August 28, 2023
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About
Precision technologies and big-data analytics are delivering enormous benefits to agricultural production, innovation and discovery.
However, these critical advancements also expose the agricultural ecosystem to various forms of cyber attack that could jeopardize the food & agriculture supply chain, food safety and security and — ultimately — national security.
Purpose of this workshop:
- Engage stakeholders from different ag sectors to gain deeper insights into current and emerging cybersecurity challenges and shape the innovation road-map.
- Share Iowa State’s expertise and capabilities in ag cybersecurity.
Date: August 28, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:15pm
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8:30am | Check-in | |
| 9:00am | Welcome | Peter Dorhout Vice President for Research |
| 9:10am | Introductions | All |
| 9:35am | Federal Opportunities in Ag Cybersecurity | Sophia Magill Senior Advisor to the President |
| 9:55am | ISAC – Food and Agriculture – Information Sharing and Analysis Center | Paul Hershberger President ISAC, Cargill Cyber Command Center Leader |
| 10:40am | Break | |
| 11:00am | Cyber Tractor Challenge | Dave Bailey Senior Staff Embedded Security Engineer, Deere & Company |
| 11:15am | Research in Digital and Precision Agriculture | Jim Reecy Associate Vice President for Research Surya Mallapragada Associate Vice President for Research |
| 11:35am | ISU PIRI Research in Ag Cybersecurity | Manimaran Govindarasu Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 11:55am | ISU Educational Initiatives in Cybersecurity | Doug Jacobson Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach |
| 12:15pm | Lunch/Resource Fair | |
| 1:30pm | Travel to Breakout Rooms | Manimaran Govindarasu |
| 1:40pm | Breakout Discussions | Manimaran Govindarasu and Doug Jacobson |
| 2:55pm | Break/Travel to Great Hall | |
| 3:15pm | Breakout Reporting | Manimaran Govindarasu and Doug Jacobson |
| 3:45pm | Closing Remarks & Next Steps | Jim Reecy and Surya Mallapragada |
| 4:15pm | Adjourn |
For questions please contact:
Manimaran Govindarasu – gmani@iastate.edu
Doug Jacobson – dougj@iastate.edu