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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: Defense Community\n   When: Saturday\, Aug 12\, 14:3
 0 - 15:20 PDT\n   Where: Caesars Forum - Academy - 415-418 - Voting Villag
 e - [1]Map\n   Speakers:Brian Stearns\,Charles Smith\,Eric Davis\,Glenn Bo
 rskey\,Jon A.\n\n   SpeakerBio:Brian Stearns\n   Brian C. Stearns has 25 y
 ears of experience across the public and\n   private sector in technical i
 nstruction\, systems engineering\,\n   information security\, digital fore
 nsics\, and secure communications.\n   Brian founded the Institute for Sec
 ure Activism to support activists\,\n   organizers\, and protesters who ad
 vocate for LGBTQ+\, BIPOC\, and other\n   marginalized communities. Brian 
 is also a senior Signature Management\n   instructor with Ridgeline Intern
 ational and the director of\n   Ridgeline's Signature Validation Lab. Prio
 r to his current positions\n   Brian spent 15 years supporting US governme
 nt global counterterrorism\n   operations as a tactical digital forensic c
 ollection and targeting\n   specialist.\n\n   SpeakerBio:Charles Smith\n  
  Charles Smith is a cybersecurity researcher at Johns Hopkins\n   Universi
 ty Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL)\, where he focuses on the\n   intersectio
 n of cyber and information operations and their impact on\n   national sec
 urity.  Charles spent the first fourteen years of his\n   career as an of
 ficer in the U.S. Army\, and the recipient of numerous\n   awards and badg
 es including the Ranger Tab\, Combat Infantry Badge\, and\n   Purple Heart
 .  He deployed five times as both an infantry officer and\n   intelligenc
 e officer to Iraq and Afghanistan\, and was selected to\n   serve as an in
 telligence officer for the 2nd Battalion\, 75th Ranger\n   Regiment.  H
 is served his last four years in uniform at US Cyber\n   Command\, where h
 e led intelligence support to the defense of the 2020\n   elections.  Pri
 or to joining JHU/APL\, Charles also worked at Twitter\n   on trust and sa
 fety response to crises.  Charles holds a bachelor’s\n   of science in 
 Business Administration from Bucknell University\, and a\n   Masters of St
 rategic Intelligence from National Intelligence\n   University.\n\n   Spea
 kerBio:Eric Davis\n   Eric Davis has safeguarded brands\, platforms\, and 
 billions of users\n   from bad ads\, bad apps\, and other machinations of 
 malefactors across\n   global policy\, product\, and engineering functions
 . A frequent\n   consultant and advisor across civic and private sectors o
 n Trust &\n   Safety\, Privacy\, and Security issues\, Eric is a founding 
 advisor to\n   the Trust & Safety Professional Association\, and a member 
 of the\n   Integrity Institute’s Elections Integrity Working Group\, whi
 ch\n   publishes a series of best practices and resources guides for tech\
 n   platforms contending with disinformation and other issues impacting\n 
   elections integrity. Previously\, Eric was the former Chief Privacy and\
 n   Policy Officer and global trust & safety lead at Bigo\, a live\n   str
 eaming and short form video social media platform with over 200M\n   users
  globally. Prior to Bigo\, he was Senior Director for Product\n   Manageme
 nt at Lifelock (acquired by Symantec)\, prototyping new\n   consumer produ
 cts\, leading AppSec\, and leading product strategy for\n   GDPR and other
  privacy regulations globally. Prior to Symantec\, Eric\n   spent 13 years
  at Google\, where he founded Google’s first Trust &\n   Safety team\, A
 nti-Malvertising program\, and the Android Security\n   Operations and Int
 el team in addition to his other product policy and\n   public policy lead
 ership roles. Earlier in his career\, he was the\n   charter International
  Product Manager for Trust & Safety at eBay.\n   Twitter: [2]@ericdavis\n\
 n   SpeakerBio:Glenn Borskey\n   Glenn Borsky is a strategic cyber threat 
 intelligence analyst who’s\n   area of research is in cyber threat and c
 ognitive security. He brings\n   experience developing cybersecurity strat
 egies for senior leadership\n   and executive level audiences. His main ar
 ea of interest is in\n   countering mis/disinformation and cyber enabled c
 ognitive warfare.\n   Twitter: [3]@GlennBorsky\n\n   SpeakerBio:Jon A.\n  
  No BIO available\n\n   Description:\n   This panel explores the pivotal r
 ole of technology in shaping voter\n   outcomes\, drawing insights from th
 e perspectives of the defense\n   community. The discussion delves into ho
 w various technological\n   advancements\, including data analytics\, digi
 tal marketing\, and\n   cybersecurity\, influence the democratic process. 
 By assessing the role\n   of technology in shaping voter engagement\, perc
 eption\, and\n   decision-making\, the panel seeks to deepen our understan
 ding of the\n   evolving dynamics between technology and democratic govern
 ance. The\n   aim is to generate informed discussions and policy considera
 tions to\n   preserve the integrity and fairness of democratic elections. 
 Join us\n   for an illuminating session as we uncover the opportunities an
 d\n   challenges presented by technological interventions in the electoral
 \n   landscape.\n   '\n\n   1. #CaesarsAcademyBR\n   2. https://twitter.co
 m/ericdavis\n   3. https://twitter.com/GlennBorsky\n\n\n
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LOCATION:VMV - Caesars Forum - Academy - 415-418 - Voting Village
SUMMARY:Defense Community
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