2025 8th ANNUAL NATIONAL CISO POLICY CONFERENCE

NTSC’s CISO National Conference offers a unique platform, bringing together esteemed senior technology security executives in an intimate and exclusive setting. Attendees will delve into conversations centered around the latest trends in national cybersecurity policy.  

July 22, 2025

Reserve Officer’s Association Building

One Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, DC 20002

Agenda

7:00 am    Registration & Check In

7:30 am    Welcome & Introductions

8:00 am    Keynote and Fireside Chat “Leading Through the Storm — Security in the AI Era” with Nadav Zafrir, Chief Executive Officer, Check Point Software Technologies and Ray Rothrock, Author of “Digital Resilience” Co-producer of “Starman” Venture Capitalist, Founder/CEO, FiftySix Investments

8:50 am    Fireside Chat “Cybersecurity, Congress and the New Administration” with Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark MontgomerySenior Director of CCTI and Senior Fellow at Foundation, Defense of Democracies (FDD) and Executive Director, CyberSolarium.org and Patrick GaulExecutive DirectorNTSC

9:50 am    Break

10:10 am  Fireside Chat “The Future of Cyber Threat Intelligence” with Laura Galante, Former Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center and IC Cyber Executive, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Emilian Papadopoulos, President, Good Harbor Security Risk Management

11:00 am  Fireside Chat “Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape” with Rob Joyce, Former Cybersecurity Director, National Security Agency and Kate Kuehn, Area Vice President for Global Advocacy, World Wide Technology

12:15 pm  Lunch

1:20 pm     Fireside Chat “Navigating Global Risk: Microsoft’s Policy Advocacy for Securing Infrastructure” with Kevin Reifsteck, Director for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Microsoft Corporation

2:20 pm   Fireside Chat “CISO Perspectives: Year-to-Date and The Near Future” with Kristin Cornish, Senior Director of Cyber Risk & Entity Integration, The Coca-Cola Company, Beth-Anne Bygum, CISO & Technology Transformation Leader, Q2Brian Fricke, CISO, City National Bank of Florida and Raj Badhwar, Senior Vice President & Global CISO, Jacobs

3:20 pm    Closing Remarks