March 18, 2019

Washington, D.C.

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I was honoured to speak at the Army Navy Club's new Cyber Group in Washington DC last week. Presented "Cyber as Tool for Economic Warfare-China". Thank you, Dan Corrin and Donald Hooper for the invite. Wish you success with launch of your Cyber Group, you're off to a great start!

March 06, 2019

London, England

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Michelle Watson spoke at the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) conference, providing a basic cyber security assessment course. UKWA is the UK's largest logistics trade organization with over 700+ members.

February 28, 2019

Berlin, Germany

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"Thank you to the BIS Group for inviting me to Speak on Cyber Intelligence at the 2nd Annual Smart Connected Supply Chain Forum in Berlin Germany 26-28 Feb 2019." - Michelle

Michelle Watson presented a case study, "Cybersecurity: How secure is your supply chain?", at the 2nd Annual Smart Connected Supply Chain Forum in Berlin, Germany. This exclusive BIS small-scale forum showcased the most effective strategies in Supply Chain management of today and its operation and maintenance.

December 12, 2018

12 December 2018, Berlin, Germany

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Michelle Watson was honoured to speak in Berlin last week at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's (KAS) "Security Policy Challenges in Cyber Space" panel. Was in extraordinary company with:

• Dirk Roland Haupt , Federal Foreign Office, Co-ordinator of Cyber Foreign Policy

• Prof. Dr. Patrick Sensburg, Member of the German Parliament

• Rolf Weber, Network Engineer at INFOSERVE GmbH Saarbrücken, IT-Blogger

• Brilliantly moderated by Benjamin Fricke , Security Policy Officer, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

December 06, 2018

6 December 2018, Brussels

Economic Diplomacy Conference of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy - "Safeguarding our Economic Security" was hosted in Brussels. Michelle Watson spoke on their panel as an expert on Cyber Security. 

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CIP's Presentation in Brussels, Belgium at the Economic Security Conference was a huge success and it was clear that US Cyber Diplomacy training is helping our Western Allies everywhere.

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Thank you, Brussels Diplomatic Academy, VUB University! See you next year!

October 08, 2018

8-10 October 2018, Prescott, Arizona

Michelle Watson, President and Founder of Cyber Intelligent Partners (CIP) was a guest speaker at the 2nd Annual Cyber Awareness Executive Symposium 2018 in Prescott, Arizona.  Michelle presented "Cyber Intelligence: Why it is Necessary for Businesses Today," to an audience of Business Leaders from across the USA.

September 20, 2018

Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, McLean, VA.

Pictured speakers left to right: Peter W. Singer, Don DeBolt, Michelle Watson, Michael Allen, Dr. Jon Haass, and Barry Pavel. Not pictured speakers: Christopher Porter, Dr. Chris Lew, and Daryl Haegley.

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Our inaugural “Cyber Intelligence Readiness Workshop” was a huge success with a 9.6/10 rating! Training today's professionals to solve tomorrow's cyber challenges. You will not want to miss our next workshop Spring 2019.

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"CIP and ERAU have clearly combined their strengths in the Cyber Intelligence space to offer practical, and actionable training programs to professionals of varying degrees of cyber security knowledge and expertise. I came away from this workshop with valuable business risk understanding that I can immediately apply to my organization. (I) will attend their next workshop and bring several colleagues."  - Wade, DC area Lawyer

June 27, 2018

George Mason University - Fairfax Campus

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The AWG-C is a training and evaluation tool in which participants conduct all-source strategic intelligence analysis to navigate a simulated, real-world cyber-focused scenario. The game revolves around a team effort to transform raw, technical cyber information into strategic recommendations and actionable intelligence for high-level decision makers. (Closed Event)​

June 04, 2018

Amsterdam - 20th Annual EMEA

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Michelle Watson, Founder and President of CIP, led a two-hour workshop, presenting: “Cybersecurity: How Secure is your Supply Chain?” Participants were able to: Gain a better understanding of what cyber security threats mean to supply chain; Find out how to mitigate cyber security risks, better manage vulnerabilities, Understand your adversaries and threat profiles. 

December 04, 2017

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus, Virginia

CIP, in partnership with George Mason University-Volgenau School of Engineering, and Water Dragons Consulting (WDC), presented a sold out Cyber Intelligence Workshop. Participants engaged in an experiential training "Cyber Crisis" that incorporated the fundamental concepts and lessons learned. The Keynote Speaker was Admiral Patrick Walsh, USN (Ret), VP Customer Education at FireEye, Inc.  At the culmination of workshop, all participant surveys indicated that they would “definitely attend” a future CIP-GMU-WDC Cyber Intelligence Workshop.

October 19, 2017

19-20 October 2017, Turnberry Isle, Miami Florida

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Michelle Watson, President and Founder of Cyber Intelligent Partners (CIP) presented “Cybersecurity: How Secure is Your Supply Chain” at the End-to-End Supply Network Summit 2017 held 19-20 October at Turnberry Isle, Miami Florida. This event was the only one of its kind in the US that focused on creating a roadmap that enabled global shippers to design and implement an end-to-end supply chain and gain a competitive advantage from areas of potential disruption.

May 18, 2017

"Navigating Your Supply Chain Through Cyber Space”, Glasgow Scotland

Michelle Watson, President of Cyber Intelligent Partners, (CIP) based in Arlington Virginia, presented “Cyber Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and Adversaries” to the F&L member leaders.

F&L is a Brussels, Belgium based association that provides senior business leaders, based in the Council of Europe (47 countries), from all industry sectors, working across the supply chain, with the opportunity to debate and discuss relevant issues, best practice and new ideas. They appreciate regular opportunities to question thought leaders and industry stakeholders on issues that concern them.  

May 17, 2017

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Scotland

The University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Resilience Business Center co-hosted a Cyber Security Symposium and Michelle Watson, President of Cyber Intelligent Partners (CIP) was invited to speak about US Cyber Intelligence perspective on cyber policies, nation-state adversaries, and associated geopolitical risks in a presentation titled, “Cyber Security, Cyber Intelligence and Geopolitical Risks."

May 24, 2016

Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia

Michelle Watson current President and Founder of Cyber Intelligent Partners (CIP) was formerly the creator, co-founder, and Director of the Washington DC-based Cyber Intelligence Initiative (CII), a professional education program owned by the Institute of World Politics. Michelle and her CII colleagues presented an overview of this new program to an audience of 200+ government, corporate and academic leaders. The Launch Keynote speaker was General Michael V. Hayden, former Director, CIA and NSA; Principal, The Chertoff Group.