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Event |
| Sept. 30, 2025 |
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8:30 am - 11:30 am |
AI DIY Speed Run – Build Your Own AI Tools for Pentesting in No Time at All – Betta Lyon Delsordo, OnDefend
Fee: $39 (pre-registration required) |
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10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Registration & Onsite Check-in
(NECE Rm 415) |
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11:00 am |
Lunch for pre-registered participants
(NECE Rm 415) |
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12:30 pm |
Welcome (ATC 109): Dan Kruger, 2025 CyberCon Chair |
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Opening Keynote: Implementing the CIS Security Controls in
the EDU World, Randy Marchany, Virginia Tech |
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2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
Breakout Set A |
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- It’s Giving Insecure Vibes: Secure Coding Literacy for Vibe Coders - Betta Lyon Delsordo, OnDefend
- Data as the Bedrock: Unlocking the Potential of AI – Kim Weis, NDIT
- Why Engineers Need Soft Skills in the Age of AI – Faith Harron, Esper Collective
- Recognizing Digital Citizenship Week: October 20-24, 2025 – Kathy Cline, North Dakota State Library
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Break with Sponsors |
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3:30 pm – 4:15 pm |
Breakout Set B |
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- Silent Storm: Lessons from a Three-Year Botnet That Stayed Below the Radar – Kyle Emmel, NDIT
- Image & Video Forensics: Deep fake Detection with AI – Smit Nayak, Sypram Software LLC
- Carbon Capture and Storage 101 – John Brunner, Energy & Environmental Research Center
- Cyber Escape: A Breakout Box - Tyler Ward and Katie Larson, EduTech/NDIT
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4:30 - 4:50 pm |
Chairman’s Award/CyberCon Hall of Fame Recognition |
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4:50 pm |
Closing, Day 1 - Dan Krueger, CyberCon 2025 Chairman |
| Oct. 1, 2025 |
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7:15 am - 8:00 am |
Breakfast (NECE Rm 415) |
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8:00 - 8:15 am |
Welcome |
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8:30 am - 9:30 am |
Day 2 Morning Keynote: Cyber Threats in 2025: How They
Impact You and Your Business and How to Be Prepared,
Rachel Wilson, Morgan Stanley |
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9:45 am - 10:30 am |
Breakout Set C |
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- Risk Exceptions and KPIs: What to Report Upstream – Cody Delzer, SBS CyberSecurity
- A Tale of the Voser: You’re Doing Vendor Risk Wrong – Uriah Burchinal, ESRI
- AI: Social Connectivity and Mental Health – Professor Dennis Cooley, North Dakota State University
- Best Practices for Records Management, Retention, and Data Cleanup – Aimee Bader, NDIT
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10:45 am - 11:30 am |
Breakout Set D |
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- TTP Treasure Hunt: Mining VXUG for Red Team Tactics – Jason Lang, TrustedSec
- Trends in the Power Industry - Chuck Nordhausen, Kiewit
- ND Cyber Blueprint 2.0: Powering What’s Next: Chuck Gardner, EnterpriseKC
- AI in Ed: The Sum of All Fears- Randy Marchany, Virginia Tech
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Lunch (NECE Rm 415) |
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12:15 pm - 1:10 pm |
Lunch Speaker: Disrupting the Silence: Crowdsourcing OSINT
to Bring the Missing Home, Alex Minster, Kyriba Corporation |
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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm |
Breakout Set E |
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- What Your Phone Tell Us - Mobile Forensics at Dakota State University - Eli Ehresmann & Will Campbell, Dakota State University
- National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium – Tom Prauger, Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI)
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Evan & Ganya Anderson, Gizmonics, LLC
- Emerging Technologies Strategy: Separating the Hype from the Technology for Best Value - Moderator: Marcus Fries, Bismarck State College; Panelists: Seth Arndorfer, Dakota Carrier Networks, Rick Geloff, Bank of North Dakota, Dyke Boese, Montana Dakota Resources, John Mann, Grand Farm/Emerging Prairie
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2:30 pm - 3:15 pm |
Breakout Set F |
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- Elevated OSINT - Alex Minster, Kyriba Corporation
- Digital Breadcrumbs in Chrome's Browser History – Chase Berry, NDIT
- Cybersecurity at the Crossroads: Navigating AI, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing Through Compliance – Ed Ko, CampusGuard
- Understanding the Differences Between Industrial Control System Environments vs IT and What That Means for Security and IT Specialists – Allen Maize
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3:30 pm - 3:50 pm |
TechND Award presentations |
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3:55 pm - 4:55 pm |
Closing Keynote: Behind Every Threat: Understanding the
Human Element in Cyber and Physical Security -
Robert Gaskamp, True Companies |
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5:00 pm |
Closing and Reminders |
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| Oct. 2, 2025 |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
AWR-428 Practical Internet of Things (loT) Security - NUARI
Free - Registration is required |
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Updated: 9/2/25 |