Ollie Gagnon III, CISSP, CPP, PSP
- Chief Homeland Security Advisor
- Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Mr. Gagnon serves as INL’s primary representative to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). INL supports DHS’ operational and support components, and other federal agencies by providing unique capabilities to complex homeland security critical infrastructure challenges. The portfolio includes operational technology security and resilience, and infrastructure analysis and technology development. Mr. Gagnon previously served as DHS’ first Protective Security Advisor, West Florida District, and traveled worldwide on behalf of the Department of Defense conducting comprehensive assessments of complexes, facilities, and systems. He also served in the United States Air Force for over 22 years in the various physical security, law enforcement and training positions. Mr. Gagnon serves on the International Editorial Board for the Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy.
Sessions
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Strategic Resilience Planning & Risk Mitigation
Being prepared for the changing threat environment can benefit greatly in mitigating its impact on infrastructure and the broader community, ensuring resilience, safety and security. How to we develop and plan the best resilience strategies within our CI community? Through discipline in information sharing and making infrastructure preparedness personal, we can help to build resilience into our infrastructures that benefit the whole community.
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Cybersecurity and AI – Best Practice and Minimum Standards
The threat of cyber-attacks by state actors and hacktivists, such as criminals and malicious rogue players, grows ever higher to cause disruption to our infrastructures, how do we assess and prioritise these risks and threats to better build cyber resilience? What role can AI play, and as a potential threat in itself, how do we regulate AI to build trust in its development and use? How can we report incidents for the benefit of everyone to better understand these threats?