http://www.govtech.com/events/Ohio-Digital-Government-Summit.html
Today concluded the Ohio Digital Government Summit, which was held on The Ohio State University campus at The Ohio Union:
The highlight for me was the Tuesday afternoon Keynote, Morgan Wright, an internationally renowned Cyber-expert. Morgan's talk was titled "Cyberstrike: Warfare in the Fifth Domain" which is a dramatized report on the "black energy" cyber attack that crippled the Ukraine's power grid. This presentation was totally fascinating and kept you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. You can read the abstract of his talk HERE. Morgan discusses the historic cyber attack in this Fox News interview:
I got to meet Morgan personally, and chatted with him after his keynote. It was an honor to meet you Morgan, thanks for your insights, and thanks for the selfie!
Another highlight of the summit was the content and interactions delivered by Brian Kelley, who is the former CIO for Portage County Ohio, and current CTO for the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. Brian was very active during the summit. He hosted several presentations and panels, and was active in the breakouts, including the OCITA group session. Brian's morning presentation was titled "Cloud Chasing, a Sensible Approach", and then later he participated in a panel discussion with the theme "Navigating the Cyber Landscape in Your Own Organization". Its great that we have people like Brian helping drive government IT & security here in Ohio. Thank you Brian for your passion and for leveraging your skills to serve the people of Ohio. I hope you will consider speaking for the Cybersecurity User Group in the near future.
Lots more to come. Executive CISO Network breakfast meeting in the morning, The Michigan Digital Government Summit in Lansing next week, and then Security Summit Week in Cleveland is the week of Halloween. For information about these security events and other events taking place across the region, check out our "Upcoming Meetings" area of this blog.
Take Care.
Gib
