Sunshine Cyber Conference 2025 Agenda
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Red Dragon Rising II: China in Cyberspace
Join as we once again convene some of the world’s leading scholars to discuss China’s power projection through cyberspace. Since this group last convened, the world has seen an explosion in the availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as an extension of the digital attack surface. Some questions they’ll ponder include: How might an AI capability enhance China’s security? What is China’s current cyberspace strategy and how might it be augmented by AI? Will AI make China more effective with cyber-enabled information operations, cyber espionage, and offensive cyber? How might China’s terrestrial ambitions be reflected in cyberspace? Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some of the top experts discuss cyberspace, China, and national security!
Moderator: Dr. Mark Grzegorzewski
Panelists:
The McCrary Institute: Securing America’s Digital Future
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security—a Cyber Florida at USF partner organization—and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 released a timely report entitled “Securing America’s Digital Future: A Bipartisan Cybersecurity Roadmap for the Next Administration.” The report includes dozens of recommendations for improving the cybersecurity of the United States, based on input from the task force’s subject matter experts. To develop the report, the task force consisted of thought leaders in the field of cyber policy, including industry experts and former federal officials. Among those who contributed to the report was Cyber Florida at USF Director Ernie Ferraresso, who is also a Senior Fellow at the McCrary Institute.
The report includes dozens of recommendations for improving the cybersecurity of the United States, based on input from the task force’s subject matter experts.
The report includes dozens of recommendations for improving the cybersecurity of the United States, based on input from the task force’s subject matter experts.
“With the release of this important report, we are offering the next administration a set of sound policy recommendations to further improve national security in the face of growing cybersecurity threats,” said Frank Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our distinguished panel of experts, these recommendations come at a critical time in the cyber policy arena, and we look forward to engaging the next administration to advance these proposals.”
Mark Montgomery, Executive Director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 added, “The cyber threats to U.S. critical infrastructure emanating from both state and non-state adversaries continues to evolve and grow, and so must our policy approach to mitigating them. I am pleased that this impressive cohort of subject matter experts came together with actionable recommendations to address some of the most pressing policy questions facing government and industry today.”
The task force recommendations include calls to harmonize a cumbersome regulatory landscape; improve coordination across federal agencies; provide exercised playbooks for stakeholders to prepare for and respond to cyber attacks; develop a process for labeling state sponsors of cybercrime; develop a system for critical asset identification; establish standards for cloud, IT, and OT security; improve cyber workforce development and retention; and resource key organizations more effectively, among many others. Irrespective of the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, these task force recommendations will provide a framework for the incoming administration to engage in important policy efforts and improve the security of U.S. critical infrastructure.
The McCrary Institute, based at Auburn University with additional centers in Washington, D.C., and Huntsville, seeks practical solutions to pressing challenges in the areas of cyber and critical infrastructure security. Through its three hubs, the institute offers end-to-end capability — policy, research and education — on all things cyber-related.
To learn more and download a copy of the report, please visit https://eng.auburn.edu/mccrary/pttf/index.
Sunshine Cyber Conference 2025 Sponsorship Opportunities
Being a Sunshine Cyber Con sponsor is an opportunity to expand your brand recognition while supporting an educationally focused, nonprofit event. Our attendees are cyber practitioners, researchers, students and organizational leaders from across the public and private sectors, including law enforcement, the military, and municipal, county, and state government. Browse the Sponsor + Exhibitor Prospectus below to find the sponsorship opportunity that fits your goals and budget. We sincerely appreciate your support!
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SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
Networking Lunch Sponsor $10,000 (1 available)
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- One standard exhibitor package
- Ten conference registrations
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- Will honor early-bird registration rates for up to ten sponsoring organization employees to attend, once the organization has used all registrations provided with sponsorship
Reception Sponsors $8,000 (2 available)
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- One standard exhibitor package
- Eight conference registrations
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Mobile App Sponsor $5,000 (1 available)
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- Four conference registrations
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WiFi Sponsor $5,000 (SOLD!)
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- Company logo included in the event app
- Opportunity to include giveaway item in the event bag (item can only be name and logo)*
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Coffee Station Sponsors $3,000 (4 available)
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- Two conference registrations
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- Company logo prominently featured on conference signage and all marketing materials
- Company logo included in the event app
- Opportunity to include giveaway item in the event bag (item can only be name and logo)*
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- Will honor early-bird registration rates for up to four sponsoring organization employees to attend once the organization has used all registrations provided with sponsorship
Partner Sponsor $1,000 (unlimited)
- Four conference registrations
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Supporter Sponsor $500 (unlimited)
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Sunshine Cyber Conference 2025 Registration
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Sunshine Cyber Conference 2025 Exhibit Table Registration
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Frank J. Cilluffo
Chair of the Board of Advisors for Cyber Florida at the University of South Florida, Frank Cilluffo was a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, and he’s routinely called upon to advise senior officials in the executive branch, U.S. Armed Services, and state and local governments on an array of matters related to national and homeland security strategy and policy. In addition to briefing Congressional committees and their staffs, he has publicly testified before Congress on numerous occasions, serving as a subject matter expert on policies related to cyber threats, counterterrorism, security and deterrence, weapons proliferation, organized crime, intelligence and threat assessments, emergency management, and border and transportation security. Similarly, he works with U.S. allies and organizations such as NATO and Europol. He has presented at a number of bilateral and multi-lateral summits on cybersecurity and countering terrorism, including the U.N. Security Council.
Following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Mr. Cilluffo was appointed by President George W. Bush to the newly created Office of Homeland Security. There, he was involved in a wide range of homeland security and counterterrorism strategies and policy initiatives and served as a principal advisor to Director Tom Ridge, directing the president’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Mr. Cilluffo then joined George Washington University in 2003, establishing the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security as a prominent nonpartisan “think and do tank” dedicated to building bridges between theory and practice to advance U.S. security. He served as an associate vice president, where he led a number of national security and cybersecurity policy and research initiatives. He directed the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security and, with the School of Business, launched the university’s World Executive MBA in Cybersecurity program.
Prior to his White House appointment, Mr. Cilluffo spent eight years in senior policy positions with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. There, he chaired or directed numerous committees and task forces on homeland defense, counterterrorism, transnational organized crime, information warfare, and information assurance.
He has published extensively in academic, law, business, and policy journals, as well as magazines and newspapers worldwide. His work has been published through ABC News, Foreign Policy, The Journal of International Security Affairs, The National Interest, Parameters, Politico, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Quarterly, and The Washington Post. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board for Military and Strategic Affairs and has served as an on-air consultant for CBS News and as a reviewer for a number of publications and foundations.
Colonel John Burger
COL (retired) John Burger serves ReliaQuest as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of IT Infrastructure. Before joining ReliaQuest, he served 27 years in multiple assignments, including the CISO at the United States Central Command from 2010-2012. As the CISO, he directed the efforts of National Security Agency HUNT teams to protect and defend a warfighting network of over 1+ million devices in the Middle East. In 2012, he was selected as the Chief of Cyber Warfare, where he directed the cyberattacks in Afghanistan and Iraq and the planning for offensive cyber operations against Iran.
