Agenda

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1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
On-site Registration and check-in - International Conference on Cyber Security
(ICCS 2025)

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Law Enforcement Workshop (Law Enforcement Credentials Required)
On-site Registration available

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Gabelli School Cybersecurity Workshop 
AI & Cybersecurity: Threats, Opportunities, and Securing the Future >
On-site Registration available

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Johnson Controls

Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremonies: Amit Kachhia-Patel, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), FBI, New York Office, Cyber Branch
Christopher Raia, Assistant Director in Charge (ADIC), FBI, New York
Armando Nuñez, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Fordham University

Distinguished Panel: Typhoons - Volt, Flax, Salt, and Silk
Moderator: Brett Leatherman, Deputy Assistant Director for Cyber Operations, FBI
Marc Raimondi, Chief of Staff, Silverado Policy Accelerator 

The Lifecycle of an Incident
Anthony J. Ferrante, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Cybersecurity, FTI Consulting
Sean Newell, Chief, National Cyber Section (NatSec Cyber), U.S. Department of Justice
Stephenie Gosnell Handler, Partner, Gibson Dunn 

Distinguished Panel: How Media Reports on Cyber Security >
Moderator: Steve Hill, Strategic Risk and Cybersecurity Adviser
Steve Coll, Visiting Senior Editor, The Economist
Josh Margolin, Chief Investigative Reporter, ABC News
John Miller, Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst, CNN

Fireside Chat: The Year of AI
Matthew Knight, Chief Information Security Officer, OpenAI

Distinguished Panel: Disrupting Lockbit Ransomware Gang >
Terence G. Reilly, Acting Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) FBI, NEWARK
Michelle Liu, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), FBI

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by AT&T FirstNet

Distinguished Panel: A Quantum Leap in Cyber Threats: Are We Ready for What’s Next?
Amanda Walker, Senior Director of Security, Google
Rafael Misoczki, Cryptographer, Meta
Elizabeth Rossi, Quantum AI Program Manager, Google

Distinguished Panel: International Attacks: North Korean (DPRK) Remote IT Workers Fraud/Insider Threat and Beyond
Peter Marta, Partner, Goodwin Procter, LLP
Amit Kachhia-Patel, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), FBI, New York Office, Cyber Branch
Eric Iker, Director, Incident Response Services, CrowdStrike

Keynote Presentation: Operation Endgame >
Carsten Meywirth, Director of the Cyber Crime Division of the Bundeskriminalamt, Germany

Fireside Chat: How to Handle a Catastrophic Ransomware Attack
Moderator: Ed Stroz, Co-Founder, Consilience 360
Lisa Black, Former Chief Deputy County Executive, Suffolk County, NY

PARALLEL SESSIONS

FBI Case Study

Threat Actor Engagement: Target Objectives of Ransomware Negotiation >
Neil Hare-Brown, Founder and Chief Executive Office, Storm Guidance

Defending Against Deepfakes: The Future of Adversarial Media Detection >
Thaier Hayajneh, Ph.D., Director, Fordham Center for Cybersecurity, University Professor
Maria Chano, AI and Cybersecurity Strategist

Cybersecurity and AI: Bridging the Gap
Diba Hadi, Ph.D., Principal Director of the Cyber Academic Engagement Office, Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Eman El-Sheikh, Associate Vice President, Professor, University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity

Next-Generation IoT Security: A New Method for Detecting and Mitigating Malware Threats
Koji Nakao, Distinguished Researcher, National Institute of Information & Comm Tech, Tokyo, Japan

Next-Generation Combinatorial fusion Analysis with Generative AI: A New Paradigm for Robust Intrusion Detection
Dr. Frank Hsu, Professor of Computer & Information Science, Director, Laboratory of Informatics and Data Mining, Fordham University, New York