Aspen Cyber Summit Agenda to Feature Senior Leaders from US Government

November 3, 2022

On November 16 in New York City, guests will hear keynotes from DHS Under Secretary for Policy Rob Silvers, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, TSA Administrator David Pekoske, White House Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Kemba Walden.

Contact: Carner Derron
Marketing & Communications Lead
Aspen Digital
carner.derron@aspeninstitute.org

Washington, DC, November 3, 2022 – Senior representatives from the US government’s cybersecurity response will headline the seventh annual Aspen Cyber Summit, including top officials from the NSA, CIA, FBI, Treasury Department, Pentagon, FTC, DHS, and White House.

On Wednesday, November 16, top leaders from business, state and federal government, and civil society will take the stage at the 92nd Street Y in New York City to discuss the world’s urgent cybersecurity issues. Session topics range from information disorder during the 2022 midterms to cyber lessons from the war in Ukraine—the full programming agenda is now available at aspencybersummit.org/agenda and featured below.

The 2022 Summit will kick off with DHS Under Secretary for Policy Rob Silvers addressing the reality of today’s digital threat. Later that afternoon, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate will discuss the Bureau’s views on how to meet the current cyber threat landscape with Wall Street Journal Senior Reporter Aruna Viswanatha

A year after a major ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline highlighted the risks to our nation’s oil and gas infrastructure, the head of the TSA, David Pekoske, the agency that oversees pipeline cybersecurity, will appear as the midday keynote alongside the CEO of a major Fortune 500 energy company, Alan Armstrong of Williams Companies, to discuss protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure. 

The day will close out with White House Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, who will join John Carlin, the founding chair of the Aspen Institute’s cyber program and a current partner at Paul Weiss, to discuss the launch and agenda of the Office of the National Cyber Director.

The day will also feature a rare appearance by CIA cyber director Andrew Boyd, who will join a panel with fellow US intelligence representatives NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center Director Morgan Adamski, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center Director Laura Galante, and FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Bryan A. Vorndran–moderated by Click Here Host & Executive Producer and The Record by Recorded Future Senior Correspondent Dina Temple-Raston

The complete agenda with session titles and speakers is included below. Media are invited to attend the 2022 Aspen Cyber Summit in person free-of-charge. Please contact carner.derron@aspeninstitute.org to receive a promotion code. A livestream will also be made available for free to viewers around the world. 

This year’s Summit is made possible by media presenting sponsor The Record by Recorded Future, presenting sponsor Forescout, gold sponsors PwC and Paladin Capital Group, and silver sponsors Symantec by Broadcom Software and McKinsey & Company.

Learn more at www.aspencybersummit.org

AGENDA – 2022 Aspen Cyber Summit

All sessions subject to change

9:05 A.M. – Opening Remarks

  • Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute
  • Jeff Greene, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

9:10 A.M. – Opening Keynote: The Reality of Today’s Digital Threat

  • Rob Silvers, Under Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
  • (with) Aruna Viswanatha, Senior Reporter, Wall Street Journal

9:30 A.M. – Combating Cybercrime: Ransomware and Virtual Currency Regulation

  • Brian Nelson, Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury
  • Megan Stifel, Chief Strategy Officer, Institute for Security and Technology 
  • Eun Young Choi, Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, Department of Justice
  • (with) Jeff Greene, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

10:10 A.M. – Cyber Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine

  • Mieke Eoyang, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, Department of Defense
  • Oleh Derevianko, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Vision Officer, ISSP
  • Gary Steele, President and Chief Executive Officer, Splunk Inc.
  • (with) Dina Temple-Raston, Host and Executive Producer, Click Here podcast and Senior Correspondent, The Record by Recorded Future

10:50 A.M. – Morning Break

11:05 A.M. – Personnel is Security: Finding Our Future Cyber Workers

  • Emilio Escobar, Chief Information Security Officer, Datadog
  • Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist and craig newmark philanthropies
  • Camille Stewart Gloster, Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology and Ecosystem Security,  Office of the National Cyber Director
  • (with) Nicole Tisdale, Senior Advisor for Cyber Workforce and Education, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

11:45 A.M. – The Frontlines of Consumer Protection: Privacy, Data Security, and Civil Rights 

  • Alvaro Bedoya, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
  • Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General, State of New Jersey
  • Alexandra Reeve-Givens, President & CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology 

12:25 P.M. – In Conversation with the Deputy Director of the FBI

  • Paul Abbate, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • (with) Aruna Viswanatha, Senior Reporter, Wall Street Journal

12:45 P.M. – Lunch: Concurrent Breakout Discussions

1:45 P.M. – Midday Keynote: Protecting Critical Infrastructure

  • Alan Armstrong, President & CEO, The Williams Companies, Inc.
  • David Pekoske, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration

2:15 P.M. – Information Disorder and the 2022 Midterm Elections: A Post-Mortem

  • Rik Ferguson, Vice President of Security Intelligence, Forescout
  • Yasmin Green, CEO, Jigsaw
  • Chris Krebs, Founding Partner, Krebs Stamos Group and Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • (with) Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

2:55 P.M. – Afternoon Break

3:10 P.M. – Cyber as an Intelligence Contest: US Intelligence Agencies on Cyber Threats 

  • Bryan A. Vorndran, Assistant Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Morgan Adamski, Director, Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, National Security Agency
  • Andrew Boyd, Director, Center for Cyber Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Laura Galante, Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center & the IC Cyber Executive, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • (with) Dina Temple-Raston, Host and Executive Producer, Click Here podcast and Senior Correspondent, The Record by Recorded Future

3:50 P.M. – Cyber Resilience

  • Adam Bromwich, Vice President R&D, Symantec, by Broadcom Software
  • Valerie Cofield, Chief Strategy Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Sean Joyce, Principal, Global and US Cybersecurity and Privacy Leader and US Cyber, Risk and Regulatory Leader,  PwC
  • Iranga Kahangama, Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience, Department of Homeland Security
  • (with) Jeff Greene, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

4:30 P.M. – Closing Keynote: A Conversation with ONCD

  • Kemba Walden, Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director
  • (with) John Carlin, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

4:55 P.M. – Closing Remarks and Adjourn

  • Jeff Greene, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute
  • Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute

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