2025-08-06 –, Copa
In an era marked by increasing natural disasters, geopolitical instability, and infrastructure vulnerabilities, personal emergency preparedness has become a critical component of resilience.
This panel will discuss approaches to maintaining a one-month supply of food, water, and medicine per household member to ensure self-sufficiency during extreme emergencies. Such events—ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to cyberattacks and pandemics—can disrupt supply chains, utilities, and emergency services, leaving communities isolated and vulnerable.
A well-stocked reserve of non-perishable food, potable water, and essential supplies not only enhances individual and family safety but also reduces the burden on emergency responders and public resources. This proactive approach fosters a culture of readiness, empowering citizens to withstand crises with greater confidence and stability.
This panel will discuss approaches to maintaining a one-month supply of food, water, and medicine per household member to ensure self-sufficiency during extreme emergencies. Such events—ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to cyberattacks and pandemics—can disrupt supply chains, utilities, and emergency services, leaving communities isolated and vulnerable. David will be joined by some guests to talk about the art of the possible as it relates to maintaining a resilience within the home and community, including communications.
Leveraging over 20 years of electric company experience, David Batz brings significant industry knowledge in understanding and applying appropriate security solutions to address emerging threats and issues. In addition, he brings a decade of energy regulatory compliance as well as physical and cyber security policy experience and engagement with multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Energy (DoE), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
David has been with the Edison Electric Institute for over 15 years and more broadly, has been instrumental in the development and expansion of an industry-wide program called Cyber Mutual Assistance.
He is a member of InfraGard and serves on the SANS Institute Advisory Board. He has authored various articles and presented at numerous events domestically and internationally on securing critical infrastructure, industrial systems as well as security baseline and standards topics for prominent industry associations including NIST, the National Academies of Sciences, United States Energy Association and the World Economic Forum to name a few.
Slava is an experienced engineering leader with roots in SRE, DevOps, and Software Engineering.