Updated Agenda (Sept 16)

Cybersecurity Workshop Theme: Exploring Cyber Test Ranges: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

September 17 – 20, 2024
Hilton Doubletree at Sea World, Orlando, Florida

Tuesday, September 17
Pre-Workshop Tutorials (separate registration required)

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tutorial I
T&E Fundamentals and CTEP Foundations (part 1)
Presented by Chas McKee, PELSS 3 Program Manager Global Systems Technologies Inc.

Tutorial II
Introduction to the State of the Art in Finding Bugs
Presented by Dr. Mike Shields, Dan Koch, and Travis Yoder, Vigilant Cyber Systems

Tutorial III
Test and Evaluation of AI-Enabled Systems
Presented by Jean Petty, Department of Homeland Security

Lunch on own

Pre-Workshop Tutorials (separate registration required)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Tutorial IV
T&E Fundamentals and CTEP Foundations (part 2)
Presented by Chas McKee, PELSS 3 Program Manager, Global Systems Technologies Inc.

Tutorial V
Cyber Offense Basic Training – A Boot Camp Approach to Understanding Adversarial Attacks against DoD Networks and Weapon Systems
Presented by Roy Wilson, CISSP, CEH, Sec+, Cybersecurity Professor, Defense Acquisition University

Wednesday, September 18
Workshop Day 1

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Opening Ceremony and Welcome by Scott Bisciotti, Program Chair

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM Senator Rick Scott (FL), Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (invited)

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Arjuna (AJ) Pathmanathan, Executive Manager, National Cyber Range Complex

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM Christopher C. Collins, SES, Executive Director, DTE&A

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Break with Exhibitors

10:45 AM – 12:45 PM Technical Tracks

TRACK 1 Fuzzing to Find Unknown Vulnerabilities
Track Chair: Michael Shields, PhD., Vigilant Cyber Systems

10:45 – 11:15
Vader Modular Fuzzer (VMF) Now and in the Future
Presenter: Arch Owen, Program Manager

11:15-11:45
G-QEMU (GQ) Now and in the Future
Presenter: Josh Weader, Deputy PM and Technical Director, Draper

11:45 –12:15
Hybrid Fuzzing
Presenter: Kaleb Senator, Research Scientist, GTRI

12:15 -12:45 Measuring Fuzzer Performance
Presenter : Dan Koch, TRMC T&E S&T CTT Fuzzing SME, Vigilant Cyber Systems

TRACK 2 Cyber Resilience
Track Chair: Steve Seiden, Acquired Data Solutions

10:45 – 11:15
Why you need Cyber Range as a Service
Presenter: Charles T. Reynolds, Technical Systems Integrators, Inc.

11:15 – 11:45
The Strategic Value of Capture the Flag Competitions for Government Red Teams and Penetration Testers
Presenter: Dylan Harbaugh, Vigilant Cyber Systems

11:45 – 12:15
Secure and Resilient Cyber Test Ranges against Potential Cyber-Attacks
Presenter: Jaewon Kim, Ph.D., Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute

12:15 – 12:45
TSA’s Cyber Resilience Approach
Presenter: Rachelle McMullin, Researcher, Western Governors University

TRACK 3 Modeling Cybersecurity and Resilience
Track Chair: Peter Firey, Senior Principal, MITRE Corporation

10:45 – 11:15
Using Modeling and Simulation to Determine Cyber Survivability
Presenter: Bill “Data” Bryant, PhD., Support Contractor, DOT&E

11:15 – 11:45
Glanceable Augmented Reality for Cybersecurity Analysts
Presenter: Lee Lisle, Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech National Security Institute

11:45 – 12:15
Using ATT&CK and D3FEND to Measure Human Response to Active Cyber Threats – Virtual Participation
Presenter: Nick Tsamis and Peter Kalorourmakis, MITRE (virtual)

12:15 – 12:45
Leveraging Cyber Operations Lethality and Effectiveness for Risk Assessments against Cyber-Physical Systems – CUI Requirement to attend – Must present an active Government CAC or PIV Card
Presenter: Kira Lindke, COLE T&E Lead, Applied Research Associates

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch

1:45PM – 2:15PM Keith Joiner, PhD., CSC, CPEng, CPPD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University (Fall 2024) and Senior Lecturer Test, Evaluation and Aircraft Design, University of New South Wales, Australia

2:15PM – 3:45PM Panel Discussion on Industry Cyber Ranges
Moderator: Michael Shields, PhD., Vigilant Cyber Systems

Jason Minto, Principal Technical Director, Cybersecurity Software Engineer, IBM
Rahul Parwani, Deputy Product Cybersecurity Officer, RTX Corporation
Pritesh Patel, Founder and CEO, AdHoc Research
Gary M. Deckard, PhD, CISSP, PMP, Strategy Senior Advisor, Peraton Labs

3:45 PM – 4:15PM Break with Exhibitors

4:15PM – 5:15 PM Chris Paust, Program Manager, Test Resource Management Center, Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program “Cyber Goals, Objectives and Investments” – CUI Requirements to attend.

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM Networking Reception with Exhibitors

Thursday, September 19
Workshop Day 2

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Welcome

8:15AM – 9:00 AM Robert N. Tamburello, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer Deputy Executive Agent for DoD Cyber Test Ranges RMF Authorizing Official, Test Resource Management Center, Strategic Initiatives DOD Cyber Ranges

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Mitch Crosswait, Ph.D., SES, Deputy Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, Net-centric, Space and Missile Defense Systems

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Break with Exhibitors

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Panel Discussion: Cyber Ranges: Enabling Capabilities for Cyber Test, Training and Experimentation
Moderator: Scott Bisciotti, Command Post Technologies

Jeff Minor, Director of Operation, Joint IO Range, Director Operations, 318 COG OL-B
Benjamin Pryor, Product Manager, Cyber Resiliency and Training, Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE)
Sarah Standard, Cybersecurity/Interoperability Technical Director, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation
Rob Tamburella, PhD., CIO, TRMC, Cyber EA for T&E
Christa Pettie, PhD., National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC) Enterprise Operations and Outreach Lead

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Christa Pettie, PhD., NCRC, Enterprise Operations and Outreach Lead “Cyber Table Top”

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:45 PM – 4:15 PM Technical Tracks

TRACK 4 – TRMC T&E/S&T Cyberspace Test Technology Projects
Track Chair: Jeong Min Kim, CISSP, Executing Agent, TRMC T&E/S&T Cyberspace Test Technology

1:45PM– 2:15PM
Measure and Share Data Fabric
Presenter: Donald Anthony Pellegrino Jr., PhD., DeciSym, LLC

2:15PM – 2:45PM
[ACE²] Activity and Content Enhancement for an Advanced Cyber Environment
Presenter: Steve Durst, R&D Engineer, Skaion Corp

2:45PM – 3:15PM
Formal Methods: Past Successes, Current Challenges, Future Opportunities
Presenter: Gordon Stewart, Associate Director, Secure and Resilient Systems Riverside Research Institute

3:15PM – 3:45PM
Overview of TRMC’s VM Creation Project – CUI Requirement to attend
Presenter: Marc Bohler, TRMC T&E S&T CTT, Vigilant Cyber Systems, Inc.

TRACK 5 Cyber T&E
Track Chair: Steve Seiden, Acquired Data Solutions

1:45PM – 2:15PM
Flip the Script: Impose your will on the Adversary
Presenter: Scott Fogarty, CEO, Ridgeback Network Defense, Inc.

2:15PM – 2:45PM
Covariate Software Vulnerability Discovery Model to Support Cybersecurity Test & Evaluation
Presenter: Lance Fiondella, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2:45PM – 3:15PM
Impact of Cybersecurity in DevSecOps
Presenter: Timothy Chase, STAT COE/ALPI

3:15PM -3:45PM
CyberVan
Presenter: Gary Deckard, PhD., Peraton Labs,

TRACK 6 AI and Cybersecurity
Track Chair: Bruce T. Einfalt, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State

1:45PM – 2:15PM
Evaluation Methodology of AI/ML Network Analysis Tools
Presenter: Grant Deffenbaugh PhD., Software Engineering Institute

2:15PM – 2:45PM
The Ultimate Antivirus Platform for AI
Presenter: Andrew Mahyari, Ph.D., AIVault Inc.

2:45PM – 3:15PM
Cloud Scalable Docker Range – How Containerization Can Be Used to Create a Cyber Range Environment
Presenter: Zander Connor, Scientific Research Corporation

3:15PM – 3:45PM
Command & Control – How Advanced Adversaries Take Over Your Network
Presenter: Benjamin Smith, Scientific Research Corporation

3:45 PM – 4:15PM Break with Exhibitors

4:15PM – 4:45PM Bradley R. Horton, Director, US Army Threat Systems Management Office (TSMO)

4:45 PM – 5:30PM The Honorable Douglas C. Schmidt, Director, Operational Test & Evaluation

Friday, September 20
Post-Workshop

Tour National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC)

9:00AM – 1:00PM

We will be scheduling several small groups of 5 in 30-minute intervals during these hours.

Visit ITEA Registration Desk on Wednesday to confirm your time and group. If you plan to tour with an established group of 5 or less, inform us by COB Wednesday and we will do our best to accommodate your request. No changes after this time.