3rd International Conference on Cyber Conflict to Analyze the Nature of Cyber Forces – Estonia 2011

Blast from the past in Estonia (2011)! 🇪🇪
Our panelists from left to right: Roger W. Kuhn, Jr., Jeffrey Bardin, Paul de Souza, Jaan Priisalu, and Rain Ottis. What a special panel that was! 

The particular focus in the year 2011 in Tallin was on generating cyber forces. It was the 3rd International Conference on Cyber Conflict to Analyse the Nature of Cyber Forces. 

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) held its annual international cyber defence conference with 300 participants from 37 countries at Tallinn’s Drama Theatre from 7-10 June. 

The conference keynote was the President of Estonia, H. E. Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

A special thanks to Roger W. Kuhn for sharing this old picture with me. #cybersecurity #Estonia #CCDCOE Cyber Security Forum Initiative

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NEW CSFI OFFICE IN ROMANIA

CSFI is proud to announce our CSFI Romanian team as well as our new office in Romania. We have an incredible and diverse team of cyber professionals working to support our CSFI’s mission and enhance the cyber efforts and cooperation between the United States and Romania. The CSFI office in Timisoara, Romania, will be hosted by Alex Andrei, our CSFI training representative. We are incredibly grateful for this outstanding achievement, and we look forward to a fruitful collaboration. Suntem mândri să anunțăm prezența CSFI în România și să lucrăm cu astfel de profesioniști în domeniul securității cibernetice.

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Cynthia Strand, former CIA Senior Program Advisor, joins CSFI’s Advisory Board! 🇺🇸

Cynthia Strand
Former Senior Program Advisor and Former Deputy Director, Office of the Chief Scientist at the CIA.
Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel
CSFI Advisory Director

Cynthia has served in the Directorate of Science and Technology at the #CIA for 33 years, working on a broad range of activities – from tech development, to analysis, to operations. Cynthia is a Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel. 

She held many critical roles within the CIA, including the following to name a few: Senior Program Advisor, Deputy Assistant Director for Global Issues, Director/Deputy Director for Integrated Missions, Director for the George Methlie School for Technical Intelligence Officers, Deputy Director for the Office of the Chief Scientist, Deputy Director for the Systems Engineering and Analysis Office, and Analyst and Manager in Directorate of Science and Technology. What an honor to have Cynthia as part of our prestigious Cyber Security Forum Initiative advisory board! 

Cynthia Strand is a recipient of the Presidential Rank Award. Thank you for your incredible service Cynthia! 

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Letter of Recognition For Cybersecurity Cooperation from The Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry

Paul de Souza and Josh Cohen

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Josh Cohen from the Israel Trade & Economic Mission in Washington, D.C. who presented me with a letter of appreciation from the Mission Director Yifat Alon Perel. Josh covers cybersecurity for the Israeli Economic Mission, and #CSFI works closely with him to promote Israeli cyber startups in the U.S. market. CSFI remains a steadfast supporter of Israel. Along with the mission and our partners at the Cyber Bytes Foundation, we plan a robust series of Israeli cyber-focused events in 2021. This builds on our work together in 2020, which included a live (socially distanced) panel in October focused on combating cyber-enabled disinformation campaigns in which three Israeli cyber companies participated. In addition to panels and B2B networking events, CSFI also looks forward to participating in the post-COVID delegation to Israel the Israeli Economic Mission is planning for U.S. cyber professionals. There’s great pent-up demand among American cyber professionals to visit Israel to learn about the latest cutting edge cyber technologies being developed there, and I encourage anyone interested to learn more about the Israeli Economic Mission’s planned cyber agenda for 2021 to reach out to Josh.

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New CSFI Fellow Alex Keedy!

Welcome our new Cyber Security Forum Initiative #CSFI Fellow (Cyber Threat Intelligence), Alex Keedy!
Alex will help shape and influence CSFI’s #CTI related activities through volunteering and collaborative efforts in the CSFI community.

Alex Keedy is a cyber threat intelligence specialist currently focusing on financially-motivated cybercriminal activity in her position managing Fortune 500 clients at Intel 471. She previously briefed C-suite clients from Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 organizations during her time working for a managed service provider at Deloitte. Her responsibilities included profiling underground forum threat actors, tracking Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups, and delivering strategic briefs on relevant cyber threats. Her previous cyber experience includes leading the cyber threat intelligence operations for a global pharmaceutical company during her two years working at Booz Allen Hamilton. She achieved her first Master’s degree in international relations with a focus in intelligence studies and is currently at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School as an MBA candidate. She additionally interned at the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, where she analyzed domestic cyber threats and served as a public liaison.

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Election Security Event (Quantico)

CSFI Staff from left to right: Leah Skowron, CSFI Administrative Officer (National Security and Intelligence) Paul de Souza, CSFI Founder, and Christine de Souza, CSFI Director. Great turn out for the ELECTION SECURITY PANEL EVENT hosted at the Cyber Bytes Foundation.

Incredible CSFI Team! Pete Schiefelbein, Anthony Guess-Johnson, Christine de Souza, Paul de Souza, and Leah Skowron

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President’s Volunteer Service Award

Honored to present the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Roger W. Kuhn, for years of volunteer work with the Cyber Security Forum Initiative in the protection of American national security. This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too. The PVSA has continued under each administration, honoring the volunteers who are using their time and talents to solve some of the toughest challenges facing our nation.

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Welcome our new CSFI Fellow Olga Nasibullina (Country of Ukraine)!

Olga Nasibullina (country Ukraine) has 13 years of managerial experience on the Head of a multinational business in Ukraine. She has a comprehensive portfolio of implementation of international business standards in Ukraine-based companies. She has a robust crisis management experience, being a country manager of industrial business.
Since 2019 Olga has been deeply involved in transferring all her professional experience to Ukraine’s cybersecurity sphere. She is leading the first Ukrainian training project for cybersecurity professionals – Cyber School. Her project CyberPeople, provides consulting services in cybersecurity recruitment, operational and financial management for startups, and creating outsourcing teams in Ukraine for international companies.

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CSFI and The Czech Republic

V CSFI jsme hrdi na to, že jsme silným spojencem a podporovatelem České republiky v oblasti kybernetické bezpečnosti na vládní úrovni. Jsme připraveni podporovat a zvelebovat vztahy mezi USA a Českou republikou za jakýchkoliv okolností.
Je mi osobní ctí spolupracovat s Českou republikou!

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Abby Dykes is Presented with a CSFI Coin

Abby is a CSFI Administrative Officer at the Cyber Security Forum Initiative.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abby-dykes/

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