Pre-Conference Workshop Day
Monday, July 29

9:00 am Check-In & Coffee

Pioneering ISACs & Securing CMMC Compliance

Workshop A

10:00 am Levelling Up in Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to Handle National Security Contracts & Improve Your Competitive Edge

  • Joseph Duke Director of Information Technology, Gresham Smith

Synopsis

This workshop offers a comprehensive approach to help your organization become eligible for Department of Defense (DoD) contracts by focusing on increasing your level of CMMC compliance

Attend this workshop to:

  • Analyzing organizational approaches currently utilized to achieve and track CMMC compliance in a quick and cost-effective manner
  • Spotlighting tools and services used to streamline the CMMC compliance process to better prioritize resource allocation
  • Examining lessons learned from real-world experiences when transitioning from Level 1 to Level 2 compliance

12:00 pm Networking Lunch

Workshop B

1:00 pm Navigating the Journey to CMMC Compliance to Ensure Viable Contractor/Trade Contractor Partnership & Contract Eligibility

Synopsis

This workshop helps to ensure compliance across all your project partners of choice, ensuring you have the right team to deliver on any contract

Dive a little deeper as we address the following topics:

  • Exploring best practices for securely sending Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) data to various stakeholders to ensure confidentiality throughout the project cycle
  • Discovering the simplest pathways to achieving NIST and FedRamp moderate compliance without an excess of capital
  • Identifying the best tools to use during federal contracts that allow for CMMC compliant operations during the estimating/bidding project phase

3:00 pm Afternoon Break & Networking

Workshop C

3:30 pm Exploring the Opportunity for an Information Sharing & Analysis Center (ISAC) for the Construction Industry to Enhance Transparency & Establish Industry Benchmarks

Synopsis

We all share the same adversary; this workshop is focused on establishing increased communication for the entire construction industry against hackers & cyber threats

Finish off your workshop day experience by:

  • Establishing a community platform for sharing ideas, alerts, and best practices amongst industry peers to foster collaboration and collective growth beyond competitive boundaries
  • Identifying methods of defining best practices to facilitate informed decision-making and benchmarking against industry standards
  • Understanding the common pitfalls and objections of setting up an industry ISAC: How can we avoid these from the outset?

5:30 pm End of Pre-Conference Workshop Day