Programs & Events

XFIL: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY ON 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 (Version 1 as of 9.10.2025)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm       Vendor Arrival and Set-up

3:30 pm – 3:40 pm       Welcome & Opening Remarks - Mr. Brian Behler, MANTECH and Mr. Kevin Keaton, National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF)

3:40 pm - 4:00 pm       Mr. Patrick Ware, US Cyber Command, Executive Director

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm       Tech Talk #1

4:20 pm – 4:40 pm       Tech Talk #2 – Mr. Jared Stroud, JHU APL – Reverse engineering IOT now and into the future

4:40 pm - 5:10 pm        Refreshment & Networking

5:10 pm - 5:30 pm        Tech Talk #3 – AWS (tentative)

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm        Vice Admiral Timothy J. "TJ" White, USN, Ret., Served as Deputy Director, Tailored Access Operations, National Security Agency (NSA)

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm        Future of CNO Panel

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm        Tech Talk #4

7:30 pm                          Refreshments & Networking /Speaker Program Concludes

7:30 pm                          MANTECH hosted trivia game

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