A Conversation with Brad Smith and The Hon. Susan Gordon
What roles does the private sector hold in national security? Microsoft President Brad Smith sits down with former PDDNI The Hon. Susan...
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Where leaders with government and industry experience engage on next-gen cyber
Announcing the 2023 CIG Summit Dates
Spring: March 29 • Summer: June 28
Fall: September 20 • Winter: December 13
OUR MISSION
What is the Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG)?
The Cipher Brief’s Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG) is changing the way we collaborate when it comes to cybersecurity by convening high-caliber, productive engagements for a discerning public-private cyber community. The CIG is co-chaired by a group of CIG Principals with deep public and private sector experience, who meet four times a year to help set the agenda for CIG Virtual Summits.
PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE
Our principals are esteemed in their fields of national security, cyber, technology, and more.
General Michael Hayden (Ret.)
Former Director, CIA and NSA
General Keith Alexander (Ret.)
Former Director, NSA
RADM Mark Montgomery (Ret.)
Former Executive Director, U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission
The Honorable Susan Gordon
Former PDDNI
General David Petraeus (Ret.)
Former Director, CIA
Teresa Shea
Former Director Signals
Intelligence, NSA
Kevin Mandia
CEO of Mandiant
Rick Ledgett
Former Deputy Director, NSA
The Honorable Leslie Ireland
Board Member of Citi Group; Former A/S for Intelligence and Analysis of USDT
Dmitri Alperovitch
Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Robert Hannigan
Former Director, GCHQ
Kelly Rozumalski
Exclusive Knowledge Partner
Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Jeanette Manfra
Dir. of Risk & Compliance, Google Cloud; Former A/S for Cybersecurity and Communications, DHS
Kelly Bissell
CVP, Microsoft
Glenn Gerstell
Former General Counsel, NSA
Debora Plunkett
Former Director of Information Assurance, NSA
Stuart Solomon
President, Recorded Future
Paolo Dal Cin
Lead, Accenture Security
Christopher Krebs
Partner, Krebs-Stamos Group
Matt Hayden
Former A/S for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy, DHS
100%
of survey respondents rated CIG speakers as Excellent
3082
Registered attendees from CIG summits to date
92%
of survey respondents rated CIG summits as among the best or the best cyber events they have ever attended
