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This is the Cybersecurity Event of the year!
Date & Time: October 8th, 2024, from 8 AM to 2 PM
Location: Rivers Casino Event Center, 1 Rush St, Schenectady, NY 12305
Hotel accommodations: The Landing Hotel at Rivers Casino
TUESDAY OCT 8, 2024
8:00–9:00am Registration, Breakfast
9:00–9:05am Welcoming Remarks: Tush Nikollaj, CEO | LogicalNet
9:05–10:00am Keynote Speaker (TBA)
10:00–10:40am Industry Best Practices
10:40–11:00am Break
11:00–11:45am Cyber Protection for Your Business
11:45–12:30pm Panel Session: Emerging Threats in Cybersecurity
Moderator: TBA
- Sean Atkinson | CIS
- Anna Mercado Clark | Phillips Lytle
- Jim Lippie, CEO | SaaS Alerts
- Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, CIO | Xcitium
12:30–1:00pm Lunch
1:00–1:30pm What a Hacker can Cost Your Business
2:00pm Closing
Presenters
Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer | CIS
Sean Atkinson is Chief Information Security Officer of CIS. He uses his broad cybersecurity expertise to direct strategy, operations, and policy to protect CIS’s enterprise of information assets. His job responsibilities include risk management, communications, applications, and infrastructure. Prior to CIS, Sean served as the Global Information Security Compliance Officer for GLOBALFOUNDRIES, serving Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) across the globe.
Prior to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Sean led the security implementation for the New York State Statewide Financial System (SFS) implementation from 2007 to 2014 and his last role and responsibility was as the Internal Control, Risk and Information Security Manager.
Sean was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and lived in England for 18 years, graduating Sheffield Hallam University in 2000. After moving back to the United States, Sean has pursued multiple degrees and certification in the IT arena.
Anna Mercado Clark, Phillips Lytle
A proven problem-solver who leverages emerging technology, innovative and customized e-discovery and forensic investigation workflows, and careful reading of the laws and regulations to resolve client problems using solutions that are right-sized, tailored and are sensitive to their particular industry, needs, limitations and concerns.
As leader of Phillips Lytle’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity and e-Discovery Practice Teams and co-leader of the firm’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Team, Anna focuses on complex e-discovery and digital forensics, cybersecurity and data privacy, and complex commercial litigation. As a former assistant district attorney, she also handles white collar criminal matters and investigations.
Dr Erdal Ozkaya, Xcitium
With an impressive tenure exceedingover 25 years in ITand security, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a distinguished figure in the global cybersecurity landscape, dedicated to defending organizations from virtual perils.
Serving as the CISO for MAVeCap, a Venture Capital firm that invests in and fosters cutting-edge concepts, including cybersecurity advancements, Dr. Ozkaya is at the vanguard, crafting cybersecuritystrategies and guiding the information security risk management for a portfolio of 15 companies.
Dr. Ozkaya’s commitment extends across a spectrum of revered cybersecurity forums and scholastic bodies, where he contributes his expertise as a board member, consultant, educator, and author.
Equipped with a doctoral degree in information technology and esteemed credentials such as CCISO and MCSE, Dr. Ozkaya iszealous about navigatingcybersecurityquandaries and propelling digital innovation across the corporate realm and society at large.
His extraordinary leadership and acumen have not gone unnoticed, garnering recognition as a top 50 tech luminary by IDC and CIO Online, and earningthe prestigious title of Global Cybersecurity Influencer of the Year from the lnfoSec Awards.
Panelists
Jim Lippie, CEO SaaS Alerts
A seasoned, self-motivated leader with a proven track record, Jim Lippie has a unique perspective on the channel. He was the CEO of Thrive Networks, a Boston based MSP that experienced exponential growth during his tenure. In 2006 Thrive was purchased by Staples, which was the first major MSP acquisition in the industry. Then in the capacity as president of IndependenceIT (iIT) helped make them one of the fastest growing cloud desktop companies in the world (iIT acquired by Cloud Jumper). He later founded the consultancy, Clarity Channel Advisors and helped hundreds of MSPs increase sales and profits by leveraging a cloud first strategy. As GM and Senior Vice President at Kaseya, Lippie oversaw the company’s global MSP community and was responsible for partner development. Today, he is the CEO of SaaS Alerts, a cybersecurity company that helps service providers protect and monetize their customer’s SaaS application usage.
Diamond Sponsors
Kaseya
Gold Sponsors
CIS
Phillips Lytle
Xcitium
Silver Sponsors
Cyber Fox
Precision Care
SaaS Alerts
Sherweb
StoredTech
Additional Sponsors
ConnectWise
Precision Care
Sponsors
Presenters
Sean Atkinson
Chief Information Security Officer | CIS
Sean Atkinson is Chief Information Security Officer of CIS. He uses his broad cybersecurity expertise to direct strategy, operations, and policy to protect CIS’s enterprise of information assets. His job responsibilities include risk management, communications, applications, and infrastructure. Prior to CIS, Sean served as the Global Information Security Compliance Officer for GLOBALFOUNDRIES, serving Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) across the globe.
Prior to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Sean led the security implementation for the New York State Statewide Financial System (SFS) implementation from 2007 to 2014 and his last role and responsibility was as the Internal Control, Risk and Information Security Manager.
Sean was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and lived in England for 18 years, graduating Sheffield Hallam University in 2000. After moving back to the United States, Sean has pursued multiple degrees and certification in the IT arena.
Anna Mercado Clark
Phillips Lytle
A proven problem-solver who leverages emerging technology, innovative and customized e-discovery and forensic investigation workflows, and careful reading of the laws and regulations to resolve client problems using solutions that are right-sized, tailored and are sensitive to their particular industry, needs, limitations and concerns.
As leader of Phillips Lytle’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity and e-Discovery Practice Teams and co-leader of the firm’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Team, Anna focuses on complex e-discovery and digital forensics, cybersecurity and data privacy, and complex commercial litigation. As a former assistant district attorney, she also handles white collar criminal matters and investigations.
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Chief Information Officer, Xcitium
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a global cybersecurity leader and strategist with over 25 years of experience in the IT and security fields. He is the Chief Cybersecurity Strategist and CISO at Xcitium, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions and services, where he is responsible for building the cybersecurity strategy and the information security risk management program, as well as raising cybersecurity awareness and training for internal teams, customers, and partners.
He holds a doctorate degree in information technology and multiple industry certifications, such as CCISO and MCSE. He is also a board member, advisor, lecturer, and author in various cybersecurity organizations and institutions, such as the National Cyber Group, Binalyze, Global CISO Forum, Charles Sturt University, and Australian Institute of ICT.
He has been recognized as a top 50 technology leader by IDC and CIO Online, and a global cybersecurity leader of the year by InfoSec Awards. His mission is to solve cybersecurity issues and enable digital transformation for businesses and society.
For more information, email cybersecurity@logical.net