Cybersecurity Conference (2017)

Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017

NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
1871 Broadway at 61st Street
New York City

Presented by NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT's Eighth Annual Cybersecurity Conference brought together cyber experts from academia, business, and government to address the following topics:

  • How Vulnerable are Smart Cities? Securing the Internet of Things and Critical Infrastructure
  • Protecting Mobile Identity From Cyber Theft
  • Securing Private Health and Financial Data
  • Strengthening the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline: Educating the Ethical Hackers of the Future

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Agenda

8:15 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

9 a.m.

Welcoming and Opening Remarks

  • Nada Marie Anid, Dean, NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences

9:10 a.m.

Plenary Speaker

  • Peter A. Bloniarz, Executive Director/Senior Policy Advisor, New York State Cyber Security Advisory Board

9:35 a.m.

Panel 1: Securing Private Health and Financial Data

Moderator: Nicholas Christiano, Jr., Northeast Practice Leader - Healthcare, Tatum

Speakers

  • Kathy Hughes, Vice President/Chief Information Security Officer, Northwell Health
  • Elena Kvochko, Chief Information Officer - Group Security Divison, Barclays Bank
  • Nashira W. Layade, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Security Officer, Realogy Holdings Corp.
  • Matthew Webster, Chief Information Security Officer, Healthix

10:40 a.m.

Morning Break

10:55 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

  • Adam Hickey, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Asset Protection, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice

11:25 a.m.

Panel 2: How Vulnerable are Smart Cities? Securing the Internet of Things and Critical Infrastructure

MODERATOR: Jonathan Voris, Assistant Professor, NYIT

Panel

  • Amy Batallones, Senior Information Security Analyst, Consolidated Edison Company of New York
  • Tariq Habib, Chief Information Security Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • Richard Jacobs, Assistant Special Agent in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Branch, New York
  • Cordell Schachter, Chief Technology Officer, New York City Department of Transportation

12:40 p.m.

LUNCH

1:45 p.m.

AFternoon Welcome

  • Lou Reinisch, Interim Provost and Vice President, NYIT

1:50 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote Speaker

  • Tony Sager, Chief Technology Officer, Commercial Markets, BlackRidge Technology

2:10 p.m.

Plenary Speaker

  • Susanne Wetzel, Program Director, National Science Foundation

2:25 p.m.

Cybersecurity Research at NYIT

2:40 p.m.

Panel 3: Protecting the Mobile Identity from Cyber Theft

MODERATOR: Paolo Gasti, Assistant Professor, NYIT

Panel

  • Kiran Balagani, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, NYIT
  • Chris Drake, CTO, iconectiv
  • Wenjia Li, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, NYIT
  • Ben Nelson, Vice President, Cloud Security, Oracle

3:45 p.m.

Break and Poster Presentations

4 p.m.

Panel 4: Strengthening the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline: Educating the Ethical Hackers of the Future

MODERATOR: Michael Nizich, Director, Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT

Panel

  • Lynne Clark, Chief, U.S. National Security Agency/Department of Homeland Security National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Program
  • Noel Kyle, Program Lead, Cybersecurity Education and Awareness, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Heather Ricciuto, Global Academic Outreach Leader, IBM Security
  • Stephen Schneiter, Program Manager, Instructor Network, CompTIA
  • Erik Wallace, Director, Program Management, Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

5 p.m.

Poster Competition/Hackathon Prizes and Reception

Speaker

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

Sponsors

iconectiv
BlackRidge Technology
CompTIA: The IT Industry Trade Association
InfoSec Conferences
MTA
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