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**8:00 - 9:00** - **Doors Open for Registration:** Light breakfast and networking opportunity. - **9:00 - 9:05** - **Opening Remarks: Rebecca Hanson, NABA Director-General** - **9:05 – 9:35** - **Powering AI in the Future: Keynote opening session** - **9:35 – 10:15** - Ransomware Reality Check: Lessons from Recent Attacks Ransomware remains a key attack vector for the enterprise, one that can result in substantial business and reputational damage. Our experienced ransomware panelists will review the current threat environment, possible responses and next steps using real-world examples. Speakers: \- Dave Wong, Cybersecurity Leader and Incident Responder and Director, Mandiant/Google Cloud \- Evgueni Erchov, Associate VP, Adversary Intelligence and Strategy, CYPFER - **10:15 - 10:30** - BREAK - **10:30 - 11:00** - **Cybersecurity & The C-Suite: Building Executive Buy-In** Executive management and Boards of Director are typically preoccupied with mitigating risk to the enterprise. Key amongst the various risks to broadcasters is cyber-attack. Investing in cyber security defenses is not merely buying insurance, it requires a clear understanding of the cyber environment and the survivability of a broadcaster in this hostile ecosystem. **Speaker:** \- Luke Dembosky, Partner and Co-Chair of global Data Strategy & Security, Debevoise & Plimpton - **11:00 - 11:15** - Determining Cyber Maturity: A Case Study The assessment of cyber maturity measures an enterprises’ security posture against industry norms. This analysis spans several security domains, including governance, identification, protection, detection, response and recovery. Is your company adequately protected in all these areas? - **11:15 - 12:00** - Roadmap to Resilience - What the Technology Ecosystem Is Building for Broadcast's Next Threats  Technology leaders from across the vendor community discuss how their development roadmaps are responding to the threats broadcasters will face over the next three years. - **12:00 - 13:00** - LUNCH - **13:00 – 13:45** - **Cybersecurity Threats from a Law Enforcement Perspective** This session will focus on the roles our North American law enforcement agencies play with respect to cybersecurity. How do they view the threat landscape? How do they pursue threat actors, both nationally and internationally? Which industry infrastructure do they feel is the most vulnerable? Our experienced panelists will explore the overall role of law enforcement in cybersecurity. Speakers: \- Brian Kaiser, Lead of FBI Cyber Division’s Critical Sector Engagement and Intelligence Unit \- Phil Thibodeau, Former Assistant Commissioner, RCMP, and Senior Industry Consultant on Justice & Public Safety \- John Lee, Senior Engineering Consultant, NABA - **13:45 - 14:45** - **AI: What’s the Truth Behind All the Hype?** AI can now be found in almost every field of activity. NABA’s panel brings together AI experts from industry and academia to look at where the technology is going and what it means in terms of security. Is agentic AI a threat to our conventional network defenses when manipulated by threat actors? How can we leverage AI to work more securely? What are the associated services and technologies that AI empowers? What does the future of AI look like? Speaker: \- Dr. Jeannette Wing, Executive VP for Research and Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University - **14:45 - 15:00** - BREAK - **15:00 - 15:30** - **Applied AI Within the Cloud** Cloud security is yet another issue broadcasters must be concerned with. Identity sprawl, misconfigurations; visibility in a multi-cloud environment; shadow IT clouds; regulatory compliance, data sovereignty, supply chain complexity, etc. are all security issues for which broadcasters must be prepared. This panel will review the security considerations associated with modern cloud uses. Speakers: \- Kirk Bailey, Regional Director, Enterprise Sales, Wiz \- John McClure, CISO, Sinclair Inc - **15:30 - 16:00** - The Future of Securing Identity: Proving You Are Who You Say You Are Identity security includes secure access for users, devices and applications. Privileged access management, least privilege access, etc. are all part of security considerations. With broadcasters’ pervasive use of cloud services and employees working remotely, compromised credentials represent a major threat. This session will address where identity management is developing in the future and what new approaches are being considered. The issue of quantum computing compromising credentials will also be discussed. Speakers: \- Mike Berthold, Principal Solutions Architect and Identity Architects Team Lead, OKTA \- Marina Khainson, Head of Security Architecture, Fox - **16:00 - 16:30** - **“Fix It or Risk It” - Turning Cyber Awareness Into Action** The "Fix It or Risk It" campaign is a media content security initiative launched by the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) to help the entertainment supply chain close critical security gap Speaker: \- Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network - **16:30 - 17:00** - **Cybersecurity in IP Media** SMPTE’s 2110 (Professional Media over Managed IP Networks) family of standards is now almost ten years old. Recent investigations and practical testing undertaken by Miles Katz of Emerson College in Boston (now with NBC Universal) has uncovered areas of potential cyber weakness. With the industry moving to IP production, the issues raised in this work raise some very relevant and timely issues. Speaker: \- Miles Katz, production engineer, NBC Universal ### Agenda ![NABA\_Cyber\_University\_Agenda\_LightBlue\_1600px\_web\_v21](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/NABA_Cyber_University_Agenda_LightBlue_1600px_web_v21.jpg?width=817&height=2000&name=NABA_Cyber_University_Agenda_LightBlue_1600px_web_v21.jpg "NABA_Cyber_University_Agenda_LightBlue_1600px_web_v21") ### Speakers ![Patrick Lopez](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pure%20Storage%20Landing%20Page/Patrick%20Lopez.jpeg?width=250&height=250&name=Patrick%20Lopez.jpeg) **Moderator: Patrick Lopez** Global Telecom Field CTO Everpure Biography Patrick Lopez is Global Telecom Field CTO at Everpure. He is based near Toronto. He has over 25 years’ experience building, launching and operating telecoms businesses in startups, mid-sized and tier one multinationals. He currently sits on the board of directors of CENGN (Center for Next Generation Networks). Prior to Everpure, he was global VP of Product Management for 5G products at NEC, where he managed the product strategy and planning, corporate development, and growth of NEC telecom business, including Open RAN, Packet Core and automation, orchestration. Prior to NEC, he was global VP of Networks Innovation at Telefonica group where he led the teams that invented Open RAN and deployed the first telco Edge Computing. He also extensively worked with Bell Canada and Deutsche Telekom for their Telco Cloud and Edge computing strategy and implementation. ### Speakers ![Kenneth Atkins NYPR](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Kenneth%20Atkins%20NYPR.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Kenneth%20Atkins%20NYPR.jpg "Kenneth Atkins NYPR") Kenneth Atkins Assistant Director of IT, Data Security, New York Public Radio, NYPR ![Kirk Bailey Wiz1080](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Kirk%20Bailey%20Wiz1080.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=Kirk%20Bailey%20Wiz1080.png "Kirk Bailey Wiz1080") Kirk Bailey Regional Director, Enterprise Sales, Wiz ![Mike Berthold OKTA](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Mike%20Berthold%20OKTA.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Mike%20Berthold%20OKTA.jpg "Mike Berthold OKTA") Mike Berthold Principal Solutions Architect and Identity Architects Team Lead, OKTA ![Douglas Brush Brush Cyber](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Douglas%20Brush%20Brush%20Cyber.png?width=1254&height=1254&name=Douglas%20Brush%20Brush%20Cyber.png "Douglas Brush Brush Cyber") Douglas Brush CEO, Brush Cyber  ![Terri Davies TPN](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Terri%20Davies%20TPN.jpg?width=1971&height=1971&name=Terri%20Davies%20TPN.jpg "Terri Davies TPN") **Terri Davies** President, Trusted Partner Network (TPN) ![Luke Dembosky Debevoise](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Luke%20Dembosky%20Debevoise.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Luke%20Dembosky%20Debevoise.jpg "Luke Dembosky Debevoise") Luke Dembosky Partner & Co-Chair of Global Data Strategy & Security, Debevoise & Plimpton ![Evgueni Erchov Cypfer](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Evgueni%20Erchov%20Cypfer.jpg?width=500&height=500&name=Evgueni%20Erchov%20Cypfer.jpg "Evgueni Erchov Cypfer") Evgueni Erchov Associate VP, Adversary Intelligence and Strategy, CYPFER ![Trina Ford iHeartMedia](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Trina%20Ford%20iHeartMedia.jpg?width=424&height=424&name=Trina%20Ford%20iHeartMedia.jpg "Trina Ford iHeartMedia") Trina Ford CISO, iHeartMedia ![JT Gaietto ConvergentD](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/JT%20Gaietto%20ConvergentD.jpg?width=2000&height=2000&name=JT%20Gaietto%20ConvergentD.jpg "JT Gaietto ConvergentD") JT Gaietto COO, ConvergentDS ![Rebecca Hanson](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Rebecca%20Hanson.png?width=512&height=512&name=Rebecca%20Hanson.png "Rebecca Hanson") Rebecca Hanson Director-General, NABA ![Jessica Hsia Google-1](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Jessica%20Hsia%20Google-1.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Jessica%20Hsia%20Google-1.jpg "Jessica Hsia Google-1") Jessica Hsia Head of Sales, Security – Telco, Media & Entertainment, Gaming , Google ![FBI](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/FBI.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=FBI.jpg "FBI") **Marina Khainson** Head of Security Architecture, Fox ![John Lee NABA](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/John%20Lee%20NABA.jpg?width=450&height=450&name=John%20Lee%20NABA.jpg "John Lee NABA") John Lee Senior Engineering Consultant, NABA ![Nick Luckner CBS Paramount](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Nick%20Luckner%20CBS%20Paramount.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Nick%20Luckner%20CBS%20Paramount.jpg "Nick Luckner CBS Paramount") Nick Luckner Sr Director, VulnOps & Attack Surface Management, Paramount/CBS  ![JohnMcClure Sinclair](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/JohnMcClure%20Sinclair.jpeg?width=564&height=564&name=JohnMcClure%20Sinclair.jpeg "JohnMcClure Sinclair") John McClure CISO, Sinclair Inc  ![FBI](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/FBI.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=FBI.jpg "FBI") Margot Scanlon Assistant Special Agent In Charge, FBI ![Rahman Shah PBS NABA event](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Rahman%20Shah%20PBS%20NABA%20event.png?width=512&height=512&name=Rahman%20Shah%20PBS%20NABA%20event.png "Rahman Shah PBS NABA event") **Rahman Shah** Director, Cybersecurity, PBS ![Phil Thibodeau RCMP](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Phil%20Thibodeau%20RCMP.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Phil%20Thibodeau%20RCMP.jpg "Phil Thibodeau RCMP") Phil Thibodeau Former AC, RCMP, & Senior Industry Consultant, Justice & Public Safety ![Dr. Jeannette Wing Columbia University](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Dr.%20Jeannette%20Wing%20Columbia%20University.jpg?width=1357&height=1357&name=Dr.%20Jeannette%20Wing%20Columbia%20University.jpg "Dr. Jeannette Wing Columbia University") **Dr. Jeannette Wing** Executive VP for Research and Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University ![Aastha Verma1080](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Aastha%20Verma1080.jpg?width=1080&height=1080&name=Aastha%20Verma1080.jpg "Aastha Verma1080") Aastha Verma Lead for the Classified Analytics Services Environment, CISA ![Dave Wong Mandiant](https://wearehivegroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cyber%20University%20Event/Speakers/Dave%20Wong%20Mandiant.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=Dave%20Wong%20Mandiant.jpg "Dave Wong Mandiant") Dave Wong Cybersecurity Leader and Incident Responder and Director, Mandiant / Google Cloud ### Register [NABA Member 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