Programs & Events

XFIL: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS (CNO)

An Evening of Innovation, Insight, and Impact

Maritime Conference Center AUDITORIUM
692 Maritime Blvd.
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090

Agenda for September 22, 2025 (as of 9.21.2025)

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm      Vendor Arrival & Set Up

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm      Registration & Refreshments

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm       Welcome & Opening Remarks - Brian Behler - MANTECH and Kevin Keaton - National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF)

4:15 pm - 4:35 pm       Keynote - TJ White, VADM (Ret) & First Chief of Texas Cyber Command

4:35 pm – 4:55 pm      Tech Talk #1 - William Chan - MANTECH - Automated O-Day Detection Using Homebrew

4:55 pm – 5:15 pm       Tech Talk #2 – Jared Stroud - JHU APL – Reverse engineering IOT now and into the future

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm        Refreshments & Networking

5:45 pm - 6:05 pm        Tech Talk #3 – Dr. Austin Norby - Bogart Associates, Technical Introduction to Anti-Analysis Techniques

6:10 pm – 6:50 pm        Future of Computer Operations Panel: Brian Behler & Chris Cleary – MANTECH, TJ White – Texas Cyber Command, Kevin Keaton - NCF, Miles Wilson - AWS

6:55 pm - 7:15 pm        Tech Talk #4 - –Bishoy Khalil – MANTECH – Generative AI in CNO Dev -- and Kevin Borden – MANTECH – Gen AI and Reverse Engineering

7:15 pm - Close             Refreshments, Networking, MANTECH-hosted Trivia Game with Prizes, and Capture the Flag Awards

XFIL: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS (CNO) is a joint program of 
the National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF) and MANTECH

Thank You to our Generous XFIL 2025 Sponsor & Vendors