The CyberWIDE program, a Special Interest Group (SIG), is committed to advancing Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity within the cyber community. Embracing diverse work teams and environments yields demonstrably stronger outcomes in advancing cybersecurity technologies and services. Ultimately, fostering greater diversity, inclusivity, and equity within cybersecurity teams benefits both industry providers and consumers, helping to bridge resource gaps. As such, CyberWIDE is dedicated to developing North Texas ISSA members and guests through educational initiatives, networking opportunities, and mentoring programs.
Diversity of Thought = Innovation = Business Differentiator
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Overview
What happens when the engines fail, the alarms sound, and you have mere seconds to react?
Join us for an unforgettable, high-stakes discussion with Josh, a survivor of the legendary "Miracle on the Hudson."
Josh holds the unique distinction of being the passenger who opened the emergency exit door on US Airways Flight 1549, helping guide his fellow passengers to safety. His powerful story of resilience has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, The LA Times, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Dr. Phil.
In this exclusive session, Josh bridges the gap between physical crisis and digital defense. He will share first-hand accounts of the events before, during, and after the crash, mapping those critical moments to the exact pressures CISOs and Cybersecurity professionals face during high-consequence incident responses.
What You’ll Take Away:
Crisis Leadership: How to maintain clarity and command when a system faces catastrophic failure.
Split-Second Decisions: The psychology of managing chaos under extreme pressure.
Resilience Beyond the Crash: How to turn organizational adversity and trauma into long-term success.
PLEASE NOTE
Unlike prior CyberWide events, this will be ALCOHOL FREE.
You may indulge before or after, but we're keeping this event professional.
FREE FOR NTXISSA Members
NTX ISSA Members
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
SPEAKER
In cybersecurity, we patch systems to prevent compromise. But what happens when the vulnerability isn’t in the network, it’s in leadership, culture, or unchecked access?
In this powerful and thought-provoking session, Dr. Lovelie Sherelle Moore explores the intersection of cybersecurity, executive accountability, and human resilience. Drawing from her experience as a Business Information Security Officer, former U.S. Navy Information Professional Officer, and doctoral researcher in gamified cybersecurity awareness training, she challenges organizations to treat internal vulnerabilities with the same urgency as operational threats.
Attendees will gain practical strategies for strengthening human firewalls, aligning leadership with risk ownership, and creating resilient cultures that reduce both digital and behavioral exposure.
Because not all breaches are technical,some are internal.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Differentiate between operational (technical) vulnerabilities and internal (human and leadership) vulnerabilities.
Identify behavioral, cultural, and governance gaps that increase enterprise risk exposure.
Apply executive accountability principles to strengthen organizational resilience.
Evaluate how gamification and behavioral science improve awareness effectiveness.
Develop actionable strategies to reduce internal risk exposure through measurable accountability.
BIO:
Dr. Lovelie Moore is a cybersecurity executive, speaker, and author of My Vulnerabilities Are PATCHED. She serves as a Business Information Security Officer at Toyota Financial Services, where she leads enterprise security strategy and risk governance initiatives.
A former United States Navy Information Professional Officer and municipal security leader for the City of Dallas, she has built Security Operations Centers, modernized incident response programs, risk and vulnerability management, and provided advice to executive leadership on regulatory compliance, digital, operational, and cyber resilience.
Dr. Moore has spoken at Hacker Halted, Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), and national cybersecurity leadership forums. Her doctoral research focused on gamification in cybersecurity awareness training for banking IT governance leaders, integrating behavioral science with measurable security outcomes.
Her doctoral research examined gamification in cybersecurity awareness training for banking IT governance leaders, blending behavioral science with measurable security outcomes. She is also the creator of the IM PATCHED™ framework, which integrates human accountability with digital action.
NTX ISSA Members
When registering put your ISSA Membership # in the “Promo Code” to see the Member ticket option..
Please ensure you have no trailing spaces after you enter your Member #.