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2020 CornCon Schedule (Tentative)

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The only in-person event we will be able to hold will be the After Party on Saturday night. TBD

2020 CornCon Episode VI: Return of the Cyber Jedi • Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference

DAY 1: Friday October 2, 2020

TIME
(CT)

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

TUTORIALS TRACK 3

SPONSORS & OTHER
8:35 AM Introduction: Welcome to CornCon VI Day 1
Co-Founders John Johnson & Shad Roberts
   
8:45AM

Todd Inskeep, Cyber Yoda, Incovate Solutions
Three Paths to Risk and the Board

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Shaun Martin, Staff DevOps Engineer, QuickBase
AWS No Host Secure Infrastructure Automated
(Cloud and DevOps)

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9:30 AM

CISO Panel: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

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Moderator: Marci McCarthy , CEO and President, T.E.N. Inc.

Panelists: Amanda Fennell, CISO, Relativity • Joey Johnson, CISO, Premise Health • Ricardo Lafosse, CISO, The Kraft Heinz Company

OT/ICS Panel Discussion

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Moderator: Tony Baker, Global Product Security Leader, Rockwell Automation

Panelists: Megan Samford, VP, Chief Product Security Officer – Energy Management, Schneider Electric
Jori P. VanAntwerp, VP of Sales at Gravwell
Maggie Morganti, Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 
10:15 AM

Raf Los, Vice President of Security Strategy, Lightstream
You Suck and I'll Show You How to Prove It
(Aligning Security w/Business Goals)

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Derek Milroy, Enterprise Security Architect (F500)
What We All End Up Implementing Anyway
(Security Architecture)

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Robert Wagner, Security Strategist, Splunk
Security Investigations with Splunk

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(10:15 - 14:00 Workshop)

11:00 AM

Larry Lidz, CISO (F500)
Verifiable Effectiveness - How to know your security program works before the bad guys let you know
(Security Program Design)

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Aaron Turner, Founder/CSO, HighSide,  IANS Faculty

How Microsoft Owned Your SaaS

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11:45 AM

Lunch Keynote - Malwarebytes

Adam Kujawa, Director, Malwarebytes Labs
Enduring from Home: COVID-19's impact on business security

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12:30 PM

Rich Marshall, Founder/CEO, CinturianGroup
If You Think COVID Was Bad!

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Dave Kennedy, CEO, TrustedSec, Binary Defense
Understanding Offense – How Red Raises The Bar To Better Blue

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1:15 PM

Identity in the COVID-19 Era

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Presentation and CISO Chat

Bob West, Managing Partner, West Strategy Group
Mike Coogan, Sr. Director Cybersecurity, Waste Management

Shawn Anderson, Exec Security Advisor, Microsoft
What should we trust? Should we trust but verify or trust nothing and verify everything?
(Zero Trust)

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vArmour Special Session

Title: Better security using the technologies you already own

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Time: Friday Oct 2nd -  Alan 1:15-2 CT 

Who: Alan McClure, Senior Systems Engineer, vArmour

2:00 PM

Ray Canzanese, Director of Threat Research, Netskope
COVID and the Cloud

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Kevin Johnson, CEO and Security Consultants at Secure Ideas
Haunted Security

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Robert Wagner, Security Strategist, Splunk
Defense on a Budget: Free Security Tips and Tricks

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2:45 PM

Cyber Insurance Panel

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Moderator: Mike Convertino
Panelists: Tim Callahan, CISO, AFLAC
Michael Phillips, Chief of Claims, Arceo.ai

Dr. Mark Carney, Technical Specialist and Researcher
Tears for Quantum Fears
(Cryptography and Quantum Computing)

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3:30 PM

Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer, Cobalt.io
Come for the Mission, Stay for the Vision
(Friday Closing Keynote)

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Chris Roberts, Geek, Hacker @ Hilbilly Hit Squad
All Your Votes Are Belong To...

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4:15 PM Closing Ceremony, Awards & Door Prizes
6:00-12:00 PM VIP Dinner
Location: By Invite Only
Sponsored by: Malwarebytes & vArmour

2020 CornCon Episode VI: Return of the Cyber Jedi • Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference

DAY 2: Saturday October 3, 2020

TIME
(CT)

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

TUTORIALS TRACK 3

SPONSORS & OTHER
8:35 AM Introduction: Welcome to CornCon VI Day 2
Co-Founders John Johnson & Shad Roberts
     
8:45AM

Stephen Cobb, Independent Risk Researcher
How Hackers Save Humanity: A Cautionary Tale of Existential Risk
(Hacking as a mindset and toolset)

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Travis Hartman, President, IWC Labs
99 Jobs and Finding the Right One
(Career Development and DoD)

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9:30 AM

Winn Schwartau, Chief Visionary, SAC Labs
AI Ain’t So Smart, Eh?
(Artificial Intelligence)

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George Simonds, President, International Critical Infrastructure Security Institute
The New Cyber Engineer – How Immersive Learning Shapes Solutions Engineering at Industrial Facilities
(Workforce development for critical infrastructure)

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Dr. Phil Polstra, Professor of Digital Forensics, Bloomsburg University

What is the extent of your
Ext4 Filesystem Knowledge?

(Filesystem Forensics) Approx. 50 minutes

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10:15 AM

J Wolfgang Goerlich, Advisory CISO and Strategist, Duo

Design Thinking for Secure Development

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Ron Woerner, Cybersecurity Instructor, Bellevue University
How Not to Suck at Security (or How to Hack your Cyber Career)

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11:00 AM

“It’s a Trap!” - Privacy, clickbait, and PII in the modern world

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Moderator: Aaron Warner, CEO ProCircular
Panelists: Kurt Opsahl, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Panelists: Doug Jacobson, Director of Information Assurance Center at Iowa State University
Panelists: Brian McCormac, Data Security & Privacy counsel at BrownWinnick Law

Grant Asplund, Growth Technologies Evangelist, Check Point Software
A Strategy  for Securing Your Everything

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11:45 AM

Lunch Keynote - vArmour

Marc Woolward, vArmour CISO/CTO
Addressing Application Resilience in Today's Complex, Dynamic Environments

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12:30 PM

CISO Panel: Daily Breaches! What are we missing?

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Moderator: Bryan Hurd, VP, Stroz Friedberg Former Intelligence Director Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
Panelists: Richard Rushing, CISO, Motorola Mobility

Todd Bell, Exec Director IT Compliance/CISO, Valleywise Health
API Security for the API Economy

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Xe1phix, Linux Admin, ICS
Secure Linux Networking

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1:15 PM

David Gioe, History Fellow, Army Cyber Institute, West Point
Russian disinformation: Past, Present, and Policy Considerations

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2:00 PM

Nick Selby, Chief Security Officer, Paxos Trust Company
Tech Debt Burndown: Kill It With Fire

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2:45 PM

Dr. Gene Spafford, Professor, Purdue University
This Talk Has No Title

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3:30 PM

Ira Winkler, President, Secure Mentem
You Can Stop Stupid 

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4:15 PM Closing Ceremony, Awards & Door Prizes      
4:30 PM

Hacker Jeopardy!! Cancelled - Check our DFIU on Twitch for past recordings

6:00-12:00 PM After Party
Location: Tangled Wood - Bettendorf - 7PM Saturday Night
Sponsored by: Malwarebytes & vArmour