Understanding Digital Threats: A Cybersecurity Briefing

Events both national and local in the last few months have made clear how important cybersecurity is to organizations of all sizes—so what are today's threats and how should you respond if your organization is targeted?

Join Champlain College and the U.S. Department of Justice for a free one-day conference outlining key current cyber threats to organizations of all sizes, as well as what tactics you should be using to prepare and to respond to those threats. The conference will also include guidance on how to proceed when you are targeted—and conversations about real-life scenarios we've faced here in Vermont and lessons learned from organizations across the country.

Presenters will include representatives from local organizations as well as government experts from the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and Vermont investigators, as well as Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan and Burlington Electric Department General Manager Neale Lunderville.

8:30 - 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am Welcome Remarks

The Honorable Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont
Donald J. Laackman, President, Champlain College
Eugenia Cowles, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont

9:30 am The Changing Threat Landscape

Sean Newell, Deputy Chief, Cyber Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Duane Dunston, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, Champlain College
Moderator, Garrett Graff, Journalist

10:15 am Incident Preparedness: The shift from Cyber-defense to Cyber-survival

Heather Roszkowski, Network CISO, The University of Vermont Health Network
Beth Anderson, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Burlington
Phil Susmann, President, Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI)
Moderator, Adam Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Computer Networking & Cybersecurity, Champlain College

11:20 am Case Study: Targeted - Catching a Cyber Thief

Eugenia Cowles, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
Michael Keller, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Representative of Local Victim Company
Moderator, Sean Newell, Deputy Chief, Cyber Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice

12:15 pm LUNCH

1:00 pm Incident Response: Government Expectations and Cooperation

Paul E. Konschak, Ph.D., Management & Program Analyst, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cyber Division
Jay Kramer, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cyber Division Ryan Kriger, Assistant Attorney General, State of Vermont
Devi Momot, CEO, Twinstate Technologies
Moderator, Jonathan Rajewski, Director, Leahy Center for Digital Investigation, Champlain College

2:00 pm Case Study: Sparked - Burlington Electric Department and Managing the Media

Neale Lunderville, General Manager, Burlington Electric Department
Mike Kanarick, Director of Customer Care, Community Engagement, and Communications, Burlington Electric Department
Jonathan Rajewski, Director, Leahy Center for Digital Investigation, Champlain College
Jennifer Vander Veer, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderator, Eric Miller, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont

2:50 pm Closing Remarks

Lunch provided.

Questions? Please contact Katherine at kbirrow AT champlain.edu.