2025 CyberScape Summit Recap

The House Homeland Security Committee chairman discussed policy priorities around the evolving cybersecurity landscape and its impact on national security. This includes a look at addressing the cyber workforce and talent gap, evolving priorities to secure critical infrastructure, regulatory harmonization, increased offensive cyber to disincentivize threat actors and how partnerships will drive these efforts.

Featured Speaker:

• Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security

Verizon leaders discussed how 5G and network modernization are strengthening federal cybersecurity, the role of AI in advancing network resilience and the organization’s innovative efforts to enhance federal network protection and endpoint security.

Featured Speakers:

• Scott Andersen, Distinguished Solutions Architect, Verizon
• Bryan Schromsky, Associate Director, 5G Public Sector, Verizon

AI is increasingly integrated into modern workflows to enhance efficiency, but malicious actors are exploiting its capabilities to create new digital threats. Top officials discussed modernizing encryption and intrusion detection to secure AI while maximizing its benefits.

Featured Speakers:

• Laura Freeman, Deputy Director, Virginia Tech National Security Institute
• Cynthia Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI Cyber
• Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer, National Security Group, Microsoft
• Lt. Cmdr. Ian Roessle. Deputy Director, CHACS, NRL

Federal leaders are developing cybersecurity strategies to protect critical infrastructure and IT/OT systems from evolving cyber threats in an increasingly digital environment.

Featured Speakers:

• Michael Hardee, Chief Architect, Law Enforcement & Justice, Red Hat
• Paul Selby, CISO, DOE
• Shery Thomas, Enterprise Innovation Officer, Navy Installations Command
• Sunny Wescott, Chief Meteorologist, CISA

Cyber leaders are managing, evaluating and assessing agencies’ cyber posture to combat some of the most pressing security challenges. Experts shared how they envision cyber strategies advancing national security and staying ahead of evolving threats.

Featured Speakers:

• Stacy Bostjanick, Chief Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity, DOD
• Amy Mahn, International Specialist, NIST
• Dean Scontras, VP of Public Sector, Wiz
• Melissa Vice, Director, Vulnerability Disclosure Program, DOD Cyber Crime Center

The Flywheel Awards recognize leaders and their work in the federal government.

CyberScape Flywheel Award Winners:

Cybersecurity Rising Star: Jennifer Li, Senior Policy Advisor, CISA

Cyber Defender: Cynthia Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI Cyber Division

Zero Trust Advocate: Lou Eichenbaum, Acting Deputy CIO, Interior

Cyber Leader: Paul Loeffler, Portfolio Management Section Chief for CDM Program and Acting Branch Chief for CSSO, CISA

CISO of the Year: Paul Selby, CISO, DOE

Federal leaders share how they are adopting and advancing solutions like data encryption, cloud security and zero trust to safeguard sensitive data while providing the right information at the right time to support data-driven decision-making.

Featured Speakers:

• Joel Krooswyk, Federal Chief Technology Officer, GitLab
• Cherilyn Pascoe, Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST
• Chris Wallace, Chief of Cybersecurity, DHMS

Federal agencies are employing advanced techniques to recover from cyberattacks and enhance resilience. Learn how they are leveraging emerging technologies like AI to automate incident response, developing cyber resilience frameworks to establish robust recovery plans and advancing public-private partnerships to share threat intelligence.

Featured Speakers:

• Matt Barry, COO, HP Federal
• Jimmy Hall Jr., CIO, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department
• Kristina Walter, Director, Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, NSA

Responding to cybersecurity incidents and managing threats requires close attention to the data and architectures that inform them. Agencies are looking at modernized tools and approaches to best leverage this data, integrate artificial intelligence and create a cyber advantage.

Featured Speakers:

• Darren Death, CISO, Chief Privacy Officer, Deputy CAIO, EXIM
• Jeff Hyacinthe, Ph.D., D.Sc., OS ACDO, Interior Member, ACT-IAC Cybersecurity COI
• Gus Tomé, President, Foxhole Technology
• Justin Ubert, Division Chief for Cybersecurity & Operations, Federal Transit Administration