Cybersecurity’s Future Relies on Automation

Fri, 12/09/2022

With the rise of more frequent, sophisticated cyberattacks, organizations can no longer rely on humans alone to keep their systems and data secure. Automation is a key enabler for the future of cybersecurity. Federal leaders highlight how organizations can leverage automation to improve threat intelligence to better plan and defend against future attacks.

Inside, catch up on insights from:

Daniel Bardenstein, Tech & Cyber Strategy Lead, CISA
Roger Colón, Principal Architect, Maximus
Puesh Kumar, Director, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, Department of Energy
Rob Thorne, CISO, ICE
and more…

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Featuring

Daniel Bardenstein Tech & Cyber Strategy Lead, CISA
Daniel Bardenstein
- Tech & Cyber Strategy Lead
- CISA
Roger Colón Principal Architect, Maximus
Roger Colón
- Principal Architect
- Maximus
Puesh Kumar Director, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, DOE
Puesh Kumar
- Director, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
- DOE
Rob Thorne CISO, ICE
Rob Thorne
- CISO
- ICE
Rob Thorne is the Chief Information Security Officer for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). His responsibilities include overall information security of the ICE IT enterprise, including protecting systems, networks, user access and ensuring ICE systems meet federal security mandates. He leads the ICE Security Operations Center and oversees the tactical and strategic approach for managing system risks through the ICE continuous monitoring program. In addition, Rob works closely with mission partners in support of the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and secure communications.

Prior to joining ICE, Rob worked in leadership positions at several companies including Knowledge Consulting Group, Hewlett Packard (HP), and Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Notable is his time as the Director of the Federal Risk Management and Compliance Practice at HP where he supported and led a team of security and privacy consultants providing clients with information security risk and compliance assessments, privacy and security program management, security authorization services, security policy review and remediation, and security documentation and development.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison University, a Master of Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as well as professional credentials in security management. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).