Overview

July 17
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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Cyber threats don't keep business hours. Unfortunately, most public sector security teams don't have unlimited staff, unlimited budgets or a 24/7 security operations center (SOC) to match the pace of today's attacks.

At the same time, the threat landscape is changing fast. Adversaries are using AI to accelerate reconnaissance, automate attacks and shorten the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. For state and local governments and higher education institutions, that means security teams are being asked to respond faster than ever while dealing with staffing shortages, alert fatigue and growing operational complexity.

This webinar will explore how organizations are modernizing the SOC to meet these challenges. You'll hear how AI-powered platform approach can help teams cut through noise, automate repetitive tasks and respond to threats more quickly — even when skilled cybersecurity resources are limited. We'll also discuss the growing role of AI agents that can investigate alerts, correlate activity across systems and automate response actions, helping security teams extend their capabilities without adding headcount.

Why attend:

  • See how agencies are addressing staffing shortages and alert fatigue without sacrificing security coverage
  • Learn how AI-powered operations and AI agents can accelerate detection, investigation and response
  • Understand what modern SOC architecture requires to support 24/7 cyber resilience

Speakers

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Bobby Suber

Sr Manager, Solutions Architecture, ElasticSearch

Bobby Suber leads Elastic's Solutions Architecture organization for Global Public Sector. He works with government and education organizations to modernize security operations, improve operational resilience, and unlock the value of their data through cybersecurity, observability, and AI-driven analytics. His work focuses on helping agencies strengthen collaboration, reduce operational silos, and improve outcomes through unified data and technology strategies.

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Greg DeYoung

Regional Vice President, US SLED Central, ElasticSearch

Greg DeYoung is a Regional Vice President at Elastic working with SLED organizations. With a 35-year career bridging the gap between public sector leadership and enterprise technology, Greg offers a rare 360-degree perspective on the challenges facing modern government and education institutions. Before transitioning to executive roles at Microsoft and Elastic, he spent two decades serving as a Public Sector CIO, where he was responsible for the digital infrastructure of complex, multi-stakeholder organizations.

Having managed the same constrained budgets, navigated the same legacy technical debt, and defended the same "open" perimeters as his customers, Greg brings immediate credibility to the conversation. He is known for his ability to bridge the gap between technical complexity and organizational impact—translating fragmented data silos and security vulnerabilities into actionable, executive-level strategies. He excels at helping agency heads and institutional leaders understand that modernizing a tech stack is not just an IT project, but a fundamental requirement for fulfilling their public mission.

At Elastic, Greg focuses on helping SLED organizations solve the "Data Paradox"—the gap between the massive expectations of how data can empower organizations and the reality of fragmented, unsearchable data. By converging Data, AI, Search, Observability, and Security into a single platform, he helps leaders transition from reactive, fragmented monitoring and response to a unified, AI-ready data foundation. By breaking down these traditional silos, Greg empowers public sector teams to defend against autonomous threats in real-time while delivering the frictionless, data-driven services that modern citizens and students demand. Whether facilitating executive dialogue or leading strategic initiatives, he bypasses vendor-centric pitches to facilitate candid, peer-driven discussions that help leaders become the strategic "Change Architects" their organizations require.

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Dan Lohrmann — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Daniel J. Lohrmann is an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, technologist, keynote speaker and author. He led Michigan government’s cybersecurity and technology infrastructure teams from May 2002 to August 2014, including as enterprise-wide chief security officer (CSO), chief technology officer (CTO) and chief information security officer (CISO). During his distinguished career, he has served both the public and private sectors in a variety of executive leadership capacities including advising senior leaders at the White House, National Governors Association (NGA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Throughout his career he has received numerous national awards including CSO of the Year, Public Official of the Year and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader.

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