July 31–August 4, 2023
San Diego, California
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines

EXPERT CYBER TALKS
Featured Speakers

Nitin Natarajan
Deputy Director, CISA

Rodney J. Petersen
Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

Despina Spanou
Head of Cabinet for European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government (UAE)
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ERIC BELARDO
Founder of RaicesCyberOrgAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text. -
PING LOOKDirector, Training & Communications, Microsoft Incident Response Team (formerly DART)Add CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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JON BRICKEY, Ph.D.
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JESSICA GULICKFounder & CEO, PlayCyberAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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MATT BERRY
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ANGUS BLITTER
Packet Master and Creator of PacketwarsAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text. -
DANIELLE SANTOSManager of Communications & Operations / Lead for International Engagement, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)Add CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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NEAL BRIDGESFounder, Cyber InsecurityAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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SOTI GIANNITSARIHead of Community, Hack The BoxAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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TOMÁS MALDONADOCISO, NFLAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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CARLOS POLOPHacking Content Creator, HalbornAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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SIMRAN SAKRANEYCyber Security Strategic Advisor, Google & MandiantAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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RON PIKE
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DR. AMIT ELAZARI, J.S.D.Co-Founder and CEO of OpenPolicyAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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Eric BasuFounder and CEO of Haiku IncAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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David ZeichickCommissioner of the National Cyber LeagueAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
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Dmitriy BeryozaSenior Security Researcher at Vectra AIAdd CTA: Insert > Call-to-Action. Please remove this text.
Join us at the Conference: Expert CYBER Talks
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS
Schedule subject to change
8:45AM - 9:00AM |
OPENING ANNOUCEMENTS |
9:00AM - 9:30AM |
ANNOUNCING SOON!KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
9:45AM - 10:30AM |
ANNOUNCING SOON |
10:40AM - 11:00AM |
CLOUD: A GAME CHANGER FOR RED TEAMING & PRIVACYCarlos Polop Martin, Hacking Content Creator, Halborn |
11:10AM - 11:55AM |
D1 CYBERModerated by Dan Manson, Chairman NCL, Inc, a panel of academic leaders discusses the use of cyber games in academia. |
8:45AM - 9:05AM |
ARENA KEYNOTE:Rodney Petersen, Director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education at NIST in the U.S. Department of Commerce |
9:45AM - 10:15AM |
BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMING CYBER TEAMSModerated by Tomás Maldonado, CISO, NFL, a panel of security executives discusses how they cultivate high-performance cyber teams through team training, cyber games, and exercises. |
10:30AM - 10:50AM |
FEATURED FIRESIDE CHAT WITH HE DR. MOHAMED HAMAD AL-KUWAITIDiscussion about the UAE Cybersecurity Council’s award-winning Cyber Pulse initiative, which provides cyber culture awareness on a national level. |
11:00AM - 11:20AM |
ANNOUNCING SOON! |
11:30AM - 12:00PM |
GETTING VALUE FROM CYBER EXERCISESSimran Sakraney, Cybersecurity Consultant, Mandiant |
1:45PM - 2:30PM |
CYBER RANGES: BUILDING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAININGAngus Blitter, Packet Master and Creator of Packetwars, and Matt Berry, Senior Director (Global Field Cyber CTO) at WWT |
8:40AM - 9:00AM |
ARENA KEYNOTENitin Natarajan, Deputy Director, CISA |
9:45AM - 10:25AM |
ACHIEVING RESILIENCE IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUREModerated by Jon Brickey, Senior Vice President, Operations & Technology (O&T), Mastercard, a panel of critical infrastructure security executives discusses the need for continuous team training and exercises as a vital part of their risk management strategies. |
10:30AM - 11:10AM |
UNLOCKING CYBER POTENTIAL—A CYBER GAMER PANELModerated by Ping Look, Director, Detection and Response Team (DART), Microsoft, a panel of gamers and makers discuss the evolution of cyber games and its future. |
11:20AM - 12:00PM |
Hacking Policy and Policy Hacking - A Hacker Guide to the Universe of Cyber PolicySpeaker Dr. Amit Elazari is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpenPolicy will discuss how Cybersecurity Policy has transformed our industry globally. This domain also serves an amazing opportunity for to drive impact at scale and collaborate with the hacker ecosystem to drive better policies, and better security – that advance all users. This talk invites the audience to explore the latest trend in cyber policy globally, focusing on areas such as secure development, workforce, vulnerability disclosure, product security, and anti-hacking laws. We will cover the latest developments from the National Cyber Security Strategy to the EU Cyber Resilience Act – and introduce the audience to the world of policy hacking, and policy “hacking”. |
1:45PM - 2:30PM |
WORKSHOP - ANNOUNCING SOON |
INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE
WATCH CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS COMPETE
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Ranges / Exercises
Join us at the Conference: HANDS-ON GAME EXPO

WHAT IS IC3?
The International Cybersecurity Championship and Conference (IC3) event is designed to attract top talent and raise global awareness of the power of games to upskill the cybersecurity industry.
Through its exciting, competition-based forum, the IC3 helps individuals further their cybersecurity education and skills. IC3 is designed with three primary components. The first is a speaker session showcasing top leaders in Cybersecurity Games and Exercises from around the world. The second is the hands-on expo of cyber games, immersive training, and exercises. Finally, the program includes the 2023 International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), a championship tournament featuring global teams (25 years and younger).
The cybersecurity championship tournament is composed primarily of capture-the-flag and attack-and-defend games. It is an annual challenge that moves from country to country each year and is organized by the ENISA International Cybersecurity Challenge Program (ICC). Teams representing global regions travel to this multiday event to compete in challenges related to web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, and attack/defense.
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