BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b032e62af43a91bc8c08a1efc86e58c5295 CATEGORIES:WIT.Connect Programs SUMMARY:WIT.Connect: Celebrate the 15th Annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with WIT: Cybersecurity is Our Shared Responsibility - ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSED - WALKINS WELCOME LOCATION:Valo Park\, 7950 Jones Branch Drive\, McLean, VA 22102\, USA DESCRIPTION:
Come join us at our WIT event in October where we will host a panel of w
omen working to secure the private and public sector from cyber threats. Yo
u’ll learn what you can do to implement and follow good cyber hygiene
practices. In addition, you’ll hear from each of the panel members r
egarding what their career paths have been in cybersecurity, opportunities
for transitioning into cybersecurity or gaining additional readiness, and t
heir perspectives on how cyber is instrumental to their organizations&rsquo
; and customers’ digital transformations.
Registration Fees
$
60 On-Site
Samantha CorvinoSenior Manager, Internal Audit and Financial Advisory, Prot
iviti
Samantha has founded her career on her abili
ty to simplify the technically daunting and bridge communication difficulti
es eroding organizational growth. With a working knowledge of both accounti
ng and information technology, she has navigated the waters of challenging
internal control environments facing conflicting line of business prioritie
s to bring about lasting and meaningful change.
With approximate
ly 10 years of experience spanning the commercial and government sectors, i
nternal controls compliance is a skill set Samantha has spent the predomina
nt amount of her career honing and refining. She is well versed in current
AICPA, PCAOB and ISACA guidance, as well as seasoned in applying methodolog
y frameworks to a multitude of industries. She is also specialized in Syste
m & Organization Controls ("SOC") reporting, having issued over 150+ re
ports under her leadership and spearheading national training and methodolo
gy revamps for new guidance issuances.
Samantha is currently res
ponsible for the oversight and execution of a portfolio of client accounts
within the financial services and telecommunications space. Projects includ
e the management of core IT general controls audits, process reviews relate
d to contractual requirements for regulatory compliance, and risk assessmen
t methodology development and establishment for internal audit departments.
Samantha has successfully delivered a wide array of engagements requiring
IT, cyber security, and accounting prowess while also advising on value-add
improvement opportunities for future organizational efficiency.
She has received both her Master of Accounting and Information Systems (MA
CIS) and Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Information Systems, with a
minor in Finance, from Virginia Tech - Go Hokies! Samantha is CPA and CISA
certified and holds various professional memberships in the accounting and
technology fields.
Veronica Cuello
Vice President,
Information Assurance & Cybersecurity, eGlobalTech
Veronica Cuello is the vice president of information assur
ance and cybersecurity (IA&C) for eGlobalTech (eGT), a leading technolo
gy and cybersecurity consulting firm in the federal government sector. In t
his role, she is responsible for leading the entire IA&C practice - com
prised of more than one hundred professionals - as well as expanding eGT&rs
quo;s cybersecurity arm into new markets. She has more than 17 years of exp
erience in providing consulting and advisory services for federal governmen
t contracts within the information assurance field, as well as experience w
ith the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), cyber risk man
agement and cryptography.
Prior to eGT, she was a senior associa
te at Booz Allen Hamilton and served as director of cybersecurity at Visual
Soft, Inc. Cuello received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College
and her Master of Science in technology management from the George Mason U
niversity School of Management. She currently holds various professional ac
creditations, including Project Management Professional (PMP), Certificate
in Federal Executive Competencies, Certified Information Systems Security P
rofessional (CISSP), International Information Systems Security Certificati
on Consortium (ISC2), INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM), Global Informat
ion Assurance Certification (GIAC), Security Essentials Certification (GSEC
), Certified RSA Advanced PKI Engineer, A+/Network+ Certification and Compu
ting Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
Kri
stin Demoranville
Manager of Information Security Policy and Risk,
Sony
Kristin Demoranville is a triple
threat in STEM. She holds a Bachelors in Science Degree in Environmental Ma
nagement, has worked in Information Technology since dial up modems were a
thing, and is now currently focusing on Manufacturing Security Risk & G
lobal Policy at Sony Corporation. Kristin is a significant security contri
butor and key leader in the global security function for Sony, where she di
rectly applies her solid manufacturing knowledge, substantial technical sec
urity expertise, and real-world experience to a variety of Sony Global Oper
ating Companies.
Kristin’s adventure into Information Sec
urity started at an early age, she taught herself how to bypass security co
ntrols on the family computer. From that moment on, she learned how operati
ng system worked and was she was hooked! Kristin built her first computer
shortly thereafter and is proud to be a PC gamer. In college, she worked a
t an electronics store as the only female computer technician. Since then,
she has been recognized by PC Magazine and the Washington Post for her tro
ubleshooting skills, and became a regular on-air technology subject matter
expert for ABC and NBC networks in the Washington DC/Baltimore area.
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br />While working in IT at the largest global bakery solutions manufacture
r, she received hands on training in Operational Technology. Her degree in
Environmental Management gave her a different perspective, making her both
excited about the OT aspects of Factory production and the complex processe
s within IT. Building on her in-depth functional knowledge, she became heav
ily involved in manufacturing information security, with her strong IT expe
rience lending practical support.
Kristin is passionate about wi
ldlife conservation and holds a Wildlife Certification with the Smithsonian
National Zoo. She has studied gorillas, polar bears, and sparrows, observ
ing various behaviors for behavioral ecology research as a Research Associa
te for two different universities. During her international business trips
, you will often find her at a zoo or wildlife park.
Michele
Myauo
Director of Cybersecurity, Microsoft
Mich
ele Lynn-Moore Myauo, Ph.D., is a cybersecurity and IT executive, author, s
peaker, and professor. She is director of cybersecurity for the Global Cybe
rsecurity Practice at Microsoft. She previously worked at IBM, where she wa
s service area manager for the Operations and Supply Chain Management Pract
ice and deputy director of Enterprise Architecture. She was a professor of
engineering management and systems engineering, with a focus on cybersecuri
ty policy and compliance, at The George Washington University in Washington
, D.C. Myauo has expertise in leading cybersecurity, systems engineering, a
nd IT services business execution across academia, industry, and many level
s of government, including the federal departments of commerce, state, defe
nse, energy, and homeland security. She holds a doctorate in systems engine
ering from The George Washington University, an M.S. in industrial and orga
nization psychology from University of Baltimore, and a B.S. in psychology
from Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va. She is a black belt with both the Am
erican Society for Quality and IBM Certified Lean Six Sigma.