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AGENDA
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Registration and Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Mel Nevarez
Manager Identity and Access Management and Compliance CenterPoint Energy
Keynote: Diversity in Cyber
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Kimberly Hubbard, MS, MBA
Dean, IT and Visual Communication, Lone Star College
Reasonable Security – What does it mean in 2022
8:45 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.
Elizabeth Rogers, CIPP/US
Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Break
9:35 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
State of the Union for Cybersecurity
10:05 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Andy Sawyer, CISSP, CISM, C|CISO
Chief of Security and Facilities Locke Lord, LLP
Live Hack Demonstration
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Jon Villanti, CISSP
EVP, Chief Information Security Officer Allegiance Bank
Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
FBI Private and Public Sectors Collaboration to Protect our Nation and Organizations
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Peter Hill
Treasurer InfraGard Houston
Educators vs Industrialist: Building the Workforce
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Mary Dickerson, MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP
Chief Information Security Officer University of Houston | University of Houston System
Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Managing and Mitigating Ransomware Risk
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Peter Thomas, CISSP
CTO, BLUE LANCE, INC.
Cyber Pitch by Hatch Pitch
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Greg Wright
Advisor and Innovation Strategist for Technology Companies and the Founder Hatch Pitch
Closing Remarks, Scholarships, Hatch Pitch Awards
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Mel Nevarez
Manager Identity and Access Management and Compliance, CenterPoint Energy
THE BIG DAY
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
Welcome Remarks
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Mel Nevarez
Manager Identity and Access Management and Compliance, CenterPoint Energy
Keynote: Diversity in Cyber
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Kimberly Hubbard, MS, MBA
Dean, IT and Visual Communication, Lone Star College
Reasonable Security – What does it mean in 2022
8:45 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.
Elizabeth Rogers, CIPP/US
Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
9:35 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Break
State of the Union for Cybersecurity
10:05 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Andy Sawyer, CISSP, CISM, C|CISO
Chief of Security and Facilities Locke Lord, LLP
Live Hack Demonstration
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Jon Villanti, CISSP
EVP, Chief Information Security Officer Allegiance Bank
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
FBI Private and Public Sectors Collaboration to Protect our Nation and Organizations
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Peter Hill
Treasurer, InfraGard Houston
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Educators vs Industrialist: Building the Workforce
Mary Dickerson, MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP
Chief Information Security Officer, University of Houston | University of Houston System
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Break
Managing
and Mitigating Ransomware Risk
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Peter Thomas, CISSP
CTO, BLUE LANCE, INC.
Cyber Pitch
by Hatch Pitch
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Greg Wright
Advisor and Innovation Strategist for Technology Companies and the Founder, Hatch Pitch
Scholarships, Hatch Pitch Awards, and Closing Remarks
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Mel Nevarez
Manager Identity and Access Management and Compliance, CenterPoint Energy
HCS provides a lot of value to the community by getting people together to educate, share and collaborate on cybersecurity trends and opportunity to network with one another well. People should attend the Houston Cyber Summit to be informed, learn and collaborate with industry colleagues.
― Managing Director, IT Services.
Houston Cyber Summit is a great opportunity for people to come out and see what the latest and greatest technology and information there is to prevent attacks. Come and learn about cybersecurity and see how you can protect both your home and businesses.
― CISO, Local government.
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