Agenda

Check-in/Breakfast
Generously sponsored by iVerify

Opening

Ian Gottesman, CEO NGO-ISAC

Plenary Session #1: Defending Civil Society: The Star Blizzard Takedown
Sean Farrell, Lead Counsel, Cybercrime Enforcement at Microsoft

Networking Break

Breakout #1A: Community Crafted, Community Protected: Practical Tactics for Driving Real-World Impact from Information Sharing
Alec Dhuse, Senior Security Analyst, The Brookings Institution; Junell Felsburg, 
Sr. Director Cybersecurity and Infrastructure, Columbus Foundation; Jeje Mohamed, Managing Partner, Aegis Safety Alliance; Seamus Tuohy, CISO NGO-ISAC

Breakout #1B: Record Retention for Non-Profits: Drafting, Adopting, and Implementing a Record Retention Policy
Ian Gottesman, CEO NGO-ISAC; Matt Sanderson, Member, Caplin & Drysdale; Danacea Vo, CEO Cyberlixir; Dae Yi, CIO, Center for American Progress 
 

Lunch
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Breakout #2A: Security Without Silos: Unifying Physical and Digital Defense

Ankur Bhatt, CIO, The Brookings Institution; Dave Nicholas, Director of Safety and Security, The Brookings Institution; Steven Becker; Matt Timblin; David Fortino, Executive Director, Head of Corporate Security, New York Blood Center Enterprises; Matt Mitchell, Founder Safety Sync Group

Breakout #2B: Managing Cyber Risk: Legal and Governance Tools for NGOs
Frank McGothigan, CISO, Ford Foundation; Craig Lucca, CISO, Bloomberg Philanthropies; Anastassiya Miller, Program Director, PILnet; Michael Razeeq, Nonresident Fellow, Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

Networking Break

Breakout #3A: Separating AI Hype from Opportunity in Nonprofits
Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Amy Sample Ward, CEO NTEN, Harlo Holmes, CISO, Freedom of the Press Foundation; Mia Velasco, Global Operations Manager, Namati

Breakout #3B: Beg, Borrow, and Collaborate - Exploring Creative Solutions to Funding Cybersecurity Programs 
Aaron Myers, CIO CSIS; Keenan Harrell, Philanthropy Lead, Okta 4 Good; Jessica Walton, U.S. Regional Officer, CyberPeace Institute; Sasha Cohen O’Connell, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital

Networking Break

Plenary Session #2: Cyber Threats in Focus: Final Insights and Strategies
Adam Meyers, Senior Vice President, Counter Adversary Operations , CrowdStrike

Closing
Ian Gottesman, CEO NGO-ISAC

Closing Reception
Happy hour and Backdoors & Breaches

Thank you to our Signature Meal Sponsor, iVerify, for generously supporting all meals, networking breaks, and the closing reception at the conference.