A Conversation with Brad Smith and The Hon. Susan Gordon

The Future of Cyber Starts Here.
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


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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
