2019 TechNet Augusta

Engagement Theater Session 4: Senior Cyber Warriors Address Setting Cybersecurity Priorities (Room Engagement Theater - Olmstead Exhibit Hall)

Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, CASP, PenTest+, & Linux+; 1 CertNexus CFR CEC; 1 GIAC CPE

Our panel of senior women leaders will discuss the thrills and challenges of entering and succeeding in their chosen field, including evolving cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities and solutions.  Discussion will center on

  • Evolving cyber threats
    • increasingly complex social engineering for hostile purposes
    • attacks on critical infrastructure
  • Enterprise vulnerabilities
    • which enable malicious insiders to threaten assets including information
    • which allow uninformed end-users to cause damage
  • Promising solutions
    • artificial intelligence for threat analysis and damage remediation
    • increasing public awareness of security and privacy threats and vulnerabilities

Each expert panelist will also comment on cybersecurity workforce challenges – recruiting, developing and maintaining a workforce with the right skills to operate and protect networks in the rapidly changing threat environment.

At a reception following the session, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the speakers and other senior leaders to chat about what inspired them to choose the cybersecurity field, their lessons learned, and recommendations on how to advance.