Overview

October 8

State and local governments are increasingly embracing technology to modernize how they plan, build and manage critical infrastructure. While digital transformation brings efficiencies, it also introduces new cybersecurity risks. Outages, breaches and cyberattacks can disrupt projects, lead to financial losses and damage public trust.

Join Government Technology, GuideHouse, and Kahua on Oct. 8, 2024, at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET for a live webinar on protecting infrastructure projects against tech threats. A panel of industry experts will discuss the latest threats facing the construction industry, explore innovative solutions to safeguard your operations and discuss the importance of compliance with FedRAMP and StateRAMP regulations. You’ll discover how to protect your agency and build a resilient cybersecurity plan.

Key takeaways include:

Emerging threats: Learn about the latest cyber threats targeting state and local government projects.
Best practices: Discover cutting-edge security solutions and strategies to safeguard your physical infrastructure.
Compliance made clear: Understand FedRAMP and StateRAMP requirements and how to achieve compliance.

Speakers

Nicholas Johnson

Chief Evangelist, Kahua

Nicholas Johnson comes to Kahua with over 40 years’ experience in the design and construction industry. Starting his career as an electrical designer and drafter, he was among the first to create a career around CAD/CAM technology. That path led to a role in IT with Heery International, an Atlanta based design and construction company. In that role he learned about construction project management software, and a little start up company called Constructware. He was with the Constructware guys for 6 years before they were acquired by Autodesk. Since that time Nicholas has held sales leadership positions at Autodesk, Trimble Connected Water, Beck Technology, and Trimble e-Builder. He twice took two year working sabbaticals to serve a greater cause. The first with Amigos for Christ, a non-profit serving the poorest of the poor in Nicaragua, and more recently, with the Society of St Vincent DePaul, serving the poor here in North Georgia. He is father of three and grandfather to one. He is an ordained minister, an accomplished speaker and mentor, and a big UGA sports fan. He enjoys hiking and hunting and fishing, and that is why he plays golf.

Keshav Sarin

Director, Cybersecurity and Compliance Solution Leader, Guidehouse

Keshav leads cybersecurity and compliance solutions within Guidehouse’s Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure practice, helping clients in commercial, energy, state and local government and federal agencies with cybersecurity strategic and implementation guidance, supporting clients in North American, Western Europe and Middle east. Guidehouse is a global consultancy providing advisory, digital, and managed services to the commercial and public sectors. Purpose-built to serve the national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure industries, the firm collaborates with leaders to outwit complexity and achieve transformational changes that meaningfully shape the future. Our team includes experts formerly responsible for protecting the US’s national security systems and critical infrastructure against cyberthreats. Keshav brings more than 28 years of experience in a variety of cybersecurity roles related to strategy, execution, risk management, information systems development, cybersecurity controls management and automation.

John Miri — Moderator

President, Electric Grid Cybersecurity Alliance

John Miri is president of the Electric Grid Cybersecurity Alliance, a global consortium of utility executives dedicated to protecting the world's electric grids from cyberattacks. Miri is a 25-year veteran of tech and cybersecurity who made his mark on utility resilience, cybersecurity, and digital transformation at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) – a $1.1 billion-dollar public utility with six power plants, five hydroelectric dams, and the second-largest transmission network in Texas. As Chief Administrative Officer for LCRA, he delivered the successful turnaround of 22 company divisions, led a quarter of LCRA’s people, managed 46% of the utility’s non-fuel operating budget, and directed a $2.5 billion capital project portfolio. Miri founded LCRA’s integrated resilience department, built the utility’s cybersecurity group, redesigned enterprise risk management, and successfully defended against billions of cyberphysical intrusion attempts. His team harmonized competing standards for IT and OT cybersecurity and was recognized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a global success story. Miri led his digital services team to accomplish the elusive goal of digital transformation, completing more than 400 technology projects to enable new business models. He personally shepherded the implementation of three Artificial Intelligence systems at LCRA, including two that use unsupervised learning to detect previously unknown cyberattacks and a third that predicts power plant failures before they happen. In 2017, Miri was selected as one of the top 25 "Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers" in the United States by Government Technology magazine. He graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in Physics in 1998.

Webinar

Securing the Future: Protecting State and Municipal Projects from Cyber Threats