
Cyber Civil Defense Summit West: Agenda
| Time | Event Description | Speakers | ||||
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration, Breakfast, and Networking | |||||
| 9:00 am – 9:35 am | Opening Ceremonies and Welcome | Sarah Powazek – Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley CLTC Ryan Murray – Deputy Director & State CISO, Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) Dr. Kim O’Connor – Director, AZDOHS | ||||
| 9:35 am – 10:20 am | Mainstage Panel: Whole of State Cyber in the West | Moderator: Keely Quinlan, Reporter, StateScoop Dr. Kim O’Connor – Director, AZDOHS Brent Nelson – CISO, Navajo Nation Department of Information Technology Doug Novak – Deputy CISO, State of California Bill Kehoe – CIO, State of Washington | ||||
| 10:20 am – 10:35 am | Coffee & Networking Break | |||||
| 10:35 am – 11:15 am | Mainstage Panel: Food Security: Navigating Supply Chain and Consumer Risks | Moderator: Morgan Reed, SLED Field CTO and Distinguished Strategic Advisor, Okta Jonathan Braley – Director of Threat Intelligence, IT-ISAC and Food and Ag-ISAC Molly Rubenstein – Senior Chapter Liaison for the Americas, Global Anti-Scam Alliance Alexis Stevens – Director of Farming Operations, Momentis Family Office Albert Ruiz – Texas Department of Agriculture | ||||
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Breakout Sessions (A) | Room 1: The Giant West: Overcoming Obstacles in Last-Mile Rural Services | Moderator: Amira Dhalla – Director, Cyber Civil Defense, Aspen Digital Alicia Hughes-Skandijs – Director of Programs, Alaska Municipal League Robin Villareal – Board Member, Tribal ISAC Matthew Sage – Commander, California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) Nicki Perisho – Director, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC) | |||
| Room 2: Cyber Volunteering in the West | Moderator: Stephanie Ross, Managing Program Director for Public Safety and Resilience, Institute for Security and Technology (IST) Michael Razeeq – State Civilian Cyber Corps Initiative Lead, Center for Critical Infrastructure Security Charlotte Hooper – Head of Operations, The Cyber Helpline Lance Larson – Co-Director & Co-Principal Investigator, San Diego State University & San Diego Cyber Clinic | |||||
| Room 3: Building Information Sharing Amongst State Partners | Moderator: Todd Eberle – Alliance Director, The Shadowserver Foundation Timothy Galluzi – CIO, The State of Nevada Terrence Loftus – Assistant Superintendent & Chief Information Officer, San Diego County Office of Education Mari Galloway – CEO, Women’s Society of CyberJutsu and ISC2 Board Member | |||||
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch and Remarks on Pause Take9 | Amira Dhalla – Director, Cyber Civil Defense, Aspen Digital | ||||
| 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm | Breakout Sessions (B) | Room 1: Regional Student-led SOCS | Moderator: Sean Murray – Project Manager, AZDOHS Cyber Command Josh Kipers – Regional Security Operations Manager, AZDOHS Chad Stroot – Central Regional SOC Site Lead, AZDOHS Eduardo Varela – South Regional SOC Site Lead, AZDOHS Kenzie Johnson – RSOC Intern Analyst, Arizona Department of Homeland Security | |||
| Room 2: Roundtable: State & Local Cyber Leaders — An Unscripted Conversation | Moderator: Grace Menna – Senior Fellow of Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley CLTC Co-Moderator: Ryan Boyd – Legislative Liaison, AZDOHS Ryan Murray – Deputy Director & State CISO, AZDOHS Jon Redulic – CISO, Municipality of Anchorage Bill Kehoe – CIO, State of Washington | |||||
| Room 3: Incident Response in the Real World: What Breaks First? | Moderator: Safa Shahwan-Edwards – Director of Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council Michael Moore – CISO, Arizona Secretary of State Jeff Tully – Co-Director & Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity Manny Cho – Western Region Lead, Coalition | |||||
| 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Mainstage Panel: State Cyber Policy in the West | Moderator: Shannon Pierson – Senior Fellow of Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley CLTC Senator Frank Carroll – (AZ-R), District 28 Rep. Michael Keaton – (WA-R), District 25 Rep. Shelley Kloba – (WA-D), District 1 Dr. Casey Mahoney – Deputy Director, Arizona Capacity and Efficiency Initiative, Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting | ||||
| 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | Action Workshop | |||||
| 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm | Workshop Share-Out & Closing Remarks | Sarah Powazek – Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley CLTC Ryan Murray – Deputy Director & State CISO, Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) | ||||
| 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Networking Reception sponsored by CoreWeave, Zscaler, Securin, and Aspen Digital | |||||
PRESENTED BY



Speakers

Chief Information Officer,
The State of Nevada

Arizona State Senator,
District 28

Director,
The Arizona Department of Homeland Security

Deputy Director and Chief Information Security Officer,
The State of Arizona

Staff Reporter,
StateScoop

Chief Information Security Officer,
Navajo Nation, Department of Information Technology

CEO and Founder,
A and M Strategies

Director and State Chief Information Officer, Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech)

(WA-R), District 25

Chief Information Security Officer,
The Arizona Secretary of State

Director, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC)

Executive Director,
UC Berkeley CLTC

(WA-D), District 1

Assistant Superintendent & Chief Information Officer,
San Diego County Office of Education

Board Member,
Tribal ISAC

SLED Field CTO and Distinguished Strategic Advisor,
Okta

Director,
Food and Ag-ISAC

Director of Programs,
Alaska Municipal League

Alliance Director,
The Shadowserver Foundation

Director of Farm Operations, Momentis Family Office

Co-Director & Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity

Co-Director & Co-Principal Investigator, San Diego State University & San Diego Cyber Clinic

Director, Texas State Office of Rural Health Program

Director,
Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council

Director,
Cyber Civil Defense
Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute

Deputy State Chief Information Security Officer, State of California

Head of Operations,
The Cyber Helpline

Director,
Cyber Civil Defense
Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute

Chief Legislative Liaison,
AZDPS & AZDOHS

Project Manager,
Arizona Department of Homeland Security Cyber Command

West Region Lead,
Coalition

Program Director for Public Safety & Resilience,
Institute for Security and Technology (IST)

Regional Security Operations Manager,
Arizona Department of Homeland Security

Chief Information Security Officer, Municipality of Anchorage

State Civilian Cyber Corps Initiative Lead,
Center for Critical Infrastructure Security

Central Regional SOC Site Lead,
Arizona Department of Homeland Security

South Regional SOC Site Lead,
Arizona Department of Homeland Security

RSOC Intern Analyst
Arizona Department of Homeland Security

Program Director,
Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley CLTC

Senior Chapter Liaison, Americas
Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)

Senior Fellow, Public Interest Cybersecurity,
UC Berkeley CLTC

Commander,
California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC)

Senior Fellow, Public Interest Cybersecurity,
UC Berkeley CLTC

Mahoney
Deputy Director, Arizona Capacity & Efficiency Initiative, Gov. Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting




