“Suits and Spooks” is a limited-attendance, cyber security event founded by Taia Global, Inc. and owned by SecurityWeek. It is held three times per year in Washington D.C., New York City and Singapore. In 2014 Monterey was been added to the list of venues and MCySec co-hosted this session.

Each event draws thought leaders and decision makers from the public, private, defense, law enforcement and intelligence sectors who come to learn about and discuss some of the key security challenges which face our digitally-connected nation and world. Although these fora include former and present employees of the U.S. government and military as participants and/or speakers, it has no affiliation with any government agency.

Guest speakers from Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, the United Kingdom and the United States discussed these issues in a Chatham House rules environment at the Monterey Institute Irvine Auditorium located in the McCone building, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA.

Confirmed Speakers

• John Arquilla:  Professor and Chair, Department of Defense Analysis, Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
• Nicholas Brookes: Director, Deputy Global Head Financial Intelligence Unit, Credit Suisse
• Douglas Bruns: Technical Director, Global Security Operations Center, BAE Systems
• Jeffrey Carr: Chief Executive Officer, TAIA Global, Inc.; Founder of “Spooks and Suits”
• Glenn Chisholm: Chief Technology Officer, Cylance
• Scott Donnelly: Senior Analyst, Recorded Future
• Rob DuBois: Principal, SEAL of Peace Consulting; U.S. Navy SEAL (retired)
• Chris Diehl: Principal and Co-founder, The Data Guild
• Jeffrey “JC” Dodson: Vice-President, Cybersecurity; Global CISO, BAE Systems
• Roderick Jones: Chief Executive Officer, Concentric Advisors
• Robin J. Lee: Partner, Technology Transactions Practice Group; Member, Cooley Business Department
• Itamara Lochard: Director, Cyber Security Initiative (MCySec), Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Edward V. Marshall: Vice-President, Credit Suisse
• Carmen Medina: Specialist Leader, Deloitte; 30+ years at CIA as Director of the Center for the Study of Intelligence
• Brian Mefford: Founder, The Committee for Open Democracy
• Christopher Michael: Director, Cybersecurity Engineering and Strategy, BAE Systems
• Glib Pakharenko: Director, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Ukraine
• Jaan Priisalu:  Director General, RIA – Estonian Information Systems’ Authority; Founding Civilian Head of the Estonian Cyber Defense League
• Thomas Rid: Reader in War Studies, King’s College London
• Roel Schouwenberg: Senior Researcher, Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab
• Anna Vassilieva: Director, Graduate Learning Initiative in Russian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Agenda

Thursday, 17 April 2014

8:30-9:00 am: REGISTRATION – Monterey Institute of International Studies, McCone building entrance of Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA

9:00-9:10 am: Welcome address by Jeffrey Carr and Dr. Itamara Lochard

9:10-9:45 am: Jaan Priisalu: Director General, Estonian Information System’s Authority; founding Civilian Head of the Estonian Cyber Defense League (Kuber Kaitseliit): “On Cyber Threats Post-Crimea”

9:45-10:15 am: Scott Donnelly: “A Temporal Analysis of the Attacks, Actors and After-Effects of the Russia-Ukraine Cyber Conflict”

10:20-11:20 am: PANEL: “International Perspectives on Cyber Incidents” (Itamara Lochard (moderator), Jaan Priisalu, John Arquilla)

11:25-12:25 am: PANEL: “How Do You Measure the Impact of Cyber Operations in Nation-State Conflicts?” (Jeffrey Carr: Thomas Rid, Robin J. Lee, Scott Donnelly)

12:30-1:15 pm: LUNCH

1:15-1:40pm: Live Skype briefing with Q&A on the situation in Ukraine (Glib Paharenko)

1:45-2:40pm:  Panel – “BAE Systems Insights into Current Global Cyber Threat Landscape” (J.C. Dodson, Christopher Michael, Douglas Bruns)

2:45-3:15pm: Rob DuBois: “Overview of Russian Special Operations and Covert Missions in the CIS”

3:15-3:30pm: BREAK

3:30-4:00pm: Roel Schouwenberg: “Kaspersky Lab Research on The Mask (aka Careto): Advanced Spanish language speaking threat actor that has been involved in global cyber espionage operations since 2007”

4:00-4:55 pm: PANEL – “The Machines (Alone) Won’t Save You” (Chris Diehl, David Gutelius, Rodrigo Bijou, Adam Sealey)

5:00-5:30pm: Glenn Chisholm – “A Novel Approach to Cyber Threat Detection Using Machine Learning and Static Analysis”

6:00-8:00pm: Drinks and Networking (Portola Hotel – exact venue to be announced)

Friday, 18 April 2014

9:00-9:30 am: Live Skype briefing from Kiev by Brian Mefford

9:35-10:20 am: Carmen Medina – “What Leads to Intelligence Failures and What Can Be Done about It?”

10:20-11:15 am:  PANEL – “A Review of the Global Threat Landscape for Multinational Financial Institutions” (Nicholas Brookes, Edward Marshall)

11:15-11:25 am: BREAK

11:25-11:55 am: Roderick Jones – “Do High Net-Worth Individuals Understand Digital Threats in the Same Way As Physical Threats?”

11:55-12:25 pm: Robin J. Lee – “We Must Learn How to Speak a Vocabulary of Risk”

12:25pm: End of day two – Conclusion of Forum

 Many thanks to everyone who participated, organized and presented at the conference. It was an incredible opportunity for the students of the Monterey Institute of International Studies to interface with global professionals in the field.