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Overview

The 5th Annual Florida Technology Summit was held on November 12th, 2024 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street (505 Water Street, Tampa, Florida, 33602) from 8am-4pm. This year's theme: Rock Solid Technology & Security Strategies for Today's Demands

This B-B event is targeted for the Technology and Security community.  Attendees consist of IT/IS Executives and Direct reports across all verticals within the state of Florida interested in Networking, Researching/Learning, Career Advancement, and Purchasing. Attend the Florida Technology Summit to get the right tools and make vital connections to best prepare your company for the broad spectrum of ever-changing technology trends.

Governing Body Members

Wilson Bautista Jr.
Founder & CEO
Jün Cyber

Keyvan Bohlooli
SVP, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Montana, LLC

Surendra Reddy Challapalli
Vice President - Technology
Citi

James J.J. Farrell
Senior Director of IT and Security Audit
Blue Cross Blue Shield

Rick Granzow
CTO
Rock Solid Consulting

James Gress
Director
Accenture

Chris Hall
Owner and Principal Consultant
MH3 Consulting, LLC

Russell Haupert
CIO/CTO, Director of Technology & Innovation
City of Tampa

Renata Kobylinkski
VP, IT Infrastructure and Support Services
Generali Global Assistance

Sridhar Kocharlakota
IT Director
Energy Insurance Mutual

Ramin Kouzehkanani
Executive Team Member and Chief Information & Innovation Officer
Hillsborough County Government

Joe Kwo
USF Graduate Mentor
University of South Florida

Ray Moore
Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
Federal Information Systems, Inc.

Jason O'Neill
CISO Third Party Risk Management
Citi

Chris Ramos
Information System Security Manager
Invictus International Consulting

Rick Rampersad
CIO
Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County

Howard Rubin
CIO
Evara Health

Marcus Session
VP, Information Technology Services
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Robert Sheesley
CIO
Bump Social

Rex Tolman
CISO - VP Enterprise Security
Kforce Inc.

Justin Travis
CISO
BitPay

Ken Washington
CIO & VP
Port Tampa Bay

Larry Whiteside
Founder & Managing Partner
Core Five Security

Melissa Wykle
Executive Digital Transformation Center
Integris Group

Lisa Young
Senior GRC Metrics Engineer
Netflix and ISC2 Board Member

Sponsors

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for being a part of this year's Florida Technology Summit. From being a sponsor, you will be recognized for the education and mission your company contributes to our tradeshow, panels, and sessions. Many of our sponsors have been a part of our annual summit for many years and we are proud to support them. See below for a list of our present and past sponsors.

Platinum Sponsors

https://threatlocker.com

Stop Ransomware! ThreatLocker® improves enterprise-level server and endpoint security with Zero Trust controls, including Allowlisting, Ringfencing™, Elevation, Storage, Network Control, Configuration Management, and Detect EDR and MDR solutions.

Gold Sponsors

https://www.forescout.com

Forescout Technologies, Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, continuously identifies, protects and helps ensure the compliance of all managed and unmanaged connected cyber assets – IT, IoT, IoMT and OT. For more than 20 years, Fortune 100 organizations and government agencies have trusted Forescout to provide vendor-agnostic, automated cybersecurity at scale. The Forescout® Platform delivers comprehensive capabilities for network security, risk and exposure management, and extended detection and response. With seamless context sharing and workflow orchestration via ecosystem partners, it enables customers to more effectively manage cyber risk and mitigate threats. in and threats to critical infrastructure. Forescout products directly leverage this research, which is also shared openly with vendors, agencies, and other researchers.

https://splunk.com

Splunk helps make organizations more resilient. We do that by providing solutions that enable our customers to maintain secure and reliable digital systems in the face of disruptions. With Splunk, SecOps, ITOps and DevOps teams can detect and prevent major problems, fix incidents faster and accelerate transformation.

Lunch and Learn Sponsors

https://cyberfox.com

CyberFOX is a global cybersecurity solutions provider focused on identity access management (IAM) for IT professionals. Our two flagship products – Password Boss for password management and AutoElevate for privilege access management – supply two critical elements of a comprehensive IAM security strategy. This ability to monitor, manage and mitigate risks by controlling user access to critical information ensures organizations can tighten security defenses for themselves and their end-users. Built for the unique needs of today’s IT professionals, CyberFOX solutions simplify and improve the end-user experience by providing affordable, practicable security. To learn more about how CyberFOX helps protect businesses in more than 175 countries, visit www.cyberfox.com.

https://tpx.com

TPx is a leading managed services provider, redefining the way enterprises grow, compete and communicate. Offering a full suite of managed IT, unified communications, network connectivity and security services, TPx has the experience and know-how to solve even the most complicated IT challenges. TPx’s team of experts help businesses simplify operations, optimize networks, improve productivity, reduce costs and keep environments secure. TPx makes IT easy.

Happy Hour Sponsor

https://sophos.com

Sophos and Data Integrity Services proudly partner to deliver superior cybersecurity outcomes by protecting companies of all sizes from the most advanced cyberthreats. We use industry leading solutions like, managed detection and response (MDR), firewall, email, endpoint, cloud protection and synchronized security. Data Integrity is proud to have received the Sophos North American Partner of the Year award four times, highlighting their steadfast devotion to delivering unrivalled service and innovative solutions.

Silver Sponsors

https://anuntatech.com

Anunta empowers organizations to create secure, scalable digital workspaces across private, public, and hybrid clouds. Our desktop-as-a-service solutions, managed endpoint services, and patented AI platforms allow seamless access to mission-critical applications from any device, anywhere. With over a decade of experience, Anunta has successfully migrated over 600,000 remote desktop users, enhancing workforce productivity and delivering a superior end-user experience.

https://ballastservices.com

Ballast Services is a leading global cybersecurity technology service provider. We offer a wide range of executive advisory, professional, and managed services that improve the security, availability, and reliability of technology, while consistently optimizing customer IT financials. Ballast’s mission is to modernize, optimize, stabilize, and secure customer technology environments.

https://catonetworks.com

Cato provides the world’s most robust single-vendor SASE platform, converging Cato SD-WAN and a complete cloud-native security service edge, Cato SSE 360, including Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) into a global cloud service. Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next.

https://nilesecure.com

Nile is disrupting the enterprise network market by modernizing IT operations with a new AI networking architecture, delivering enterprise networks entirely as a service. For the first time in the industry, it’s Nile Access Service integrates zero trust security and offers performance guarantees.

https://rubrik.com

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company™, delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises. Rubrik’s big idea is to provide data security and data protection on a single platform, including: Zero Trust Data Protection, ransomware investigation, incident containment, sensitive data discovery, and orchestrated application recovery.

Presentation Sponsors

https://ericsson.com

Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, enables the freedom to securely connect people, places, and things that drive more experiences, new ways to work, and better business results. The company offers 4G/5G Wireless WAN routers and adapters — controlled through Cradlepoint NetCloudTM — and solutions for security and private cellular networking.

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https://fastly.com

Fastly’s powerful and programmable edge cloud platform helps the world’s top brands deliver some of the best online experiences possible through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings that improve site performance, enhance security, and empower innovation at global scale. Our powerful and modern network architecture is one of the fastest in the world, helping developers deliver secure websites and apps with rapid time-to-market and industry-leading cost savings.

https://illumio.com

Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation (“ZTS”) company, stop breaches and ransomware from spreading across the hybrid attack surface. The Illumio ZTS Platform visualizes all traffic flows between workloads, devices, and the internet, automatically sets granular segmentation policies to control communications, and isolates high-value assets and compromised systems proactively or in response to active attacks. Assume breach. Minimize impact. Increase resilience.

https://kenzo.security

Kenzo Security is a Next-Gen Security Operations Platform that enhances your existing tools with Gen AI. Kenzo delivers faster MTTR and improved ROI by providing a unified view of all of your security telemetry, conducting autonomous investigations, and generating risk-based insights.

https://lumu.io

Lumu is focused on helping organizations illuminate threats and isolate confirmed instances of compromise. Applying principles of continuous compromise assessment, Lumu has built a powerful closed-loop, self-learning solution that helps security teams accelerate compromise detection, gain real-time visibility across their infrastructure, and close the breach detection gap from months to minutes.

https://nasuni.com

Nasuni is a scalable data platform for modern enterprises in an AI world. The Nasuni File Data Platform delivers effortless scale in hybrid cloud environments, enables control at the network edge, and meets today’s expectations for highly protected and insight-ready data.

https://netskope.com

Netskope, a global SASE leader, helps organizations apply zero trust principles and AI/ML innovations to protect data and defend against cyber threats. The Netskope platform provides optimized access and real-time security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. Learn how Netskope helps customers be ready for anything on their SASE journey, visit netskope.com.

https://scalecomputing.com

Scale Computing simplifies IT with its self-healing, hyperconverged platform, replacing traditional virtualization, disaster recovery, servers, and storage. Its highly available system ensures maximum uptime, even with limited local resources. Ideal for distributed enterprises, SMBs, local government, and education organizations, Scale Computing offers ease of use, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

https://thalesgroup.com

Thales is the worldwide leader in data protection, providing everything an organization needs to protect and manage its data, identities and intellectual property – through encryption, advanced key management, tokenization, and authentication and access management. Whether it’s securing the cloud, digital payments, blockchain or the Internet of Things, security professionals around the globe rely on Thales to confidently accelerate their organization’s digital transformation.

https://verizonwireless.com/business/

You’re more than a business, agency or organization leader. We’re more than the usual network that provides reliable coverage. Together, we can empower you and your people.

Florida Technology Summit Agenda

Tuesday, November 12th, 2024

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Theater I

Unleash the Power of Wireless: Securely Connect Anything, Anywhere

Bruce Johnson, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Security - Ericsson
Sponsored by: Ericsson


9:30 - 10:30 AM

Theater II

Securely Leveraging AI for Business Growth

Dennis Nicholas, Solutions Engineering Manager - Netskope
Sponsored by: Netskope
Presentation Giveaway: Ooni Karu 12 Multi-Fuel Outdoor Pizza Oven


9:30 - 10:30 AM

Theater III

CIO Roundtable: Leveraging Today's Tools

**For IT Executives with VIP Badges**

Moderated By: Ray Moore, Cybersecurity Solutions Architect - Federal Information Systems, Inc.



10:30 - 11:00 AM

Exhibit Hall

Networking / Tour Exhibits


11:00 - 12:00 PM

Main Stage

How to Create Successful Malware and Defend with Zero Trust

Ryan Bowman, VP of Solutions Engineering - ThreatLocker
Sponsored by: ThreatLocker


11:00 - 12:00 PM

Theater I

The Smart Shift: Upgrading From VMware to Scale Computing

Tom Roeder, Solutions Architect - Scale Computing
Daniel Flores, President & CEO - AmeriTech Pro
Sponsored by: Scale Computing
Presentation Giveaway: Wireless Powerbank


11:00 - 12:00 PM

Theater II

Digital Transformation and the Cloud

Benjamin Fuller, Field Technical Director - Nasuni
Sponsored by: Nasuni
Presentation Giveaway: Yeti Cooler


11:00 - 12:00 PM

Theater III

Getting Your Data Ready for AI

Robert Sheesley, CIO of Bump Social, Award-Winning Transformation Leader | 2024 Global CIO 100 | 2023 Georgia CIO of the Year


12:00 - 1:00 PM

Main Stage

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Warfare: Sun Tzu's Influence on Cybersecurity (Lunch Included)

David Hagen, Security Evangelist - TPx
Sponsored by: TPx
Presentation Giveaway: $100 E-Gift Card


12:00 - 1:00 PM

Theater I

Fortify Your Organization's Security and Stay Ahead of Evolving Threats (Lunch Included)

Ivan Tirado, Senior Security Strategist - Fastly
Sponsored by: Fastly
Presentation Giveaway: Segway F25 Electric Kick Scooter


12:00 - 1:00 PM

Theater II

Best of Both Worlds: Privileged Access Management (Lunch Included)

Mark Sokol, Vice President, Marketing - CyberFOX
Sponsored by: CyberFOX
Presentation Giveaway: $150 Gift Card


12:00 - 1:00 PM

Theater III

CISO Roundtable: Developing a Playbook & Responding to a Breach (Lunch Included)

**For IT Executives with VIP Badges**

Moderated By: Angie Rothen, CIO - CybrDynamix | Former SVP, IT Governance - Allstate


1:00 - 2:00 PM

Main Stage

The Current Threat Landscape Requires a Unique Approach

Michael Bacon, Director, Enterprise Solutions - Forescout Technologies
Sponsored by: Forescout Technologies
Presentation Giveaway: Stanley Outdoor Portable Cooler



1:00 - 2:00 PM

Theater I

Meeting HIPAA, NYDFS and PCI4-DSS Compliance While Advancing in the NIST Zero Trust Maturity in the Data Pillar

David Ortega, Principal Solutions Architect - Thales Group
Sponsored by: Thales Group


1:00 - 2:00 PM

Theater II

Revolutionizing Security Operations Using Generative AI

Partha Naidu, Co-Founder - Kenzo Security
Sponsored by: Kenzo Security


1:00 - 2:00 PM

Theater III

How Can a SMB Leverage Some of the Emerging Tools

Moderated By: Rick Rampersad, CIO - Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County


2:00 - 3:00 PM

Main Stage

The Role of the CISO

David Cagigal, Former State of Wisconsin CIO | Zscaler CXO | 2024 Orbie Leadership Award


2:00 - 3:00 PM

Theater I

Understand and Mitigate Malware Tactics in 2024

Jeffrey Wheat, CTO - LUMU Technologies
Sponsored by: LUMU Technologies

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Theater II

Why Verizon Business

Leonard Lans, Sales Leader - Verizon Business
Sponsored by: Verizon Business
Presentation Giveaway: Verizon Business Yeti Cooler


2:00 - 3:00 PM

Theater III

You Will Be Breached. Contain the Inevitable Breach Which Was Not Detected

Gary Barlet, Public Sector Chief Technology Officer - Illumio
Sponsored by: Illumio
Presentation Giveaway: Yeti Hopper 8 Soft Cooler


3:00 - 3:30 PM

Exhibit Hall

Networking / Tour Exhibits


3:15 - 3:30 PM

Exhibit Hall

Sponsor Giveaways


3:30 - 4:30 PM

Main Stage

Panel Discussion: Creating, Developing, & Maintaining a Culture of Innovation


Panelists:
David Cagigal, Former State of Wisconsin CIO
Ray Moore, Cybersecurity Solutions Architect - Federal Information Systems, Inc.
Rick Rampersad, CIO - Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County
Angie Rothen, CIO – CybrDynamix
Marcus Session, VP - Information Security - Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Justin Travis, CISO - BitPay


4:30 PM

Main Stage

Vacation Giveaway & Conference Wrap-Up


Exhibitors

 

Supporting Sponsors