Speaker Application Process
- Notification: Applicants will be notified of their application status by March 1st, 2025.
- Submission Limits: You may apply for up to three sessions
- Pre-conference Requirement: Speakers must be available for a pre-event call with their co-presenter, and a member of the committee to align on session content and objectives.
- Additional Requirements:
- Submit a brief bio (250 words or less).
- Provide a high-resolution headshot for event promotion purposes.
We look forward to reviewing your application and exploring the cutting-edge topics and insights you can bring to CEIC West 2025.
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025 ❤️
Speaker Benefits
OSC Track Topics
TOPIC
DETAILS
SPEAKER APPLICATION
12 Steps to Compliance
OSC Track
1 Hour
OSC Track
1 Hour
- Walk-through of what needs to happen before scheduling an official assessment
- List of milestones
Documentation – Too Much, Too Little and Just Right
OSC Track
1 Hour
OSC Track
1 Hour
- Examine: Evidence and Artifacts needed to validate a control
- Interview: How to direct the assessor to the right interviewees and tips for the interviewee
- Control Summaries
- Objective Statements
- Best Practices for keeping policies and procedures up-to-date
- Reference Documents – what is needed and how frequently to refresh their content
Deep Dive on Two Controls – Start to Prepped
OSC Track
1 Hour
OSC Track
1 Hour
- Assess, Document, Evidence ➤ Repeat
- Initial assessment of the control
- Document how the control is to be met
- Proving it with evidence
Building a Culture of Evidence
OSC Track
1 Hour
OSC Track
1 Hour
- The challenge of creating evidence regularly
- CMMC Benefits of SOPs to management and quality product delivery
Service Provider Track Topics
TOPIC
DETAILS
SPEAKER APPLICATION
The ESP (and other Service Providers) in 2024
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
- Training for MSPs, MSSPs, and Consultants
- Templating Your Practice – SOPs that Produce Artifacts and Evidence
- Building Partnerships Between Service Providers – the rules and the benefits
Communicating with your Client
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
- Kickoff – Setting Expectations
- RACI – Who Owns What?
- Project Updates
- Bad Guy or Good Guy? Leading or Nagging to Ensure Evidence Creation Follow-Through
ESP Participation by Control
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
- Controls that you can’t do
- Control by Control Survey of typical ESP-Responsible Services
- Offloading Control Responsibilities to a CMMC Secure Cloud
CUI – Comply or Die
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
Service Provider Track
1 Hour
- Identifying
- Marking (And dealing with unmarked CUI)
- Tracking
- CUI Footprint and the Impact on Scope (And Assessment Cost)
Innovation Track Topics
TOPIC
DETAILS
SPEAKER APPLICATION
Practice Management that Works
Innovation Track
1 Hour
Innovation Track
1 Hour
- Advertise, Engage, Qualify, Execute and Deliver – Best Practices
- Protecting your Brand - Standardization Strategies
- Building Quality Relationships with other Service Providers and CCAs
The Real Threats in 2024
Innovation Track
1 Hour
Innovation Track
1 Hour
- Social Engineering War Stories
- The Tricks of the Adversary
- The Evolution of our Defense
AI – The Scary, The Useful, and The Wrong
Innovation Track
1 Hour
Innovation Track
1 Hour
- The Scary – Unchecked convenience creates false confidence
- The Useful – How to use AI to get a start, or inspire improvement
- The Wrong – Findings, Reputation Risk and Breach
Inheritance and SRMs
Innovation Track
1 Hour
Innovation Track
1 Hour
- How to document it when it is “Someone Else’s Job”