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Agenda – 2024 Edition

08:30a – 9:00a

Registration – Ballroom Lobby, EMU 244, Level 2

9:00a – 9:10a

Welcome Remarks – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2
José Domínguez – Chief Information Security Officer, University of Oregon

Chass Jones – Protective Security Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS

9:10a – 9:30a

Opening Remarks – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

John Karl Scholz – President, University of Oregon

9:30a – 10:15a

Keynote – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Risk and Reward in the Age of AI”

Mark McIntyre, Senior Director/Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft Corporation

10:15a – 10:45a

Plenary – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“How XDR Platforms are using AI to Run Playbooks and Train SOC Engineers During Incident Response Activities”

Steve Allison, Field CISO, CDW

10:45a – 11:00a

Networking Break – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

11:00a – 11:30a

Plenary – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Responsible AI in Cybersecurity – Role of Public-Private Partnerships”

Bethany Abbate, Manager of Artificial Intelligence Policy, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 

11:30a – 12:00p

Plenary – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Generative AI Systems: Revolutionizing Cybersecurity and Privacy”

Maryann Massoud, Principal Engineer Solutions Architecture, Dell Technologies

12:00p – 12:15p

Networking Break and Lunch Line – Gumwood, EMU 245, Level 2

12:15p – 01:00p

Lunch Session – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

OC3 Champion Celebration
Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) Update

01:00p – 01:30p

Breakout Session 1

Cyber Physical Track – Crater Lake South, EMU 145, Level 1

“Cyber Security in Power Generation and Distribution” 

Aaron Boykin, Data Center System Specialist, University of Oregon

Cyber Technical Track – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“The New Playing Field: How AI Reshapes the Playing Field and Becomes a Force Multiplier”

Jon Parrish, Senior Technical Penetration Tester, BPM 

General Security Awareness Track – Redwood Auditorium, EMU 214, Level 2

“The Dangers of An Interconnected World”

Shayne Morgan, President of Montana Information Security and Co-host of the Open Web Application Security Project Podcast (OWASP)  

01:30p – 01:45p

Networking Break – Crater Lake North, EMU 146, Level 1

01:45p – 02:15p

Breakout Session 2

Cyber Physical Track – Crater Lake South, EMU 145, Level 1

“Physical Security is Cyber Security”

Ryan Ferran, Senior Penetration Tester, BPM 

Cyber Technical Track – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Security Scho0lhou$e Rock: Preventing Pesky Prompt Injection Attacks” 

Lisa Raykowski, Senior Manager, EY 

General Security Awareness Track – Redwood Auditorium, EMU 214, Level 2

“Fire-side Chat with Graduates of the Professional Certificate in Building Cyber Resilience”

Dr. Margaret Banyan, Research Professor, Portland State University 

02:15p – 02:45p

Networking Break – Crater Lake North, EMU 146, Level 1

02:45p – 03:15p

Breakout Session 3

Cyber Physical Track –Crater Lake South, EMU 145, Level 1

“Embracing Cyber Resilience: Beyond Castles and Moats”

Chris Schreiber, Founder / Managing Member, CampusCISO 

Cyber Technical Track – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK, Studying Offensive Security to Build a Better Defense”

Stephen Aldrich, Senior Information Security Specialist Operations, St. Charles Health System 

General Security Awareness Track – Redwood Auditorium, EMU 214, Level 2

“Timely Feedback for Hands-on Cybersecurity Exercises“

Jens Mache, Professor, Lewis & Clark College 

03:15p – 03:30p

Networking Break – Crater Lake North, EMU 146, Level 1

03:30p – 04:00p

Breakout Session 4

Cyber Physical Track – Crater Lake South, EMU 145, Level 1

“Kidnapping a Library: How Ransomware Taught the British Library to Follow Well-Known Best Practices”

Brian Myers, Principal, SafetyLight LLC 

Cyber Technical Track – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Utilizing Graph Neural Networks for Robust DDoS Attack Detection in Network Security”

Kartikeya Sharma, Senior Associate Information Security Engineer, Equinix 

General Security Awareness Track – Redwood Auditorium, EMU 214, Level 2

“Finding the Cyber Security Career Path that is Right for You”

Chris Liu, Author 

4:10p – 4:40p

Plenary –  Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

“Security in the Age of AI – How the Emergence of AI is Reshaping our Security Posture”

Michael Sink, Chief Technology Advisor for Higher Education, World Wide Technology

04:45p – 05:00p

Closing Remarks – Ballroom, EMU 244, Level 2

José A. Domínguez, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Oregon 

05:00p – 06:00p

OCRS Social Event – Gumwood, EMU 245, Level 2

OCRS Gold Sponsors