
Active Defense & Deception
Active defense technologies and strategies encompass a spectrum of approaches with a common goal. These include gray hat activities - including deception, beacons, hunting, information sharing and others.
Entire spectrum of active defense technologies and strategies, gray hat activities, including deception, beacons, hunting, information sharing et al.

Don Gray
Chief Technology Officer, PacketViper
As CTO for PacketViper, Done Gray leads the Security Engineering Team and is directly involved with Deception360 development, researching new threats, and is an overall information security expert. Gray is regularly quoted in the media as a security expert and has been a cybersecurity speaker at industry events including Gartner Security Summit, Forrester Security Forum and RSA. With over 20 years of high-level experience in technology services organizations, the security industry will remember Don Gray as the founder and CTO of the MSSP Vigilantminds out of Pittsburgh, PA. It was purchased by Solutionary in 2007 when Gray transitioned to chief security strategist and continued his successful career in managed security services. Prior to joining PacketViper, Gray was the VP of Product Marketing at NTT Security (formerly Solutionary) where he led a global team to integrate and develop product marketing across multiple NTT organizations.

Tony Cole
Chief Technology Officer, Attivo
Tony Cole currently serves as Attivo's Chief Technology Officer. At Attivo Networks, he works to drive a cohesive strategy across marketing, sales, and the platform to help ensure Attivo's customers are successful in thwarting the impact from cyber-attacks. He's a public voice for the company as well, educating the market on the cyber deception space and cybersecurity in general. With more than 30 years' experience in government and industry across a variety of roles, he has successfully built program-driven business development teams driving millions in revenue, large global consulting teams assisting customers in all aspects of security defense and operations. He's a well-known global strategist and evangelist in cybersecurity working to educate on the evolving threat to our interconnected world. Cole is on the Board of Directors for (ISC)² and Silent Circle; and also serves on the NASA Advisory Council. He's also a former president of ISSA-DC.

Rocco Grillo
Managing Director Global Cyber Risk & Incident Response Services, Alvarez & Marsal
Rocco Grillo currently serves as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Disputes and Investigations Global Cyber Risk Services practice. He focuses on leading multi disciplinary teams who provide cyber risk and incident response services to clients globally. He has been a trusted partner of multiple government agencies, including the FBI and Secret Service, where his cyber expertise was instrumental in investigating and resolving a variety of cyber based crimes. Grillo's experience and understanding of commercial sector challenges and national security objectives have influenced the development of national policy in cybersecurity, including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Prior to joining A&M, he held leadership positions at professional services organizations including Stroz Friedberg/Aon Cyber Solutions, where he served as the Global Leader of the firm's Cybersecurity Services. Prior to Aon Cyber Solutions, Grillo was a founding member of Protiviti Inc's Cybersecurity Practice where he led the development of the firm's Global Incident Response and Forensics Investigations Practice. He also assisted with the development of RedSiren Technologies, one of the first managed security services firm that evolved out of Carnegie Mellon. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Lucent Technologies and Bell companies. He is an affiliate board advisor for the Retail & Hospitality ISAC and has assisted with other thought leadership initiatives for the FS-ISAC; and assists in creating its annual Compromise Against Payments Systems (CAPS), the simulated industry cyberattack exercise.. He has served on the CLM Cyber Liability Council, the Board of Directors of the NY Metro ISSA Chapter, the IT Policy Compliance Group, and the (i 4) International Information Integrity Institute Research Steering Committee.

Ajoy Kumar
Executive Director, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Kumar is a recognised cybersecurity and IT Risk executive with a proven track record in managing global, cost-effective programs that meet business and regulatory requirements for large financial institutions. His career highlights include setting up industry recognized Software Security programs at DTCC, JPMC and UBS.
Kumar has a proven track record of successful integration/merger of security and risk functions and ability to realize efficiencies for the firm.
In his current role as Executive Director – Head of Cyber Risk at The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Kumar is responsible for managing IT Risk Analysis & Reporting, Application Security, Security Metrics, Security Governance, Security Architecture, Security Consulting, Security Technology, Security Awareness, Management Control Testing, and Regulatory response.

Dr. Matthew Kane
CEO, Solaris Intelligence
Dr. Matthew Kane began his career in Deception Detection with the Canadian Armed Forces as an Intelligence Officer. During his distinguished 10 year career, he saw service in various theatres of operation where he had the opportunity to work with a multi-national intelligence unit that included the CIA and MI6. His education brought him to the highest levels of counter-terrorism operations where he conducted and advised on interrogations, prepared and delivered intelligence briefings to senior military officers and advised military and civilian intelligence operatives in real-time operations. Dr. Kane's final position was as the Officer in Charge of an intelligence cell stopping roadside bombs in Afghanistan. After leaving the Military, he used his military intelligence experience and broadened his skill set to fill the civilian need for Deception Detection. During this time he met his friend and future founding partner Joe Kitson and went on to form Solaris Intelligence. Since Dr. Kane has provided training to a variety of organizations on deception detection and reading body language

Loknath Behera
State Police Chief and Director General of Police, Kerala State

Prakash Padariya
Head - Information Security, GE India Technology Center
Prakash Padariya currently serves as Head of Information Security in GE's India Technology Center. He has over 15+ years of core Information/Cyber Security & Technology corporate experience with leading Fortune 100 multinational corporations like GE, Royal Bank Of Scotland, IBM, Target Corporation & Accenture. His professional experience spans across Banking, Financial, Telecommunications & IT service industries in India, USA, UK, Australia, Canada and EMEA countries.

Carolyn Crandall
Chief Deception Officer, Attivo
Carolyn Crandall currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for Attivo. With over 25 years of experience in building go-to-market programs for security, networking, and storage companies,she has a demonstrated track record of successfully taking companies from pre-IPO through to multi-billion dollar sales. Carolyn is recognized in the industry as a global marketing authority based on her repeated demonstration of growing technology companies into market leaders, establishing exceptional company valuations, and building high-performance teams.

Tom Field
Senior Vice President, Editorial, ISMG
Field is responsible for all of ISMG's 28 global media properties and its team of journalists. He also helped to develop and lead ISMG's award-winning summit series that has brought together security practitioners and industry influencers from around the world, as well as ISMG's series of exclusive executive roundtables.

Tom Kellermann
Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black
Prior to joining Carbon Black, Tom was the CEO and founder of Strategic Cyber Ventures. On January 19, 2017 Tom was appointed the Wilson Center's Global Fellow for Cyber Policy in 2017. Tom previously held the positions of Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro; Vice President of Security for Core Security and Deputy CISO for the World Bank Treasury. In 2008 Tom was appointed a commissioner on the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President of the United States. In 2003 he co- authored the Book "Electronic Safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age."

Dr. Christopher Pierson
Founder & CEO, BLACKCLOAK
Dr. Chris Pierson is the Founder & CEO of BlackCloak - a concierge cybersecurity protection suite for high-net-worth individuals and top C-Suite executives. BlackCloak protects its customers from financial loss, cybercrime, hacking, reputational damage, privacy exposure, and identity theft. Dr. Pierson serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy & Integrity Advisory Committee, DHS Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Chris has been on the front lines of cybersecurity and fighting cybercrime and has over 20 years - with DHS, President of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Arizona Infragard, and in various other roles as a Chief Information Security Officer for financial companies. Chris was a founding executive of Viewpost, a FinTech payments company, serving as their CISO and General Counsel and was also the first Chief Privacy Officer, SVP for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) U.S. operations leading its privacy and data protection program. Chris was also a corporate attorney for Lewis and Roca where he established its CyberSecurity Practice representing companies who were hacked and fell victim to data breaches. Chris is a globally recognized keynote speaker & cybersecurity thought leader, board advisor for startups, and is frequently quoted by the media on cybersecurity & privacy.

David Pollino
Former CISO, PNC Bank
David is an experienced security and risk executive with over 25 years of experience in information security, fraud prevention, and risk management. David has focused on financial services for 20 years and was the Chief Information Security Officer of Bank of the West and a Divisional CISO at PNC. David has held multiple leadership positions in Security and Fraud including Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, and Charles Schwab. David has authored multiple books and whitepapers focused around Cyber Security and Fraud. David is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and frequently quoted in the media on security topics.

Todd Carroll
CISO and VP of Cyber Operations, CybelAngel
Todd M. Carroll currently serves as the CISO and VP of Cyber Operations, North America for CybelAngel. He joined the Paris-based company in January 2019 as part of CybelAngel's expansion into U.S. markets. Carroll retired from the FBI in December 2018 as the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division. Carroll entered duty with the FBI in 1998 and was assigned to the Washington D.C. Field Office working Counterterrorism matters. He was a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) with the Critical Incident Response Group/Rapid Deployment Logistics Unit from 2003-2004. From 2006 to 2011, he was assigned as the SSA over the Cyber program in the Chicago Division developing the FBI's intrusion capabilities.

Dr. Christopher Pierson
Founder & CEO, BLACKCLOAK
Dr. Chris Pierson is the Founder & CEO of BlackCloak - a concierge cybersecurity protection suite for high-net-worth individuals and top C-Suite executives. BlackCloak protects its customers from financial loss, cybercrime, hacking, reputational damage, privacy exposure, and identity theft. Dr. Pierson serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy & Integrity Advisory Committee, DHS Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Chris has been on the front lines of cybersecurity and fighting cybercrime and has over 20 years - with DHS, President of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Arizona Infragard, and in various other roles as a Chief Information Security Officer for financial companies. Chris was a founding executive of Viewpost, a FinTech payments company, serving as their CISO and General Counsel and was also the first Chief Privacy Officer, SVP for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) U.S. operations leading its privacy and data protection program. Chris was also a corporate attorney for Lewis and Roca where he established its CyberSecurity Practice representing companies who were hacked and fell victim to data breaches. Chris is a globally recognized keynote speaker & cybersecurity thought leader, board advisor for startups, and is frequently quoted by the media on cybersecurity & privacy.

Robert Villanueva
Executive Vice President, Q6 Cyber and Founder of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division of the US Secret Service
Villanueva spent 25 years in the U.S. Secret Service, where he specialized in transnational cybercrimes, access device fraud, network intrusions and identity theft data breaches affecting the private sector. He served in both investigative and undercover capacities around the world. Villanueva founded the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Intelligence Section and headed the Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force. He has conducted extensive research into computer botnets and malware development attributed to foreign actors, and has led numerous projects in partnership with Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University and private companies. Presently, Villanueva advises the boards of directors at Florida International University, the Florida International Security Association, Florida International Bankers Association and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. He currently serves as executive vice president of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division at cybersecurity firm Q6 Cyber.

Tom Kellermann
Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black
Prior to joining Carbon Black, Tom was the CEO and founder of Strategic Cyber Ventures. On January 19, 2017 Tom was appointed the Wilson Center's Global Fellow for Cyber Policy in 2017. Tom previously held the positions of Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro; Vice President of Security for Core Security and Deputy CISO for the World Bank Treasury. In 2008 Tom was appointed a commissioner on the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President of the United States. In 2003 he co- authored the Book "Electronic Safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age."

Richard Parry
Principal, Parry Advisory; former Risk Management Executive, JPMorgan Chase
Parry is a career risk manager, with experience that spans the globe for international financial institutions such as Visa, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. Parry's expertise includes executive roles in fraud operations, fraud policy and oversight, customer authentication and identity management. After his tenure with Chase, Parry co-founded Turnkey Risk Solutions, an identity risk management company specializing in identifying synthetic identities and first-party fraud. Most recently, he created Parry Advisory, an advisory firm focused on identity risk and cybersecurity thought leadership.

Dr. Christopher Pierson
Founder & CEO, BLACKCLOAK
Dr. Chris Pierson is the Founder & CEO of BlackCloak - a concierge cybersecurity protection suite for high-net-worth individuals and top C-Suite executives. BlackCloak protects its customers from financial loss, cybercrime, hacking, reputational damage, privacy exposure, and identity theft. Dr. Pierson serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy & Integrity Advisory Committee, DHS Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Chris has been on the front lines of cybersecurity and fighting cybercrime and has over 20 years - with DHS, President of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Arizona Infragard, and in various other roles as a Chief Information Security Officer for financial companies. Chris was a founding executive of Viewpost, a FinTech payments company, serving as their CISO and General Counsel and was also the first Chief Privacy Officer, SVP for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) U.S. operations leading its privacy and data protection program. Chris was also a corporate attorney for Lewis and Roca where he established its CyberSecurity Practice representing companies who were hacked and fell victim to data breaches. Chris is a globally recognized keynote speaker & cybersecurity thought leader, board advisor for startups, and is frequently quoted by the media on cybersecurity & privacy.

Jimmy Lummis
Associate Director of Cyber Security, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jimmy Lummis is currently the associate director of cyber security at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He leads the Georgia Institute of Technology cybersecurity team. Lummis' major responsibilities include leadership of cybersecurity operations, engineering, security policy and regulatory compliance, and education and awareness. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Lummis spent his entire career in the field of Information Security as a security consultant and advisor working for Ernest & Young LLP, Oracle, and the State of Georgia.

Allen O'Rourke
Cybersecurity Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
As an attorney at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, specializing in clients affected by data breaches and cyber-attacks, Allen O'Rourke counsels clients' legal and information security teams on investigating and remediating a breach, interfacing with law enforcement and ensuring compliance with applicable data breach laws and regulations. In addition to incident response, O'Rourke defends clients facing government, regulatory and consumer class actions as well as other litigation arising from data breaches. Prior to joining Womble Carlyle, O'Rourke was a Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. He conducted numerous investigations into corporate data breaches, business email compromise schemes, "dark web" criminal forums, money laundering using Bitcoin, terrorist use of the Internet, and other cybercrime. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2008, O'Rourke clerked for the Honorable Anita Brody on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and for the Honorable Allyson Duncan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Dr. Christopher Pierson
Founder & CEO, BLACKCLOAK
Dr. Chris Pierson is the Founder & CEO of BlackCloak - a concierge cybersecurity protection suite for high-net-worth individuals and top C-Suite executives. BlackCloak protects its customers from financial loss, cybercrime, hacking, reputational damage, privacy exposure, and identity theft. Dr. Pierson serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy & Integrity Advisory Committee, DHS Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Chris has been on the front lines of cybersecurity and fighting cybercrime and has over 20 years - with DHS, President of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Arizona Infragard, and in various other roles as a Chief Information Security Officer for financial companies. Chris was a founding executive of Viewpost, a FinTech payments company, serving as their CISO and General Counsel and was also the first Chief Privacy Officer, SVP for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) U.S. operations leading its privacy and data protection program. Chris was also a corporate attorney for Lewis and Roca where he established its CyberSecurity Practice representing companies who were hacked and fell victim to data breaches. Chris is a globally recognized keynote speaker & cybersecurity thought leader, board advisor for startups, and is frequently quoted by the media on cybersecurity & privacy.

Elvis Chan
Supervisory Special Agent, San Francisco Division, FBI
Chan manages a squad responsible for investigating national security cyber matters. He is a decorated agent who is recognized within the Intelligence Community as a cyberterrorism expert. SSA Chan was the lead agent on significant cyber investigations and managed joint counterterrorism operations with domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining the Bureau, SSA Chan was a process development engineer in the semiconductor industry for 12 years. He holds two U.S. patents, presented at many technical and law enforcement symposiums, and published multiple articles in technical journals. SSA Chan graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry.

Richard Parry
Principal, Parry Advisory; former Risk Management Executive, JPMorgan Chase
Parry is a career risk manager, with experience that spans the globe for international financial institutions such as Visa, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. Parry's expertise includes executive roles in fraud operations, fraud policy and oversight, customer authentication and identity management. After his tenure with Chase, Parry co-founded Turnkey Risk Solutions, an identity risk management company specializing in identifying synthetic identities and first-party fraud. Most recently, he created Parry Advisory, an advisory firm focused on identity risk and cybersecurity thought leadership.

Michael Zweiback
Partner and Co-Founder, Zweiback Fiset & Coleman LLP
Michael Zweiback is a co-founder of the firm which specializes in white collar criminal defense, litigation and trial practice, international arbitration and cyber security. Previously having served as an Assistant US Attorney in California and Chief of the Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section in the Central District, he investigated and prosecuted cyber crimes including computer intrusions and the theft of intellectual property. Zweiback also previously served as the Deputy Chief of the Terrorism & Organized Crime section supervising National Security investigations. He also participates in The George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security's Active Defense Task Force, which has tasked itself with developing best practices for business and government in addressing cyber threats.

Sahir Hidayatullah
VP Active Defense, Zscaler
Hidayatullah is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur and his past ventures have investigated numerous high-profile data breaches with clients spanning critical infrastructure, global financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies. Hidayatullah's work has been a cover feature story in Fortune India magazine, and his thoughts on technology risk management appear regularly in the print and television media.
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