Hear from the State of Ohio's Strategic Cybersecurity Advisor Kirk Heath as he outlines the Cyber priorities for the State of Ohio and the work underway to enhance Ohio's Cyber resiliance

News of data breaches, and online frauds has become a matter of regular occurrence, which serves as a constant reminder that leadership needs to involve the entire team in a strategy for preventing cyber intrusions.

Moreover, successful cyber-attacks are often the result of insider mistakes, such as through phishing emails or business email compromise.

The panel will discuss ways to guard against cybersecurity threats:

• Create a culture of cybersecurity awareness - Employees should be empowered with the skills they need to be proactive and ready to face increasing threats.
• Establish a cybersecurity council – How your agency can gain insights from others to formulate your own public sector policies.
• Cybersecurity Insurance – Perspectives, value, outcomes, and alternatives

Split into specialized conversation areas and join engaging discussions to dive deeper into your innovation priorities.

RoundTable 1: Endpoint Management: Managing IT Lifecycles with Speed and Scale Roundtable 2: Threat Vector Monitoring: Identifying Unknown Devices and Intruders 

Roundtable 3: Advancing Cyber Incident Preparedness and Response 

Roundtable 4: Ransomware Planning: Response, Mitigation, and Recovery 

Creating and implementing a cyber security strategy is more critical than ever as the number of security-related breaches rises. Cybersecurity strategy is the big picture that gives us the chance to begin solving that puzzle, rather than just being experts on a few items. Therefore, it is imperative to have a well thought out plan for execution.

This panel of industry thought experts will share insights and knowledge.

From this session you will have a better understanding of:

• What are the most important considerations when developing a cybersecurity incident response plan?
• Identify External Data Security Resources.
• Learn how different leaders are building a culture comprised of the right systems, processes, and people to support their strategy.