Main Plenary

The 13th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference

About

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.

 

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Main Plenary

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 08:30-15:00

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 08:00-15:00

- Smolarz Auditorium

Agenda , Tuesday, June 27th

08:00-09:00

Gathering & Registration

09:00-09:35

Opening plenary

Gili Drob-Heistein , Executive 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

Ron Huldai , Mayor , Tel Aviv-Yafo

Prof. Ariel Porat , President , Tel Aviv University

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The Cyber Defender Award

09:35-11:10

Safeguarding the Nation: Cybersecurity Strategies for a Digital Age

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

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Keynote

Gaby Portnoy , Director General , Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD)

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Keynote

Kemba Eneas Walden , Acting National Cyber Director , Office of the National Cyber Director Executive Office of the President

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Keynote

Nathaniel C. Fick , Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy , U.S. Department of State

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CAPTURE THE FLAG: Defending Taiwan’s Democracy from Foreign Interference

Minister Audrey Tang , Ministry of Digital Affairs Taiwan

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Keynote

Sami Khoury , Head , Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

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Keynote

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti , Head of Cyber Security , United Arab Emirates Government

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Keynote

Ann Dunkin , Chief Information Officer , U.S. Department of Energy

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Keynote

Ronen Bar , Director , Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet)

11:10-12:30

Secure Innovation: Leading in the Tech Revolution

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Reimagining Security Operations

Eric Doerr , VP, Engineering, Cloud Security , Google Cloud

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Fireside Chat

Udi Mokady , Founder and Executive Chairman , CyberArk

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

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Fireside Chat

Nadav Zafrir , Co Founder & Managing Partner , Team8

ADM Michael S. Rogers , Former Director, NSA & Operating Partner , Team8

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Security Validation at the Heart of Exposure Management

Aviv Cohen , CMO , Pentera

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Black Swan, The impact of AI on Cybersecurity

Lane Bess , CEO , Deep Instinct

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Medical Device Security

Dr. Aviel (Avi) D. Rubin , Professor of Computer Science and Technical Director of the Information Security Institute , Johns Hopkins University

12:30-13:20

Lunch & Networking

13:20-14:00

AI-Driven Threat and Policy Responses

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Fireside Chat: Hacking Policy & Malicious Innovation

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

Dr. Amit Elazari , Co-founder & CEO , OpenPolicy

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Fireside Chat: Regulating AI

Omer Tene , Partner, Goodwin , Co-founder, Israel Tech Policy Institute

Marie-Laure Denis , President , CNIL

Gilad Semama , Head , Israeli Privacy Protection Authority

14:00-15:00

From Innovation to Vulnerability: Cyber Threats in a Rapidly Evolving Technological Landscape

Eduardo E. Cabrera , Chief Cybersecurity Officer , Trend Micro

Tomás Maldonado , CISO , NFL

Ira Winkler , Field CISO and Vice President , CYE

Agenda , Wednesday, June 28th

08:00-09:00

Gathering & Registration

09:00-09:15

Opening plenary

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

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

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

09:15-10:15

Transforming Horizons: Navigating the Digital Frontier

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Keynote

Matanyahu Englman , State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel

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The Cyber Warfare

Major General Eran Niv , Head of the J6 & Cyber Defense Directorate , Israel Defense Forces

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Keynote

Chua Kuan Seah , Deputy Chief Executive (Development) , Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

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Keynote

Craig Jones , Cybercrime Director , INTERPOL

10:15-11:30

Embracing Uncertainty: A New Approach to Security

Moderator - Dr. Dorit Dor , Chief Product Officer , Check Point

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Fireside chat

Gil Shwed , Founder & CEO , Check Point

Asaf Kochan , President and Co-Founder, Sentra ; Former Commander of Unit 8200

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Fireside Chat

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk , Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Corporation, General Manager of Israel Research & Development Center , CTO of the Microsoft Security division

Bret Arsenault , Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer , Microsoft

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How Companies Reduce their Attack Surface and Identify Vulnerable Critical Assets

Carlos Buenano , Principal Solutions Architect for OT , Armis

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Demystifying the “Recession”: Have Cybersecurity Vendor and Customer Dynamics Changed?

Michael Cortez , Partner , YL Ventures

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Three Years of Security Outcomes: What Actually Works?

Wendy Nather , Head of Advisory CISO team , Cisco

11:30-12:20

Tackling Cyber Threats

Moderator - Refael Franco , CEO & Founder , Code blue Ltd.

Esti Peshin , VP & General Manager , Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

Adam Meyers , Head of Intelligence , CrowdStrike

Ido Naor , CEO , Security Joes

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The Dentist will See You Now

Jayson E. Street , Chief Chaos Officer , Truesec

12:20-13:00

Lunch & Networking

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Moderator - Dr. Yaniv Harel , Chief Strategy Officer, Blavatnik ICRC, Tel Aviv University , Former GM Cyber Solutions Group, Dell

13:00-13:15

C&C Whack a Malware

Amichai Shulman , CTO and co-founder , Nokod security

Stav Shulman , Senior researcher , Google Cloud

13:15-13:30

Keynote

Dr. Daniel Gold (BG Ret.) , Head, Directorate of Defense Research and Development , IMOD DDR&D – MAFAT

13:30-14:00

C is For Change : The Evolving Role Of The CISO And How It Impacts Startups

Moderator - Andy Ellis , Operating Partner , YL Ventures

Mandy Andress , Chief Information Security Officer , Elastic

Frank Kim , CISO-in-Residence , YL Ventures

Sounil Yu , CISO and Head of Research , JupiterOne

Yoni Shohet , CO-Founder & CEO , Valence Security

Meny Har , Co-Founder & CEO , Opus Security

14:00-15:00

Is Cyber Security a Solvable Problem?

Jaya Baloo , Chief Security Officer , Rapid7

Ilan Graicer , Founder and CEO , Playo.ai

Chris Roberts , CISO, Senior Director , Boom Supersonic

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