The rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape presents operational challenges to all businesses, from start-ups to large corporations. Far beyond the technical challenges of keeping data secure, cyber-attacks create liability and regulatory compliance issues across the entire chain of vendor/client relationships.

MAGIC’s annual cyber event will be held on , Wednesday, September 25th  at Flood Zone Brewery in Union Bridge, Maryland. This networking event will explore the business impact of cybersecurity with experts across multiple industries to help attendees understand cybersecurity trends, challenges and impact on business operations.

Who Should Attend?

• Corporate compliance officers and risk managers
• Small businesses/startups
• Government contractors
• Cybersecurity service providers
• Students seeking real-world experience

Schedule of Events

5:30 pm – Doors open – Networking

6:00 – 6:20 pm – Flash Talk and Q&A – 

6:20 – 6:30 pm – Break

6:30 – 6:50 pm – Flash Talk and Q&A – 

6:50 – 7:00 pm – Break

7:00 – 7:20 pm – Flash Talk and Q&A – 

7:20-8:00 pm Networking

Flood Zone closes at 9 pm, so feel free to stay and enjoy.

Cyber Sip Featured Speakers

William Smith Jr.

Bill has 25+ years of experience in the IT / Infosec field. His current role is an insider threat analyst at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory where he’s been for almost 25 years. Outside of his day job, Bill also serves as Chapter President of the Central MD chapter of ISSA, a professional organization for cyber security professionals. Bill currently resides in Carroll County where he and his family have called home for 21 years

Albie Swartz Jr.

Throughout my career I kept coming across organizations who struggled when it came to being cyber secure. The traditional consulting model doesn’t provide enough value. Relying mostly on point-in-time assessments leaves organizations with a long list of things to fix. Most of the time, there isn’t anyone dedicated to addressing the problems. To make things worse, the cost of the accumulated technical debt means companies are left exposed. The whole thing just doesn’t make sense.I founded Secureside to solve this problem with one primary objective: make organizations cyber secure. Not “advise companies on how to be secure” or “do a few projects here and there.” Those ways do not work. What is required to be successful is leadership, tactical controls, project management, specialized skills, and, above all, a team you can trust. This is SecuresideAs an active CISO at multiple organizations,

David Whalen

I started my career as a software engineer at Lockheed Martin, where I lead a few different product teams over five years, including an infrastructure cybersecurity team, and a DevSecOps team. During my time with the latter, I worked to integrate DAST, SAST, SCA, SBOMs, and other tool sets into a common solution that is used by a number of different programs today. Earlier this year, I moved into venture capital, taking a role as an analyst at a cybersecurity-focused firm called DataTribe, where I support multiple portfolio companies in the DevSecOps space. I’m also a Captain in the Marine Corps Reserves, where I work with the Marine Innovation Unit to solve technical challenges throughout the Marine Corps.

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