CyberThreats 2024: Combatting the Evolving Threat Landscape (Two Day Summit)

Cybersecurity is akin to the 20th century Cold War. On the one hand, bad actors – whether nation-states or common criminals – are constantly searching for new vulnerabilities and creating new tools to attack them. On the other, all government agencies and private sector companies are trying to remain alert and find new ways to fend off those attacks.

Among the innovative ways agencies are responding to the ever-evolving threat landscape are expanded collaboration between federal and state/local agencies, initiatives such as Zero Trust to raise the security bar, and FedRAMP/StateRAMP vehicles to provide a uniform security baseline.

Learning Objectives:

• Review the current cyberthreat landscape, including new techniques such as the use of deepfakes for fraud, misinformation and disinformation
• Outline approaches to earn support for modernization efforts and reducing the use of legacy systems that pose greater security risks
• Evaluate the impact of AI on Zero Trust initiatives, identity credentialing and access management (ICAM) programs, and app security
• Delineate the impact of a shrinking and aging workforce and how to use technology to offset the effect
• List the top priorities of state and local cybersecurity professionals in combatting current and emerging threats, including those created by widespread accessibility of genAI tools
• Understand the role that data analytics can play in helping existing cybersecurity protections become more robust
• Delineate the risks of legacy systems and steps to mitigate them