CalendarAt this year’s Infosec World CISO Leadership Summit, Carolina Advanced Digital’s VP of Engineering switches roles and presents on topics of mindfulness-based leadership for infosec professionals, and navigating through change.
In today’s high-stakes cybersecurity environment, chief information security officers must be more than technology and people managers. An effective CISO is a combination of business leader, risk visionary, technology translator and team mentor and enabler. If this sounds different than the technology-focused infosec path of the past, that’s because it is. To be an effective leader, security practitioners must become strategists who can look across the entire organization—its technology and people—and identify vulnerabilities proactively. These vulnerabilities, though, aren’t what you will find in the CVE; instead, leaders understand that running a proactive, capable security organization starts with people and processes. And to accomplish that, the CISO her/himself must first possess the leadership skills and tools to inspire those around them.
Attend the CISO Leadership Summit to participate in this interactive day of learning with peers, and take home new techniques and ideas to inspire and lead your organization.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Inside & Out: Mindfulness-Based Leadership
Jennifer Minella, Vice President of Engineering & Security, Carolina Advanced Digital
Leaders in any organization aren’t necessarily the people on top of the org chart. Take a break from the conference mayhem and join peers for a candid session on leading from all sides including from within, using mindfulness to increase performance and efficiency in the workplace, increasing EQ, and building a toolset for bringing mindfulness to your professional life.
Take-away skills include a new level of listening and engaging, differentiating reactions from responses, and tips and tricks for finding the time and space each day to focus on the most important tasks.
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
The Pace of Change: Building a Change Culture, How to Lead Teams through Change
Jennifer Minella, Vice President of Engineering & Security, Carolina Advanced Digital
“Nothing endures but change.” The popular quote summarizes Heraclitus’ understanding that change was central to the universe. Yet, the complex human brain is often change averse, and leading oneself through change is challenging enough. The prospect of leading a team or entire organization through change may seem insurmountable. Leading through change means taking an inside-out approach and effectively wielding the weapons of culture and communication in managing conflict and complexity throughout change—at every level.
Build your toolset for leading through change, creating a change culture and managing the risks while reaping rewards.
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Workshop: Board Level Communications Challenges and Opportunities
Tony Spinelli, Chief Operating Officer, Fractal Industries, Inc
Demonstrating the progress of your program, strategy, and your personal leadership brand are some of the challenges and opportunities you have to build credibility and confidence with your company’s Board of Directors and executive management. It’s become the norm for cybersecurity leaders to meet with a company’s Board of Directors on a regular basis, and it’s your one opportunity in the spotlight to demonstrate your leadership and command of risk management and cybersecurity.
The Board’s responsibility is oversight and governance for what has been identified as a top risk for nearly every company: cybersecurity. With that in mind, security leaders should expect to be incredibly challenged and receive deep inquiry about the dimensions of your program, the program’s maturity against your peers, and how you and your program have addressed the most recent cybersecurity threats.
Given these challenges we’ll discuss the methods to effectively articulate your program’s maturity, risks and threats, and how to best communicate cybersecurity leadership, risk management and demonstrate well-managed stewardship.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Workshop: Understand Yourself and Your Team for Greater Success
Todd Fitzgerald, Managing Director, CISO Spotlight
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
What Kind of Leader Do You Need to Be?
Tony Spinelli, Chief Operating Officer, Fractal Industries, Inc
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Essential Privacy Principles Every CISO Must Know
Todd Fitzgerald, Managing Director, CISO Spotlight
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
Join us for a vendor-neutral wireless presentation Monday, Oct 22, 11:00am
“Connecting at the Edge: Current and Upcoming Wireless Technologies”
This presentation will be looking at new and upcoming wireless technologies. Focus will be on the upcoming 802.11ax IEEE standard. Other topics will include cloud ap management, thin vs thick access points, and controller-less wireless environments. This presentation will also look at how IoT devices are effecting the wireless world.
Presentation by Sr. Wireless Engineer Paul Coulter
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
The IT Hot Topics Conference, hosted by Carolina Advanced Digital and industry partners, is one of the most unique technology and security events in the area. An event that started as a technical user group in 2002, the IT Hot Topics Conference has blossomed in to a full-featured conference, with internationally-recognized speakers, trainings, and technical content unparalleled in the area.
This fun and intimate event brings together a few hundred IT and security professionals from across North Carolina, the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, and offers hand-picked content based on attendee requests, exceptional peer networking, and technical content that transcends sales-driven conferences and seminars.
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
IT Hot Topics Conference 2020 is being rescheduled due to COVID-19.
The IT Hot Topics Conference, hosted by Carolina Advanced Digital and industry partners, is one of the most unique technology and security events in the area. An event that started as a technical user group in 2002, the IT Hot Topics Conference has blossomed in to a full-featured conference, with internationally-recognized speakers, trainings, and technical content unparalleled in the area.
This fun and intimate event brings together a few hundred IT and security professionals from across North Carolina, the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, and offers hand-picked content based on attendee requests, exceptional peer networking, and technical content that transcends sales-driven conferences and seminars.
Call for Speakers – https://www.papercall.io/itht2020
See what the buzz is about! If you haven’t heard of Mist (now a Juniper company) you should join us Tuesday, May 19th for a free half-day bootcamp on the new Mist technology including topics on security, remote access, and more. I’ve highlighted a few of our team’s recommended don’t-miss sessions in bold for you.
Carolina Advanced Digital is a Mist Masters partner. Join us for this half-day bootcamp featuring everything you need to know to break free from the shackles of your legacy network architecture.
- 15 engaging and entertaining workshops
- Jam-packed with FREE GEAR! We’re giving away a free AP + other prizes at every “drill”
- Bonus: Send us your controller config and we’ll send you a Mist Cloud Org with YOUR config replicated, so you can see it in action by the end of the day. You’ll even get a free Mist AP with your newly created Org.* (restrictions apply)
Sessions include
• Transitioning Your Controller Network to cloud? (30min)
• Remote Worker 101 (30min)
• What is the Self-Driving Network? Let’s get real about it! (30min)
• API Automation Customer Examples – Day 0, Day 1, Day 2 (30min)
• Mist Architecture – A behind the scenes look at Mist cloud (30min)
• Marvis Deep Dive & Roadmap (30min)
• How to Measure Wireless Experience w/ Service Levels (30min)
• Wired Experience Service Levels & Roadmap (30min)
• EX ZTP & Configuration with Mist Dashboard (30min)
• Guest Access (15min)
• Policy Configurations and Interoperability with Aruba Clearpass and Cisco ISE (15min)
• Auto provisioning with Mist (15min)
• Bonjour Gateway & Other Exciting Roadmap Elements (15min)
• Wireless IDS / IPS Security (15min)
• AI-Powered Radio Resource Management (15min)
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring, exhibiting, and speaking at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
Our session
“What’s New in Wi-Fi”
Tuesday, 9/21 at 11am
With Shital Patel, Wireless Engineer, Carolina Advanced Digital
Join CWNP-certified wireless engineer Shital to take a vendor-neutral look at Wi-Fi technology and the latest trends in wireless that are shaping today and tomorrow. We’ll talk about what’s real, what’s hype, and how to start planning for what’s on the horizon
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
Our customer-favorite Crash Course event is back! We are hosting this FREE one-day event at Footnote (Foothills Brewing) in Winston-Salem, NC on Wednesday, November 9th. Registration is limited to make sure you get the most out of the sessions. Carolina Advanced Digital will be joined by partners Arctic Wolf & Barracuda to bring you the newest industry updates in cybersecurity operations, web application security, and more.
Who should attend:
• Security analysts, engineers, directors
• Network and wireless admins and managers
• Technology Directors, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs
• Anyone with cyber security, networking, web application or other security projects
Date and location:
• Wednesday, November 9th @ Footnote (Foothills Brewing), Winston-Salem, NC
Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales (at) cadinc.com to request an invite.
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities