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.)

 

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The 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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