SAVE THE DATE
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 pm.
BRAD D. SMITH FOUNDATION HALL
519 Joh Marshall Drive - Huntington, WV 25703
Who should attend?
State and local government administrators, IT and cybersecurity managers and personnel, public school IT and cybersecurity managers and personnel, police and emergency IT managers and personnel, SCADA systems experts (water, sewer, electricity, etc.)
BRAD D. SMITH FOUNDATION HALL Picture Source: http://www.marshall.edu/foundationhall/index.htmlThe objective of the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky workshop is to develop specific recommendations to strengthen local and state government cybersecurity governance and to facilitate cybersecurity partnering between local and state governments. The workshop is part of the George Mason-National Science Foundation Cybersecurity City and County Cross Jurisdictional Collaboration project, having the goal of furthering U.S. city and county cybersecurity efforts by developing foundations and policies that enable and foster city and county cybersecurity partnerships.
Speakers
Charles Grindle,CIO, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Josh Spence, West Virginia Chief Technology Officer
Chris Seidt,CIO, Louisville Metro Government
James Meece,CISO, Louisville Metro Government
Ben Gilbert,Cybersecurity Advisor - Region III (VA, DC, WV), U.S. DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Mark Conrad, Information Technology Director – Fairfield County, Ohio
Garrett Bradlyn, IT Director – City of Parkersburg, WV
Ron Hamilton, CISO and Eric Burgy, TeleComm Manager, WVNET
Greg Herbold, Director, State/Local Government & Education, Palo Alto Networks
Agenda
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Commonwealth of Kentucky Cybersecurity Initiatives, Charles Grindle, CIO, Commonwealth of Kentucky
III. State of West Virginia Cybersecurity Initiatives – Josh Spence, CTO, State of West Virginia
IV. Local Government Technology Innovation, Smart Cities and Cybersecurity Programs – Chris Seidt, CIO, Louisville Metro Government and James Meece, CISO, Louisville Metro Government
V. Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity programs for local governments – Ben Gilbert, Cybersecurity Advisor - Region III (VA, DC, WV), U.S. DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Lunch Break
VI. Local Government Cybersecurity Strategies and Challenges - Mark Conrad, Information Technology Director, Fairfield County, Ohio; Garrett Bradlyn, IT Director, City of Parkersburg, West Virginia
VII. Cybersecurity, State Infrastructure and Resources and WVNET, Ron Hamilton, CISO, WVNET
VIII. Future Local Government Cybersecurity Platform Discussion – Greg Herbold, Director, State/Local Government & Education, Palo Alto Networks
IX. Local Government Ransomware Scenario Exercise – J.P. Auffret, George Mason and Ben Gilbert, Cybersecurity Advisor - Region III (VA, DC, WV), U.S. DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
X. Closing and Next Steps
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