Workshop

NCCoE Virtual Workshop on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data

Opening Welcome - Natalia Martin (NIST) 

Logistics Ron Pulivarti (NIST) 

NIST Experiences in Genomics, Cybersecurity, and Privacy - Samantha Maragh (NIST), Naomi Lefkovitz (NIST), Ron Pulivarti (NIST) 

Moderated Q&A - Scott Ross (HudsonAlpha) 

Importance of Today’s Workshop: Protection Perspective - Michael J. Orlando (National Counterintelligence and Security Center [NCSC])

Importance of Today’s Workshop: Enabling Perspective - Yaniv Erlich (Eleven Therapeutics)

Moderated Q&A - Tommy Morris (University of Alabama in Huntsville)

Research Perspective - Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL/ Global Alliance for Genomics and Health [GA4GH])

Individual’s Perspective - John Verdi (Future of Privacy Forum)

Moderated Q&A - Martin Wojtyniak (MITRE)

Session 1: Cybersecurity Challenges Affecting Genomic Sequencing - Charles Fracchia (BioBright), Phillip Whitlow (HudsonAlpha)

Session 2: Cybersecurity Challenges for Genomic Software - E. Loren Buhle (DNAnexus)

Session 3: Cybersecurity Challenges for Genomic Data Storage - Xiaofeng Wang (Indiana University)

Moderated Q&A - Jianqing Liu (University of Alabama in Huntsville)

Session 4: Privacy Challenges for Genomic Data - Sumitra Muralidhar (Veterans Affairs Million Veterans Program), Natalie Ram (University of Maryland Carey School of Law), slides not available

Moderated Q&A - Julie Snyder (MITRE)

Session 5: Current and Future Genomic Data Use Challenges  - Gail Jarvik (American Society of Human Genetics [ASHG]), Ankit Malhotra (Amazon Web Services [AWS]), Heidi Sofia (NIH National Human Genome  Research Institute [NHGRI])

 Moderated Q&A - Nick Cochran (HudsonAlpha)

Audience Insights - Li-San Wang (University of Pennsylvania)

Close Out - Ron Pulivarti (NIST)

Workshop Recording

The recording for this workshop is now available.