BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.24 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: 'Title: Election Preparation: 2024\n When: Friday\, Aug 11 \, 16:30 - 17:30 PDT\n Where: Caesars Forum - Academy - 415-418 - Voting Village - [1]Map\n Speakers:Ashlee Benge\,Jake Braun\,John Odum\,Michae l Moore\n\n SpeakerBio:Ashlee Benge\n Ashlee is an astrophysicist turn ed security researcher whose career\n has spanned across roles in detect ion engineering\, threat hunting\,\n analytics\, and security outreach. In her current role as Director of\n Threat Intelligence Advocacy at Rev ersingLabs\, she focuses on\n efficient use and mobilization of threat r esearch outputs across the\n business and in public outreach. She has pr eviously held roles in\n threat hunting and research at Cisco Talos\, th e ThreatGrid Research\n and Efficacy team\, and ZeroFOX. In addition to degrees in Chemistry\n and Physics\, she also holds an MBA from the Smit h School of Business.\n Twitter: [2]@ashlee_benge\n\n SpeakerBio:Jake Braun\n Jake Braun currently serves as the Acting Principal Deputy Natio nal\n Cyber Director. Most recently\, Jake was appointed as a Senior Adv isor\n to the DHS Management Directorate\, which oversees all operations for\n the department. Previously\, Jake served as the Executive Directo r for\n the University of Chicago’s Cyber Policy Initiative where he w orked\n at the centner of policy\, technology\, and national security. I n\n addition to his role at the University of Chicago\, Jake also\n co -founded and served as the CEO of Cambridge Global Advisors\, a\n nation al security consulting firm with offices here in Chicago. He was\n also co-founder of the DE CON Voting Machine Hacking Village where he\n co-au thored two award-winning works on election security and has also\n recen tly published the critically acclaimed book\, “'Democracy in\n Danger: How Hackers and Activists Exposed Fatal Flaws in the Election\n System \, on the same topic. Previous to that\, he served in the Obama\n Admi nistration as the Director of White House and Public Liaison for\n the D epartment of Homeland Security. He holds an MA in International\n Relati ons from Troy St. University\, an MA in Education from\n National-Louis University in Chicago\, and a BA in Philosophy from\n Loyola University of Chicago.\n Twitter: [3]@jakehbraun\n\n SpeakerBio:John Odum\n Joh n Odum has served as the city clerk and election administrator of\n Verm ont's capital city of Montpelier for 11 years. He is a Certified\n Ethic al Hacker and Certified Network Defense Architect\, as well as a\n Certi fied Municipal Clerk. John holds a Certificate in Election\n Administrat ion from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of\n Public Affairs and has served on the Advisory Board of the Cyber\n Policy Initiative a t the University of Chicago Harris School of Public\n Policy. John has w ritten on election security and politics for the\n Guardian (online)\, H uffington Post\, Governing\, and others. He\n previously worked in elect oral politics for many years\, including\n serving as the statewide Fiel d Director for the Clavelle for Governor\n campaign in Vermont\n Twitt er: [4]@jodum\n\n SpeakerBio:Michael Moore\n After volunteering to be a poll worker\, Michael Moore developed a\n passion for Election Securit y. He was the first Information Security\n Officer for the Maricopa Co unty Recorder's office and is now the\n first Chief Information Securi ty Officer for the Arizona Secretary of\n State. Michael believes it is only through effective federal\, state\,\n and local government partners hips\, as well as assistance from\n trusted vendors that we can protec t our democracy and fulfill our duty\n to the American voter. The grea test threats to elections are MDM and\n the resulting insider threat cau sed by radicalized citizens. The\n best protection against these threa ts is combating lies with the\n truth\, developing secure and resilien t systems that prevent attacks\n whenever possible\, allow for detection s of compromise and facilitate\n accurate and rapid recovery. Michael has pushed forward these \n initiatives in his own organizations as wel l as across the Elections\n community. Michael is an alumnus of Arizona State University with a\n B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Education and is a CISSP\,\n Certified Election Official (CEO) and Certified Publi c Manager \n (CPM). \n Twitter: [5]@Secur3Elections\n\n Descriptio n:\n In this session we will cover what can be done to secure elections\ n leading up to 2024. With two actual election officials on the panel\,\ n plus an expert in software supply chain\, we will get to hear\n stra tegies on election preparation from different perspectives across\n the election industry. Panelists will discuss what can be done in\n preparat ion of the 2024 election season and how public and\n public/private part nerships are securing election infrastructure in\n its entirety. Panelis ts will discuss what initiatives are directly\n derivable from recent fe deral government cyber security initiatives.\n They will give insight in to what each of their industries are doing\n now and what they plan to d o in the future to ensure secure democratic\n processes. \n '\n\n 1 . #CaesarsAcademyBR\n 2. https://twitter.com/ashlee_benge\n 3. https:/ /twitter.com/jakehbraun\n 4. https://twitter.com/jodum\n 5. https://tw itter.com/Secur3Elections\n\n\n DTEND:20230812T003000Z DTSTART:20230811T233000Z LOCATION:VMV - Caesars Forum - Academy - 415-418 - Voting Village SUMMARY:Election Preparation: 2024 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR