Be Cybersmart: Turn Awareness into Action

Often backed by Russia, China and other nation-states, adversaries are now using cyberattacks as an element of national power. Cyber is an existential economic and military threat. These attacks continue to grow in sophistication, size and number and are emerging as the biggest crisis of our time.  

Now is the time for action. How can public-sector organizations work alongside private-sector companies to mount a collective defense as a unified front against cyber threats such as ransomware, phishing attacks, malware and other attack campaigns?

About the Speaker

General (Ret.) Keith Alexander

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer

IronNet Inc.

Gen. (Ret.) Keith Alexander is a four-star general with a 40-year military career, culminating in role of the director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service from 2005 to 2014. In addition, Congress appointed him as the first commander to lead the U.S. Cyber Command. Holding this role from 2010 to 2014, he established and defined how our nation is protected against cyberattacks.

At IronNet, where he is co-founder and co-chief executive officer, Alexander provides strategic vision to corporate leaders on cybersecurity issues through the development of cutting-edge technology, consulting, education and training. 

He is reinventing how industries mitigate cybersecurity threats with IronDefense, a patented solution designed to detect and alert on anomalous enterprise network behaviors through fine-tuned analytics. His goal is to bridge communication systems between the private and government sectors to create the next level of intelligence sharing and protect the nation against cyberthreats on a global stage.