

Jumpstart Your Cybersecurity with “No-Cost” Services

Tony Collings, Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Federal Government / CISA services
  • State of Illinois services

Tony Collings, Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

10:45 am

Gold Partner

Simplifying the Infrastructure: Zero Trust and the Way Ahead

11:10 am

Morning Coffee and Networking Break

11:35 am

Roundtables

Concurrent Roundtables: An interactive opportunity to collaborate

1. Endpoint Management: Managing IT Lifecycles with Speed and Scale
2. Threat Vector Monitoring: Identifying Unknown Devices and Intruders
3. Advancing Cyber Incident Preparedness and Response
4. Ransomware Planning: Response, Mitigation, and Recovery

12:35 pm

Panel Discussion

The 2024 Threat Landscape and Beyond; Threats, Resiliency, Strategic Defense

Terance Henry, Director, IT, City of Marion, Illinois
Aaron Von Hoff, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Springfield's Cyber Office
Mark Taghap, Chief Information Security Officer, City of Aurora, Illinois
M.C. Neal, Chief Information Officer, Champaign County, Illinois
Terance Henry, Director, IT, City of Marion, Illinois
Aaron Von Hoff, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Springfield's Cyber Office
Mark Taghap, Chief Information Security Officer, City of Aurora, Illinois
M.C. Neal, Chief Information Officer, Champaign County, Illinois

1:20 pm

Keynote

Closing Remarks from Chair, followed by Networking Lunch

1:15 pm

Networking Lunch