State departments participating in the event are the California Department of Technology (CDT), the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Highway Patrol.
The summit, according to the organizers, is designed “to gather and educate the entire spectrum of California’s cybersecurity professionals, whose job functions and expertise range from highly technical to executive.”
During the online event, attendees will have a chance to meet the nation’s leading solution providers and discover the latest products and services for enterprise cyber defense, according to the event announcement.
The summit “will be content-rich with proven strategies and practical tools and templates for transforming” IT and information security operations, the event announcement says.
“It’s going to be well attended, and we’ll have quite a bit of participation from state leaders running our departments and agencies,” says a LinkedIn post by Vitaliy Panych, the state’s chief information security officer.
Of the roughly two-dozen possible topics for breakout sessions or workshops at this year’s event, the top six under consideration for the event are:
- Breach and Attack Simulation
- Continued Rise of AI
- COVID-19 Fraud, Scams and Phishing
- Critical Need for Real-Time Data Visibility
- Data Privacy as a Discipline
- Education, Pipelines and Pathways for Future Cybersecurity Workforce
