8:00AM Breakfast, Registration & Networking
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8:50AM Welcome Remarks
- Julie Demers, Executive Director, NH Tech Alliance
- Cam Shilling, Chair of Cybersecurity and Privacy, McLane Middleton
- Peter LaMonica, Department Chair, Computer Science, Manchester Community College
9:00AM View From the Field: An FBI Briefing on the Threats Targeting NH Businesses
Keynote — Cybersecurity Threat Briefing
- FBI Special Agent, Boston Office
9:45 AM Security on a Shoestring: Building Enterprise-Grade Defense on an SMB Budget
Core Cyber Training — Low-cost and no-cost tools to make SMBs security-savvy, with a clear action plan for practical security that grows with the business.
- Paige Yeater, CISO/COO, Mainstay Technologies
- Chris Patten, CISM, Information Security Program Manager, Mainstay Technologies
10:30 AM Coffee Break
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10:45 AM Breach in Progress: Live the Incident Before It Happens to You
Table Top Exercise — Walk through a live cyber incident with guidance from an expert panel.
- Paige Yeater, CISO/COO, Mainstay Technologies
- Cam Shilling, Chair of Cybersecurity and Privacy, McLane Middleton
- Lisa King, Senior Account Executive, Cross Insurance
- Jason Sgro, Managing Partner, THE ATOM GROUP
- FBI Special Agent
12:00 PM Lunch
12:45 PM The [Multi] Million Dollar Question: What Your Board Needs to Know Before the Breach
- Moderator: Julie Demers, Executive Director, NH Tech Alliance
- Lisa King, Senior Account Executive, Cross Insurance
- Paige Yeater, CISO/COO, Mainstay Technologies
- Katarina C. Overberg, Associate, Corporate Department, McLane Middleton
- Ron Wright, Founder, Pinnacle Logistics Advisors
2:15 PM Building the future of Cybersecurity Talent
Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Moderator: Dave Gerry, CEO, Bugcrowd
- Maeve Dion, Associate Professor of Security Studies, University of New Hampshire
- Rochelle Andrews, Director of Career and Life Success, Rivier University
- Kyle Viator, Dean, School of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics, Southern New Hampshire University
- Eileen Turcotte, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Manchester Community College
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM The AI Arms Race: Defending Against (and With) Artificial Intelligence
- John Weaver, Attorney, McLane Middleton
- Jason Alexander, CEO, ChiefAI
- Chris Toppin, Chief Innovation and AI Officer, Mainstay Technologies
4:30 PM Cocktail Reception
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