Tuesday, March 23 

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11:00am – 11:05am ET

Welcome – Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly and Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, Rick Ledgett

 

11:05am – 11:25am

Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now with Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security, Kelly Bissell, Global Managing Director, Accenture Security, Andrew Stewart, National Security and Government Senior Strategist for Cybersecurity, Cisco Systems​

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11:25am – 12:25pm ET

Keynote Conversation – FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia in conversation with General David Petraeus (Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

 

12:25pm – 12:30pm ET

Introduction to Keynote Interview / Matt Hayden, Former Assistant Secretary, Homeland Security for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy, Department of Homeland Security

 

12:30pm – 1:00pm ET

Keynote Interview – Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales in conversation with Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly

 

1:00pm – 1:45pm ET

Expert Interview – former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis and former CEO, National Cyber Security Centre, (UK) Ciaran Martin in conversation with former NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett

 

1:45pm – 2:00pm ET

Session Wrap Up

 

Wednesday, March 24

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11:00am – 11:20am ET

Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now with Dmitri Alperovitch, Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator, Frank Cilluffo, Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University, James Lewis, Senior Vice President and Program Director at CSIS

 

11:20am – 11:55am ET

Keynote Interview – NSA Deputy Cybersecurity Director Dave Luber in conversation with Former NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett

 

11:55am – 12:00pm ET

Quick Poll Question / Break

 

12:00pm – 12:50pm ET

Keynote Conversation – Microsoft President Brad Smith in conversation with The Hon. Susan Gordon

 

12:50pm – 1:05pm ET

Expert Interview – Senator Mark Warner, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in conversation with Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly

 

1:05pm – 1:45pm ET

Expert Interview – Glenn Gerstell, former General Counsel, National Security Agency on Fixing Cybersecurity and the case for why the NSA needs authorities inside the U.S., in conversation with former NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett

 

1:45pm – 2:00pm ET

Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now with David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times, Major General John Davis (Ret.), VP Public Sector, Palo Alto Networks

           

Thursday, March 25

 

11:00am – 11:20am ET

Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now with Lauren Zabierek, Executive Director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, and Dr. Catherine Lotrionte, Founding Director, Institute for International Cyber Stability

 

11:20am – 12:30pm ET

Keynote Cyber Exercise – led by Dmitri Alperovitch, Silverado Policy Accelerator Executive Chairman, with Norm Roule, former National Intelligence Manager for Iran, ODNI, Gilman Louie, Partner, Alsop -Louie Partners, General David Petraeus (Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute, The Hon. Susan Gordon, former PDDNI, Ciaran Martin, former CEO, National Cyber Security Centre (UK), Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, US Department of Homeland Security

 

12:30pm – 12:35pm ET

Quick Poll Question / Break

 

12:35pm – 1:15pm ET

Expert Interview – Former GCHQ Deputy Director Conrad Prince, Alex Cresswell, former member of the British Foreign Service in conversation with Rick Ledgett

 

1:15pm – 1:45pm ET

Investment in Future Cybersecurity – Matt Olsen, Chief Security & Trust Officer, Uber in conversation with T. Ryan Whelan, Industry Innovation Fellow, Cyber Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit and The Hon. Leslie Ireland, Board Member, CitiGroup

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1:45pm – 2:00pm ET
Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the
media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now - Thomas Fanning,
CEO, The Southern Company

 

2:00pm – 2:15pm ET

Expert Perspectives – Thought leaders from the private sector, academia and the media join us to share what is cyber top of mind for them right now - Kelly Bissell, Accenture Security, Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter, The Washington Post

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Read about our confirmed speakers here.

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