9th Annual Cybersecurity Summit
Schedule Subject to Change
All sessions have limited capacity and are on a first come first seated basis.
Creating a schedule on Sessions Sync does not reserve your seat for the session.
8:00 AM
Cybersecurity Summit Check-In
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1
9:00 AM
Cybersecurity Summit - Welcome and Introduction
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1
9:45 AM
Ransomware Outbreak - Planning beats Panicking
Starr County Room · Capacity 60
Eric Rodriguez
AI and Cybersecurity: Meet me at Governance Rd.
Willacy County Room · Capacity 60
Dirce Hernandez
Regional Security Operations Center - Shoring Up Your Cybersecurity
Hidalgo County Room · Capacity 100
Robert Rangel
Jeremy Wilson
The Unit 42 Threat Frontier: Cyber Threat Landscape for Texas School Districts
Brooks County Room · Capacity 60
Eddie Locastro
Building Cyber Resilience: Integrating Security, Automation, and Backup for Complete Protection
Cameron County Room · Capacity 60
Anthony lacalandra
10:45 AM
Sponsor Break #1
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1
11:00 AM
Advancing Cyber Resilience & Risk Strategy
Brooks County Room · Capacity 60
Sagay Joseph
Ctrl+ F5: Reboot your Cyber Defense Strategy
Cameron County Room · Capacity 60
Cesar Ibarra
Cybersecurity in Education: From Compliance to Resilience
Starr County Room · Capacity 60
David Barron
How ClassLink Strengthens Your District’s Cybersecurity Posture
Hidalgo County Room · Capacity 100
Kimberly Jett Gonzalez
Behind the Firewall: Our District's Cybersecurity Journey and What we Learned
Willacy County Room · Capacity 60
Hector Rodriguez
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1
1:00 PM
The AI Powered Adversary
Cameron County Room · Capacity 60
Tom Mrozovich
Detection Engineering using Wazuh
Willacy County Room · Capacity 60
Kenneth Castillo
Not All Cyber Solutions Are Created Equal
Hidalgo County Room · Capacity 100
David Aguilera
How Weslaco ISD survived the ransomware attack
Brooks County Room · Capacity 60
Carlos Martinez
McAllen ISD: Fortifying K-12 with Microsoft Intune & Defender
Starr County Room · Capacity 60
DOMINGO RAMOS
2:00 PM
A Defender's Guide to Process Injections
Cameron County Room · Capacity 60
Matthew Navarro
Cybersecurity Hardening in an Evolving Landscape
Hidalgo County Room · Capacity 100
Luis Montes
NetBrain + Security: From Visibility to Vigilance
Willacy County Room · Capacity 60
Ivan Uribe
I believe this will be our finest hour, inside Socorro ISD
Starr County Room · Capacity 60
Augmenting the Blue Team: How AI Is Redefining Detection, Response, and Analysis
Brooks County Room · Capacity 60
Jose Padilla
3:00 PM
Sponsor Break #2
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1
3:15 PM
Future Defenders: Student Voices in Cybersecurity
Brooks County Room · Capacity 60
Adriana Garcia
Building a Responsible Framework for the Age of Generative AI
Starr County Room · Capacity 60
Omar Lopez
South Texas College Cybersecurity Clinic Workforce Development
Cameron County Room · Capacity 60
Dirce Hernandez
Zero-Trust at the Edge: Privacy-First Security for IoT Surveillance
Willacy County Room · Capacity 60
Damian Villarreal
Future-Ready Security: How Minerva EDU Prepares Texas Districts Today
Hidalgo County Room · Capacity 100
Jorge Conde-Berrocal
4:20 PM
Cybersecurity Summit - Closing Session & Door Prizes
Hidalgo/Cameron/Starr/Brooks/Willacy Room · Capacity 1