29 – 30 September 2014: MIIS CySec Director, Dr. Itamara Lochard served as a panelist at the Goldman Sachs Annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference in Washington D.C. on 29-30 September 2014. MIIS was the only academic institution represented in this crowd of Fortune 100s and U.S. government representatives. “The Modern Cybersecurity Landscape: A Path Forward” panel in which she participated included U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate Suzanne Spaulding, Goldman Sachs Chief Information Risks Officer Philip Venables, IBM General Manager of Security Systems Brendan Hannigan and CEO of Tenable Network Security Ron Gula.