
Rob Joyce, who spoke at the 2017 Summit, at an Aspen Institute panel.
2017 Cambridge cyber summit
Last year’s slate of speakers represented many of the most influential leaders in the cybersecurity industry, including a keynote address by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce. Other speakers included Catherine P. Bessant, Chief Operations and Technology Officer, Bank of America; Mike Gregoire, CEO CA Technologies; Jason Matheny, Director, IARPA; and Joe Sullivan, CSO, Uber; former FCC chair Tom Wheeler; NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell; Robert Hannigan, who just stepped down as the head of GCHQ; John Carlin, Chair of the Aspen Institute’s Cyber & Technology Program and former Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Lisa Monaco, Homeland Security Advisor to President Barack Obama; and Monika Bickert from Facebook. Read more.
2017 AGENDA
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Remarks
Tyler Mathisen, Co-anchor, “Power Lunch” and “Nightly Business Report,” CNBC
THE STRATEGY SESSIONS
9:05 – 9:35 Global Threat Briefing
Sue Gordon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Interviewer: Eamon Javers, Washington Correspondent, CNBC
9:35 – 10:05 The View from the White House
Rob Joyce, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator
Interviewer: John Carlin, Chairman, Cybersecurity and Technology Program, The Aspen Institute; Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
10:05 – 10:35 Russia and Ukraine: The Canary in the Coalmine?
Oleh Derevianko, Chairman, Information Systems Security Partners (ISSP)
E.W. “Bill” Priestap, Assistant Director, Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center; Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Andy Greenberg, Senior Writer, WIRED
10:35 – 10:55 Break
10:55 – 11:25 North Korea: The Bank-Robbing Evilest Empire
John Carlin, Chairman, Cybersecurity and Technology Program, The Aspen Institute; Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
Jeff Greene, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs and Policy,Symantec
Chris Inglis, Managing Director, Paladin Capital; Former Deputy Director, National Security Agency
Moderator: Suzanne Kelly, CEO and Publisher, The Cipher Brief
11:25 – 12:05 Good Offense, Better Defense: Toward a New National Cybersecurity Posture
Tom Fanning, Chairman and CEO, Southern Technologies
Mike Gregoire, CEO, CA Technologies
Robert Hannigan, Former Director, GCHQ (U.K.)
Rob Joyce, Cybersecurity Coordinator, White House
Moderator: Jon Fortt, On-Air Editor and Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,”CNBC
12:05 – 12:20 p.m. Cyber Crime and Punishment
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
12:20 – 1:35 Lunch Session: Hosted Roundtables
1:35 – 2:05 Right Hand, Left Hand: Transparency, Communication and Conflict
Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
Glenn Gerstell, General Counsel, National Security Agency
Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Interviewer: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-anchor, “Squawk Box,” CNBC
THE TECH SESSIONS
2:05 – 2:45 Cybersecurity Disruption: What’s Next?
Presentation:
Mark McLaughlin, Chairman and CEO, Palo Alto Networks
Discussion:
Mark McLaughlin, Chairman and CEO, Palo Alto Networks
Sarah Guo, Principal, Greylock Partners
Moderator: Eamon Javers, Washington Correspondent,CNBC
2:45 – 3:00 The Cognitive Answer & Lessons from “The Range”
Marc van Zadelhoff, GM, IBM Security
3:00 – 3:30 Rise of the Machines: AI, for Good and Evil
Dan Geer, CISO, In-Q-Tel
Jason Matheny, Director, IARPA
Mark Maybury, Vice President, Intelligence Portfolios, MITRE
Moderator: Thomas Rid, Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies
3:30 – 3:50 Break
3:50 – 4:20 Smart(er) Connections: Building a Safer Internet of Things
John Flynn, Chief Information Security Officer, Uber
Matt Moynahan, CEO, Forcepoint
Phyllis Schneck, Former Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Tyler Mathisen, Co-anchor, “Power Lunch” and “Nightly Business Report,” CNBC
4:20 – 4:45 Financial Security: Defending the Global Banking System
Catherine Bessant, Chief Operations and Technology Officer, Bank of America
Interviewer: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-anchor, “Squawk Box,” CNBC
4:45 – 5:15 Platforms, Patches, Privacy: Balancing Business, National Security and Liberty
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft
Moderator: Jon Fortt, On-Air Editor and Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,” CNBC
5:15 – 6:30 Reception

Aspen's then-President and CEO, Walter Isaacson, interviews Admiral Michael S. Rogers, then-Director of the NSA.
2016 cambridge cyber summit
On October 5, 2016, the Aspen Institute, CNBC and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory hosted a groundbreaking summit, bringing together top leaders in business, government and academia to combat urgent cyber threats and secure America’s future. Speakers included then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and then-NSA Director Admiral Michael S. Rogers.
2016 Agenda
8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:10 - 9:20 AM Welcome Remarks
Polina Golland, Professor and Associate Director, MIT CSAIL
Host: Tyler Mathisen, Co-Anchor, "Power Lunch" and "Nightly Business Report," CNBC
9:20 - 9:50 AM National Security: Are We Already at War?
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency; Chief, Central Security Service
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, then-President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
9:50 - 10:15 AM National Security: Hacking Democracy
Rajesh De, Former General Counsel, National Security Agency
Michele Reagan, Secretary of State of Arizona
Mark Testoni, President and CEO, SAP National Security Services
Moderator: Eamon Javers, Washington Reporter, CNBC
10:15 - 10:45 AM A Conversation with the Deputy Director of the FBI
Andrew McCabe, then-Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, then-President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
10:45 - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 AM Privacy vs. Security: Beyond the Zero-Sum Game
Stewart Baker, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
Cindy Cohn, Executive Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Glenn Gerstell, General Counsel, National Security Agency
Daniel Weitzner, Founding Director, Internet Policy Research Initiative, MIT; Principal Research Scientist, MIT CSAIL
Moderator: Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter, The Washington Post
11:30 - 12:00 PM Live Demonstration: Ransomware and the Dark Web
Etay Maor, Executive Security Advisor, IBM
Srini Devadas, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT CSAIL
Moderator: Tyler Mathisen, Co-Anchor, "Power Lunch" and "Nightly Business Report," CNBC
12:00 - 12:30 PM Where Business and Cyberterror Collide: The View from the Justice Department
John Carlin, then-Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice
Moderator: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-Anchor, "Squawk Box," CNBC
12:35 - 1:55 PM Luncheon
1:55 - 2:15 PM Live Demonstration: The White Hat Hacker
David Kennedy, The White Hat Hacker; Founder, Principal Security Consultant, TrustedSec
2:15 - 2:45 PM Mission Critical: Protecting What Makes our Country Run
Tom Fanning, President and CEO, The Southern Company
Dr. Tom Leighton, Founder and CEO, Akamai
Suzanne Spaulding, Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor, "Squawk Alley," CNBC
2:45 - 3:00 PM Firestarter Presentation: Blockchain, Opal, and Enigma - The Arms Race in Cybersecurity
Alex Pentland, Director, Internet Trust Consortium; Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM Keynote Presentation
Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Brief Q&A following presentation with Tyler Mathisen, Co-Anchor, "Power Lunch" and "Nightly Business Report," CNBC
3:45 - 4:15 PM Mission Critical: Securing the Global Financial System
Jeremy Allaire, Founder and CEO, Circle
Don Anderson, Senior Vice President and CIO, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Stuart Madnick, John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technologies, MIT Sloan School of Management; Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT School of Engineering
Moderator: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-Anchor, "Squawk Box," CNBC
4:15 - 4:45 PM Solve, Share, Secure: Confronting an Evolving Threat
S. Leslie Ireland, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Matt Olsen, Co-Founder and President, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Howard Shrobe, Director, Cybersecurity@CSAIL; Principal Research Scientist, MIT CSAIL
Starnes Walker, Founding Director, University of Delaware Cybersecurity Initiative; Former CTO and Technical Director, Fleet Cyber Command and 10th Fleet, US Navy
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
4:45 - 6:30 PM Reception @ Kresge Auditorium