Speaking / Training
PRESENTATIONS, KEYNOTES, AND TRAINING TO SECURE YOUR BUSINESSBlack Swan Technologies Founder and CEO, Brian Nesgoda, is a frequent speaker and trainer on subjects ranging from Enterprise Risk Management to Cybersecurity and Vendor Management.
He is known for a personable, relatable approach to Information Technology and advanced technology systems, reaching audiences globally with his mission to ensure security and safety to today’s leading organization.
Brian brings 20+ years of technical experience and executive leadership to his presentations and conducts unique keynotes as well as training and development work sessions for corporations.
He is equipped with the knowledge and background to architect the tools necessary to proof and manage the immediate security risks of an organization while also continuing to be a leading-edge thinker and learner in his field.
When companies want fresh, applicable information and systems that will lead them into the next wave of Cybersecurity and Risk Management, Black Swan Technologies is called upon to assist and educate.
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
UN Cybersecurity Event Podgorica, Montenegro
November 7-9, 2017
ISACA CACS Conference Accra, Ghana
September 11-12, 2017
Nonprofit Risk Management Center Risk Summit
September 17-19, 2017
Credit Union Executive Society
2016
Blackhat Executive Summit Scottsdale, AZ
2015
Session Highlight:
CACS Africa 2017
What keeps us up at night?
Cybersecurity in the Developing Nation
Brian Nesgoda – Chief Information Security Officer Sikorsky Financial Credit Union
Cyber threats and cybercrimes impact all of us. It is a global issue growing at an accelerating rate. How are developing nations affected? The increased threat of cyber-attacks puts the critical infrastructures and industrial control systems (ICS) of hospitals, utilities, transportation, communications and government agencies of developing nations at risk.
Building resiliency into these systems is crucial for their availability. The emerging digital economies of developing nations are also at systemic risk from cyber-criminals. Rampant fraud or hacking attacks, for example, could crash a developing nation’s emerging digital economy. Widespread fraud could deter participants from using e-commerce which would negatively impact a growing economy.
Simply, computer crime and hacking are a growing world problem which threaten the critical national infrastructure and emerging digital economies.
Where does a person, a company, or a government begin to combat these challenges? “I don’t know what I don’t know.”
Knowing the vendors of my vendor and the potential threats that may results from those relationships is one of the most difficult risks to identify. Add it to your risk assessment. The risk assessment is the fundamental pillar in the development of a cyber security program. Resources are often limited so focus more on the controls and less on the threats.
After completing this session, you will be able to:
- Learn how they are affected by cyber-attacks
- Learn how to develop a Cybersecurity Program
- Know resources are available to address the threats
- Learn about the emerging technologies that are changing how we implement security
Session Highlight:
UNDP/FIRST Technical Colloquium 2017
Cloud-hosted (SAAS) Solutions
Brian Nesgoda – Chief Information Security Officer Sikorsky Financial Credit Union
This talk will go in-depth on Cloud-hosted (SAAS) solutions to create a centralized repository for the management and reporting of vendors and to ease the burden of regulatory compliance.
Maturing security technologies include cloud security access brokers (CASB) and machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) solutions which enable us to extend controls into the cloud in ways never before possible.
Attendees will learn:
- How vendor management is critical in building an effective cybersecurity program.
- How to build an effective vendor management program
- How CASB’s and other emerging technologies can improve the security of 3rd-pary vendors.