Main Plenary: The 9th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference

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As the largest and most anticipated event of Cyber Week each year, the Main Plenary offers an incredible opportunity to hear from the foremost government officials and industry leaders in the Cybersphere. Some of the most renowned names in the Cyber world will discuss crucial dilemmas and issues facing the public and private sectors of every company, city, and country in the world today. Seats are limited to 1200 so make sure to reserve your spot quickly for your chance to hear directly from our incredible speakers, listed below. 

 

 

 

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Main Plenary: The 9th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 07:30-15:30

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 07:30-15:15

Tel Aviv University - Smolarz Auditorium

Agenda , Tuesday, June 25th

07:30-09:00

Registration & Gathering

09:00-10:10

Opening Plenary

Moderator - Menny Barzilay , CTO , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University ; CEO , Cytactic

Gili Drob-Heistein , Managing Director , Blavatnik ICRC and Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel , Conference Chairman , Cyber Week ; Director , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Yigal Unna , Director General , Israel National Cyber Directorate

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Cyber Defender: Award for Achievement in Cyber will be presented to the Mossad and will be received by the Head of the Mossad, Yosef 'Yossi' Cohen

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Fireside Chat

Nadav Zafrir , CEO , Team8 ; Former Commander, 8200

Mike Rogers , Former Director of the NSA ; Former Head of the U.S. Cyber Command

10:10-11:30

Balancing the Equation

Moderator - Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk , CTO, Cloud & AI Security , Microsoft

Donald Parker , Vice President , Intel Product Assurance and Security Group ; General Manager , Incident Response

Chris Young , CEO , McAfee

Udi Mokady , Founder, President & CEO , CyberArk

Lior Div , CEO & Co-founder , Cybereason

Lior Ateret , Senior Director, Cyber Security Research , GE Digital

11:30-12:15

Cyber Leadership

Moderator - Matan Scharf , Cybersecurity Strategy Advisor , HARMAN International ; Strategic Advisor , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Christopher C. Krebs , Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) , Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Dame Wendy Hall , Regius Professor of Computer Science , University of Southampton

Ciaran Martin , CEO , National Cyber Security Center

12:15-13:00

Networking Lunch

13:00-13:45

The Formula for Cyber Innovation

Moderator - Dr. Yaniv Harel , Head of Research Strategy , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University ; General Manager Cyber Solutions Group , Dell EMC

Darren Shou , VP, Head of Global Research Labs and Chief of Staff of CTO Office , Symantec

Esti Peshin , General Manager, Cyber Division , Israel Aerospace Industries

Matt Swann , Chief Security Architect for OneDrive and SharePoint , Microsoft

13:45-14:40

Cyber from the Trenches: Hear it from the Practitioners

Moderator - Keren Elazari , Analyst, Author & Researcher , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Marc Rogers , VP of Cybersecurity , Okta ; Technical Advisor on “Mr. Robot"

Jaya Baloo , CISO , KPN Telecom

Troy Hunt , Microsoft Regional Director , Microsoft ; Pluralsight Author and World-renowned Internet Security Specialist

14:40-15:30

The Evolution of Cyber

Moderator - Hudi Zack , Chief Executive Director, Technology Unit , Israel National Cyber Directorate

Vijay Anand , Senior Vice President , Global Development Centers, Intuit

K Ananth Krishnan , Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer , Tata Consultancy Services

Chris Roberts , Chief Security Strategist , Attivo Networks

15:30-18:00

"HaMossad" Advanced Screening

Agenda , Wednesday, June 26th

08:00-09:00

Registration & Gathering

09:00-10:00

Opening Plenary

Moderator - Menny Barzilay , CTO , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University ; CEO , Cytactic

Gili Drob-Heistein , Managing Director , Blavatnik ICRC and Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel , Conference Chairman , Cyber Week ; Director , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Prof. Ariel Porat , President , Tel Aviv University

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser , Mayor of Washington, DC

Joseph I. Lieberman , Senior Counsel , Kasowitz, Benson & Torres LLP ; Former member of the U.S. Senate

10:00-10:45

Redefining Industry Protection

Moderator - Dr. Dorit Dor , Vice President, Products , Check Point

Gilad Walden , VP Technology Strategy , Forescout

Mark Gazit , CEO , ThetaRay

James Hanlon , Director, Security Markets Specialisation, EMEA , Splunk

10:45-11:05

Fireside Chat: Surviving a Nation-State Cyber Attack

Moderator - Keren Elazari , Analyst, Author & Researcher , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Stevan Bernard , Former Executive Vice President for Global Protection Services , Sony Pictures Entertainment ; Founder & Managing Member , Bernard Global LLC

11:05-12:15

Cyber Forward

Moderator - Matan Scharf , Cybersecurity Strategy Advisor , HARMAN International ; Strategic Advisor , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University

Gil Shwed , Founder & CEO , Check Point

Yigal Unna , Director General , Israel National Cyber Directorate

PM Benjamin Netanyahu , Prime Minister of Israel

Dan Brouillette , Deputy Secretary , U.S. Department of Energy

12:15-13:00

Networking Lunch

13:00-13:30

Fighting Cyber Crime: Real Life Case Studies

Moderator - Menny Barzilay , CTO , Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University ; CEO , Cytactic

Mirko Manske , First Detective Chief Inspector , German Federal Criminal Police Office

Maggie Blanton , Supervisory Special Agent, Criminal Investigative Division , FBI

13:30-14:15

The CISO - Startup Connection Powered by YL Ventures

Moderator - Ofer Schreiber , Partner , YL Ventures

Andy Ellis , Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer , Akamai

Bobby Ford , CISO , Unilever

Renee Guttmann , CISO , Campbell Soup Company

Michael Meli , CISO & Managing Director Senior Advisor , Bank Julius Baer

14:15-15:00

Balancing Security and Privacy

Michael Daniel , President & CEO , Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA)

Eva Galperin , Director of Cybersecurity and the Head of Threat Lab , Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ; Technical Advisor , Freedom of the Press Foundation

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