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Womble Bond Dickinson’s Stephen Sharbaugh recently participated in a panel during the 2025 CyberShare Summit, held October 6-8, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Sharbaugh spoke on the “Rural Broadband Partners” panel alongside Brian Ford, Vice President, Regulatory, NTCA, and Brian Hurley, Senior Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, ACA Connects. The panel provided an opportunity to unpack the cybersecurity-related policies, regulations and precedents shaping the industry today, and provided insights on how these policies impact the operations of rural broadband providers.