2021 Conference Agenda
Tuesday, August 31
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:30 Opening Plenary Session
09:00 Welcome and Introduction (M0a) Timothy Woodcome, Director, NQA, USA
09:05 Security and Resiliency of the Defense Industrial Base Supply Chain (M0b) Ellen Lord, Former Undersecretary Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of Defense
09:45 Perspective on Supply Chain Risk Management in the Federal Space (M0c) Keith Nakasone, Former Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Acquisition, Office of Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA; and Federal Strategist, VMware
10:30-10:50 Networking Break in Exhibits
10:50-12:50 Conference Session
CMMC Overview
10:50 EO14028: Supply Chain Cybersecurity is More Than Just CMMC (M1a) Gordon Bitko, Senior Vice President of Policy, Public Sector, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
11:20 Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems: The NIST Special Publication 800-171 Series (M1b) Victoria Pillitteri, Acting Manager, Security Engineering & Risk Management Group, NIST
11:50 Controlled Unclassified Information and NIST SP 800-171 (M1c) Devin Casey, Program Analyst, US Department of State
12:20 CMMC Untangled–Strategies for Cybersecurity Compliance (M1d) Eric Crusius, Partner, Holland & Knight
12:50–13:50 Lunch in Exhibit Area
13:50-14:50 Conference Session
Panel Discussion
13:50 Panel Discussion: CMMC Best Practices for Small and Medium Sized Businesses (M2a) Moderator: Tim Burke, Principal Product Manager, Pondurance Panelists: Matt Gilbert, Principal, Baker Tilly US; Kyle Lai, Founder, CISO, KLC Consulting; Buddy Willis, Director Of Technical Services, D-J Engineering Group; Armando Seay, Co-Founder and Member Board of Directors, MISI
14:50-15:10 Networking Break in Exhibits
15:10-16:40 Conference Session
CMMC in Practice
15:10 CMMC: The Legal and Contractual Implications (M3a) Jon Williams, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC; Anna Wright, Associate, PilieroMazza PLLC
15:40 What to Expect from a CMMC C3PAO (M3b) Timothy Woodcome, Director, NQA, USA
16:10 CMMC Assessment Expectations/Walkthrough–What the Auditors Are Looking For! (M3c) Fred Tschirgi, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Perry Johnson Registrars
16:40-17:00 Networking Break
17:00-18:30 Conference Session
CMMC in Practice
17:00 Understanding and Demystifying CMMC Compliance (M4a) Tara Lemieux, Certified CMMC Provisional Assessor and Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000-1 and ISO/IEC 27001, ANTS
17:30 Applying Data Protection Best Practices to CMMC (M4b) Bill Becker, VP Product Management, Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies
18:00 CMMC AB Outlook (M4c) Jeff Dalton, President and CEO, Broadsword Solutions Corporation, Vice Chairman, CMMC-AB