Semperis, the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response company, today announced the Midnight in the War Room world screening tour. The first feature-length documentary on cyber war, which includes voices from inside the cybersecurity community, debuted August 5 at Black Hat, the cybersecurity industry's most established and in-depth security event series.
The 30-city global screening roadshow of Midnight in the War Room is sponsored by Cohesity, the leader in AI-powered data security, who will help bring the film and its message about cyber resilience to defenders and cybersecurity professionals worldwide.
The world screening tour will visit the following cities:
Frankfurt, Germany – September 10
Munich – September 15
Zurich – September 17
London – September 17
Hamburg, Germany – September 22
Boston – September 23
Atlanta – September 23
Minneapolis – September 23
St. Louis – September 24
Houston – September 29
Miami – October 1
Chicago – October 1
Dallas – October 1
Scottsdale, AZ – October 1
Washington, DC – October 7
Mountain View, CA – October 7
New York City – October 15
Nashville, TN – October 15
Toronto – October 20
Paris – October 20
Detroit – October 21
Mexico City – October 22
Philadelphia – October 27
Vancouver, BC – October 28
São Paulo – November 4
Dublin – November 5
Irvine, CA – November 12
Mumbai, India – TBD
The world screenings tour represents the second phase of Midnight in the War Room’s global rollout. Additional screenings may be added in the coming weeks.
Produced by Semperis Studios and filmed across North America and Europe, the documentary draws on more than 50 interviews and over 100 hours of conversations with CISOs, former hackers, journalists, and national security leaders. Featured contributors include Chris Inglis, the first U.S. National Cyber Director; General (Ret.) David Petraeus, former CIA Director; Jen Easterly, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director; Marcus Hutchins, the WannaCry hero; and Tim Brown, former CISO of SolarWinds.
“We made this film because the people who defend the world's critical systems have never had their story told on their own terms,” says Thomas LeDuc, Chief Marketing Officer at Semperis and Executive Producer and Co-Director of the film. “Watching it land with a room full of defenders was the whole point. What we heard at the world premiere tells us this conversation is only beginning.”
Semperis is the first cybersecurity company to produce a full-length feature film on cyber war, spotlighting the defenders who safeguard the infrastructure society depends on: water and power systems, food supply chains, healthcare networks, and financial institutions targeted by nation states and ransomware gangs.
The Midnight in the War Room world screening roadshow would not be possible without the film’s many Action Partners such as Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), Cyber Future Foundation and Hack The Box. Other Action Partners include:
• Digital Defence Alliance Singapore (DDAS)
• Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)
• InfraGard
• ISC2
• Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
• Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC)
• Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT)
• Oil and Natural Gas Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONE-ISAC)
• Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA)
• Grand Canyon University (GCU) Cyber Center of Excellence