The Global Cyber Innovation Summit, the CISO "Invitation-only" Event, Returns in 2024 with the Nation’s Top Experts and Leaders

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 12, 2024--

The Global Cyber Innovation Summit (GCIS), renowned as the “Davos of Cybersecurity,” returned this year to bring together the Global 2000 CISO community, cyber technology innovators, policy thought leaders and members of the cyber investment community to engage in top-tier intellectual discourse and facilitate collaboration amongst peers on actionable ways to move the future of cyber innovation forward.

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The "invitation-only" Global Cyber Innovation Summit—featuring representatives from the National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division — kicked off with opening remarks from Bob Ackerman, Founder & Chairman of the Global Cyber Innovation Summit, and a special welcome by Kevin A. Anderson, Commerce Secretary, State of Maryland.

"The Global Cyber Innovation Summit is an unprecedented, trusted, non-commercial forum that convenes the industry’s preeminent thought leaders, CISOs, cybersecurity innovators, policymakers, and members of the cyber investment and intelligence sectors, to elevate the discourse and foster collaboration, addressing the threats we face and catalyze the industry into creating more effective cyber defenses,” said Bob Ackerman, Chairman of the GCIS forum and Founder of cybersecurity venture capital firm, AllegisCyber, and Co-Founder of DataTribe, a cybersecurity and data science startup studio.

The GCIS proceedings are under Chatham House Rules to offer a trusted, confidential cybersecurity venue for top-tier intellectual discourse and collaboration amongst peers. The Summit included a series of keynote presentations, panel discussions, fireside chats and briefings by cyber security practitioners and thought leaders operating at the very cutting edge of the industry to exchange ideas, hold discussions, and collaborate on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of cyber security strategies and solutions.

This year’s event kicked off with the “CISO Board Member Bootcamp Series,” which offered advice on “The Opportunity to Lead” and “Planning for Board Roles.”

Summit topics this year included: “Cybersecurity – The New Frontier”; “Cybersecurity in 2024: The Current State of Nation State Threats”; “(New) Rules of Engagement for Cyber Security, and issues raised by ChatGPT”; “Cyber Risks in the Global Threat Environment”; “Generative AI (GenAI): Friend or Foe to the Modern CISO?”; “The Cyber Chronicles: Imagining a New Security Framework”; “Acting Out of Caution: CISOs Response to Next-Gen Cyber Threats”; “Threat Hunting In the Open: IC Leveraging Commercial Open-Sourced Data a Case Study // Censys & the IC”; “Paranoid Android: The Impact of AI on Cyber”; “Structural Forces in a More Contested World”; “The Next Wave of Cyber - Leadership, Workforce and Filling the Void”; “True Detective: Anatomy of a Cyber Criminal Takedown”; “Automating Defensive Cyber Operations”; “Why are Privacy Enhancing Technologies Transforming Secure AI?”; “Reimagining Cyber Defense”; and “Cyber Crossroads + The Intersect of Leadership.”

Overseeing the strategy and direction of the 2024 Summit is GCIS Chairman Bob Ackerman and an advisory council that includes:

Honoring 6 Disruptive Innovators

As part of the Summit, six early-stage disruptive cyber security companies—dubbed the "Disrupt 6"— were awarded by the community and selected to deliver "TED talks" that describe the most challenging, emerging industry problems and their innovative, over-the-horizon solutions.

The 2024 GCIS Disrupt 6 Award Recipients:

This year’s Global Cyber Innovation Summit took place April 10-11, 2024, at The Sagamore Pendry Hotel, Baltimore, MD.

The date for the 2025 Global Cyber Innovation Summit has been set for February 4-6, 2025 and will take place at The Sagamore Pendry Hotel.

Attendance to the Summit is "by invitation only." For consideration for an invitation, please contact info@GlobalCyberSummit.org.

About the Global Cyber Innovation Summit

The annual Global Cyber Innovation Summit convenes the Global 2000 CISO community, cyber technology innovators, policy thought leaders and members of the cyber investment community for exchange of ideas, discussion and collaboration designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of cyber security strategies and solutions.

Bob Ackerman presenting the Cyber Vanguard Award to Rob Joyce in a special achievement presentation at GCIS 2024 (Photo: Business Wire)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks have hired Utah coach Lynne Roberts to fill their vacant head coach position, the franchise announced Tuesday night.

Roberts has spent the last nine-plus seasons at Utah and led the team to three straight NCAA Tournament berths. She was the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2023. The Utes have started this season 3-1 and will be coached by Gavin Petersen, who was the school's associate head coach.

“Lynne is an outstanding coach and leader,” Sparks Governor and Managing Partner Eric Holoman said. “We are thrilled to bring her decades of winning coaching experience to our organization. Through our comprehensive international search, Lynne’s modern view of basketball, her communication skills, and ability to build relationships made her the right choice for the role.”

Roberts inherits a team that has a strong young nucleus of Rickea Jackson, Cameron Brink and Dearica Hamby. The Sparks have the No. 2 pick in next year's WNBA draft. Los Angeles finished 8-32 last season for the league's worst record.

“I am honored to be named the next head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks,” Roberts said. “I want to thank our ownership group for this incredible opportunity. From conversations with Eric Holoman and Reagan Pebley, it is evident that we share a like-minded commitment toward creating a winning culture and team."

She replaces Curt Miller, who was let go in September and now is the GM of the Dallas Wings.

Roberts is the second current college coach to be hired this month. Karl Smesko of Florida Gulf Coast got the Atlanta Dream job last week.

There are still three openings in the WNBA with Washington, Connecticut and Dallas looking for coaches.

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FILE - Utah head coach Lynne Roberts, right, speaks with an official during the second half of a second-round college basketball game against Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash., March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)

FILE - Utah head coach Lynne Roberts reacts in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina, Dec. 10, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)