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A Reasonable Approach to Reasonable Security: 5th Annual Summit

Our smaller businesses and nonprofits need reasonable security. We all have a role to play.

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📅Thursday, January 30, 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST

Mark your calendars for this all-day hybrid event.

In collaboration with the Center for Internet Security, SecureTheVillage presents the 5th Annual Reasonable Security Summit, where information security leaders, cyber-attorneys, and others unpack what it takes for businesses and nonprofits to implement "reasonable security" in today's evolving cyber world.

This event is for:

  • IT service providers and information security professionals

  • Cyber- and other attorneys (We will provide MCLE credits)

  • Cyber-insurance brokers

  • Accountants & Auditors

  • Executives and their boards

  • Investors, bankers, consultants, and other trusted advisors

  • IT and cybersecurity educators, students

  • Policymakers, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments


AGENDA:

  • 9:00AM: Breakfast & Networking

  • 10:00 AM: Welcome & Overview with Stan Stahl, PhD

  • 10:05 AM: Keynote: The Need for a New Cybersecurity Delivery Model with Bill Leider and Tony Sager

  • 10:35 AM – 10:40 AM: Networking Break

  • 10:40 AM: The Trauma of Disruption: An Inside Look at Recovering from a Cybersecurity Incident with Dave Cunningham and Kimberly Pease, CISSP

  • 11:25 AM: Networking Break

  • 11:55 AM: The Rise of Reasonable Cybersecurity: Technical, Legal, Public Policy with Tony Sager, Kirk Herath, The Honorable Sam Thumma

  • 12:40 PM: Networking Lunch

  • 1:40 PM: Small Business Realities: Making It Better with Robert E. Braun, JD, M. Scott Koller, JD, Jason Makevich, CISSP, Lessie Skiba

  • 2:25 PM: Networking Break

  • 2:55 PM: Reaching the Tipping Point: What Would It Take to Turn Vision to Reality with Bill Leider, Jason Makevich, CISSP, Stan Stahl, PhD

  • 3:45 PM – 4:25 PM: Closing Discussion with Bill Leider, Tony Sager, Stan Stahl, PhD

  • 4:25 PM – 5:15 PM: Networking

Why You Should Attend:

  • As cybercrime has increased, and the cost of failure continues to devastate small and mid-size organizations, it’s more important than ever that organizations take reasonable steps to manage their cybersecurity. But what is reasonable? How does a business decide And how do you use evolving law to support your decisions?

  • Learn about risk-based reasonable cybersecurity through the trauma of cyber disruption and its impact on lives.

  • Gain an overview of how cybersecurity and privacy laws are evolving to define a de facto standard of reasonable security.

  • And more!

Keynote Speakers

Tony Sager, Senior Vice President & Chief Evangelist, Center for Internet Security, recipient of the SANS Difference Awards Lifetime Achievement honor, and Cybersecurity Hall of Fame inductee. He led the work which later became known as the CIS Critical Security Controls – an independent, volunteer-developed, cyber defense best practices program which is used throughout the industry. Tony has led numerous other activities to develop, share, scale, and sustain effective defensive cyber practices for worldwide adoption. Learn more about the Center for Internet Security’s Guide to Defining Reasonable Cybersecurity.

Bill Leider: Managing Partner, Axies Group; Board Strategy Advisor, SecureTheVillage. A transformational leadership expert, he is a strategic advisor to the Institute of Neuro Innovation, and also lectures on counter-terrorism at USC. He is the author of Mastering Your Balance - A Guide to Leading and Living at your Full Potential and the forthcoming What’s Next: How to Make Your Next Chapter Your Best Chapter.”

​Speakers

  • Robert Braun, JD: Partner, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP; Co-Chair of the JMBM  Cybersecurity and Privacy Group

  • Dave Cunningham, Senior Case Manager, Alvaka Networks

    Kirk Herath, JD, Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Adjunct Professor of Privacy and Cybersecurity at Cleveland State University Law School and OSU Moritz College of Law

    Jason Makevich, CISSP: Founder & CEO, Greenlight Cyber

  • ​​Kimberly Pease, CISSP: Partner / Chief Operations Officer, Maryman 

  • Scott Koller, JD: Privacy and Data Security, Clark Hill Law

    Julie Michelle Morris: Founder, Persona Media & DIY Influence

  • Lessie Skiba: Global Director of Outreach and Partner Engagement, Cyber Readiness Institute

  • Stan Stahl, PhD., Founder / President, SecureTheVillage

  • The Honorable Sam Thumma, JD, Uniform Law Commissioner, member of the American Law Institute, and member of the Advisory Council of the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence

Location

Attend in person at the westdrift Manhattan Beach or attend virtually. The westdrift Manhattan Beach delivers the sophistication of a true blue East Coast classic blended with the laid-back vibe of coastal California.

Sponsorship

We invite sponsors to join SecureTheVillage and Center for Internet Security to present this event to the Los Angeles community and to attendees across the nation. Learn more about our sponsorship opportunities at this link.

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