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GridSecCon 2016 Agenda
“Northern Lights”
October 18 – 21, 2016 | Eastern Time Zone
GridSecCon 2016 Website and Registration
Hilton Quebec, Quebec City, Canada (NERC Corporate Rate)
Monday, October 17, 2016
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Evening Registration (no reception) - Grande Place, 1st Floor
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – Training Day
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration (Grande Place) and Continental Breakfast (Palais) – 1st Floor
8:00 – 5:00
Training tracks 1A and 1B, and 5A and 5B are half-day sessions with the same subject
material in each. Tracks 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A and 4B are different half-day sessions.
http://www.nerc.com/pa/CI/CIPOutreach/Pages/GridSecCon-Training-Tracks.aspx
Track 1A and 1B: “Ukraine workshop” E-ISAC, US Department of Energy, Idaho National
Laboratory, SANS Institute. 120 Located in Kent, 1st Floor
Track 2A: “Physical security workshop” Ballistic Fire Barrier Inc. 100 seats available. Located in
St-Louis, 1st Floor
Track 2B: "Grid Transmission and Security Expert Workshop" Physical Security Advisory
Group (facilitated by the E-ISAC). 100 seats available. Located in St-Louis, 1st Floor
Track 3A: “Securing the Grid” Utility Services Inc., Norwich University Applied Research
Institutes. 80 seats available. Located in Villeray/De Tourny, Main Floor
Track 3B: “NP-View” Network Perception. Located in Villeray/De Tourny, Main Floor
Track 4A: "NIST Workshop" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National
Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). 60 Located in Beauport, 2nd Floor
Track 4B: "Grassmarlin workshop" National Security Agency. 60 Located in Beauport, 2nd Floor
Track 5A and 5B: “CyDECS: Cyber Attack-Defense Training Exercise for the Grid” Iowa State
University (free, half-day, 24 seats available in each session) Located in Beaumont/Belair, 2nd Floor.
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception and Registration - Grande Place, 1st Floor
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
7:30 – 8:15
Registration and Continental Breakfast (Villeray/De Tourny)
8:15 – 8:30
Logistics — Bill Lawrence, Director of Programs and Engagement, E-ISAC
8:30 – 9:00
Welcome Address and Opening Keynote — Gerry Cauley, President and CEO, NERC
9:00 – 9:30
Host Utility Keynote — Marc Boucher, President of Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie
9:30 – 10:00
Energy Keynote — Terry Hubbard, A/Assistant Deputy Minister, Major Projects
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
Management Office, Natural Resources Canada
Break
Industry’s Work with Government Partners
Francis Bradley, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Electricity Association
Scott Aaronson, Executive Director, Security and Business Continuity, Edison Electric
Institute
11:00 – 11:45
Intelligence Community and the Electricity Subsector
11:45 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:45
Lunch — Capitole Theatre (972 Rue Saint-Jean)
Law Enforcement panel
1:45 – 2:45
Canadian Asset-Owner Security — Panel Discussion
2:45 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:00
Break
Space Weather/GMD/EMP Outlook and Solutions – Panel Discussion
4:00 – 5:15
Evil Bit = One – Panel Discussion
5:15
6:00 – 8:00
Evening Reception (Villeray/De Tourny)
Phil Quade, Special Assistant to the Director National Security Agency for Cyber
Colleen Merchant, Director General, National Cyber Security Directorate, Public
Safety Canada (Invited)
Bruce Barron, Supervisory Special Agent, Cyber Division, US Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Francis Bradley, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Electricity Association
Rob Marshall, Senior Manager, Corporate Security, BC Hydro
Rick Haier, Chief Security Officer, Hydro One
Yan-Hugues Boily, Director, Physical Security, Hydro Quebec
Maureen Higgins, Vice President, Information Technology, Altalink
Michael Thebault, Senior Manager, Corporate Security, Nova Scotia Power / Emera
Bob Rutledge, Lead, Space Weather Forecast Office, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center
Richard Lordan, Senior Technical Executive at Electric Power Research Institute
Carl Eng, Project Manager III | Electric Transmission - System Operations Center,
Dominion Virginia Power
Brian Butler, Project Executive, Hourigan Construction
Tim Roxey, Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, E-ISAC
Rob Lee, Founder and CEO, Dragos Security
Jonathan Pollet, Founder and Principal Consultant, Red Tiger Security
Michael Toecker, Owner/Engineer, Context Industrial Security
Bill Gross, Senior Project Manager of Cyber, Nuclear Energy Institute
Closing Remarks — Bill Lawrence, E-ISAC
Thursday, October 20, 2016
7:30 – 8:30
Continental Breakfast (Villeray/De Tourny)
8:30 – 9:00
E-ISAC Strategic Look — Marc Sachs, Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer,
9:00 – 9:45
9:45 – 10:15
NERC
Hunting and Killing on Networks
Mike Morris, Chief Technology Officer, Root9b
Walt Sikora, ICS SME, Lockheed Martin
Break
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10:15 – 10:45
Advanced R&D in Energy Sector Issues – Dr. Carol Hawk, Cybersecurity for Energy
10:45 – 11:45
GridEx IV — Panel Discussion
Delivery Systems (CEDS) R&D Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Bill Lawrence, E-ISAC
Tim Conway, Technical Director, SANS Institute
Dustin Cornelius, EMS Security Lead, Southern Company
Steven McElwee, Director, Enterprise Information Security, PJM Interconnection
11:45 – 12:45
12:45 – 2:00
Lunch — Villeray/De Tourny and Beauport/Beaumont/Belair
Security Technology Solutions – Panel discussion
2:00 – 3:00
Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Policy, Capabilities and Threats – Panel Discussion
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 4:15
Break
Cyber Mutual Assistance – Panel Discussion
4:15 – 5:00
5:00
Tom Hofstetter, CIP Compliance Auditor, NERC (moderator)
Andy Bochman, Senior Energy & Security Strategist, National & Homeland Security,
Idaho National Laboratory
Ken Modeste, Global Principal Engineer, Underwriter Laboratories
Monta Elkins, Security Architect, FoxGuard Solutions
Craig Burrows, Senior Net Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Rob Roel, Cybersecurity Specialist, Southern California Edison
Deborah Watts, Enterprise Continuity Program Manager, Xcel Energy
Harford Field, Manager, Consulting Services, Corporate Risk Solutions
William "Tom" Hewitt, Deputy Team Chief, Technical Capabilities Assessment Team,
US Department of Homeland Security
Carter Manucy, Cyber Security Manager, FMPA (Moderator)
David Batz, Senior Director, Cyber & Infrastructure Security, Edison Electric Institute
Kurt Hoffmann, Corporate Security Risk Analyst, MidAmerican Energy Company
The Ukraine attack – the Utility Perspective - Mark Binkelman, Team Leader - Cyber
Security, American Transmission Company
Closing Comments — Bill Lawrence, E-ISAC
Friday, October 21, 2016 (Listed times are departure times for the buses to each venue)
More information: http://www.nerc.com/pa/CI/CIPOutreach/Pages/Host-Utility-Tours.aspx
7:00 – 8:00
Continental Breakfast – Kent
8:00 – 12:00
Threat Brief – secret clearance required – Saint Louis (75 seats available)
8:00 – 12:00
Threat Brief - For Official Use Only-level – Palais (150 seats available)
(Times listed are departure times, so please board early.)
Tour A – 8:30 a.m. departure and 10:00 a.m. return
Tour B – 10:00 a.m. departure and 11:30 a.m. return
Tour C – 1 p.m. departure and 2:30 p.m. return
Tour D – 2:30 p.m. departure and 4 p.m. return
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