Cyber Sovereignty in Action: Threat Intelligence, Tribal Resilience, and the Paskenta Story
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About the Webinar
Presenter: Robby Jakovljevic, Jeff Worthington
Category: Cybersecurity
On Thursday, July 24, 2025 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm (Eastern).
Sophisticated and enterprising cyber adversaries are increasingly targeting Tribal nations. The 2025 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report highlights a disturbing trend: threat actors are expanding their targets to include tribal governments, enterprises, and critical infrastructure—exploiting gaps in visibility, resources, and cyber preparedness.
We will set the stage with a focused briefing on the key findings of CrowdStrike’s latest threat report, offering tribal IT and cybersecurity leaders a front-row seat to the tools, tactics, and trends shaping the threat landscape today.
From there, we transition into a powerful fireside chat with Robby Jakovljevic, Director of Information Technology for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. Moderated by Jeff Worthington, Executive Strategist at CrowdStrike and retired Army Colonel, the conversation will explore how Robby built a resilient security program from the ground up that protects his tribe’s data, people, and sovereignty. A master storyteller, Robby will outline his cybersecurity journey with anecdotes and examples that everyone can implement today:
What you will get from this:
We will set the stage with a focused briefing on the key findings of CrowdStrike’s latest threat report, offering tribal IT and cybersecurity leaders a front-row seat to the tools, tactics, and trends shaping the threat landscape today.
From there, we transition into a powerful fireside chat with Robby Jakovljevic, Director of Information Technology for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. Moderated by Jeff Worthington, Executive Strategist at CrowdStrike and retired Army Colonel, the conversation will explore how Robby built a resilient security program from the ground up that protects his tribe’s data, people, and sovereignty. A master storyteller, Robby will outline his cybersecurity journey with anecdotes and examples that everyone can implement today:
What you will get from this:
- Threat trends and adversary tactics directly impacting tribal governments in 2025
- How one tribe grew a proactive security program that allows its leaders to sleep through the night
- Lessons learned from building an end-to-end cybersecurity program with limited resources
- How CrowdStrike helps provide 24/7 protection and real-time visibility across environments
- Culturally grounded strategies for communicating cyber risk to tribal leadership
This is more than a threat briefing—it’s a call to action, and a story of how one tribal nation turned insight into impact.