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Mike O'Mara
CIO & Director of IT, LogicalNet
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Inaugural · October 27, 2022
2022
Where it began The Tech Valley Cybersecurity Symposium.
The inaugural Tech Valley Cybersecurity Symposium — held October 27, 2022 at Terrace at the Waters Edge in Schenectady. An FBI keynote, an industry expert panel, and the start of what would become Upstate New York's premier annual security event.
1st
Annual
4
Sessions
6
Founding Sponsors
150
Attendees
Session Archive
No recordings from 2022.
The inaugural symposium was an in-person-only event. Session recordings began with the 2023 symposium — explore those in the 2023 archive.
Visit the 2023 archive for the first set of session recordings, or the 2025 archive for the full library.
Speakers & Panelists
Who took the stage in 2022.
A working roster of practitioners — CISOs, federal agents, attorneys, and engineers — sharing what they were seeing on the ground.
Gary McCarthy
Mayor, City of Schenectady
Welcoming Remarks
Samantha Baltzersen
Supervisory Special Agent · FBI Albany Field Office
Federal Keynote — the threat landscape facing Capital Region businesses
David Hinsdale
Special Agent · FBI Albany Field Office
Federal Keynote — the threat landscape facing Capital Region businesses
David Bellini
CEO · CyberFox
Industry Expert Panel — vulnerability management for the modern SMB
George B. Hickman
Chief Strategy Officer · First Health Advisory
Industry Expert Panel — cybersecurity strategy in healthcare
Joshua B. Toas
VP Compliance & Chief Compliance Officer · The Research Foundation for SUNY
Industry Expert Panel — compliance and risk in higher education research
Tyler Wrightson
Founder · Leet Cyber Security
Industry Expert Panel — red team perspectives on attacker behavior
Thomas J. Jones
Director, GRC · Kaseya
Industry Expert Panel — building a governance, risk & compliance program
Derek Gray
Sr. Solutions Architect · Nextiva
Industry Expert Panel — securing modern business communications
Schedule
The October 27, 2022 program.
A working day — packed with practical content, deliberately spaced for networking between sessions.
9:00 – 9:45
Registration Opens · Meet, Greet, Network
Coffee and pastries served
9:45 – 10:00
Welcoming Remarks
Mike O'Mara, CIO & Director of IT · LogicalNet · Gary McCarthy, Mayor · City of Schenectady
10:00 – 11:00
Keynote Discussion
FBI Albany Field Office — SSA Samantha Baltzersen & SA David Hinsdale
11:00 – 12:00
Cybersecurity Panel Discussion
Six industry experts on compliance, risk, threat landscape, managed security, secure networks & communications, and preventing ransomware — Bellini · Hickman · Toas · Wrightson · Jones · Gray
12:00 – 12:30
Q&A from Attendees
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch Served
Complimentary lunch for all attendees
Sponsors
2022 partners.
A symposium happens because sponsors decide it should. Thank you to every organization that put resources behind the 2022 program.
Founding Sponsors
The 2023 Symposium is in motion.
Registration for the next Tech Valley Cybersecurity Symposium is open. Free to attend, limited seating, same Capital Region energy.