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Next Summit: Virtual Winter Summit

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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OUR MISSION

What is the Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG)?

The Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG) is an exclusive group of cyber leaders who work together to innovate new ideas and stay on top of market trends. Moderated by Suzanne Kelly, the CIG hosts virtual briefings and summits designed to help group members innovate and co-create solutions to the emerging cyber-related national security challenges.

PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE

Our principals are esteemed in their fields of national security, cyber, technology, and more.

ABOUT US

General Michael Hayden (Ret.)

Former Director, CIA and NSA

General Keith Alexander (Ret.)

Former Director, NSA

Rear Adm. 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

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

Global Security Services Lead, 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

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Principals in our network, including leaders from backgrounds in government, private sector, cybersecurity, and more

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Attendants registered for our summits this year

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Government entities participating in the First Quarter Summit

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Speakers from government and the private sector participating in our First Quarter Summit

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Tech and cyber companies and organizations participating in the First Quarter Summit

"The Cybersecurity Summit unquestionably ranks with the very best of the numerous cyber conferences in which I have participated. The level and range of expert dialogue are always unmatched, and the agenda unerringly focuses attention on the issues that are most critical to government and the private sector."

—GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS (Ret.)

Former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition and US Forces in Afghanistan; Former Director of the CIA