Cyber-Skilled Mariner "Call-to Action" III (All Virtual Event)
August 12, 2020 2 PM ET

A Hybrid Web Conference/Webcast Anchored from Maritime TV Studios near Washington D.C.
A follow-on event to the Cyber-Skilled Mariner "Call-to Action" II (All Virtual Event) held May 19, 2020
and the Cyber-Skilled Mariner "Call-to Action" held in June 2019 at MITAGS-CLICK HERE.

With this Third "Call to Action", everyone should leave with a sense of urgency and action items to bring to their enterprise, along with a commitment to sharing this information with the Cyber-Skilled Mariner community. The goal is for the audience to acquire further knowledge of practical and actionable cybersecurity solutions by:

• Gaining and generating awareness of the cyber safety challenges for their organizations
• Understanding current Maritime systems design and connectivity that bring inherent vulnerabilities to data integrity.
• Treating Maritime systems as cyber-enabled, safety-critical systems, with operational issues that can use available solutions.

2:00 PM Program Introduction
Dave Gardy, CEO, Executive Producer, Founder Maritime TV
Dan Turissini, CTO , Spyrus Solutions, Inc., Chairman, Cybersecurity Committee, Marine Technology Society (MTS)

2:10 PM Opening Keynote
Rear Admiral Mark H. “Buz” Buzby, USN, Ret. Maritime Administrator

2:20 PM Cybersecurity Curriculum Discussion for Maritime Academies
Rear Admiral John R. Ballard, Ph.D., USMS, Academic Dean and Provost at the United States Merchant Marine Academy

2:30 PM Cybersecurity Best Practices and the MITAGS Cyber-Skilled Mariner Course Curriculum
Patrick O'Laughlin, Director of Information Technology, MITAGS
Eric Friend Director, MITAGS
Dan Turissini, CTO , Spyrus Solutions, Inc., Chairman, Cybersecurity Committee, Marine Technology Society (MTS)

3:00 PM The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and What it Means for DOD Contractors in the Maritime Industry
Terry Roberts, Founder/President/CEO, Whitehawk, Inc.

3:30 PM The CyberBoat Challenge: Developing the Next Generation's Maritime Cybersecurity Workforce
Karl Heimer, Founder, CyberBoat Challenge
Duncan Woodbury, Co-Founder, CyberBoat Challenge

4:00 PM Cybersecurity Risk Management Program Development
Kyle Tobias, Senior Cybersecurity Assessors, ABS Group

4:30 PM Closing Summary
Dave Gardy, CEO, Executive Producer, Founder Maritime TV
Dan Turissini, CTO , Spyrus Solutions, Inc., Chairman, Cybersecurity Committee, Marine Technology Society (MTS)