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Where leaders with government and industry experience engage on next-gen cyber

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Announcing the 2023 CIG Summit Dates
Spring: March 29  •  Summer: June 28
Fall: September 20  •  Winter: December 6
 

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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

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General Keith Alexander (Ret.)

Former Director, NSA

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RADM Mark Montgomery (Ret.)

Former Executive Director, U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission

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The Honorable Susan Gordon

Former PDDNI

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General David Petraeus (Ret.)

Former Director, CIA

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Teresa Shea

Former Director Signals

Intelligence, NSA

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Kevin Mandia

CEO of Mandiant

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Rick Ledgett

Former Deputy Director, NSA

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The Honorable Leslie Ireland

Board Member of Citi Group; Former A/S for Intelligence and Analysis of USDT

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Dmitri Alperovitch

Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator

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Robert Hannigan

Former Director, GCHQ

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Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty (Ret.)

Exclusive Knowledge Partner

Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton

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Jeanette Manfra

Dir. of Risk & Compliance, Google Cloud; Former A/S for Cybersecurity and Communications, DHS

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Kelly Bissell

CVP, Microsoft

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Glenn Gerstell

Former General Counsel, NSA

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Debora Plunkett

Former Director of Information Assurance, NSA

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Stuart Solomon

President, Recorded Future

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Christopher Krebs

Partner, Krebs-Stamos Group

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Matt Hayden

Former A/S for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy, DHS

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Candice Frost COL (R)

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

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Lieutenant General Michael Groen (US Marine Corps, Ret.)

Former Director, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

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Jon Darby

Former Director of the Operations Directorate, NSA/CSS

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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

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"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

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR VIRTUAL SUMMIT SERIES

Our virtual summits take expert insights on cyber and channel them into practical information focused on the public and private sectors.
 

"We're actually entering the most dangerous part of cyber conflict that we've ever had."

Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch told @thecipherbrief #TCB CyberSummit

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