BEAUFORT, SC (January 20, 2026) – The South Coast Cyber Center and the Maritime Cybersecurity institute will host its 5th Annual “South Coast Cyber Summit” in beautiful and historic Beaufort, S.C., on March 23, 2026 at downtown Beaufort’s Tabby Place. A highlight of this year’s Summit will be a Noon keynote address by Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina.
The Cyber Summit will welcome a kickoff keynote by White House, Mr. Seth McKinnis, Deputy Assistant National Cyber Director – Critical Infrastructure and Mr Monroe Molesky, Director of State Affairs Office of the National Cyber Director to highlight the national strategy, insights on securing critical infrastructure, and collaboration with state and local partners.
The Summit itself will focus on the theme of “Cybersecurity and Securing Our Critical Infrastructure”. Mr Ryan Truskey and Mr Tim Larkin will provide insights to the recent cybersecurity critical infrastructure tabletop exercise conducted at the University of South Carolina Beaufort.
Mr Max Bobys, Senior Vice President Hudson Cyber and Mr Rick Seibenaler, CEO Maritime Cybersecurity Institute will be speaking on recent cyber challenges to our maritime industry – ports, ships, and the infrastructure underlying a significant part of our economy.
Warren Parker, Chairman of the South Coast Cyber Center, said, “This year’s summit will be another great opportunity to network with colleagues from government, the military, business, and education. And we’ll learn a lot about the threats to our critical infrastructure – ports, water and sewer, power generation, hospitals, and much more. Additionally, we intend to explore not only the threats but potential solutions.”
Other speakers will include Lieutenant General (Retired) Stephen Fogarty, former Commander of US Army Cyber Command, currently a senior executive advisory to Booz Allen Hamilton; Ollie Gagnon, Chief Homeland Security Advisor and Executive Director Idaho National Laboratory Resilience Optimization Center; Dan O’Donohue, Vice President Owl Cyber Defense and former Commander of Marine Corps Cyber forces.
You can register for the Summit at https://www.southcoastcybersummit.com or contact Warren Parker at warren@southcoastcyber.com.
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