5th Annual Reasonable Security Summit presented by SecureTheVillage and Center for Internet Security
Our smaller businesses and nonprofits need reasonable security. We all have a role to play.
📅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
1 PM: Networking Lunch
2 PM: Small Business Realities: Making It Better with Robert E. Braun, JD, M. Scott Koller, JD, Jason Makevich, CISSP, Lessie Skiba
2:30 PM: Networking Break
2:40 PM: Reaching the Tipping Point: What Would It Take to Turn Vision to Reality with Bill Leider, Jason Makevich, CISSP, Stan Stahl, PhD
3:25 PM: Networking Break
3:30 PM – 4:10 PM: Closing Discussion with Bill Leider, Tony Sager, Stan Stahl, PhD
4:10 PM – 5:00 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.