WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced participants, including Vice President Mike Pence, attending the DHS National Cybersecurity Summit on July 31 in New York City. Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency General Paul M. Nakasone, and top CEOs from the financial services, energy, information technology, and telecom sectors will all participate in the summit.



The goal of the summit is to bring together government and private sector officials to lay out a vision for a collective defense model to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure. Through panels, keynote addresses, and breakout sessions, the summit will serve as a launching point for a number of DHS initiatives to advance cybersecurity and critical infrastructure risk management.



A livestream to the summit will be available here. Some of the executives in attendance include:



Financial Services

Ajay Banga, Mastercard



Energy

Tom Fanning, Southern Company

Duane Highley, Arkansas Electric

John McAvoy, Con Edison

Jim Torgerson, Avangrid

Gil Quiniones, NYPA

Kevin Wailes, Lincoln Electric



IT

Rob Arnold, Threat Sketch

Pat Gelsinger, VMware

Mark McLaughlin, Palo Alto Networks

Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies



Telecom

John Donovan, AT&T Communications

Robert Hubbard, Hubbard Television Group

Rusty Moore, Big Bend Telephone

Bob Udell, Consolidated Communications

Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications



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