The National Security Institute was excited to partner with ICS Village, the R Street Institute, and the Cyber Bytes Foundation to present Hack the Capitol 4.0., which was held virtually on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST.

 

Hack the Capitol 4.0 was a day-long, multi-track event designed to educate Congressional staffers, scholars, and press on critical industrial control system cybersecurity challenges facing our nation today.

 

Hack the Capitol 4.0 delivered programming along three tracks:

1) Policy Panels and Presentations, including keynotes and fireside chats by leading government officials;
‍2) “Technical Talks” designed to offer a deep dive into leading issues in cybersecurity; and
‍3) An Exhibition Hall, with demonstrations (including hands-on) of industrial control systems.

Panel Topics Included:

• • ICS Security in the Middle East
  • ICS Security in Europe
  • ICS and the Press
  • Supply Chain Security: Preventing the Next Big Hack
  • ICS Security and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
  • Defend Forward in ICS

 

 

Speakers Included:

• Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Co-Chair, Cybersecurity Solarium Commission
• Rep. John Katko (R-NY)
• Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
• Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
• Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
• Dr. Reem Al-Shammari, Chief Information Security Officer, Kuwait Oil Company
• Tatyana Bolton, Policy Director for Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats, R Street Institute
• Samuel Linares, Accenture Security Managing Director for Global Industry X.0, Europe IX.0, and Operational Technology Security Lead
• Mark Montgomery, Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity Solarium Commission; Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Lily Hay Newman, Senior Writer, Wired
• Nicole Perlroth, Investigative Journalist, The New York Times
• Kim Zetter, “Zero Day” Newsletter Founder, Cybersecurity Journalist, Author