27th Colloquium

27th Colloquium

The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) announces its 27th gathering from November 1 - 3, 2023 as a hybrid conference with in-person events hosted at Kennesaw State University and online.

The 27th Colloquium will feature the 2023 Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice (CCERP), and the 5th Annual PISCES academic workshop.

November 1-3, 2023

Countering the Global Cyber Threat through Educational Intervention

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In-person & Online

The Colloquium
The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education

CISSE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cybersecurity education at all levels. CISSE was founded in 1996 to provide a forum for educators, researchers, and practitioners to share knowledge and best practices in information security education. CISSE hosts an annual conference that brings together cybersecurity educators from around the world to discuss current trends, challenges, and innovations in information security education. (Read More)

November 1-3, 2023

Countering the Global Cyber Threat through Educational Intervention

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In-person (Kennesaw, GA)

In-person registration is managed by our members portal. Please note that modifications (transfers or withdrawals) are permitted up to October 31, 2023.

Early

$525

September 15th

Regular

$625

November 1st

Student

$300

Undergraduate

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Online (Zoom Events)

Online registration is managed by Zoom Events. Please note that registration is subject to sales tax, geographic availability, and the cancellation policy set by the platform.

Regular

$99

Zoom Events

Student

$75

Undergraduate

Register

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Program Agenda

The following is a preliminary agenda for the 27th Colloquium, to be held at Kennesaw State University - KSU Center. This resource will be updated periodically leading up to the November event. Please direct any questions to Andrew Belon at abelon@thecolloquium.org.

Wednesday, November 1st

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

  • Main
Community
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Welcome

  • Main
Vic Maconachy
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM

Keynote - Admiral Mark Montgomery, USN (R)

Executive Director of Cybersolarium.org

  • Main
Mark Montgomery
9:55 AM - 10:00 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

  • Main
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Break with coffee

  • Main
10:15 AM - 11:00 PM

Industry Needs Track - Disjunction between industry needs and what is taught

How do we collect needs?

  • CISSE
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice

  • CCERP
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Industry Panel

What aren't we getting?

  • CISSE
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

  • CISSE
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Keynote - Katherine Fithen

Director of the Information Handling Program and the IIRT (Information Incident Response Team) at KPMG

  • Main
Katherine Fithen
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Keynote - Stanton Gatewood

US DHS / CISA - R4 Cyber Security Coordinator for the State of Georgia

  • Main
Stanton Gatewood
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM

Sponsor Spotlight

  • Main
1:50 AM - 2:00 PM

Break

  • Main
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

AI Tools for Education

Dr. Victor Winter guides you through the conceptualization to development of an immersive cypher-based game in the style of an "Escape Room," utilizing ChatGPT and Midjourney. You'll gain valuable insights into the effective implementation of AI tools for educational purposes and immersive instruction. A presentation on the topic of Generative AI to follow.

  • CISSE
Victor Winter
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice

  • CCERP
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break with refreshments

  • Main
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

ChatGPT in the Classroom

  • CISSE
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

AI Perspectives, Paper Generation

  • CISSE
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reception / Dinner

  • Main
Community

Thursday, November 2nd

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

  • Main
Community
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Welcome

  • Main
Vic Maconachy
8:40 AM - 9:15 AM

Keynote - CISA

  • PISCES
9:15 AM - 9:20 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

  • Main
9:20 AM - 9:50 PM

Pedagogy in Cyber

  • CISSE
9:20 AM - 9:50 PM

What is PISCES?

  • PISCES
9:20 AM - 10:45 PM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
9:20 AM - 12:30 PM

PISCES Curriculum Overview

  • PISCES
9:20 AM - 10:45 AM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM

Papers Track

  • PISCES
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break with coffee

  • Main
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Teaching the Power - Soft Skills

  • Main
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Introduction to SOC Course

  • PISCES
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Teaching DevSecOps

  • Main
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

MOU Discussion / PISCES Research Data Availability

Getting PISCES in your state.

  • PISCES
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Grading, Rubrics, and Evaluation

  • CISSE
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch & Awards

  • CISSE
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Keynote - COL Malcolm Haynes

Professor - United States Military Academy West Point

  • Main
Malcolm Haynes
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote - Richard Marshall

  • Main
1:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Sponsor Spotlight

  • Main
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM

Break

  • Main
1:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Student Feedback Session

  • PISCES
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM

Alumni and Employer Roundtable

  • PISCES
2:10 PM - 3:15 PM

Legal Issues

  • Main
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM

Curriculum Feedback

  • PISCES
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break with refreshments

  • Main
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

NICRS

  • Main
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Papers Track

  • CISSE
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Awards Dinner

  • Main
Community

Friday, November 3rd

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

  • Main
Community
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Welcome

  • Main
Vic Maconachy
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM

Keynote - Steven Hodges

  • Main
Stephen Hodges
9:15 AM - 9:20 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

  • Main
9:20 AM - 10:30 PM

CISSE UK Report

  • Main
9:20 AM - 10:45 AM

Paper Track

  • CISSE
9:20 AM - 10:30 AM

Writer's Workshop

  • CISSE
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break with coffee

  • Main
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Intervention in Underserved Communities

  • Main
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Grants Workshop

  • CISSE
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Closing

  • Main
Community

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Keynotes & Speakers

Mark Montgomery
Mark Montgomery

Admiral Mark Montgomery, USN (R) serves as the Executive Director of Cybersolarium.org, a non-profit organization which works to implement the recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where he was Executive Director from 2019 to 2021. He is also the Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Prior to this, Mark was Policy Director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under the leadership of Senator John S. McCain and completed 32 years as a nuclear trained surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral in 2017.


Katherine Fithen
Katherine Fithen

Katherine Fithen has been a leader in information security and privacy for 30 years, where she has worked with businesses through digital transformation efforts to meet information security and privacy requirements. Katherine has been with KPMG since July 2020 as the Director of the Information Handling Program and the IIRT (Information Incident Response Team), and then as a Sr Director for Privacy in KPMGI (KPMG International) Risk Management Technology & Information. Prior to joining KPMG, Katherine was at McKesson Corp. as the Director for Cybersecurity Governance. Before McKesson Corp., she was a Managing Principal Consultant with Secureworks after retiring as the Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Governance & Compliance at The Coca-Cola Company in July 2017. Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company in 2002, Katherine was the Senior Manager of the CSIRT Program at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and prior to pwc, she was the Manager of the CERT®. Katherine has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Retail Management, a Master of Arts in Personnel Management, and a Master of Science in Information Science. In August 2015, Katherine was listed as one of "Women in IT Security: 10 Power Players" by SC Magazine, and testified before Congress in 2000 on the Melissa virus (02/29/00 Committee on the Judiciary - Fithen Statement (globalsecurity.org)).


Stanton Gatewood
Stanton Gatewood

Mr. Gatewood is the US DHS / CISA - R4 Cyber Security Coordinator for the State of Georgia. Gatewood is the former Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Georgia, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the University of Georgia. He has more than 35 years of experience in cyber security program management and strategic planning, executive leadership, including the U.S. military, state and federal governments, higher education, and several top 10 global corporations. Gatewood has also served as the Vice President for Information Technology and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Albany State University. Stanton has built 2 centers of excellence, (1) cryptography and (2) awareness & training. He is a recent nominee to the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame.


Victor Winter
Victor Winter

Dr. Victor Winter is a Computer Science professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO). Prior to joining the faculty at UNO, Dr. Winter was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) where he led the High-Integrity Software project. In 2013, Dr. Winter developed an introductory programming course based on the functional programming language SML. At the time, Dr. Winter was also teaching a computer science class on Discrete Mathematics. The educational challenges and opportunities lying at the intersection of these two classes gave rise to the creation of Bricklayer, an educational ecosystem designed to facilitate CS education across the K-16 spectrum. It is in pursuit of this educational mission that Dr. Winter, and his wife Jennifer, co-founded the 501(c)(3) educational non-profit Bricklayer.org. Dr. Winter's interest in machine learning, generative AI, and the metaverse stems from their potential to positively impact education. In 2005 Steve Jobs gave a speech to the graduating class at Stanford University where he said: "Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn." Thanks to generative AI and the emergence of the metaverse, that time has arrived. In his free time Dr. Winter likes to play video games (he is an avid Fortnite player) and go swing dancing.


Malcolm Haynes
Malcolm Haynes

COL Malcolm Haynes was commissioned as an Armor Officer upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1998. A recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship award, COL Haynes spent the first two years after commissioning earning a master's degree in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, COL Haynes was assigned as a tank platoon leader in 1-12 CAV. COL Haynes then went on to serve as the company commander of Eagle Troop, 2-2 ACR and Alpha Company, 2-23 IN. He deployed to Iraq as part of the surge from 2007-2008 where he received an ARCOM with Valor for actions in and around Khalis, Iraq when he was serving as a military transition team chief. Upon return, COL Haynes went to the School of Advanced Military Studies and served as a maneuver planner in III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas where he deployed to Afghanistan. COL Haynes was then selected to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology where he received a PhD in computer science. Since 2017, COL Haynes has served at the United States Military Academy as an assistant professor. COL Haynes' is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Cavalry Leaders Course, Infantry Captains Career Course, Combined Arms Staff Services School, Intermediate Level Education, School of Advanced Military Studies, Air Assault School, Airborne School, and Ranger School.


Stephen Hodges
Stephen Hodges

Steve Hodges has joined Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) as State Chief Information Security Officer. Mr. Hodges previously served as the Disclosure Officer and Senior IT Security Manager for the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR). His nearly 22-year tenure at the agency included a variety of roles: Server Platform Manager, Network Support and Security Manager, IT Operations Manager, and Database Support Manager. Mr. Hodges also held responsibility for business continuity and disaster recovery planning. Before joining DOR, he was employed by the Georgia Department of Administrative Services, first as a contractor and later as a state employee. Mr. Hodges has been involved in information security throughout his career in both the public and private sectors. Early on, he was part of a team that developed one of the first commercially marketed disk encryption and access control systems for IBM-compatible computers. His experience spans a wide array of information technology systems and configurations, and he holds several professional certifications including Lean Six Sigma, Dante Networking, Dell | EMC Clariion, and Novell CNE.

Annual Awards

In 2000, The Founders Award was the first award given by The Colloquium to a nationally recognized "thought leader" and practitioner of Information Security education. Since then, The Colloquium has expanded award recognition to honor cybersecurity leaders across Industry, Government and Academia.

We are proud to have been the first organization to formally acknowledge our peers in these key areas; hence, we are pleased to announce a call for nominations for our 2023 Annual Awards, to be presented at the 27th Colloquium. This is an opportunity to nominate an individual who you consider to be recognizably influential on the national stage in cybersecurity education. It is important to consider that your nominee's accomplishments in the field should reflect a national impact.

Academic Leadership Award

The Colloquium awards the Academic Leader of the Year Award to an educator whose actions have distinguished them from among their peers.  This individual is a person who goes above and beyond helping their students to academic success, while positively impacting the educational community nationally, and in some cases internationally.


Industry Leadership Award

The Colloquium awards this to a Corporation, or Business professional who has distinguished themselves above their peers in both leadership within the field and their efforts measurably supporting Cyber Security Education.


Governmental Leadership Award

The Colloquium awards this to the Governmental Agency, Government Representative or Employee that has distinguished themselves above normal expectations in working with the Cyber Security Educational community.

Award Nomination (.pdf)

To submit a nomination, please download and return the above form to nomination@thecolloquium.org.
All nomination are due by October 23, 2023.

Board of Directors

The organization's annual Board of Directors Election has three spots open for re-election. The Colloquium is a volunteer-led and governed non-profit corporation, and Board members do not receive any compensation. If you would like to run for a three-year term on the board, please review the following description of duties and responsibilities.

Board members are expected to attend two regular virtual meetings per year, one in June and immediately following the conference in November. In the meetings we hear reports of officers and committees and act on proposals submitted in advance. However, most of our work is done in committees between meetings. Directors are expected to serve on one more committee. Committees collaborate electronically (telephone, e-mail, shared cloud, etc.) and Directors can expect to spend several hours per month on Colloquium business. This will include preparing for meetings by reviewing the contents of the meeting folder (call of the meeting, agenda, minutes of the previous meeting, reports, proposals) and publishing their reports and proposals in advance.

With the assistance of the officers and an audit committee, Directors are expected to conserve the assets of The Colloquium and plan, authorize, and review expenditures. While they are ethically responsible to the constituents or members, Directors are protected from financial liability by customary Officers and Directors Insurance. Directors may be authorized from time to time to speak for or otherwise represent The Colloquium, but they are expected to preserve the confidentiality of the Board necessary to its deliberations. Directors are expected to avoid any potential conflict of interest and may be asked to sign an agreement that clarifies this.

Elections will be held the first week of November 2023.

To consider serving, please download and return the following nomination form by November 1, 2023.

Board Nomination (.pdf)

To submit a nomination, please download and return the above form to William Butler or Dan Likarish.
All nomination are due by November 1, 2023.

KSU Center at Kennesaw State University

The conference is hosted by Kennesaw State University by way of our academic partner the Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice (CCERP).

Conference Venue

There are several reasonably priced hotels near the event, all less than 1 mile away, and all with WiFi available.

Please contact the hotels for rates and availability; there are no reserved blocks for these hotels.

Enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and dining opportunities.

If you are coming from South of Kennesaw (Atlanta, Hartsfield Airport, Macon, etc.):

  • Take I-75 N. toward MARIETTA / CHATTANOOGA
  • Take the CHASTAIN RD. exit, exit number 271
  • Turn RIGHT onto CHASTAIN RD. NW.
  • Turn RIGHT onto BUSBEE DR. NW.
  • Turn RIGHT into the parking lot immediately past the KSU Center sign

If you are coming from North of Kennesaw (Cartersville, Rome, Jasper, etc.):

  • Take I-75 S
  • Take the CHASTAIN RD. exit, exit number 271, toward I-575 N.
  • Turn LEFT onto CHASTAIN RD. NW.
  • Move to your right hand lane on CHASTAIN RD.
  • Turn RIGHT onto BUSBEE DR. NW.
  • Turn RIGHT into the parking lot immediately past the KSU Center sign

OR

  • Take I-575 S.
  • Take the CHASTAIN RD exit, exit number 3
  • Turn RIGHT onto CHASTAIN RD.
  • Move to your left-hand lane on CHASTAIN RD.
  • Turn LEFT onto BUSBEE DR.
  • Turn RIGHT into the parking lot immediately past the KSU Center sign.

Parking enforcement - All parking areas at the KSU Center are no-fee, open access, and no parking permit is required. Please avoid reserved spaces (Handicapped, Loading, Faculty/Staff, or numbered reserve spaces) unless applicable. Note that if you are attending the conference on a Football Gameday, you will need to tell the attendant (if any) that you are attending a conference at KSU Center, not parking for the game.

The simplest method of ground transportation is via Uber or Lyft. Taxis are also available from the airport.

For Shared-Ride Shuttles - reservations can be made through Shared-Ride Shuttles.

These are additional transportation services: (KENNESAW AREA)

  • Atlanta Airport Superior - 770.457.4794
  • A & M Limousine - 770.955.4565
  • Airport Perimeter Connection - 404.761.0260
  • Airport Metro Shuttle - 404.766.6666

Conference Lodging

Thanks to our KSU partner, we now offer negotiated lodging rates for the 27th Colloquium, courtesy of Hampton Inn Atlanta Kennesaw, with easy access to the KSU center.

  • Two minute drive from KSU
  • Over 40 restaurants within walking distance
  • Free hot breakfast, parking, Wifi
  • Non-smoking & pet-friendly rooms
  • Indoor pool
  • Fitness center
  • Business center

Sponsors & Partners

KSU - Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development
KSU - Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development
Academic Partner

The Kennesaw State University Cybersecurity program equips students with the necessary skills and knowledge to become leaders in the field of cybersecurity. Through this program, students will learn to develop and implement cybersecurity strategies, respond to threats and incidents, manage risk to information assets, and solve real-world cyber problems using appropriate tools and methodologies.


Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES)
Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES)
Academic Partner

PISCES provides qualified students with curricula and supervised experiences to act as entry-level cyber analysts. Students analyze streaming data for small communities or municipalities who may otherwise not be able to obtain cybersecurity to the extent needed. Through PISCES, a reliable high-quality pipeline is being developed to address the shortage of cyber professionals ready for the workforce.

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education represents a unique opportunity to present your organization in a highly focused manner not to the geeks, who are interested in Cybersecurity, but to the Uber-Geeks who teach Cybersecurity. These members of CISSE, along with members who are care about how that education is made, have been meeting together for 27 years to figure out how to teach those things which are hard to teach. Put your tools into their hands and let them know how you can support their mission.

Marquee Sponsors

Marquee sponsors cover the costs of events at The Colloquium which would not otherwise be included without their sponsorship. In recognition of their sponsorship the events are accompanied by a banner or posters (appropriate to the event) announcing the sponsorship, as well as other items included at the underlying base level.

18k
On-line Sponsor
  • Base level Platinum
  • Inclusion of logo in backgrounds, etc. during on-line sessions
  • Covers costs of providing online access
4k
Receptions Sponsors - Tuesday
  • Signage recognizing sponsorship
  • Base-level Bronze
10k
Dinner Sponsor - Wednesday
  • Signage recognizing sponsorship
  • Base-level Gold
3.5k
Coffee Break Sponsors (5)
  • Signage recognizing sponsorship
  • Base-level Bronze

Sponsorship Form (.pdf)

For sponsorship consideration, please complete and return the following form to events@thecolloquium.org.

Premiere Sponsors

10k
Platinum Sponsorship
  • Logo and name on conference web site (1 yr.)
  • Plenary sponsor spotlight
  • Nominate a speaker
  • Attendee list
  • Logo and name in conference program and website
  • Your materials in the welcome packet
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 4 full access conference registrations
5k
Gold Sponsorship
  • Logo and name on conference web site (1 yr.)
  • Sponsor spotlight
  • Attendee list
  • Logo and name in conference program and website
  • Your materials in the welcome packet
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 2 full access conference registrations
3k
Bronze Sponsorship
  • Logo and name on conference web site (1 yr.)
  • Attendee list
  • Recognition to members
  • Logo and name in conference program
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 1 full access conference registrations

Sponsors

2k
Supporter Sponsorship
  • Logo and name on conference web site (1 yr.)
  • Recognition to members
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 1 full access conference registration
1k
Limited

Available to Government agencies, 501c (3) nonprofits or Academic institutions only

  • Logo and name on conference web site (1 yr.)
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 1 full access conference registration

Exhibitors

$1500
  • Website and portal click-through logo (1 yr.)
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • 1 full access conference registration
$750
  • Exhibition opportunity (table provided)
  • No conference access at this level
$500
Limited

Available to Government agencies, 501c (3) nonprofits or Academic institutions only

  • Exhibition opportunity and / or 2 posters / signs
  • No conference access at this level
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