ISSA International Series: 2018 Year in Review and Predictions for 2019
Recorded (2 Hour Event) on Tuesday, January 9, 2019
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Overview:
2018 was worse than 2017 for cyber security. This year every month was filled with even more major breaches, hacks, and attacks surfacing then 2017. The nature and range of the attacks varied from email hacking to zero days, from minor incursions to (potentially) everyone’s data being stolen. 2018 will probably go down as the new worst year for Cyber Security with all the previous year’s events having been far surpassed. Even our doom and gloom or same old same old predictions of last year have been blown away. The question now, will 2019 bear the full weight and impact of the events of 2019, or will it have its own harrowing events. Will the growing impact and occurrences spotlight security and translate in terms of media and regulatory attention? What kinds of threats will dominate the 2019 landscape?
Join us, make notes, and then check back in a year to see how our panel of experts did in providing insight and making predictions for the 2019 challenges to InfoSec.
Moderator:
James R. McQuiggan, Product & Solutions Security Officer, Service Americas Division, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
James R. McQuiggan, CISSP is the Product & Solutions Security Officer of the Service Americas division at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. He is responsible for developing the strategy and policies for securing the SCADA products deployed to America’s customers. With over 17 years at Siemens, James has consulted and supported various corporate divisions on cybersecurity standards, information security awareness and securing their networks.
James is an ISSA member and the Past President of the Central Florida chapter from 2012 to 2016. He supported the ISSA International Conference as the Content Committee Chair from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Central Florida chapters of ISACA, Infragard and (ISC)2. Within (ISC)2, he is a member of the Advisory Council of North America and is the (ISC)2 Central Florida chapter President. James is the recipient of the 2016 (ISC)2 President’s Award and in 2017 he was awarded the first ever Julie Peeler Franz “Do it for the Children Award” as Volunteer of the Year for his work with the Safe & Secure Online Education program, that provides resources to help children, parents, educators and senior citizens stay safe online.
Most importantly, James is the father of two teenage daughters and continues to make sure they are safe and secure online while using their smartphones and social media.
Speakers:
Ricky Allen, CISO, Critical Start
Ricky Allen is the Vice President for Critical Start and President of the South Texas ISSA chapter. He holds certifications such as SABSA Security Architecture, CISSP, CISA, and Six Sigma. Ricky previously held roles at Accenture as an executive in their strategic information security consulting practice and at HP Enterprise Security Products as the practice lead for developing Security Operations programs for ArcSight SIEM products. Ricky was focused on retail and manufacturing industries while at PwC where he managed penetration testing and risk assessments for companies across the US. Ricky has presented at conferences such as BSides, Black Hat, API Cybersecurity, HOU.SEC.CON, SANS, SecureWorld, and Data Connectors. Ricky is based in Houston, TX and has a degree in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University.
Patrick Miller, Managing Partner, Archer International
Patrick Miller has dedicated his career to the protection and defense of critical infrastructures. As Managing Partner at Archer International, he is a trusted independent security and regulatory advisor for industrial control systems worldwide. Mr. Miller is also the founder, director and president emeritus of EnergySec and US. Coordinator for the Industrial Cybersecurity Center. Patrick's diverse background spans the Energy, Telecommunications, Water and Financial Services verticals including key positions with regulatory agencies, private consulting firms, utility asset owners and commercial organizations
Ira Winkler, President, Secure Mentem
Ira Winkler, CISSP is President of Secure Mentem and author of Advanced Persistent Security. He is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals, and has been named a “Modern Day James Bond” by the media. He did this by performing espionage simulations, where he physically and technically “broke into” some of the largest companies in the World and investigating crimes against them, and telling them how to cost effectively protect their information and computer infrastructure. He continues to perform these espionage simulations, as well as assisting organizations in developing cost effective security programs. Ira also won the Hall of Fame award from the Information Systems Security Association, as well as several other prestigious industry awards. Most recently, CSO Magazine named Ira a CSO Compass Award winner as The Awareness Crusader.
Mr. Winkler has been a keynote speaker at almost every major information security related event, on 6 continents, and has keynoted events in many diverse industries. He is frequently ranked among, if not the, top speakers at the events.
