May 6, 2025 | The Hotel UMD, College Park, Maryland

CSfC Conference Agenda 2024

Part of a 3-Day Focus on Federal ICT Product Certification

Events include Monday, May 6: Common Criteria Day, CMMC Day Tuesday, May 7: CSfC Conference Wednesday, May 8: Cyber Trust Mark Day, DoDIN APL Day.

One-Day, Two-Day and Three-Day Discount Registration is available.

Tuesday, May 7

08:00-09:00 Registration

09:00-10:20 Opening Plenary Session

Ballroom EFG

09:00 Welcome (P10a) Dominic Perez, CTO, Curtiss-Wright

09:10 CSfC PMO Introduction (P10b) John Dunker, Director, CSfC Program Management Office

09:20 Government Keynote: CSfC and the Future (P10c) Dr. Adrian Stanger, Cybersecurity Directorate Senior Cryptographic Authority, National Security Agency (NSA)

09:50 Industry Keynote: 15 Years of CSfC (P10d) Richard Schaeffer, Principal, Security Innovation Network

10:20-11:00 Networking Break in Exhibits

11:00-12:00 Plenary Panel Session

11:00 CSfC PMO Program Updates and Process Improvements; Ask the PMO Panel (P11a) John Dunker, Director, CSfC Program Management Office; Nathan Degruttola, Strategic Edge Communications Technical Director, CSfC Project Management Office; Mike Devine, CSfC PMO, Sam Green, Technical Director, CSfC PMO; Dave Ziska, CSfC PMO Registrations Team Lead, CSfC Program Management Office

12:00–13:00 Lunch in Exhibit Area

13:00-14:30 Track Sessions

Salon EFG
Agency Perspectives (N12)
Moderator: Khuong Tang, Consulting Systems Engineer, HPE Networking, United States

Track Sponsor

13:00 Commercial Encryption and Quantum Resistance (N12a) William Layton, Cryptographic Solutions Technical Director


13:30 CSfC Roadmap Informational Brief (N12b) Nathan Degruttola, Strategic Edge Communications Technical Director, CSfC Project Management Office


14:00 Tactical CP (N12c) Mike Rovnan, CSfC Senior Engineer, CSfC Project Management Office

Salon C
Orientation & Integrators Experience (R12)
Moderator: Tricia Wolff, Security Research Engineer, Cisco

13:00 CSfC 101—Where to Begin (R12a) David Gregory, Chief Architect (Technical Fellow), Curtiss-Wright


13:30 Panel Discussion: CSfC Trusted Integrators—Putting CSfC into Practice (R12b) Mark Luther, Manager, Product Development Network Engineering and CSfC Architect, Curtiss-Wright; Matt Hyson, Managing Partner, Limitless Defense; Eric Gursky, Group Lead for the CSfC Trusted Integrator Team Cryptographic Modernization Branch, US Army C5ISR Center; Edward Jennings, Cybersecurity Chief, SAIC; Keith Stacy, CSfC Domain Architect Global Security Practice, Iron Bow Technologies [60MIN]

Salon D
Components & Select Topics (C12)
Moderator: Bill Downer, VP, National Programs, Seagate Government Solutions, United States

14:30-15:00 Networking Break in Exhibits

(Exhibits close at 15:00)

15:00-17:00 Track Sessions

Salon EFG
Agency Perspectives (N13)
Moderator: James Thompson, Senior Network Engineer, J6-Dev (Architecture and Engineering)

15:00 Composed EUD (N13a) Mike Rovnan, CSfC Senior Engineer, CSfC Project Management Office


15:30 Registration Process Updates (N13b) Dossie Merrill, Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC); Mike Devine, Team Lead, CSfC PMO


16:00 The Agencies Panel: Perspectives from NIST, CMVP, NIAP, and more (N13c) Leader: Tricia Wolff, Security Research Engineer, Cisco; Jennifer Curtis, CSfC PMO; Matthew Downey, Technical Lead, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP); Eileen Goodell, Program Manager, SecureView, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); Tim Hall, Security Testing, Validation, and Measurement Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Joseph McDaniels, CSfC PMO, National Security Agency (NSA) [60MIN]

Salon C
Case Studies (S13)
Moderator: Bill Downer, VP, National Programs, Seagate Government Solutions, United States

15:00 What’s the Buzz all about anyway? (S13a) William Harrod, Public Sector CTO, Ivanti


15:30 CSfC at the Tactical Edge (S13b) Christopher Port, USMC Network Engineering Officer, United States Marine Corps (USMC)


16:00 CSfC Tactical, WLAN, and MA CP Case Studies (S13c) Edward Jennings, Cybersecurity Chief, SAIC


16:30 The Challenges of Creating a Commercialized Enhanced Retransmission Device (ERD) (S13d) Jason Sebranek, Chief Technology Officer, Cog Systems

Salon D
PQ Cyber & Select Topics (Q13)
Moderator: Ken Rich, CTO Federal, HPE Aruba Networking

Track Sponsor

15:00 Updates on PQC Migration Efforts by Industry (Q13a) Daniel Apon, Cryptography Lead, MITRE


15:30 Making Sense of the Quantum Mess ’24 (Q13b) Patrick Guerin, Cybersecurity SME, Key Management Solutions


16:00 Future Proofing Data Communications with Post-Quantum VPN (Q13c) Philip Kwan, Director, Product Line, Palo Alto Networks


16:30 Implementing CSfC at Scale: Slings, Arrows, and ATOs (Q13d) Scott Bean, Vice President, INTEGRITY Global Security

17:00 Adjourn