“My advice to companies currently considering IoT investments is, don’t wait. Begin collaborating with others to build prototypes….You can’t afford to ignore the Internet of Things” - Richard Soley, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group, Executive Director, Industrial Internet Consortium. 

Approaching its fourth year, CyberTECH continues to lead the IoT and innovation community with plans to work with another 20-30 companies in 2016. With software-defined everything on the frontier, along with robotics, 3D printing, drones and other advancing technologies, CyberTECH will launch its third incubator and shared workspace, xHive, in February 2016. 

xHive will provide a collaborative environment to drive the innovation that leads to the development of advanced new technologies including devices powering the IoT, software and app development including robotics, 3D printing and drones. 

According to CyberTECH Executive Director Shirley Adams, "xHive is our fourth expansion in the Manpower building in Banker's Hill. This will increase our floor space by 40% and add new parking space options and other new member amenities." 

Additionally, xHive has partnered with SD3D to construct a highly automated medium production 3D printing studio inside the expansed facility. There will also be a new Robotics and Drone Lab and a full service coffee shop, shower facilities and a new second outdoor patio area will provide CyberTECH Members with exciting new workspace options.

Opening in February 2016, xHive will offer shared workspace for as little as $100/month, options for dedicated desks and/or private offices, access to conference rooms, robust connectivity, and a variety of other benefits that can be found here. Members gain priority access to mentorship and other resources including 100+ fellow cybersecurity, high tech and IoT incubator and shared workspace companies. 

Interested in xHive? Contact us today to visit the new space, discuss partnership opportunities, and learn more about how you can join.

Last week, over 400 cybersecurity and education professionals from across the nation gathered at Paradise Point in San Diego for the 6th Annual NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) NICE (National Iniative for Cybersecurity Education) National Conference on Nov 3-4. CyberTECH was the lead regional Partner for the 2015 NIST NICE Conference and Expo which featured thought leaders from cyber education, government, industry and non-profits who addressed the cybersecurity education, training, and workforce needs of the nation.

The two-day event included a face-to-face convening of public-private partners, an opportunity to signal NICE strategic directions and priorities, and a forum to showcase best practices. Over 40 sessions made up a total of 3 tracks focused on accelerating learning and skills development, nurturing a diverse learning community, and guiding career development and workforce planning.

CyberTECH Members who participated include: President of CyberFlow Analytics, Tom Caldwell, Chief Business Officer at centrexIT, Ford Winslow, Co-Chairman and Founder of CyberTECH, CEO of CyberUnited, and Co-chair of CyberCalifornia, Darin Andersen, Attorney at Sheppard Mullin, Justine Phillips, Vice President of Services at Kio Networks, Matt Stamper, CEO of LifeJourney, Rick Geritz, and publisher at the US Cybersecurity Magazine, Karen Austin.

Participating local cyber and education leaders include: San Diego City Council President, Sherri Lightner, Director of The Center for Cyber Security Engineering and Technology at UCSD, Winnie Callahan, Executive Director of the Securing Our eCity Foundation, Liz Fraumann, CEO of ESET North America, Andrew Lee, President and CEO of AttackIQ, Stephan Chenette, Manager at the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, Jesse Gipe, Vice President of Operations at ESET, Chad Nelley, Executive Director at SPAWAR, Pat Sullivan and Melissa Markey from the NSA Liaison Office. 

During the conference on November 3, CalOES and the California Department of Technology hosted a California Cybersecurity Task Force meeting. The four-hour meeting included a welcome from Task Force Co-Chairman, Mark Ghilarducci and Director of CalOES and the CIO for the State of California, Carlos Ramos. The meeting included updates from 7 Task Force Committees and a special launch presentation on CyberCalifornia. 

The Task Force ended the day with a guest speaker panel called "Crossing the Aisle: Hacking-as-a-Service". The panel was moderated by CEO of CyberUnited and Co-Chair of the California Cybersecurity Task Force's Economic Development Subcommittee, Darin Andersen. Guest panelists included San Diego CISO, Gary Hayslip, Director of Cybersecurity at Palo Alto Network, Davis Hake, President of Somerset Recon, Grant Jordan, Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators, Ted Harrington, Founder and CEO of Digijacks, Alan Silberberg, and Director at Sysorex, Craig Wood.

On Tuesday, November 3, CyberTECH CISOpen Round Table Co-Chairs, Gary Hayslip, CISO and Deputy Director of the City of San Diego, and Ford Winslow, Chief Business Officer at centrexIT, led the CyberTECH CISOpen Round Table bringing together top security chiefs to discuss the types of risk impacting the modern CISO's office. 

With the goal to create a safe and trusted space for CISOs to learn, share information and build long-term relationships with one another, the focus of the Nov. 3 CISOpen meeting was on the evolving role of the modern CISO including changing job scope, new responsibilities and reporting structures. 

Panelists included VP and CISO at Hewlett-Packard, Brett Wahlin, CISO of Sempra, Scott King, Director of Cybersecurity at Palo Alto Network, Davis Hake, President of Somerset Recon, Grant Jordan, Head of Cyber Programs at the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, Jesse Gipe, President of CyberFlow Analytics, Tom Caldwell, Director at Sysorex, Craig Wood, and Computer Intrusion Specialist with the FBI, Darren Bennett. 

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"Houston, We Have A Problem (Cyber)"

Mike Davis, Deputy Director and Senior Manager, IT Security, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

We all know every city has this same problem, so why share what’s up in Houston? This city is in many ways like San Diego, as is Texas and California, so collectively they can set the cyber tone in the west. That is, doing collaborative, actionable things versus just continuing to admire the problem (threat).

Houston is the 4th largest city in the USA (SD is the 8th), both are.....

"Before There Were CISOs - Part 2 (Into the 21st Century"

Alan Watkins, Cybersecurity Consultant, Adjunct Professor for MS-CSIA Program, Member of InfraGard San Diego

In Part 1, I covered my first two decades of ‘growing up’ in Information Technology (IT) and cybersecurity before the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) title existed. I left off with the early stages of implementing security measures at the birth of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the explosion of connected computer usage that we know today as the Internet. In reality, the Internet existed.....

Founded in 2014, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) was established to bring together the organizations and technologies necessary to accelerate the growth of the Industrial Internet. Founding members include AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, intel and IBM. The consortium's mission is to coordinate vast ecosystem initiatives to connect and integrate objects with people, processes and data using common architectures, interoperability and open standards. 

Headquartered in Massachusetts, the IIC recently expanded its operations on the West Coast with offices in CyberTECH's IoT Incubator and Shared Workspace, iHive. The group will host the Industrial Internet West Coast Forum at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla on December 10, 2015 which will include keynote presentations on the Industrial Internet, a Boeing case study, interoperability, security and revolutionary innovations. 

CyberTECH is proud to welcome the ICC to the CyberTECH Community.