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Cybersecurity for Government Executives, Managers, and System Owners

Coming in August – Willard InterContinental Hotel

Workshop Description

 

 The Obama Administration’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative is the  keystone to its strategy for securing the homeland against 21st century threats and has just released the long awaited 60-day review report.  Are you prepared for the direction cybersecurity will be taking under the new administration?

Join with your government and industry colleagues for an educational event that will explore the Cybersecurity issues facing the federal government today.  This workshop will provide government management and executives with a better understanding of Cybersecurity, the cyber threats facing government, the regulations that you must be aware of, and a discussion of the White House’s Cyberspace Policy Review document released on May 29th.  It will provide you with the information that you need to immediately address complex issues of Cybersecurity within your environment.  You will hear from government and industry leaders who will share with you the lessons they have learned in their years of protecting government systems.

What You Will Learn

  • What Cybersecurity really is and why you need to be concerned about it;
  • The cyber threats that threaten government systems; 
  • The regulations that need to be complied with and how to make them applicable in your environment; and 
  • Proven lessons learned from leading government executives and industry leaders

Why You Should Attend

  • To gain an increased understanding of Cybersecurity issues
  • Learn how regulations and recent trends can affect your agency
  • Learn what you need to do beyond formal compliance to protect your agency’s systems and information

Who Should Attend

  • C-Level government executives
  • Agency Senior Management
  • System Owners
  • Program Managers
  • IGs and Auditors
  • Security Managers and Staff who may want to attend with their system owners
  • Industry members who need or want to learn about Government security requirements 
     

Format

  • Presentations by government executives and industry leaders

Agenda

7:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome
Art Chantker, President, Potomac Forum 
8:45
 Keynote Address
9:30
 What is Cybersecurity Anyway?
10:30
 Break
10:45
 What is the Cyberthreat?
A discussion of the threats and how they relate to government agencies today and beyond.
12:00 PM
 Hosted Lunch
1:00
 Cybersecurity Regulations
A review and analysis of the regulations that agencies and departments must follow to protect their information systems.
2:00
 Break
3:00
 An Analysis of the Cyberspace Policy Report
4:00
 Government Speaker
5:00
 Workshop Adjourns
One-on-one with Instructors

Instructors

Graydon McKee – MSIA, CISSP

Graydon McKee is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ascension Risk Management LLC.  Graydon is an accomplished Risk Management/Information Security professional with extensive experience in developing and implementing Information Risk Management and Information Security Programs to clients in both the public and private sector.  He is a recognized leader in government regulatory compliance (Federal Information Security Management Act and the Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process compliance) and has taught the process to over 2,000 individuals representing over 600 federal government agencies and offices. 

Graydon has served as a Manager in Deloitte & Touche LLPs Security and Privacy Practice where he has assisted clients to redesign and implement reasonable Information Security Policy (Large Financial Institution) as well as assess and evaluate the need for Managed Security Services (Large Financial Institution). He interfaces both with the client’s senior management team and the technical team on business, systems architectural and technical issues.  Graydon has also served as a Senior Security Architect with the Unisys Federal Information Security Practice serving clients such as Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security – United States Coast Guard, an Intelligence Agency, the General Services Administration, and the United States Capitol Police.

Graydon received his education at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont (Master of Science in Information Assurance) where he graduated with High Honors and Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts – Sociology).  Graydon achieved the professional designation of Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2004 and the Global Information Assurance Certification in 2003. 

Graydon has been recognized for “Outstanding Contributions to Federal Government Information System Security Education” by the Potomac Forum, Ltd; a non-profit educational foundation. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), awarded the 2005 Unisys Global Gold Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to Information Security and Unisys and recognized by Unisys Customers as “significantly contributing to their business success” in a 2005-2006 Customer Satisfaction Survey.  Graydon has been published in Network World, CSO Magazine and Government Computer News.

Ian Charters, CISSP

With over 20 years of experience in the fields of Cybersecurity, digital forensics, penetration testing, and privacy, Ian Charters has a unique perspective on the evolution of Cybersecurity. His career has taken him from the private sector into government service and back to the private sector. After successfully starting and running his own networking, software development and systems integration firm, Ian was recruited into the nation’s Intelligence Community, including service in both the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency where he proudly served his country for over 20 years. Upon retiring from Federal service, Ian served as the Security Practice Leader with the Unisys Federal Group based in Reston, Virginia. While being responsible for leading the practices efforts in the development, sales, and delivery of a full range of IT security solutions, he was responsible for the development and introduction of a code application assurance into the Federal market. Ian is currently a Senior Manager in a Big 4 Accounting firm’s information security and risk management practice. His responsibilities include leading engagements to provide security services to both commercial enterprises and government agencies. He is also a member of the Firms National Information Assurance Center of Excellence.

Michael Smith, CISSP- ISSEP
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Michael Smith is a Manager in the Audit and Enterprise Risk Services organization of Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he leads engagements to provide security services to both commercial enterprises and government agencies.

Prior to Joining Deloitte, Michael served as the Chief Information Security Officer with the Unisys Federal Service Delivery Center based in Reston, Virginia. His scope of responsibility included both providing governance and managing risk for several data centers, Security Operations Center, Network Operations Center, and Server Management Team.

Michael has performed numerous tasks throughout the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process for clients in the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense environments. He has designed and performed security testing and evaluation engagements against national level systems in both the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense environments.

Michael assisted with development of a DITSCAP methodology and Standard Operating Procedures for the Department of Defense's Tricare Management Activity (TMA) as well as performed many of the tasks associated with that methodology. Throughout the time Michael spent working with the TMA, he was responsible for development of documentation, performing security testing and evaluation, evaluating and conducting assessments of physical security, and the development and performance of risk assessments for remote sites throughout the continental United States.

While engaged with the Transportation Security Administration, Michael developed C&A documentation for numerous systems and sites throughout the Transportation Security Administration and helped to use C&A as the catalyst to build a security program.

Michael graduated from the prestigious Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA with a Department of Defense advanced linguistic certification in Russian and spent several years on active duty in the US army as a translator and specialist in information security.

In 2004, Michael was activated as a member of the Virginia National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan, where he conducted numerous combat patrols as an infantry squad leader.

Daniel Philpott, CISSP, CAP
OnPoint Consulting

Daniel Philpott is an Information Security Engineer with the Information Assurance Division of OnPoint Consulting where he works with Federal agencies on FISMA compliance and Risk Management.Daniel is the founder of the FISMApedia.org wiki and FISMA Arts training projects.  His pre-FISMA work at NIST involved the securing of external servers, incident response, development of security checklists, and creation of baseline system configurations.

With his technical focus, Daniel brings an operational security perspective to the theory and practice of FISMA compliance.  His long experience in the IT security space provides his Federal clients with depth of knowledge and a diverse skill set encompassing compliance, practice and risk management.  He is depended upon to provide analysis and insight on IT security and governance matters for senior staff.

Registration

Government: $895  Special Recovery Act Government Fee:  $845

Send a Government Team Rate: To Encourage Your Government Team to Learn Together.
Register two persons from the same government office at the same time and the third registers at 50% of the registration fee.

Industry: $995 Special Recovery Act Industry Fee:  $945

Registration fee includes: 
Presentations, Workshop Notebook with Reference Materials, Hosted Seated Luncheon at the Willard  "Hotel of the Presidents",
Refreshment Breaks and Coffee and Sodas Available Throughout the Day.

Cancellation Policy

Confirmed registrations who cancel within 3 business days of the program will be subject to a $250 cancellation fee. Registrations cancelled after the program starts are subject to the full registration fee. Substitutions can be made at any time. In the event a particular training workshop is cancelled, the liability of Potomac Forum, Ltd is limited to refund of any prepaid registration fee.

Meeting Location

Willard InterContinental Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C. 20004
202-628-9100