Cybersecurity Conference (2018)

CompTIA CEU credits available
  • Session 1 – Cyber Defense against Attacks – Approved for A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, PenTest+ and CASP

  • Session 2 – Blockchain and Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities – Approved for A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+ PenTest+ and CASP

  • Session 3 – Innovative Technologies and Practices– Approved for A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, PenTest+ and CASP

  • Session 4 – Accelerating Cyber Education and Technologies – Approved for A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+ and PenTest+

Presented by NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT’s Ninth Annual Cybersecurity Conference brought together cyber experts from academia, business, and government to address:

  • Cyber Defense Against Attacks: How Industry Is Addressing Evolving Threats
  • Blockchain and Cyber Vulnerabilities
  • Cybersecurity Challenges in the Banking, Energy, and Health Care Sectors
  • Data Analytics, AI, and Security
  • Accelerating Cyber Education and Technologies

Keynote Speakers

Learn about all our speakers

News

NYIT Box blog: 2018 Cybersecurity Conference: Protecting Data

Agenda

8:30 a.m.

Registration Begins

9 a.m.

Introductory Remarks

Babak D. Beheshti, Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT

9:10 a.m.

Fireside Chat

Moderator:

Babak Pasdar, Founder and CEO/CTO, Acreto

Industry Keynote:

Shamla Naidoo, Vice President, IT Risk, and Chief Information Security Officer, IBM

9:45 a.m.

Panel 1 Cyber Defense against Attacks: How Industry is Addressing Evolving Threats

Moderator:

Kevin Barry, Co-Founder and CEO, Myntum Limited

Panel Members:

Marios Damianides, Partner, Northeast Cyber Security Leader, Ernst & Young

Robert Graham, Chairman and CEO, Blackridge Technology

Michael Iwanoff, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, iconectiv

Ilona Murynets, Security and Data Scientist, CTO, Bloomberg LP

10:45 a.m.

Networking Break

11 a.m.

Plenary Speaker

James Stanger, Chief Technology Evangelist, CompTIA

11:30 a.m.

Panel 2 Blockchain: Cybersecurity Strengths and Vulnerabilities

Moderator:

Stacy Huggins, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of NIO, Inc

Panel Members:

Salman Baset, Chief Information Officer, IBM Blockchain Solutions

Randy Bishop, Director of Operations, Guardtime

Mark Kay, CEO, Strike Force Technologies, Inc.

Jayshree (Bhatt) Pandya, Founder and CEO, Risk Group LLC

Babak Pasdar, Founder and CEO, Acreto

12:40 p.m.

Lunch Session

2:10 p.m.

Panel 3 Cybersecurity Challenges in the Banking, Energy, and Health Care Sectors

Moderator:

David Lehrer, CEO, cysana

Panel Members:

Raj Badhwar, Chief Information Security Officer, Voya Financial

Melody L. Balcet, Director, Global Cybersecurity Program, The AES Corp.

Kenneth C. Brancik, Chief Information Security Officer, Mount Sinai Health System

Ali Chettih, Lead Information Security Engineer, IT Security, Montefiore Health Systems

Frederick J. Harris, Head of Data and Technology Risk, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Frank Santoro, Information Security Analyst, Cybersecurity Team, Con Edison

3:15 p.m.

Networking Break and Student Posters

3:30 p.m.

Panel 4 Accelerating Cyber Education and Technologies

Moderator:

Michael Nizich, Director, Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT

Panel Members:

Alexander Abramov, President, ISACA, New York Metropolitan Chapter

Anna Mercado Clark, Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP

Bryan Dickens, Head, Global Business Development, Strategies and Partnerships in Cybersecurity, Cybint

Barry Dynkin, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Atlas Cybersecurity

4:30 p.m.

Student Poster Competition

Student presentations and Prizes

Speakers:

Gary Albaugh, Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Military Academy

Teresa Varela, Director of Business Development, CompTIA

5:30 p.m.

Reception

More

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Sponsors

Black Ridge
CompTIA
iConectiv

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