CyberWeek Conference - Fall 2024
Hosted by Palm Beach State College
Join Us In Person or Virtually!
October 21 - 25, 2024
Lake Worth Campus
4200 S. Congress Avenue, Lake Worth | Campus Map & Directions
Welcome to CyberWeek Conference Fall 2024 at Palm Beach State College. Our one-week series of intensive cybersecurity seminars, workshops, and trainings is hosted by Palm Beach State College (PBSC) in partnership with cybersecurity industry partners & other colleges and universities. The conference will bring together computer science, IT, networking, cybersecurity students, ethical hackers, faculty, industry speakers, practitioners, and professionals.
In partnership with national cybersecurity organizations and private companies, our participants will engage in intensive training, seminars, demonstrations, certification exercises, cyber challenge competitions, and information sharing to examine the latest cyber defense techniques, emerging cybercrime threats, and cyber solutions.
The week-long intensive series of seminars, trainings, and workshops will serve as a foundation for making cybersecurity connections, engaging in information exchange, and expanding cyber awareness. Activities will lead to problem solving as students and industry professionals work together to form alliances for a stronger and more prepared cybersecurity workforce to address the demands of a constantly evolving cyber threat landscape.
Key Concepts
- Digital Footprinting & Identity Protection
- Malware
- Social Engineering
- Capture The Flag
- Linux Fundamentals
- Digital Citizenship
- Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets
- Digital Evidence & Crime Scene
- Cybersecurity Laws & Policies
Cyber Activities & Platforms
- Cybersecurity Carnival
- CyberRange Demonstration
- Cybersecurity Presentations
- CyberChallenge Competitions
- Cybersecurity Industry Speakers
- CyberBrainBowl Competitions
- Cybersecurity Anonymity
- CyberHUB Platform Demonstration
- CyberBIT Platform Demonstration
- National CyberLeague (NCL) Activities
- Government Relationships & Partnerships
Please RSVP below to let us know you will be joining us!
We're excited to be hosting you on the Lake Worth Campus!
Monday, October 21 - Friday, October 25
Please register below and let us know what day(s) you'll be attending.
Registration is only needed once. Once registered in Zoom, you will receive a confirmation email with link information. This same link will be used for each day.
Interested in becoming a presenter for the event?
Fill out our online interest form and someone from the CyberWeek team will be in touch.
Events Schedule
Below please find a list of tentative events and times. (Schedule subject to change)
Day 1 Schedule: 9:30am - 9pm
Lake Worth Campus (CBP103) or Virtual
Day Edition: 9am - 2pm
- Meet & Greet
- 9:30am: Linux Fundamentals Workshop - "Setting Up a Virtual CyberLab Environment for Optimal Exploration" — Professor Iwin Ross, PBSC
- 10am: Linux Fundamentals Workshop - "Command Line Exploration and Navigating Fedora and Kali Linux" — Professor Iwin Ross, PBSC & Linux Fundamentals Researchers
- 11am: “AI & Biased Algorithms” — Jerome Duval, Verbosity
- Noon: "Build a Brand Called YOU: Social Media Branding Building & Business Presence" — Grant McGaugh, CEO of 5 STAR BDM
- 1pm: Cybersecurity Panel Discussion
Evening Edition: 4:30pm - 9pm
- 4:30pm: Meet & Greet
- 5pm: Host Welcome & Dean Introduction
- 5:20pm: PBSC & Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) - Cybersecurity Updates
- 5:30pm: Video - Why Study Cybersecurity? Careers in Cybersecurity
- 5:45pm: Ethical Hackers Club Welcome - Leadership Committee
- 6pm: Cybersecurity Carnival Information
- 6:15pm: Academic Program Review: Computer Science, AI Cybersecurity CCC, AS, BAS — Professor Michelle McCrae
- 6:30pm: “Cybersecurity & Government Sector” — James Twigger, CIO Government Sector, City of Tamarac
- 7:15pm: "AI & Cybersecurity: Safeguarding RAG LLM Applications" — Dr. Jeremy Davis & Justin Wan, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education & PBSC EHC Club
- 8pm: "Career Success Strategies in IT & Cybersecurity" — Bianca Diosdado, Octagon Talent Solutions
- 8:30pm: CISO & CIO Panel Discussion
- Lorenzo White: CIO of Emergent Capital, BIC
- CIO of Town of Palm Beach
Day 2 Schedule
Lake Worth Campus (CBP103) or Virtual
- Cybersecurity Carnival: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Day 3 Schedule
Lake Worth Campus (CBP103) or Virtual
Day Edition: 9:30am - 6pm
- 9:30am: Meet & Greet
- 11:30am: “AWS Platform Utilization, Strategies & Techniques” — Duncan Pierre, PBSC Faculty
- 12:15pm: “History of Offensive Security Techniques” — Chris Danowski, SpecterOPS
- 1pm: Penetration Testing Workshop — Chandler Anderson and Nicholas Corocoran, Hack The Box, Inc.
- 2pm: Blue Team & Red Team: Attacks & Defending Against Attacks — Chandler Anderson and Nicholas Corocoran, Hack The Box, Inc.
- 3 - 6pm: Live Fire Demonstration Competition — CyberBit & EHC Cyberforce Team
Evening Edition: 5:30pm - 9pm
- 5:30pm: Meet & Greet
- 6pm: Host Welcome
- 6:10pm: Malware Generation and Creating a Trojan — CyberBit & EHC Team
- 6:45pm: Defending the Enterprise: Zero Trust & Sase (Secure Access Service Edge) — Brent Sudek, TrustPoint Cyber
- 7:30pm: The Reality & Impact of IT Within Organizations — Andy Jadoo, CIO, Town of Palm Beach
- 8pm: “Digital Evidence, Data Gathering & Social Engineering” — Dr. Fatou Sankare, Datacation LLC
- 8:30pm: EHC CyberBrain Bowl Competition — Team Code Breackers VS. Team Date Warriors
Day 4 Schedule
Lake Worth Campus (CBP103) or Virtual
Day Edition: 9:30am - 3:30pm
- 9:30am: Meet & Greet
- 10am: "Iptables: A Linux Firewall" — Dr. Elizabeth Horvath, PBSC Faculty
- 11am: “Acquisition & Management of Cybersecurity Certifications” — Michael Brown, FRG Systems
- Noon: Leveraging AI Artificial Intelligence Through Darktrace-Unsupervised Machine Learning” — Robert Dim, Senior Enterprise Consultant at Darktrace Cybersecurity
- 1pm: “Cybersecurity Landscape--Pathways in Cybersecurity” — Adonis Sardinas Fortinet
- 2pm: Women in IT Panel Discussion — Dr. Roxanne Valies, Bianca Diosdado, Octagon Talent, Katia Rogas, Fortinet
- 3pm: Diversity in Information Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy - What You Need
To Know
- Dr. Natalie Johnson, CyberMindinstitute & Cyversity
- Dr. Alexis Perdereaux-Weekes, Cyversity
Evening Edition: 4:30pm - 9pm
- 4:30pm: Meet & Greet
- 5pm: Host Welcome
- 5:15pm: CyberJeopardy Game — PBSC vs. EFSC
- 6pm: Cybersecurity Presentation — Ali Segovia, Microsoft Senior Security Consultant
- 6:30pm: "Cybersecurity Offensive Techniques & Cloud Storage Access Research / Defending Your Environment from Threat Actors" — Dave Mayer, Neuvik Corporation
- 7pm: "Ransomware In Local Government" — Alex Ruggiero, SFISSA & PBSC Alum
- 7:45pm: “Using Wireshark for Packet Sniffing” — Justin Wan, PBSC & EHC Club
- 8:15pm: “Harnessing AI in Tactical Cyberdefense" — Ezz Talhoun, Cypienta
Day 5 Schedule: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Lake Worth Campus (CBP103) or Virtual
- 9:30am: PBSC Departmental Welcome
- 10am: Topic Password Cracking and Cryptography Demonstration — EHC Team
- 11am: Digital Citizenship, Social Dilemma Video Review, Social Engineering & Social Media MGMT — EHC CyberForce Team Panel Discussion
- 11am: APPs Security, Software Application Strategies — EHC CyberForce Team Workshop
- Noon activities:
- Video - "AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special"
- "AI and Education Impact: Best Practices for Remaining a High Performing Student & the Proper Use of AI and ChatGPT" Panel Discussion — Anne Bosworth, Bianca Diosdado, Janet McNaughton, Christiane Glenn
- 1pm: EHC Alumni Panel Discussion
- Abhi Saini, Bearium Networks
- Adrian Crasuc, Town of Palm Beach
- Ithiel Brazier
- Theresa Campbell, Apple Computers
- 2pm: Awards Adjournment and Dean’s Final Message
