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2018 ISSA International Conference

SECURING TOMORROW TODAY

October 17-18 | Georgia World Congress Center | Atlanta, GA

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About the Conference

Join us October 17 - 18, 2018 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta for solution oriented, proactive and innovative sessions focused on Securing Tomorrow Today. 

Every day, cyber threats become increasingly intricate and difficult to detect. No cyber security professional can become an expert on these dangers without continued efforts to educate themselves on the industry’s latest trends and technologies.

We look forward to welcoming you and over 1,000 of your colleagues and peers in Atlanta as we discuss topics ranging from incident response, to emerging technologies, to business skills for the information security professional. Join us at the 2018 ISSA International Conference and we’ll help you prepare to Secure Tomorrow Today.


Conference Registration Includes:

  • Full access: All ISSA Theaters, ISSA Expo Floor, ISSA Member Reception, & ISSA Member Party
  • Full Access: All Cyber Security Atlanta Theaters (including Keynote Theater and Cyber Hack) & Expo Floor
  • VIP Lounge - including complimentary breakfast, lunch and refreshments VIP Registration Gift 

Speaker Lineup

 Get to know some of the people who will be speaking at the 2018 ISSA International Conference (co-located with Cyber Security Atlanta).

Winn Schwartu

Winn Schwartau

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

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Mark Weatherford

Mark Weatherford

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Cornel du Preez

Cornel du Preez

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Paul Flanagan

Paul Flanagan

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Michaela Iorga

Michaela Iorga

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Marci McCarthy

Marci McCarthy

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Loren Roberts

Loren Roberts

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Sandy Carielli

Sandy Carielli

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Marnie Wilking

Marnie Wilking

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Michael Wylie

Michael Wylie

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Guy Filippelli

Guy Filippelli

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

C-A Washington

C-A Washington

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Dr. Branden Williams

Dr. Branden Williams

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Daniel Ziesmer

Daniel Ziesmer

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Jeff Neithercutt

Jeff Neithercutt

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Jeffrey Man

Jeffrey Man

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Kevin Bocek

Kevin Bocek 

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Candy Alexander

Candy Alexander

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

David Hogue

David Hogue

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

David Schroth

David Schroth

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Michael Angelo

Michael Angelo

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Michael Raggo

Michael Raggo

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Reg Harnish

Reg Harnish

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Rick Redman

Rick Redman

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Sam Pickles

Sam Pickles

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Tim Kosiba

Timothy Kosiba

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Tyler Cohen Wood

Tyler Cohen Wood

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Tracy Reinhold

Tracy Reinhold

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Ricardo Johnson

Ricardo Johnson

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Brian Ruf

Brian Ruf

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Anne Marie Colombo

Anne Marie Colombo

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Dr. Curtis Campbell

Dr. Curtis Campbell

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Mark Gelhardt

Colonel Mark Gelhardt

Speaking in ISSA Theater 1

Tal Guest

Tal Guest

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Dr. Shawn Murray

Dr. Shawn Murray

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Larry Homuth

Larry Homuth

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Cameron Williams

Cameron Williams

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Juan Asenjo

Juan Asenjo

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Barbara Kay

Barbara Kay

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Kenneth Geers

Kenneth Geers

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Ken Dunham

Ken Dunham

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Felice Flake

Felice Flake

Speaking in ISSA Theater 2

Brian Rasco

Brian Rasco

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Don Walsh

Don Walsh

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Akshay Bondre

Akshay Bondre

Speaking in ISSA Theater 4

Michael Melore

Michael Melore

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Matthew Dobbs

Matthew Dobbs 

Speaking in ISSA Theater 3

Agenda

Chapter Leader's Summit

Tuesday, October 16
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Chapter Leader’s Summit is open to all ISSA Chapter Board Members, Chapter Officers & Chapter Management Team Members of record at the time of registration. 

Click on the link to register for the Chapter Leader's Summit

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, October 16
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Join us to say hello to old friends and meet new ones as we kick off the 2018 ISSA International Conference. Get your first glimpse into two days of the solution oriented, proactive and innovative sessions focused on Securing Tomorrow Today. 

Click on the link to register for the Welcome Reception

Awards Dinner

Tuesday, October 16
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Join us for the ISSA Awards Dinner to celebrate our 2018 award receipients. It’s a perfect opportunity for networking and supporting the individuals who have made a positive impact on the Information/CyberSecurity community. 

Click on the link to register for the Awards Dinner

ISSA Party @ World of Coca-Cola

Wednesday, October 17
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Please join us for the ISSA Party @ World of Coca-Cola as we close out another successful ISSA International Conference. This informal meet and greet at the iconic World of Coca-Cola is sure to be an enjoyable event to visit with everyone you have met over the past few days. Don’t miss out on your final opportunity to share the experiences you have gained at the 8th annual ISSA International Conference with all the connections you have made!

Click on the link to register for the ISSA Party @ World of Coca-Cola

ISSA Theater 1

Wednesday, October 17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM


8:30am to 9:30am

Keynote: Mark Weatherford, Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: 21st Century Battleground 

Economic warfare has been practiced since almost the beginning of time through various means including blockades, trade embargoes, and freezing capital assets. The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies has defined a new kind of warfare termed Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare (CEEW). 

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9:40am to 11:10am

 Women in Security Panel: Debbie Christofferson, Strategies to Step Up Your A-Game 

This panel showcases women in security and contributions to technology and innovation. We demonstrate diverse segments of the field, opportunities, and talents and skills required for future success.

Moderator: Debbie Christofferson, Information Security Consultant

Panelists: Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle, CSO; Anne Marie Colombo, Cyber Security, SAP NA CIO Office; Dr. Curtis Campbell, VP, Manager of IT Procurement and Vendor Management, Atlantic Capital Bank 


11:20am to 12:10pm 

Breakout Session: Tracy Reinhold, The Changing Role of The CSO in Today’s Corporate Landscape 

The role of the Chief Security Officer has continued to evolve in complexity, but also in terms of its importance to the creation of business value.


1:00pm to 2:30pm 

Panel: Candy Alexander, Help! My Coffee Maker is trying to hurt me! Or When Security becomes a matter of Safety! 

Not too long ago, not implementing good security was just that. Sure, it may have led to the theft of your identity and ruined your credit, but today we are entering into a new world – that of the IoT (Internet of Things). 

Panelists: Sandy Carielli, Director of Security Technologies at Entrust Datacard; Loren Roberts, Sr Security Advisor at HP WW Security Practice; Kathy Fithen, Managing Principal Consultant at SecureWorks Security & Risk Consulting team


2:40pm to 3:30pm 

Breakout Session: Jeffrey Man, Does DoD Level Security Work in the Real World?

An overview of the foundational nature of data security, highlight the major tenets or goals of data security, introduce the risk equation, discuss how and why so many companies so often fail at implementing the basics of data security, and explore some ways that a DoD-centric approach to data security might be implemented in the private sector. 


3:40pm to 4:30pm 

Breakout Session: C-A Washington, Secure Tomorrow’s Promotion Today

Although technical skills are of the utmost importance, this session will help information security professionals pair their brain power with brand power to build relationships more authentically and create the credibility they need to excel.


Thursday, October 18
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM


8:30am to 9:30am

Keynote: Winn Schwartau


9:40am to 11:10am

Panel: Marci McCarthy, The Future of the CISO: Championing Security, Driving Business and Promoting Diversity

The role of the Chief Information Security Officer has evolved significantly over the last decade. According to the 2017 State of Cyber Security study, the percentage of organizations with a CISO increased from 50% to 65% between 2016 and 2017.

Moderator: Marci McCarthy, CEO and President at T.E.N Panelists: Michelle Stewart, CISO at RentPath; Tamika Bass, Vladimir Svidesskis


11:20am to 12:10pm

Networking Break


1:00pm to 1:50pm

Breakout Session: Colonel Mark Gelhardt, IT & InfoSec Support to the Commander-in-Chief 

Colonel Gelhardt is a retired Army Officer and war veteran. While in the Army Colonel Gelhardt was nominated and selected to work at the White House as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) equivalent for the Clinton White House from 1995 through 1999.


2:00pm to 2:50pm

Breakout Session: Daniel Ziesmer, Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: The Small Business Security Problem

In this session, the presenter unveils a potential security disaster waiting to happen, its importance to the future of security for all businesses, and how even small and large organizations can work together to find cost-effective solutions to establishing critical security controls. 


3:00pm to 3:50pm 

Networking Break


ISSA Theater 2

Wednesday, October 17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM


9:40am to 10:30am

Breakout Session: Felice Flake, It’s a Small World: Global Privacy Regulation in 2018

2018 is shaping up to be the year of watershed moments in data privacy regulations throughout the world. year of watershed moments in data privacy regulations throughout the world.


10:40am to 11:30am

Breakout Session: Paul Flanagan, Transcending Cyber / Privacy / Compliance Silos with a Corporate Compliance Framework

In this session, learn how to navigate through complex regulatory environments and enhance policies that adapt to this ever-changing technology footprint. 


11:40am to 12:30pm

Breakout Session: Cornel du Preez, All Your Cloud Are Belong to Us: Using AWS for Attack and Defense 

Instead of chasing the cloud, this talk highlights the practical tools and strategies for red and blue teams to leverage the cloud.


1:00pm to 1:50pm

Breakout Session: Faraz Aladin, Achieving Compliance Quickly and at Scale

Compliance regulations can be challenging to understand and implement. Many of these regulations have cybersecurity requirements that are focused on protecting critical infrastructure with aggressive timelines - and without disrupting the very business-critical systems you're trying to protect.


2:00pm to 3:30pm

Panel: Michaela Iorga, Security Automation Simplified Today for Enhanced Security 

Aligning security risk management and compliance activities with the broader adoption of cloud technology and the exponential increase in the complexity of smart systems leveraging such cloud solutions, has been a challenging task to date. This bridges the gap between antiquated approaches to IT compliance and innovative technology solutions.

Moderator: Michaela Iorga, NIST, Senior Security Technical Lead for Cloud Computing; Co-chair of NIST Security and Forensics Working Groups 

Panelists: Andrew Weiss, Docker, Lead Federal Solutions Engineer; David Waltermire, NIST, Lead, Standards and Outreach for the Security Automation Program; Brian Ruf, FedRAMP on the OSCAL Development Team


3:40pm to 4:30pm 

Breakout Session: Reg Harnish, Asymmetric Cyberwarfare: The Business Case for Insecurity

Join GreyCastle Security as we explore the lopsided, unending tournament we call cybersecurity and strategies to win on defense.


Thursday, October 18
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM


9:40am to 10:30am 

Breakout Session: Marnie Wilking, Putting the SEC in DevSecOps: Security as the Keystone to Collaboration

You’ll learn how Orion Health not only successfully implemented DevSecOps into solution delivery, but leveraged that success to achieve industry certification, and much more.


10:40am to 11:30am 

Breakout Session: Gordon Shevlin, Tuning Your Compliance Program for Fun and Profit 

In this intensive session, participants will learn the approach to turning governance activities from a hygiene directive into a process of improving the overall health and strength of an organization.


11:40am to 12:30pm 

Networking Break


1:00pm to 1:50pm 

Breakout Session: David Schroth, Alphabet Soup: Assessing Your High Risk Vendors 

Do you use third parties in your business? How do you trust but verify their security practices? Enter the world of third party audit reports (which is more like a bowl of Alphabet Soup).


2:00pm to 2:50pm 

Networking Break


3:00pm to 3:50pm

Networking Break


ISSA Theater 3

Wednesday, October 17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM


9:40am to 10:30am

Breakout Session: Sam Pickles, The Rise of the Robot Analyst  

This talk will present practical learnings from 6 years of research, using machines to correlate application vulnerabilities and threats; from low level packet drops and vulnerability scan results, to high level APT campaigns lasting months and targeting multiple attack surfaces. 


10:40am to 11:30am

Breakout Session: Branden Williams, The Art of the Nudge: Helping Users Make Secure Choices 

This session will help the audience become better choice architects, designing choices in a way that take advantage of users automatic brains, thus making better and safer choices for the organization.


11:40am to 12:30pm

Breakout Session: Michael Melore, New Security Frontier: Threat Hunting, Augmented Intelligence, and Automated Response 

New methods are required to address threats increasing in frequency, sophistication, and impact, in an increasing climate of cost constraints, and resource and skills shortage. Traditional security controls and response can’t possibly keep pace.


1:00pm to 1:50pm

Breakout Session: Guy Filippelli, From Passive to Active Analytics: Risks, Opportunities, and Methodologies of moving to Risk Adaption

With a crushing shortage of skilled cybersecurity defenders, many CISOs have turned toward analytics in an attempt to leverage scarce resources more effectively. While this has been largely successful in detecting attacks, this approach is too slow to help mitigate the worst of the damage caused by a fast-moving threat.  


2:00pm to 3:30pm

Panel: Alex Wood, Incident Response on Cloudy Days  

Enterprises are moving more workloads to the cloud every day. While this helps speed and agility, what happens when there is an incident? How do you run your incident response process in an environment that you don’t own?

Moderator: Alex Wood

Panelists: Cameron Williams, CTO at OverWatchID; Ricardo Johnson, Sr. Director of Security, Risk and Compliance at CrowdStrike Inc; Brandon Levene; Don Walsh, Director of North American channel sales at Skybox Security


3:40pm to 4:30pm

Networking Break


Thursday, October 18
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM


9:40am to 10:30am 

Breakout Session: Michael Wylie, Shooting Phish in a Barrel 

The goal of this presentation is to make IT and Security professionals aware of newly identified techniques used to get high click rates during phishing campaigns. The talk will introduce new research conducted using typosquatting, doppelganger domains, and IDN homograph attacks. 


10:40am to 11:30am 

Breakout Session: Matthew Dobbs, You’re Under Attack, Now Live the Response 

Cyber Incident is a business issue, not just a security issue. To combat this danger, you need to create a security culture for your organization, and that starts with a comprehensive plan of preparedness. To help your firm survive, the cyber range gives your team the tools they need through a completely immersive security experience that tests skills, process and leadership competence. 


11:40am to 12:30pm 

Breakout Session: Timothy Kosiba & David Hogue, Integrated Operations at NSA – How Defense is Constantly Challenged to Stay Ahead of the Adversary 

NSA addresses cybersecurity issues from both a defensive and offensive perspective. NSA’s Cybersecurity Operations Center (NCTOC) has one of the largest 24*7*365 footprints across the US Government as they defend over 3 million Department of Defense users across the globe.


1:00pm to 1:50pm 

Breakout Session: Rick Redman, Brains over Brawn: Intelligent Password Recovery 

Attendees will leave this session with new ideas that can immediately be applied to their password cracking needs ranging from recovery of password-protected documents needed for forensics, incident response, law enforcement, and legal cases to improving password compliance in large organizations.


2:00pm to 2:50pm

Breakout Session: Kevin Bocek, Are You Protecting Your Machine Identities? 

In this presentation, we’ll discuss the different types of machines identities and where they proliferate in your network. You’ll see the role and lifecycle of machine identities, and where we’re falling short in protecting them. 


3:00pm to 3:50pm 

Networking Break


ISSA Theater 4

Wednesday, October 17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM


9:40am to 10:10am

Breakout Session: Michael Raggo, IoT Wireless Network Threats and Counter-measures 

In this presentation we’ll explore the anatomy of these attacks and categorize these threats to develop an updated defense-in-depth strategy for the evolving IoT wireless threat landscape. 


10:40am to 11:30am

Breakout Session: Loren Roberts, Security Endpoints using Analytics and a Proven Framework 

The breadth of IoT technology is only going to continue to expand, so how do we protect all those endpoints? Most companies invest millions in protecting laptops, servers and creating a robust perimeter, and often times overlook the importance of locking down their endpoint infrastructure.


11:40am to 12:30pm

Breakout Session: Barbara Kay, How NTA lights up the Darkspace: Database Exfil and Ransomware 

Learn how a workforce solutions provider fell prey to a debit card database attack and a healthcare provider foiled SamSam ransomware. Walkthroughs of investigations of real incidents show how the new category of Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) tools introduce new visibility and immediate detection of East-West attacks and unusual behaviors


1:00pm to 2:30pm

Panel: Dr. Shawn Murray, Emerging Technologies – New Challenges Balancing the Needs of the Business with Cyber Security Risk 

Earlier this year an assessment was requested and conducted on a company because they could not find a rogue device on their network. The assessment was halted and a meeting ensued between HR, Legal and the assessment team. It was suggested by the team that the organization update their BYOD policy. 

Moderator: Dr. Shawn Murray, Principal Scientist at the US Missile Defense Agency and is a Director on the International Board for ISSA International

Panelists: Tal Guest, Principal Product Manager at Bomgar; Larry Homuth, Director of Sales for SecurityIQ; Juan Asenjo, Ph.D., CISSP, Senior Manager for Solutions Marketing at Thales eSecurity; Akshay Bondre


2:40pm to 3:30pm

Breakout Session: Brian Rasco, The IoT Revolution and Healthcare 

The Internet of Things (IoT) is exploding and increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives. Home appliances and thermostats that are Internet-aware are only a couple of popular examples of how consumers are being impacted by this amazing new trend.


3:40pm to 4:30pm

Breakout Session: Tyler Cohen Wood, The New and Improved Big Data Analytics: Good Enough to Solve a Murder? 

In this presentation, we will analyze and expose vulnerabilities in a medical ingestible camera device and propose solutions for better securing these types of devices.


Thursday, October 18
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM


9:40am to 10:10am

Breakout Session: Sandy Carielli, Introduction to the IoT Security Maturity Model 

In this session, led by one of the authors of the SMM, we will discuss the work done to date and provide an overview of the structure, purpose, usage and extensibility of the model. 


10:40am to 11:30am 

Breakout Session: Jeff Neithercutt, Securing the Chain Evidence With Blockchain 

This will be a discussion of the emerging Blockchain technology and it's use to verify evidence from the moment it is collected to the final presentation in court.


11:40am to 12:30pm 

Breakout Session: Ken Dunham, Orchestration & Automation in the Real World 

Orchestration and automation (O&A) are hot topics in 2018 but are challenging to implement with success in an organization. O&A often reveals gaps in people, process, and technology that must first be addressed before it is architected and developed.  


1:00pm to 1:50pm 

Breakout Session: Kenneth Geers, The Role of Malware in Intelligence Operations

Imagine you are King or Queen for a day. How would you employ the time and talent of computer hackers? Whom would you target, with what type of malware, and for what purpose? Where would you set technical, legal, and ethical constraints?


2:00pm to 2:50pm 

 Breakout Session: Michael Angelo, Residual Risk Analysis

As we continue to secure our environments external attackers continue to be successful. This is true even with new developments and enhancements to our infrastructure’s security. The subsequent analysis and deployment of changes to our internal and generic Security Development Lifecycle (SDLC) don’t seem to even slow them down.


3:00pm to 3:50pm 

Networking Break


Venue

Georgia World Congress Center  

285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313  

This year's event is a co-location with Cyber Security//Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center.

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Hotel & Travel

Westin Peachtree Plaza

210 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Click on the button below to reserve your room at The Westin Peachtree Plaza, the preferred lodging for ISSA attendees. Reservations are available until August 31, 2018 or until the room block sells out, whichever comes first. Space is limited.

Click on the link for a copy of the hotel shuttle schedule.

In order to receive the ISSA negotiated rate, all reservation must be made through the ISSA online registration link/button on this page or by calling the hotel directly. Do not make any reservations through another organization, or through an alternative method as we will be unable to assist you with any issues that may arise. Only use the official ISSA website to register for our event and to book your hotel stay.


If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to ISSA Member Services directly. We take the privacy of our members very seriously. ISSA will never release your contact information to a third party housing vendor.

Getting There

Register for the 2018 ISSA International Conference

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Dates Rate USD
Jun 1 - Jul 20 $249
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