The topic: Cybersecurity.
The event: CyberX Tampa, an evening conference with some pretty interesting speakers and topics, and a chance to catch up with some local techies and security nerds.
The place: TheIncLab in Ybor City, in the place where The Undercroft — the guild where I took a pretty intense cybersecurity course during the pandemic — used to be.
The cost: Free as in beer. $0. Just register on their Eventbrite page.
The agenda:
| Time | Event |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Networking |
| 6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Special honoree: Courtney H. Jackson, founder and CEO of Paragon Cyber Solutions and Global 2022 Cybersecurity Woman Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Breakout sessions DE&I in Cyber Panel with: • Moderator: Suzanne Ricci | Chief Success Officer @ Computer Coach • Courtney H. Jackson | Founder & CEO @ Paragon Cyber Solutions • Samantha Ramos | Information Security Risk Manager @ Nextech Systems • Hugh Percy | Mgr, Cyber Security Threat Analysis & Operations @ Moffitt Blackhat Tactics You Should Know • Charlton Trezevant | Senior Application Security Consultant @ GuidePoint Security • Robert Lubin | Security Operations Center Director@ Abacode |
| 6:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Networking |
| 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: State of Cybersecurity in Florida • Moderator: Larry Whiteside | CISO @ RegScale • Jason Allen | CTO @ Digital Hands • Kari Schori | CIO @ Office of the Public Defender 6th Judicial Circuit • Rolando Torres | Co-Founder & COO @ Abacode |
| 7:45 p.m. | Thank you’s and good night |
What you’ll get out of it: Well, that depends on what you put into it. But trust me, there are opportunities and a lot of potential there, and I can tell you that half of winning is just showing up.
I’ll see you there!