Workshop Schedule

Day 1 – Wednesday November, 13

Workshop Kickoff and Opening Statements

Peel Back Your Network Layer and Make Your Adversaries Cry

By Peter DiGiorgio, Vice President, Federal for Security Onion Solutions

The session will demonstrate how to identify and investigate malicious network and host activities.

Cyber Grief

By Thomas Scott, CEO and Founder of CyberSherpas

This session evaluates the impact of cybersecurity breaches on organizations.

Break

DOE Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management

By Shannon Hughes, Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) program manager in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

This session describes the DOE Supply Chain Risk Management program.

Using ChatGPT to Create Defensive and Offensive Security Tools

By Mike Holcomb, Fellow of Cybersecurity and the ICS/OT Cybersecurity Global Lead for Fluor

This session demonstrates how to use ChatGPT in “30 seconds or less” to create a variety of defensive and offensive cyber security tools for IT and ICS/OT environments? This session will walk through creating simple scripts, Living off
the Land techniques, the beauty of troubleshooting code with ChatGPT and a variety of creative projects to get your own tools created in “30 seconds or less”!
The attackers are already using it to help them do their jobs more effectively, why shouldn’t we?

The Four Books That Every Cyber Security Expert Should Read

By Barry Hudson, Adjunct Professor, USCA

This session explores four non-technical books (plus a Bonus Pamphlet) might make you reconsider your heavy reliance on technology and recognize the basic principles employed by those that came before you and ponder the hypothesized future.

Day 2 – Thursday, November, 14

Cyber Emerging Tech Landscape -An overview of the cyber technology landscape that is aligned to DOE EM’s mission and desired security outcomes

By Rick Driggers, Cyber Practice Lead, Accenture Federal Services

In this session, we examine the cyber emerging tech landscape as it aligns with DOE EM’s mission.

Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems Security

By Kate Vajda, Director of Intel Research, Dragos

This session will review ICS cybersecurity best practices.

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) – What does this program mean for Government Contractors?

Panel of CMMC Certified Assessors:  Bridgitte Mase, CEO of DeMase Technical Services and EFCOG Cybersecurity Working Group Chair; Dan Ciarlette, Sr. Cyber Assessor of DeMase Technical Services, Darcy Corcoran, Sr Cyber Principal of DeMase Technical Services, Emery Csulak, Sr. Cybersecurity Assessor at BGS, and Rachel Odom, Sr. Cybersecurity Assessor at BGS.

This session is a panel that explores the latest updates of the CMMC rule and how it impacts Federal Government Contractors. 

Lunch Break

NNSA Cybersecurity Strategies

By Jamie Wolff, DOE NNSA Chief Information Officer

This session is with the DOE NNSA CIO where he will discuss current NNSA cybersecurity strategies. 

AI Adoption: Accelerating experimentation and building the foundation to scale

By Denise Zheng, Chief AI Officer, Accenture Federal Services

This session will explore methods for accelerating AI adoption and how to build the foundation for AI.

FBI Cyber Briefing

By Intelligence Analyst with the Federal Bureau of Investigation

This session will be an unclassified cybersecurity briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

Wrap-up, Closeout, and Follow-on Activities

By Jeanne Beard, Director, Office of Information Services and Chief Information Officer for the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and Bridgitte Mase, Chief Executive Officer of DeMase Technical Services and EFCOG Cybersecurity Working Group Chair