2024 Government Cybersecurity Roadshow - Illinois

Event Details

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:

Benjamin Wagner, Principal Advisor- Security Operations Transformation, Palo Alto Networks
Benjamin Wagner, Principal Advisor- Security Operations Transformation, Palo Alto Networks

9:30 am

Government Keynote

Driving Innovation across AI & Partnership Development

Rob Kerr, Executive Director of Innovation & Opportunity, 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, Executive Director of Innovation & Opportunity, University of Illinois-Springfield

9:50 am

Platinum Partner

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

Chris Cruz, Public Sector CIO, Tanium
Chris Cruz, Public Sector CIO, Tanium

10:10 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

10:30 am

Gold Partner

Simplifying the Infrastructure: Zero Trust and the Way Ahead

David Ortega, Principle Solution Architect, Thales Group
David Ortega, Principle Solution Architect, Thales Group

10:50 am

Morning Coffee and Networking Break

11:10 am

Roundtables

Concurrent Roundtables: An interactive opportunity to collaborate

1.  Advancing Cyber Incident Preparedness and Response
2. Endpoint Management: Managing IT Lifecycles with Speed and Scale
3. Ransomware Planning: Response, Mitigation, and Recovery
4. Business Resilience, Cyber Detection, Recovery and Automation

12:10 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
Michael P. Melore, CISSP Public Sector Security Ambassador and Senior Cyber Security Advisor City, State Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Education IBM Security
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
Michael P. Melore, CISSP Public Sector Security Ambassador and Senior Cyber Security Advisor City, State Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Education IBM Security

12:40 pm

Keynote

Closing Remarks from Chair, followed by Networking Lunch

12:50 pm

Networking Lunch

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