Inaugural "Kick Off" Night

Join us for this inaugural event for Cybersecurity NYC.

We will have a panel of cybersecurity professionals discussing the following topics:

1. Latest news in cybersecurity
2. What are the different disciplines within the cybersecurity job market
3. What does it mean that NYC aspires to be the cybersecurity capital of the world?
4. With GDPR set to go into effect May 25, 2018, are U.S. companies taking the EU rules seriously? Will GDPR conflict with domestic U.S. regulations?
5. What certifications are most relevant in today's job market?
6. What do YOU want to get out of future events of this meetup?

The Panel:

Russell Brandom
Russell is a Senior Reporter at THE VERGE focusing on security, surveillance and crime.
Speaking on Federated Identity Systems
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-brandom-1ba6466/

Stephan Grynwajc
Stephan is a EU, U.S. and Canadian Startup, Technology and Privacy Lawyer whose law firm advises clients in all aspects of technology law, software law, cyberlaw, internet law, computer, e-commerce, IP and IT law, as well as social media law, privacy (including GDPR) and data security law, under French, English, European, Canadian and U.S. law. He is an active member of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law, in which he recently served as a co-chair to the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Virtual Rights Committee.
Speaking on GDPR and data privacy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephangrynwajc/

Gotham Sharma
Gotham is a cybersecurity advisor, educator, and trainer. Previously a consultant for Fortune 500 organizations, Mr.Sharma presently serves as the Managing Director of the Exeltek Consulting Group, a NYC based information security and digital privacy firm. Gotham was recently nominated for a Cybersecurity Excellence Award under the ‘Educator of the Year’ Category for his extensive work with high school and college students.
Speaking on "Hacker as an Artist"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gothams/

Justin Vermillion
Justin is an information security executive with over 15 years of experience building small security programs. He is also a Cyberspace Warfare Specialist in the US Air Force Reserve.
Speaking on the challenges of working in cybersecurity with a small team
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvermillion/

Pamela Gupta
Pamela is a security thought leader.
She is a regular contributor on security for emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence, BlockChain, Internet of Things and impact of security on business strategy and profitability to Forbes, Huffington Post, and LinkedIn. She is Chair of the Northeast Annual Cybersecurity Summit and also chaired an industry workgroup that published a IoT Security Self certification Framework. She has authored a whitepaper on integrating security into Cyber Physical systems based on NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Framework and ISO 26262.
Speaking on risk management and enterprise security
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelagupta/

Aditya Narayan
Aditya is a graduate of IIT Kanpur, from which he holds a BS and MS in Physics. He was a senior security technology executive at Marvel, and Head of Security Architecture at Starwood Hotels. He was the founder and CTO of QCD Microsystems, which developed the highly popular Windows-Linux interoperability platform “InterStructures.” Aditya has written many technology articles relating to tech and software development. Several have been published by IBM and translated into multiple languages. Aditya loves solving math problems, tennis, spicy food and hiking.
Speaking on leading edge cybersecurity startups
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-narayan-7a01b/

Moderator:

Teddy Angelus, Education Hacker
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedangelus/