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7th Annual NDIA New England Cyber Conference
May 10 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Protecting our Advantage: CMMC, Cybersecurity Compliance, and Resilience
Online registration is closed but walk-in registration is welcome
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Putnam Club East – Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Parking (Free): Lot 6 | Entrance: E4
Parking Map
Registration: 7:30 – 8:25 a.m.
Event: 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Networking Reception: 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
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Agenda
7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast (Exhibits Open)
8:30 – 8:45 – Welcome & Opening Remarks
B. Stephanie Siegmann
Chair Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Group, Litigation Partner, Hinckley Allen,
Former National Security Chief (U.S. Attorney's Office/D. Mass.)
M. Roman Hachkowski
President, NDIA New England
Ryan Heidorn
Chief Technology Officer, C3 Integrated Solutions
ML Mackey
CEO, Beacon Interactive Systems
EXCOM Board Member and Chair, Small Business Division, NDIA
8:45 – 9:10 – Current and Future Threats in Cyberspace
COL Candice E. Frost
U.S. Army
9:15 – 10:05 – The Threat Posed by the PRC Government to the Defense Industrial Base
Kristen M. Lane
Senior Intelligence Analyst, FBI Cyber Division
10:05 – 10:15 – Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:15 – Cybersecurity: The Harsh Criminal, Civil and Administrative Penalties of Non-Compliance
B. Stephanie Siegmann
Chair Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Group, Litigation Partner, Hinckley Allen,
Former National Security Chief (U.S. Attorney's Office/D. Mass.)
Robert Metzger
Head of Washington Office, Chairman of Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC
11:20 – 11:55 – Understanding NIST SP 800-171 Changes the Hard Way
Jacob Horne
Chief Security Evangelist, Summit 7
12:00 – 12:15 – NDIA STEM Connections – Investing in Tomorrow’s STEM Leaders
Bill Thompson
Introduction of students and presentation of sponsorships
Burlington High School (Burlington, MA)
Everett High School (Everett, MA)
12:15 – 1:00 – Lunch & Exhibits
Breakout Track 1 - North Red Level Landing
1:15 – 2:05 – CUI: To Protect It, You Have to Know What It Is
Stuart Itkin (Moderator)
Vice President, NeoSystems
Alex Trafton
Managing Director, National Security, Trade & Technology, Ankura
Paul Netopski
Director of Compliance Advisory, Beryllium Infosec
Alex Major
Partner, Co-Chair, Government Contracts & Global Trade Practice, McCarter & English
Ryan Bonner
CEO, DEFCERT
2:15 – 3:05 – Creating the Standard of Supply Chain Risk – MITRE’s System of Trust™
Robert Martin
Senior Software and Supply Chain Assurance Principal Engineer, MITRE Corporation
Breakout Track 2 - South Red Level Landing
1:15 – 2:05 – Security and Compliance for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Amy Williams (Moderator)
VP of CMMC Services, Coalfire Federal
Allison Giddens
President, Operations, Win-Tech and Board Director, ND-ISAC
Joy Beland
VP, Partner Strategy and Cybersecurity Education, Summit 7
Dan Lecours
VP Information Systems, Aptima, Inc.
2:15 – 3:05 – What to Expect From a CMMC / NIST SP 800-171 Assessment
Nick DeLena (Moderator)
Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory, PKF O'Connor Davies
Matthew Travis
CEO, The Cyber AB
Charles Connolly
Group Chief, Business Operations, DIBCAC, DCMA
Deborah Hunt
CEO, iPower
Scott Whitehouse
Practice Lead, Security and Compliance, C3 Integrated Solutions
Main Stage
3:15 – 3:35 Keynote Speaker
The Hon. Jim Langevin
Former Chairman, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation
3:40 – 4:00 CISA Presentation
Matthew McCann
Regional Director, Region 1, CISA
4:00 – 4:05 – Massachusetts Technology Center – MassCyberCenter Overview
Ben Linville-Engler
Chief Investment Strategist and Program Executive, MassTech Collaborative
4:05 – 5:15 – Delivering Advantage: Cybersecurity and Innovation
The Hon. David L. Norquist
President and CEO
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
Cheryl Ingstad
Managing Director
National Security Innovation Network (NSIN)
Laura Élan
Sr. Director of Cybersecurity
MxD
COL Mark Taylor (Invited)
Project Manager, Defensive Cyber Operations
PEO EIS
U.S. Army
Joseph Bradley (SES)
Director, Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems
U.S. Air Force
Dr. Thomas Hardjono
CTO of Connection Science and Technical Director of the MIT Trust-Data Consortium
MIT
5:15 – Closing Remarks
B. Stephanie Siegmann
Chair Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Group, Litigation Partner, Hinckley Allen
Ryan Heidorn
Chief Technology Officer, C3 Integrated Solutions
5:15 – 6:15 – Women in Defense (WID) Networking Reception
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
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Presenting Sponsors
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