Andre Bromes

CIO and CISO, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and New Jersey

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Kent Browne

Global Director Stealth Identity GTM & Innovation Lead, Unisys Security

Kent has over 20 years of security industry experience in Information Technology and Information Security. He is currently the Global Director of Stealth Identity - GTM & Innovation Lead within Unisys Corporation. Kent frequently consults with Companies and Governments on important issues concerning their security posture, both physical and logical. Kent is well versed in physical and cybersecurity security infrastructure and strategy, and is asked to speak regularly on the convergence between physical and logical (network) security. Kent has spoken at leading industry events, such as IBM Interconnect, RSA, Interop, InfoSec, BICSI, ISC, Infragard, ISACA, The Conference Board, Harvard University, Yale University, etc. He has been a featured guest on television (BBC, RAI, ABC News, Silicon Spin...), radio, and in magazines (Computer World, Business News, New York Times, Wired, etc) to name a few. Kent received a Bachelors Degree in Business Management/Marketing, Summa Cum Laude, from American Intercontinental University. He has been a penetration tester for the public and private sector, and uses this unique view of security to help others better understand the taxonomy of an attack and the strategies to prevent these attacks and the associated damage from them.

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Arun De Souza

CISO+ CPO, Nexteer Automotive

Arun DeSouza is currently Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer at Nexteer Automotive Corporation. He has extensive global IT and security leadership and organizational transformation experience including as CISO and CIO. Arun's areas of expertise include strategic planning, risk management, identity management, cloud computing and privacy. His current interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Zero Trust, Software Defined Perimeter & Self-Sovereign Identity. Arun earned Master's and PhD degrees from Vanderbilt University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security professional (CISSP) and has earned the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) certification. He was honored by the 1st Global Cyber Observatory by induction into the CISO Hall of Fame in September 2019. He has won multiple other industry honors including CISO of the Week, CSO50 Award, Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award, CIO Ones to Watch Award and the Network World Enterprise All Star Award. He is a member of the Society for Information Management and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

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Christopher Perry

Principal Security Product Strategist, BMC

Christopher Perry is the Lead Product Manager for BMC AMI Security. Prior to BMC, he served in the US Army in several cyber security roles including Expeditionary Cyber Company Commander, Technical Advisor to the Commanding General of Army Cyber Command, and Cyber Training Officer. He is a graduate of United States Military Academy and holds several certifications including Offensive Security Certified Professional + Expert (OSCP / OSCE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), and GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA).

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Grant Schneider

Senior Director For Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP

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Katie Arrington

CISO for Acquisition and Sustainment within the U.S. Department of Defense

Katherine "Katie" Arrington currently is the Chief Information Security Officer, CISO(A) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, ASD(A). In this position, she serves as the central hub and integrator within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, OUSD(A&S), to align acquisition cyber strategy. As the CISO (A), Ms. Arrington is responsible to ensure the incorporation of integrated security/cyber efforts within USD(A&S) with the purpose of providing a focused and streamlined governance approach and to provide a central coordination point and common compliance standard that serves to synchronize the various existing disparate cyber security efforts and standards across the Department and Industry as it relates to A&S equities. Ms. Arrington is leading efforts that will help to ensure a robust Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), establish Defense Industrial Base Security and Resilience, and establish a common standard in Cyber Security Standards. She also meets with key Cyber personnel (across both DoD and Federal Agencies) as well as legislators to ensure that changes made in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are supportive in reaching the goals of decreased spending and increased compliance with current and future standards. Before assuming her position in OUSD(A&S), Ms. Arrington had an extensive career as a legislator and senior cyber executive. Ms. Arrington was a candidate for South Carolina US House of Representative 2018 and a South Carolina State Representative for 2 terms. She has substantial experience and capabilities in cyber strategy, policy, enablement and implementation across a wide range of domains, including DoD, Federal, Healthcare and State. She acquired her experience in cyber over the past 15 years with Booz Allen Hamilton, Centuria Corporation and Dispersive Networks. This has given her the unique experience of working at a large business, small business and non-traditional contractor for the government. She attended Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.

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Rich Thompson

VP, Global Sales Engineering, BlackBerry

Prior to joining BlackBerry, Rich has 25+ years of experience in security. This includes 21 years leading security efforts at the regional and national level in the retail industry, and 5+ years leading Sales Engineering and Professional Services efforts in the enterprise software industry.

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Chip Mason

Lead, Mainframe Security Product Management, Broadcom

Chip Mason has over 20 years of experience in the software industry. Chip leads strategy and product definition for Mainframe Security products in CA Broadcom. In this capacity, Chip works to guide integration and product development toward delivering valuable Security solutions, as well as acting as a subject matter expert assisting customers to ensure security and compliance. Chip has experience across many areas of Enterprise IT, including Security Management, Software Development, Service Management, and Event Management. Chip is certified in Scaled Agile Framework and ITIL.

Chip resides in Raleigh, NC where he enjoys his family and photography.

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Henk van Achterberg

Security Strategist, Symantec Enterprise Division | Broadcom

Henk van Achterberg is Symantec's Technical Architect for Zero Trust. His mission is to educate organisations about Zero Trust and to make sure their sensitive data is not accessed by compromised accounts, thus protecting their key corporate assets from potential breach. With technologies such as Symantec Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Access Cloud (SDP), Symantec's leading Data Loss Prevention and Web Security Services, Henk guides customers towards Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) ensuring secure access to apps, data and services anywhere, any time. Henk is dedicated to implementing modern security strategies for customers who require immediate and uninterrupted access to critical resources, no matter where they are located,

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David Brancato

Director of Technical Marketing, Venafi

Dave has over 20 years of experience in cyber security as a hands-on practitioner in various roles including systems engineer, threat and risk manager and technical product manager, including extensive experience designing and deploying cryptographic infrastructure.

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Michael Thelander

Director of Product Strategies, Venafi

Michael has a 20-year history in product marketing and product management, with a focus over the last seven years on cybersecurity. He held senior product marketing and product management roles at security leader Tripwire, and has other career highlights that include co-founding a successful startup and receiving patents for network technology. He loves to educate markets, tell stories that demonstrate value, play music, and on occasion fly small airplanes into active volcanoes.

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Chase Cunningham

CSO Ericom Software

Prior to Forrester Research, Chase was the director of cyber threat intelligence with Armor, where he designed and managed the cloud security and intelligence engine for their enterprise customers. A retired US Navy chief with more than 20 years' experience in cyberforensic and cyberanalytic operations, Chase has past operations experience, stemming from time spent in work centers within the NSA, CIA, FBI, and other government agencies. In those roles, he helped clients operationalize security controls; install and leverage encryption and analytic systems; and grow and optimize their security operations command systems and centers

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Mark Ostrowski

Head of Engineering for the East, US, Check Point

Mark has over 20 years' experience in IT security and has helped design and support some of the largest security environments in the country. As Head of Engineering for the US East at Check Point Software, Mark provides thought leadership for the IT security industry outlining the current threat landscape and helping organizations understand how they can pro-actively mitigate and manage risk.

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Togai Andrews

CISO, Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Chief Information Security Officer with proven history of building and advancing Cyber Security programs. He utilizes his experience in achieving risk reduction and minimizing the cyber threat landscape to ensure that people, processes and technologies are working together to enable the business/mission.

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Sujeet Bambawale

CISO, 7-Eleven

Prior to joining 7-Eleven, Bambawale spent five years at NetApp and over 10 years with Intuit after working with the information security and risk management teams at Ernst & Young and KMPG. He also led enterprise security at LifeLock, which was acquired by Symantec's Consumer Business Unit shortly after. Prior to joining the state of Delaware, Adote led FMC Inc.'s global IT cybersecurity team for six years. He was responsible for the security of a complex, 90-site international manufacturing and corporate network.

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Shehzad Merchant

Chief Technology Officer, Gigamon

Merchant serves as Chief Technology Officer of Gigamon, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. He has a strong background in cyber security, networking and communications. His current areas of focus include cyber defense modeling, policy, as well as security in the world of connected devices. Merchant is the author of several networking, communications and security patents, and is a speaker and panelist at various industry events.

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Ax Sharma

Senior Security Researcher, Sonatype

Endorsed an Exceptional Talent ('a recognized leader') in technology by the British Government, Ax is a Security Researcher at Sonatype and Engineer who holds a passion for perpetual learning. His works and expert analyses have frequently been featured by leading media outlets like Fortune, The Register, TechRepublic, CSO Online, BleepingComputer, etc. Ax's expertise lies in security vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and software development. In his spare time, he loves exploiting vulnerabilities ethically and educating a wide range of audiences.

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Jeffrey Brown

CISO, State of Connecticut

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Kostas Georgakopoulos

Global CISO, Procter & Gamble

Kostas Georgakopoulos is VP & Head of Information Security at the Bank of China, USA and responsible for developing and implementing security standards, procedures and guidelines in order to effectively protect the Bank's information and systems and address compliance with FFIEC & PCI security standards. Previously, Kostas was the VP of Information Security Governance at Deutsche Bank, New York, where he managed the information security governance program and provided senior management with a clear and concise view of IT risks.

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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.

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Mark Ostrowski

Head of Engineering for the East, US, Check Point

Mark has over 20 years' experience in IT security and has helped design and support some of the largest security environments in the country. As Head of Engineering for the US East at Check Point Software, Mark provides thought leadership for the IT security industry outlining the current threat landscape and helping organizations understand how they can pro-actively mitigate and manage risk.

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Martyn Crew

Director of Solutions Marketing, Gigamon

Crew is Director, Industry Solutions at Gigamon. He brings a 30 year background in all aspects of enterprise IT to his role at Gigamon where he focuses on a number of initiatives and products including Gigamon's Application Visibility and Intelligence solutions.

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Ahmed Mohamud

VP, Cyber Risk, Morgan Stanley

Ahmed is a multi-disciplinary Technology Risk professional. He brings expertise in the areas of; risk management (operational/IT/enterprise), cyber security, business process improvement, internal audit (IT and financial), creating financial tools, and technology implementation. He has substantial experience applying technical knowledge to complex business issues and presenting well developed findings and recommendations to executive management.

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Stephen Scharf

Managing Director & Global Chief Security Officer, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

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Sion Retskin

CISO & Head of Knowledge & Practice, Pcysys

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