Cybersecurity Forum

Associate Sponsor:

Cybersecurity Forum
Committee Tri-Chairs:

Rick Brunner
Cybersecurity Course Developer,
SMU Global & Online

Jeff Sandene
President,
Sandene Strategies, LLC

Brittany George
Partner, IT Advisory,
Weaver and Tidwell

Join the planning committee

A benefit of Tech Titans membership is participation in Forum planning committees:

Enhance your professional network with other Tech Titans members invested in cybersecurity
Develop contacts with speakers and panelists that are leaders and experts in their fields
Chair or moderate programs in front of the Cybersecurity Forum audience

The committee meets monthly on the second Thursday at 8:30 am. Forum events are held 4 to 6 times a year.

The mission of the Cybersecurity Forum is to create an information security community that provides a place for thought leadership, education, industry development and community service. By collaborating on best practices, we can help develop solutions that meet the business needs of its members.

Our goal is to give you a place to network, keep on top of the ever-evolving threat landscape, and drive partnership and the promotion of cybersecurity. We achieve this goal by holding 4 to 6 events per year, open to the public, and participating in the annual Tech Titans Expo.

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Past Events

Check out the speakers and topics we've featured in years past.

2020 Events

Data privacy in analytics during the COVID-19 pandemic: How do we balance privacy vs. the need for information?, with Paola Saibene, CEO, Quartus Factor and professor at Dallas Baptist University and Shawn Tuma, partner, Spencer Fane LLP

Lessons learned in cybersecurity with Harvey Ewing, Moneygram International, Jarrett Kolthoff, SpearTip and Shawn Tuma, Spencer Fane LLP

Cybersecurity awareness for small businesses and entrepreneurs with John Allen, Community Insurance Advisors, Tom Allen, Elemental Cyber Security and Kent Barner, CIO Suite

Questions every board member should be asking about cybersecurity with Cyntha Pharr-Lee, Data Communications, Mark King, Micropac Industries, Chad Pinson, Stroz Friedberg, Wayne Reynolds, Kudelski Security and Chris Denton, Intuit

2019 Events

2018 Events

Blockchain in the Enterprise – Ready or Not! with Gurvinder Ahluwalia - CEO Digital Twin Labs, Ven Kumar - IBM Blockchain executive, Mark Rasmussen - Jones Day, Jon West - Thomson Reuters, VP IT, Blockchain, Stephen Ellis - North Texas Blockchain Alliance -Executive Director and Matt Davies - AVP - Communications - The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Protecting our Infrastructure – Cyber Security at the Highest Level – Threat Protection of Water, Power and Transportation with Nancy Shemwell, CEO, EntegraBlu, Chad Pinson, executive managing director, Stroz Friedberg, and Jay Johnson, Partner at Jones Day and Professor of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity at SMU

2017 Events

Cyber Security Comes Out of the IT Department and Into the C-Suite, with Val Muhkerjee, EY and Cyber Future Foundation, Jonathan Steenland, Zyston and former Fujitsu CISO, Anand Varadarajan, Jones Day and Rick Brunner, Professor at Collin College

Ransomware - Am I at risk and how do I defend against it? with Mike Weber, Coalfire, Mike Simone, Moss Adams, Francis Tam, Moss Adams and Kevin Wheeler, InfoDefense

2016 Events

Cyber Liability Insurance Seminar and Market Update with Brittany George, Kaitlin Upchurch, Scott Schleicher, and WIll Daugherty, all of Weaver.

Cybersecurity update & networking with Matt Davies, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, George Smirnoff, Comerica Bank, Ricky Link, Coalfire and Jon Sharpe, Crowe Horwath

Cybersecurity Summit - full day event

Keep flossing: Root causes, good hygiene and cyber insecurity in healthcare with William Long, Children's Medical Center, Jeff Shaffer, PwC Advisory and Randy Armstrong, Velentium

2015 Events

Expose the Underground - Malware from the Eyes of the Attacker! with Erik Yunghans, Threat Prevention Consulting Engineer, Palo Alto Networks

Ask the experts - a panel of CISO's discuss the events of the past 18 months with Brian Wrozek, Alliance Data, Jeff Schilling, Firehost, Jeff Shaffer, PwC Cyber Advisory and Matt Glover, AMX