2018 Critical Infrastructure Threat Overview

March 7, 2019 11:00 AM

A high-level overview of incidents and actors on America’s critical infrastructure. Includes a discussion on the concept of cyber deterrence and geopolitics. What can we expect next? What can we do about it?

Speaker Information

Panelist Information

Bryson Bort

SCYTHE

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a boutique cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a National Security Institute Fellow and an Advisor to the Army Cyber Institute. Prior, Bryson led an elite offensive capabilities development group. As a U.S. Army Officer, he served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. ‍ Bryson received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas.

Thomas VanNorman

Dragos

Thomas has been working in Operational Technology field for more than two decades. He is currently the Director of Engineering Services at Dragos, and a Founding Member of ICS Village. Thomas is also retired from the Air National Guard where he worked in Cyber Warfare Operations. For over the past 10 years Thomas focus area has been working on securing Industrial Control Systems and the networking of such systems leveraging his operational knowledge of such systems. Thomas currently holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) through ISC(2), Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) both through GIAC.