Livestream Available! NIST NCCoE Cybersecurity Connections Event and Networking Lunch

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National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Can't Make it In Person? Join Us Virtually for Today's Cybersecurity Connections Event!

Event Date: Today (October 15th, 2024)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EDT)

Not available to join us in person for today’s NIST NCCoE Cybersecurity Event? Visit the NCCoE event page to access the livestream.

Full Event Agenda:

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker: Honorable Kathryn (Katie) Fry Hester, U.S. Senator for Maryland's 9th District

Speaker: Honorable Marc Elrich, County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland

Speaker: Rodney Petersen, Interim Chief of the Applied Cybersecurity Division (ACD) and Director of NICE 

Speaker: Cherilyn Pascoe, Director of NCCoE, NIST

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Panel Discussion 1: Maryland Cybersecurity Careers, Programs, and Opportunities

Moderator: Kimberly Mentzell, Director of Cybersecurity and Aerospace, Maryland Department of Commerce

Panelists:

  • Silvia Vargas, Professor of Cybersecurity and Networking & Cybersecurity Center Point of Contact (PoC) and Program Coordinator, Montgomery College
  • Jack Suess, VP of Information Technology and CIO, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
  • Tasha Cornish, Executive Director, Cybersecurity Association, Inc.
  • John Paul Sawyer, Director of Strategic Research Initiatives, University of Maryland (UMD)

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Panel Discussion 2: Transitioning into a Cybersecurity Career

Moderator: Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Ph.D., Lead for Academic Engagement, NICE 

Panelists:

  • Maria Hishikawa, Information Technology Security Specialist, United States Department of Commerce
  • Eduardo Noboa, Technical Training and Development Coordinator, ignITe Hub
  • Kristen Kenner, Job Opportunity and Development Specialist for TechMAP Program, Montgomery College
  • Connie Bragg, Cybersecurity Lead, AT&T

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Networking Lunch, sponsored by Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) on behalf of Montgomery County, Maryland

Speaker: Bill Tompkins, President and CEO, MCEDC

12:30 p.m. – Adjourn

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