Registration and Morning Refreshments in the Exhibit Area

Opening Remarks

Alan Fuller, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah

Keynote – Keep Your Head Out of the Cyber Sand: Using Superior Communications to Get the Job Done!

Risk can take on many forms and governments must understand how to accept it, mitigate it, or insure against it while not sticking their head in the sand to ignore it. How will you assess your cyber risks and balance them against your needs? How will you make the rational decisions needed to be successful? How will you navigate the road to recovery? This session will answer these questions with a focus on ideas that will help you engage your leaders with real-world examples.

Bryce Austin, President, TCE Strategy

Networking Break in the Exhibit Area

Concurrent Sessions

AI vs. AI: Preparing for the Next Cyber Arms Race

Artificial intelligence is reshaping both cyber offense and defense. As frontier AI models accelerate attacks and expose vulnerabilities faster than ever before, organizations must evolve their security strategies to keep pace. This session will examine AI readiness, automation for cyber defense, emerging tools and technologies, and practical approaches for preparing organizations for the next generation of AI-driven threats.

You Got Breached Anyway

You have invested in security tools, implemented best practices, and strengthened your defenses – but a cyber incident still occurred. Now what? This session will examine the critical actions organizations should take following a breach, including incident response, recovery, communications, and lessons learned to improve resilience and prepare for future attacks.

From Reactive to Resilient: Securing Executive Buy-In to Scale Local Government Cybersecurity

This case study explores the journey of transforming a reactive security posture into a fully funded, proactive program within a county government. The session pulls back the curtain on specific strategies used to secure executive buy-in for a 300% increase in staffing and the budget for a modernized security stack, covering how to speak the language of elected officials, leverage strategic partnerships, and navigate the local government budget cycle.

James Longhurst, Information Systems Associate Director, Utah County

Brandon Wong, Information Security Manager, Utah County

Lunch

General Session – Spot the Deepfake: Can You Tell What’s Real?

Short Break

Please proceed to the concurrent sessions.

Concurrent Sessions

AI Literacy and Secure Implementation

AI is rapidly becoming a part of everyday government operations, but many organizations are still developing the knowledge and practices needed to use it securely. Join this session for practical guidance on secure AI implementation, data protection, emerging risks, and the foundational AI literacy needed to support responsible adoption across the public sector.

Effective Security Awareness: Modern Phishing Training That Works

As phishing attacks continue to evolve, government organizations must rethink how they train and engage users. This session will explore practical approaches to cybersecurity awareness, including more sophisticated phishing simulations, immediate user feedback, leadership reporting, and lessons learned on what strategies are delivering meaningful improvements in employee awareness and resilience. Panelists will share experiences with implementing modern training tools and discuss what is proving the most effective in today’s threat landscape.

Third-Party Risk and Data Privacy: Navigating Shared Responsibility

Third party providers play a critical role in delivering government services, but they also introduce unique cybersecurity and data privacy challenges. This session will examine third-party risk management, contractual and regulatory considerations, shared responsibility models, and best practices for responding when third-party incidents impact government organizations.

Networking Break in the Exhibit Area

General Session – Inside Utah’s Modern Cyber Defense Strategy

Phil Bates, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Utah

Networking Reception in the Exhibit Area

Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event exhibitors.

End of Conference

Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.