2019 Washington DC Fraud & Breach Summit

Eugene Liderman

Director of Mobile Security Strategy, Google

Eugene Liderman recently joined Google as a Director of Mobile Security Strategy. In this role, he leads efforts around android security evangelism, certifications, and other special programs. Liderman has over 18 years of experience in the Information Technology field specifically around mobile security, directory services, and enterprise email. Prior to Google, he was a Director of Product Management at VMware. Previously, he worked on mobile security product offerings at Good Technology.

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Diana Kelley

CTO and Founding Partner, SecurityCurve & former Cybersecurity Field CTO, Microsoft

Diana Kelley is the Cybersecurity Field CTO for Microsoft and a cybersecurity architect, practitioner, executive advisor and author. At Microsoft, she leverages her 25+ years of cyber risk and security experience to provide advice and guidance to CSOs, CIOs and CISOs at some of the world's largest companies and is a contributor the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR). She was the Global Executive Security Advisor at IBM Security where she built and managed the IBM Security Research Community Newsroom process and was a regular contributor to IBM X-Force research. Kelley is a faculty member with IANS Research, an Industry Mentor at the CyberSecurity Factory and a guest lecturer at Boston College's Master of Science in Cybersecurity program. She serves on the Board of Directors at the non-profit Sightline Security, was an IEEE "Rock Star of Risk" in 2016, speaks frequently at major conferences and co-authored the book Cryptographic Libraries for Developers.

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Eric Bucher

Field Solutions Engineer, Cequence Security

Eric Bucher has over 15 years of experience in the security industry with a technical concentration in financial fraud, advanced persistent threats, forensics, exfiltration, DLP, and overall attack surfaces. His current career has taken him into the realm of bot construction and different attack modalities currently conducted through machine automation. Bucher now specializes in the use of Machine Learning algorithms and Artificial Intelligence as leverage and valuable countermeasures against this ever-evolving threat to online presences.

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Christopher R. Hetner

Special Advisor of Cyber Risk, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Former Sr. Cyber Security Advisor to SEC Chairman

Chris Hetner currently serves as Managing Director for Marsh Risk Consulting's (MRC) Cyber Risk Consulting business. Working closely with Marsh's cyber insurance and advisory teams, MRC's Cyber Risk Consulting team delivers a wide range of expertise and capabilities - from cyber risk impact modeling to cyber breach and business interruption readiness - tailored to each client's specific risk management needs and objectives. Prior to joining Marsh, Hetner was the senior cybersecurity advisor to the chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, risk management and regulatory compliance and currently serves as Special Advisor of Cyber Risk for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

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Anthony Cardoza

North American Business Unit Director, XTN Cognitive Security

Anthony Cardoza currently serves as the North American Business Unit Director for XTN Cognitive Security, helping organizations to take a proactive approach in the fight against Fraud. Before starting with XTN, he worked at RSA Security for 6 years, and had previously co-owned and operated a boutique debt collection firm. After nearly a decade driving business results for enterprises and increasing cashflow for clients, Cardoza is now focused on empowering businesses in the US and Canada to better manage fraud risk without disrupting the customer experience.

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Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.)

President and CEO, FXTaylor Associates, LLC

Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.) currently serves as President and CEO of FXTaylor Associates, LLC in Washington DC. After he retired from active duty, General Taylor was nominated and confirmed as US Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism (2001 to 2002) and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (2002 to 2005). On leaving government, he became VP and Chief Security Officer for the General Electric Company managing security operations and crisis management globally until accepting the nomination as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis for Department of Homeland Security in April 2014. In this role, he was charged with providing the Secretary, DHS senior leadership, the DHS components, state/local, tribal and private sector partners with the homeland security intelligence and information required to keep the country safe, secure and resilient. Mr. Taylor was also a member of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board from 2006 to 2010. .

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Eddie Doyle

Global Security Strategist, Check Point Software Technologies

From English language teacher to cyber-security business executive, Eddie Doyle has the unique ability to articulate in non-technical language, the risks associated by avoiding internet security best practices. With a particular interest in educating people to become human firewalls in the combat against social engineering, Doyle realizes that hackers exploit the DNA of trust within us, often as their first line of attack & he teaches people how to identify & resist the con man, while not interrupting business as usual. With a focus on cyber-crime & cyber-terrorism, Doyle's keynotes help individuals & corporations alike, to stay ahead of the newest threats. Protecting people online and in life has been his passion for over twenty years and he defines his success by his zealous love of education and training and his commitment to building rich, meaningful and key relationships.

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Ron Ross

Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ross is a Fellow at NIST. His focus areas include cybersecurity, systems security engineering, cyber resiliency, security architecture, privacy, and risk management. Ross leads the FISMA Implementation Project and the Systems Security Engineering Initiative, which includes the development of cybersecurity and privacy standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and the U.S. critical infrastructure.

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Chris Calvert

Co-Founder, VP of Product Strategy, Respond Software

Chris has over 30 years of experience in defensive information security: 14 years in the defense and intelligence community and 17 years in the commercial industry. He has worked on the Defense Department Joint Staff and held leadership positions in both large and small companies, including IBM and HPE. He has designed, built and managed global security operations centers and incident response teams for six of the global Fortune-50. As he often says, if you have complaints about today's security operations model, you can partially blame him. It's from his first-hand experience in learning the limitations of the man vs. data SecOps model that Chris leads product design and strategy for Respond Software.

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Kristin Judge

CEO, Cybercrime Support Network

Kristin Judge currently serves as CEO of the Cybercrime Support Network (cybercrimesupport.org). To address the needs of cybercrime victims, she founded this nonprofit to work with federal, state and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies to help consumers and small businesses affected by cybercrime. With their United Way partners, CSN has been awarded over $3M in DOJ federal grants to serve victims and is building the US "Cyber 911" to serve millions of cybercrime and online fraud victims. In 2008. she was elected to serve as a Washtenaw County Commissioner and supported the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in growing cybersecurity outreach to state and local government officials. After elected office, she worked at the Center for Internet Security, focusing on connecting state and local governments to federal services and technology needed to improve cyber security. As Director of Government Affairs at the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), Judge worked with Google, FTC, FBI, SBA, DHS, NIST, congressional leaders and other key stakeholders across the country to educate consumers and businesses how to protect sensitive data.

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Sadia Mirza

Attorney, Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy Practice Group, Troutman Pepper

Sadia Mirza is part of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy practice group at Troutman Sanders, and is also part of the Financial Services Litigation practice group. She provides strategic privacy compliance counseling, and defends, counsels and represents companies on matters relating to data privacy, data use, and incident response and investigation, with an eye towards helping clients avoid litigation. Additionally, she has experience with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), as well as various other laws concerning privacy and cybersecurity. Mirza's in-house background allows her to understand the issues and concerns clients have and guide them toward resolution in a clear and efficient way. She has worked with clients from a variety of industries, including financial institutions, consumer reporting agencies, insurance companies, healthcare providers, and data and analytics providers. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mirza worked for JPMorgan Chase and Washington Mutual Bank. Her ongoing interest in the financial services industry led her to pursue an LL.M. in banking and finance after graduating from law school.

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Malcolm (M.K.) Palmore

VP, Field CSO, Palo Alto Networks

MK Palmore serves as VP, Field CSO (Americas) for Palo Alto Networks. His responsibilities include support of the initiatives headed up by the office of the global Chief Security Officer and continuing to provide thought leadership in the cybersecurity arena through both writing and speaking engagements. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, MK served as the Head of the Cyber Security Branch for FBI San Francisco capping a career of public service spanning 32-years. His leadership and investigative experiences while in the FBI included: Cybersecurity, Crisis Response/Management, Risk-Management Advisory Services, and Counter-Terrorism Investigations. MK's cyber security certifications include the CISM, CISSP, GCCC and the Carnegie Mellon University CISO Certification. MK began his professional career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Chris Cummiskey

CEO, Cummiskey Strategic Solutions

Chris Cummiskey currently serves as CEO, Cummiskey Strategic Solutions, LLC, a firm that specializes in cyber/IT, homeland security and management consulting. Cummiskey previously served in senior leadership at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), most recently in the number three position at the department as Under Secretary for Management. During his tenure as Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, he had department-wide oversight and responsibility for budget/finance, cyber/IT, procurement/contracting, human capital, security and mission support. He also served as the department's Chief Acquisition Officer, overseeing $19 Billion in annual spending. While at DHS, he co-led all the major cyber committees at the department including the Executive Steering Committee on the National Cybersecurity Protection System (Einstein), the Executive Steering Committee on Cyber Strategy, the Acquisition Review Board on government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) and the Executive Steering Committee on Cyber Hiring. Cummiskey serves on numerous boards as a senior advisor on homeland security, cyber and management issues including: the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council, the Government Technology Services Coalition, the Washington Homeland Security Roundtable, as a COO Senior Advisor to Government Executives (SAGE) with the Partnership for Public Service and as a cyber expert with the Washington Post. He served as CIO for the State of Arizona for six years, where he received the Distinguished Service to State Government award from the National Governor's Association for his work in government innovation. He is credited with creating the state's first cybersecurity plan and establishing the Arizona Cyber Information Security Office.

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Andy Purdy

CSO, Huawei Technologies US

Andy Purdy is the Chief Security Officer for Huawei Technologies USA (since July 2012). Andy oversees Huawei USA's cyber security assurance strategy and system, and supports Huawei's global security assurance program. Andy is the Huawei global lead for the East-West Institute Global Cooperation in Cyberspace Initiative and serves on the Steering Committee of the Open Group Trusted Technology Forum, which developed the Open Group Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS), recognized by ISO as 20243. Andy was the senior cyber security official of the U.S. Government from 2004-2006. Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security, Andy was a member of the White House staff where he helped to draft the U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003), after which he went to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) where he helped to form and then led the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), from 2004-2006. At DHS, Andy also served as Co-chair of the National Cyber Response Coordination Group (NCRCG), the principal US interagency group to prepare for and respond to cyber incidents of national significance, and he was DHS representative to the Committee on National Security System (CNSS) that sets policy for the nation's classified IT networks.

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Randy Sabett

Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

A former NSA crypto-engineer, Sabett brings to Cooley LLP his extensive experience in data security, privacy, licensing and IP. Sabett has managed numerous data breach responses involving major retailers, financial and healthcare organizations, and on-line service providers. He served on the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency and has been recognized as a leader in privacy and data security in the 2007-2014 editions of Chambers USA. Sabett is a member of the board for the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute and the Northern Virginia chapter of ISSA. He also is a frequent lecturer and author, and has appeared on or been quoted by a variety of national media sources.

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Jack Koons

Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Unisys

Jack Koons joined Unisys Corporation in 2016 and currently serves as Chief Cybersecurity Strategist and technology evangelist responsible for development, enablement, and execution of Unisys global security go-to-market efforts; Jack is also active within InfraGard (joint private sector partnership with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation), focused on critical infrastructure protection.

A former 25-year career (retired) senior United States Department of Defense full-spectrum Cyber Warfare Officer whose globally-spanning operational, management, and leadership assignments include extensive service within the US National Intelligence, Special Operations, and Cyber communities; Jack is an accomplished author and lecturer on the topic of cyber warfare and security, and is a founding member of the US Army's Cyber Warfare Career Field and emergent United States Department of Defense cyberspace effort.

Jack is a fully-cleared Unisys global security solutions customer advocate - currently working with worldwide commercial, public sector, and National Security information technology communities - to further develop, refine, and operationalize requirements and capabilities across the technology and security spectrum.

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Alex Pitigoi

Head of Sales North America, Nominet

Alex Pitigoi currently serves as Head of Sales for North America at Nominet. Her technology career began on the business operations side, with experience leading start-up development and extensive Fortune 100 account portfolio growth. She enjoys managing national and international sales forces and leverages sales operations, global compliance, and cyber security client strategy experience across global matrix environments.

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Malcolm (M.K.) Palmore

VP, Field CSO, Palo Alto Networks

MK Palmore serves as VP, Field CSO (Americas) for Palo Alto Networks. His responsibilities include support of the initiatives headed up by the office of the global Chief Security Officer and continuing to provide thought leadership in the cybersecurity arena through both writing and speaking engagements. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, MK served as the Head of the Cyber Security Branch for FBI San Francisco capping a career of public service spanning 32-years. His leadership and investigative experiences while in the FBI included: Cybersecurity, Crisis Response/Management, Risk-Management Advisory Services, and Counter-Terrorism Investigations. MK's cyber security certifications include the CISM, CISSP, GCCC and the Carnegie Mellon University CISO Certification. MK began his professional career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Christine El Eris

Director Product Management, Security and Fraud Solutions, Fiserv

Christine El Eris is a Product Director at Fiserv for FirstSense which provides actionable intelligence to banks to prevent credit and debit card fraud. She joined Fiserv in Feb 2018 with 15 years of product management and development experience in consumer identity protection, loyalty, financial services and payments. Prior to joining Fiserv, El Eris spent 5 years at Mastercard, where she launched a consumer product which monitors the dark web for consumer PII (email addresses, SSNs, PANs, etc.).

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