2025 Security Conference Program
Aug. 14, 2025
Event held in Hilton Richmond Hotel Short Pump at 12042 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23233
(Subject to change.)
With over 20 years of experience working in the information security field, Michael leads the commonwealth security and risk management team which provides security governance, oversight, and risk management for the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government in Virginia.
Michael holds a graduate degree in telecommunications with a focus on security and management from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), incident handler, intrusion analyst, penetration tester and information systems auditor.
As CIO, Osmond leads the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). He brings vast experience in public and private sector technology to the role, having most recently led information technology, process improvement, and strategic innovation as the Chief of Technology and Business Strategy at the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Prior to his role as Chief, he served as the division administrator of VDOT’s information technology division.
Secretary of Administration, Lyn McDermid brings vast knowledge and experience to the Commonwealth. At a young age, Lyn was the first woman accepted to the Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. She received a B.A. from Mary Baldwin College and an MBA from the University of Richmond.
Break before keynote kick-off.
Keynote title: “Beyond GRC: How governance of enterprise risk can transform the security and resilience of modern organizations.”
The objective is to encourage attendees to move beyond compliance management often produced by GRC frameworks and instead inspire them to use “classical governance” principles to engage the board, the c-suite, and the entire organization in activities that meaningfully reduce risk and ensure promises made to stakeholder are delivered successfully. This conversation is valuable because the concepts apply equally to public and private organizations of all sizes in all places.
Please join us outside Capital Rooms C & D for a vendor meet and greet.
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Track 1: Technical Location: Capital Room (C & D) |
Track 2: Leadership Location: Capital Room (E, F & G) |
Track 3: VITA Location: Capital Room (A & B) |
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Attacking and Defending ServiceNow: A Hands-on Lab for Red & Blue Teams Nicholas Popovich, Rotas Security LLC |
Crisis-Tested Data Controls: Lessons from Major Breaches Chris Burroughs, Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA) |
Zero Trust Requirements Built in to the MSS Contract Virginia CISO and VITA security team representatives |
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Track 1: Technical Location: Capital Room (C & D) |
Track 2 Location: Capital Room (E, F & G) |
Track 3: VITA Location: Capital Room (A & B) |
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From Prompts to Pipelines: How AI is Powering Cyber, Risk and Operational Insight at the DMV Beau Hurley, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) |
AI Governance for the C-Suite Ross Broudy, Woods Rogers Law Firm
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Looking Ahead: Changes to SEC520 Matthew Steinbach, VITA |
Lunch will be served in the main ballroom.
Keynote title: Death By Pickle: "Python's Betrayal ML"
We’ve got a REALLY good story around an evil pickle file found in the wild. Abstract: In The Matrix, Neo learns Kung Fu through an upload. In ML, pickle files let models 'learn' similarly. But what if Agent Smith tampered with the module? That's what's happening in pickle files—malicious code can sneak in. This talk covers the threat and detection techniques. You’ll KNOW Kung Fu!
Please join us outside Capital Rooms C & D for a vendor meet and greet.
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Track 1: Technical Location: Capital Room (C & D) |
Track 2: Leadership Location: Capital Room (E, F &G) |
Track 3: VITA Location: Capital Room (A & B) |
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Zero Trust Branch: An Architectural Deep Dive Raazi Zain, Zscaler |
AI is in Your Network, Now What? Sabrina Amjad, Vanbri Consulting |
Aissac to Splunk Transition (ATOS and VITA) Richard White, VITA; Greg Booth, VITA; Kevin McLees, Atos |