Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience 2024 - North America | Torch Marketing Co Ltd | 12 March 2024 | L'Auberge Hotel & Casino, 777 L’Auberge Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70820, USA

Bringing together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies and governments to collaborate on securing North America. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.
Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national policy to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure. This directive supersedes Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7.
We must be prepared!

The Nation’s critical infrastructure provides the essential services that underpin American society. Proactive and coordinated efforts are necessary to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure – including assets, networks, and systems – that are vital to public confidence and the Nation’s safety, prosperity, and well-being.

Critical infrastructure must be secure and able to withstand and rapidly recover from all hazards. Achieving this will require integration with the national preparedness system across prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

This directive establishes national policy on critical infrastructure security and resilience. This endeavor is a shared responsibility among the Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) entities, and public and private owners and operators of critical infrastructure (herein referred to as “critical infrastructure owners and operators”). This directive also refines and clarifies the critical infrastructure-related functions, roles, and responsibilities across the Federal Government, as well as enhances overall coordination and collaboration. The Federal Government also has a responsibility to strengthen the security and resilience of its own critical infrastructure, for the continuity of national essential functions, and to organize itself to partner effectively with and add value to the security and resilience efforts of critical infrastructure owners and operators.

The conference will again bring together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies and governments to collaborate on securing North America.

The conference will look at developing on the theme of previous events in helping to create better understanding of the issues and the threats, to help facilitate the work to develop frameworks, good risk management, strategic planning and implementation.

Why the Need for Such a Discussion?

All Federal department and agency heads are responsible for the identification, prioritization, assessment, remediation, and security of their respective internal critical infrastructure that supports primary mission essential functions. Such infrastructure need to be addressed in the plans and executed to the requirements of the National Continuity Policy.

The ever changing nature of threats, whether natural through climate change, or man-made through terrorism activities, either physical or cyber-attacks, means the need to continually review and update policies, practices and technologies to meet these demands. This event gives you a great opportunity to meet key decision makers and influencers, share experiences, network with industry peers and discover the latest technologies and solutions for securing your assets.

2024 Speakers

Cameron Dicker
Director of Global Business Resilience FS-ISAC, USA

Euclid Talley
Branch Manager, Critical Infrastructure Protection Governors Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness

George Rey
President, COTS Technology & Vice Chair, Pelican Chapter AUVSI, USA

Joshua Tannehill
Technical Sales Consultant, Global Data Systems & Vice President of Communications Sector, Infragard LA

Deborah Kobza
President International Association of Certified ISAOs / Global Security Resilience Alliance (GSRA), USA

Roman Gonzales
Sr Systems Engineer Veeam Software, USA

Bob Janusaitis
President InfraGard San Antonio Members Alliance

Lt. Col. Tommy Waller, USMC Ret.
President & CEO Center for Security Policy, USA

Doug Cramer
Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

Tim McPherson
Research Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Dr. Joshua Bergerson
Principal Infrastructure Analyst Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Dan Frazen
Agriculture Emergency Coordinator Colorado Department of Agriculture, USA

Simon Goldsworthy
Global Business Development Manager – Intruder Detection Systems Wavefront Systems, UK

Nathan Landry
Intel Support Coordinator Entergy Corporation, USA

Sloan Grissom
Outreach Coordinator Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center, USA

Micheal Hill
Program Specialist Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dr. David Mussington
Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jim Henderson
CEO, Insider Threat Defense Group, Inc., Founder / Chairman, National Insider Threat Special Interest Group

Brian Harrell
Vice President and Chief Security Officer (CSO) Avangrid, USA

Charles Burton
Technology Director Calcasieu Parish, USA

Lester Millet
Policy & Planning Director and Safety Risk Agency Manager Port of South Louisiana & President, Infragard Louisiana

Jeff Gaynor
President American Resilience, USA

Joe Morgan
Segment Development Manager – Critical Infrastructure Axis Communications, USA

Sarah-Jane Prew
Aviation Security Consultant Arup UK

Ron Martin
ICAM-Critical Infrastructure Capitol Technology University, USA

Gregory Kemper, PSP
Regional Director Sales, Enterprise Genetec, USA

Theresa M. Jones, CMMC-RP
CEO Evalv IQ, USA

Dennis Ziemba
VP of Sales and Operations AeroDefense, USA

Alex Brickner
Director of Small Business, Innovation, and Research Programs University of Massachusetts Lowell Applied Research Corporation, USA

Keyaan Williams
Managing Director CLASS-LLC, USA

Tim Klett
Strategic Technology Integration Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Dr. Ryan Hruska
Chief Scientist - Infrastructure Dependency Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Ollie Gagnon
Strategic Advisor, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Ralph Ley
Director, Workforce Development Program Office Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Emilio Salabarria
Senior Program Manager for Cybersecurity, The Florida Center for Cybersecurity: Cyber Florida, usa

Chris Janson
Sr. Market advisor Nokia, USA

Sunny Wescott
Lead Meteorologist Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Rola Hariri
Defense Industrial Base Sector Liaison Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Richard Tenney
Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Michael Finch
Technology Services Director Lane County Department of Technology Services

Douglas DeLancey
Branch Chief, Strategy and Communications Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Budge Currier
Assistant Director Public Safety Communications California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)

Chris Essid
Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Kimberly Heyne
ChemLock Program Manager Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Andrew Bochman
Senior Grid Strategist – Infrastructure Defender Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Ed Landgraf
Director CAMO/ Texas811

Francesco Beltramini
Security Engineering Manager ControlPlane, UK

Dr. Srinivas Bhattiprolu
Global Head of Advanced Consulting Services, Cloud and Network Services Nokia, USA

Terence Check
Senior Counsel – Infrastructure Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Alexander Ankney
Cadet First Class United States Air Force Academy

John Donlon QPM FSyL
Chairman International Association of CIP Profssionals (IACIPP)

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Trusted Computing Group

SPONSORS:
• JCI
• ASSA ABLOY|Hid
• Vital Integrators
• Echodyne
• Genetec
• Salvador Technologies
• Consortium Networks
• Milestone
• AXIS Communications
• Capitol Technology University