Cybersecurity Conference (2015)

8:15 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

9 a.m.

Welcome:

• Nada Anid, Ph.D., Dean, NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences

9:05 a.m.

Opening Remarks:

• Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., President, NYIT

9:30 a.m.

Morning Keynote Speaker:

• Eric Goldstein, Ph.D., Senior Counselor to the Assistant for CyberSecurity and Communications, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

10 a.m.

Panel 1: Cybersecurity Threats and Innovations: Keeping Up With Cyberthreats and Combatting Them

Moderator:

• Sabine Schilg, Vice President, Security Division, IBM

Speakers:

• Rob Evans, Director of Business Development, Air Command and Control Solutions, Northrop Grumman's Division of Information Systems
• Monique Morrow, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco
• John Kimmins, Senior Security Director, iconectiv
• Allison Wikoff, Intelligence Analyst/Security Researcher, Dell SecureWorks

Q&A Session

11:10 a.m.

Networking Break

11:20 a.m.

Panel 2: Protecting Critical Infrastructure, Organizations, and Individuals Against Cyberattacks

Moderator:

• Peter M. Curtis (B.T. '83, M.S. '95), President and Chief Executive Officer, Power Management Concepts, LLC

Speakers:

• Idan Edry, Chief Technology Officer, Nation-E
• Ronald Mraz, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Owl Computing Technologies, Inc.
• Shaun Mooney (B.S. '95, M.S. '04), Director of Infrastructure, Colliers
• Paul Silba, Director of Cyber Security, New York Power Authority

Q&A Session

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

2 p.m.

Afternoon Welcome:

• Rahmat Shoureshi, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, NYIT

2:10 p.m.

Keynote Speaker:

• Angelos Keromytis, Ph.D., Program Manager, Information Innovation Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

2:45 p.m.

Panel 3: Research Frontiers for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

Chair:

• Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYIT

Speakers:

• Gregory Conti, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director, Army Cyber Institute, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
• Siddharth Garg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
• Nasir Memon, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson, Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
• Salvatore Stolfo, Ph.D., Tenured Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

Q&A Session

4 p.m.

Workshop: Dimensions of Mobile Security: Energy Aware "Privacy Preserving" Active Authentication, and Biometrics

Workshop presenters include NYIT assistant professors of computer science Kiran Balagani, Ph.D., Paulo Gasti, Ph.D., and Jonathan Voris, Ph.D.

5 p.m.

Student Poster Session

Presenter:

• Danielle Santos, Program Manager, Cybersecurity Formal Education, Cybersecurity Education and Awreness Branch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

5:30 p.m.

Reception

6 p.m.

Conference Concludes