Revisionist cybersecurity history; Operational Technology; & Identifying and Defending against Threat Landscape with AI

(ISC)² New York City and Long Island Chapter Present, “Revisionist cybersecurity history: lessons from epidemics, warfare, monkeys, and propinquity for defense in depth & Identifying and Defending against Threat Landscape with AI”

Please join us for our September meeting featuring the topics of Revisionist cybersecurity with Benjamin H. Sherman; a discussion about Operational Technology (OT) with Dallas Munday and Faran Bajwa & Identifying and Defending against Threat Landscape with AI with Shahryar Shaghaghi. This will be a hybrid event at NYC and Long Island locations and will include Teams access for remote attendees.

Additional details and registration information can be found at the “Register Now” link below.  Long Island Members can get their promo codes by logging into the chapter website and going to their “My Page”.  NYC members will be provided a promo code in their mailing. Sponsor promo codes have been previously distributed.  Non-members can register for a nominal fee.  This event will qualify for two CPEs.

Agenda
5:00 – 6:00 In-Person Registration and Networking
5:15 – 6:00 Remote attendees join via Teams and can participate in virtual networking
6:00 – 6:10 Welcome and Chapter Business
6:10 – 6:40 Speaker 1: Revisionist cybersecurity history: lessons from epidemics, warfare, monkeys, and propinquity for defense in depth – Benjamin H. Sherman, Cyber Security Engineer, Fortinet.
6:45 – 7:15 Speaker 2: Understanding Operational Technology and Its Importance – Dallas Munday, VP, Engineering & Faran Bajwa, Principal Consultant, BlackHawk Data
7:15 – 8:00 Speaker 3: Identifying and Defending against Threat Landscape with AI – Shahryar Shaghaghi, Professor of Practice, Columbia University

Speaker 1:

Benjamin H. Sherman (Cyber Security Engineer, Fortinet)

Topic Summary:

Reviewing 2.7 billion years of history, patterns emerge/re-emerge that could improve defense-in-depth cybersecurity today. Patterns recognized and proven foundational for the fields of epidemiology, operations research, economics, and financial engineering are yet to be fully embraced within cybersecurity infrastructures. The next emergent pattern is close, so some practical budgetary advice on what to (not) do from a longer-revisionist-view of history is offered.

About the Speaker:

Author, analyst, consultant, expert, instructor, IT infrastructure architect, speaker and trusted adviser in both cybersecurity technical engineering and scientific fields of monitoring, data mining, data reduction, networking, archiving, governance, identity, compliance, and application performance analytics. Welcomed at the C-level within Fortune 100 firms, commercial enterprises, government audit and throughout university and start-up infrastructures. As a program and product manager, passionate in building and sustaining high performing interdisciplinary scientific, engineering and consulting teams. B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Resource Management from the Univ. of WI-Madison and Univ. of NH. Instructor and fellow Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University Fellow Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Officer at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow, Columbia University as supervisor, staff scientist on NASA funded projects involving “big-data,” climate change and health.

Speaker 2:

Dallas Munday (VP, Engineering, BlackHawk Data) & Faran Bajwa (Principal Consultant, BlackHawk Data)

Topic Summary

BlackHawk Data delves into the critical role of Operational Technology (OT) in various industries, highlighting its importance and the unique challenges it presents. We’ll explore the ongoing paradigm shift in OT, driven by increased connectivity and integration with IT, and examine the risks of OT system compromise. Real-world use cases will demonstrate OT’s application across various sectors. Finally, we’ll outline how BlackHawk Data addresses these challenges, providing tailored solutions to enhance the security and efficiency of OT environments.

About the Speaker

As VP of Engineering, Dallas is responsible for overseeing Presales, IT Field Engineering, Managed Services and Project Management Teams. As a member of the original BlackHawk “11”, he brings over 25+ years of technical experience in many facets of networking and telecommunications. With a strong project-driven consulting background including high-visibility work with many technologies ranging from routing and switching to optical network design and implementation. Dallas has a proven track record of success for clients in various sectors.
Dalla will be instrumental in scaling BlackHawk’s engineering teams and leading complex technical projects. Fostering a culture of continuous innovation, he is responsible for consistently optimizing the project lifecycle, reducing time-to-market and ensure customer success.

Speaker 3:

Shahryar Shaghaghi (Columbia University)

Topic Summary

In the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changing force, revolutionizing how we detect, respond to and mitigate cyberthreats.  While we will discuss the benefits AI brings to cybersecurity risk management space, we will discuss potential risks and threats it may pose and what defense strategies we may consider.

About the Speaker:

Professor of Practice at Columbia University, focusing on IT Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Third Party Risk Management, and Strategic Communications for Risk Management Professionals courses for the Enterprise Risk Management Graduate Program.  Senior technology and risk management executive with over 30+ years of experience advising and implementing technology transformation and cybersecurity and data privacy implementations for various clients, focusing in the Financial Services Industry. I am the founder and Managing Partner of CyTech Partners LLC since 2017, and previously I led several leadership roles with major consulting and financial services organizations including Deloitte, PWC, BDO, Kurt Salmon, CohnReznick, and Citigroup.  In recent years, I was also the senior cybersecurity advisor to Federal Reserve Bank of NYC.

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