Agenda

11:00AM - 11:05AM ET
Welcome Remarks
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
11:05AM - 11:15AM ET
The Changing Ransomware Threat
Nathan Willigar
Nathan Willigar
CISO, Maine
Charles Rote
Charles Rote
Deputy CISO, Maine
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
11:15AM - 11:25AM ET
How to Operationalize Cloud Security
William Patton
William Patton
Solutions Engineering Manager - State and Local Government and Education, Wiz
11:25AM - 11:45AM ET
How Cyber Procurement is Changing in 2025
Alberto Gonzalez
Alberto Gonzalez
CIO, Idaho
Jake Williams
Moderator:
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
11:45AM - 11:55AM ET
Moving From Reactive Threat Detection and Response to Proactive
Bianca Lankford
Bianca Lankford
VP of Engineering & Security, Datadog
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
11:55AM - 12:15PM ET
Footing the Bill for Cyber
Greg McCarthy
Greg McCarthy
CISO, Boston
Michael Watson
Michael Watson
CISO, Virginia
Jake Williams
Moderator:
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
12:15PM - 12:35PM ET
The University-to-Government Training Pipeline
Tony Sauerhoff
Tony Sauerhoff
CISO, Texas
Jason Snyder
Jason Snyder
CIO, Massachusetts
Jake Williams
Moderator:
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
12:35PM - 12:45PM ET
The Cultural Mismatch of Higher Ed Cyber
Adam Mikeal
Adam Mikeal
CISO, Texas A&M University
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
12:45PM - 12:55PM ET
How Ransomware Defenses Are Changing
Rob Lalumondier
Rob Lalumondier
VP - NA Enterprise & Public Sector, Sophos
12:55PM - 1:05PM ET
Looking Ahead for Critical Infrastructure Cyber
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
Senior Director - Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group
1:05PM - 1:10PM ET
Closing Remarks
Jake Williams
Jake Williams
SVP - Modernization, Scoop News Group