2025 Fall Summit | Cyber Initiatives Group

Fall Summit

12-3P

— Wednesday, September 17, 2025 —

The Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG) is an organization of cyber leaders with deep public and private sector experience who work together toward a more secure cyber future.

Summit Agenda

Agenda subject to change.

12:00 – 12:05 / Welcome

12:05 – 12:25 / CISA 2015: A Candid Conversation

With Nick Andersen, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA / Moderator Matt Hayden

12:25 – 12:55 / CIG Principal’s Round Table

CIG Principal’s share what’s top of mind for them in today’s dynamic cyber environment. There is important and then there is urgent. Join us as we share insights on everything from evolving threat surfaces, insider risk, ransomware, AI policy, reviewing recent Executive Orders, reauthorization of The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act and more. This is the CIG road map for where we are and what we’re prioritizing as a cyber community.

Rob Joyce

Rick Ledgett

Cynthia Kaiser

Matt Hayden

Debbie Plunkett

Andy Boyd

Michael Daniel

MODERATOR: Suzanne Kelly

12:55 – 1:15 / The Big Picture on China

Gen. Tim Haugh (Ret.), former Director, National Security Agency
MODERATOR: Suzanne Kelly

1:15 – 1:45 / A Deeper Dive on China

Chinese intrusions aren’t slowing. New intrusions are occurring while we’re still dealing with Salt and Volt Typhoon. How are companies dealing with China’s intrusions? How about U.S. allies?

Gloria Glaubman
John Carlin
Kelly Bissell
Matt Hayden
MODERATOR: Rick Ledgett

1:45 – 2:25 / Giving Offensive Cyber New Meaning

The administration is talking about doing more on offensive cyber. What needs to happen and how quickly?

Mark Montgomery
Ryan Heritage
John Carlin
Glenn Gerstell
Michael Daniel
Andy Boyd
MODERATOR: Matt Hayden

2:25 – 3:00 / Tech and the Future of Everything

OK, maybe not everything but AI is amplifying the nature of the threat from ransomware to new data centers and the energy needed to run them and how we’re thinking about securing them as they’re built. And we haven’t even talked about Quantum yet.