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Mustafa Rassiwala

Sr. Director of Products, Lastline

Rassiwala has more than 10 years of experience in security product management, building DLP, SIEM, security analytics, fraud management and network security products. He has proven success at many companies including RSA, Symantec, HPE (ArcSight) and startups such as ThreatMetrix, Platfora and JASK. He has also held engineering roles at EMC/Documentum.

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Mark Forman

Vice President, Digital Government, Unisys Federal

Forman is an accomplished executive with more than 30 years of professional experience, including a Presidential appointment to be the first U.S. Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology, the Federal Government's Chief Information Officer. He has a long record of accomplishments in government management reforms, spanning a variety of government and industry positions. Forman is a CIO Sage. He twice led the Industry Advisory Council's Presidential Transition initiative. He is a respected speaker on government use of cloud computing, government reform, IT risk management, enterprise architecture, data center consolidation, digital technologies, and cyber security. He has testified in state and federal legislatures, and given well over 100 speeches to a wide variety of industry groups and government officials from around the world.

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Shawn Kingsberry

Vice President and Director, Global Government Solutions, Unisys Federal

Kingsberry has more than 22 years of experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background in both federal government and corporate settings, with extensive experience in large-scale information technology transformation, big data analytics, and enterprise computing, as well as secure hybrid cloud implementations. In his current role directing Enforce ™/Family Now ™ and Digital Investigator ™, he works to guide public sector consumers as they adopt cloud computing, data analytics and other digital government platforms.

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Wade Baker

Partner & Co-Founder, Cyentia Institute

In addition to his role with the Cyentia Institute, Wade is a professor in Virginia Tech's College of Business, teaching in the MBA and Master of IT programs. He's also proud to serve on the Advisory Boards of the RSA Conference and FAIR Institute. Wade loves learning from cybersecurity data and sharing those lessons to help others learn as well - whether that's in the classroom, boardroom, or anywhere in between. Prior to founding Cyentia, Wade was the VP of Strategy and Analytics at ThreatConnect and before that had the great fortune of leading Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report team for a number of years.

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David Severski

Lead Data Scientist

David F. Severski is an information security data scientist, specializing in quantified risk management. He has provided risk management expertise across diverse industries -- retail, aerospace, finance, energy, and healthcare. David brings both broad and deep expertise in a number of technical areas with a special focus on cloud technologies and DevOps practices. He strives to combine rigorous methods, technical expertise, and a human-centered approach to advance the state of evidence-based information security risk management. David lives in Seattle, Washington with a low-maintenance spouse, a high-maintenance house and a spiffy fedora.

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Kelly White

CEO and Co-Founder, RiskRecon

Kelly White is the co-founder and CEO of RiskRecon, a company that enables dramatically better third-party security risk management outcomes. Prior to founding RiskRecon, Kelly held various enterprise security roles, including CISO and Director of Information Security for financial services companies. Kelly was also practice manager and senior security consultant for CyberTrust and Ernst & Young.

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Christopher Kruegel

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Lastline

Kruegel leads their strategic direction on computer and communications security, with an emphasis on malware analysis and detection, web security and intrusion detection. He is also a professor of computer science at UC Santa Barbara and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in top computer security conferences. Kruegel regularly serves on program committees of leading computer security conferences including: Program Committee Chair of the Usenix Workshop on Large Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats (LEET, 2011); the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID, 2007); the ACM Workshop on Recurring Malcode (WORM, 2007), and the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2016).In addition, Kruegel was the head of a working group that advised the European Commission (EC) on defenses to mitigate future threats against the Internet and Europe's cyber-infrastructure.

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Andrew Peters

Stealth Industry Director, Unisys

Andrew Peters' 25-year background in cybersecurity extends to the U.S. Air Force Information Warfare Center team that created the first commercial intrusion detection technology at WheelGroup and helped turn it into a security staple during his tenure at Cisco Systems. Peters has experience in networking and security technologies in multiple industries and applications. He has an undergraduate degree from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and pursued graduate studies at Kellogg School of Business.

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George Pradel

Sr. Systems Engineer, Global Alliances Data Protection Division, Dell Technologies

Pradel has more than 30 years of experience in IT and resides in Denver, Colorado. His experience includes the IT domains of cloud computing, security, server virtualization, desktop virtualization and monitoring tools. This unique combination of expertise provides him with a comprehensive understanding of customers environments and needs with an eye on real world issues. Pradel holds multiple certifications which in the past has included the CISSP security professional certification.

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Ricardo Font

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Gigamon

Font is a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Gigamon. He has over 14 years of experience in the security space, working with directly with vendor Security Technologies (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Mail/Web gateways, ATP, NDR) in both pre and post sales roles.

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Ron Ross

Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ross specializes in information security, systems security engineering and risk management. He leads NIST's Federal Information Security Management Act Implementation Project, which includes the development of key security standards and guidelines for the federal government and critical information infrastructure. Ross also leads the Joint Task Force, an interagency partnership with the Department of Defense, Office of the Director National Intelligence, the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Committee on National Security Systems, with responsibility for developing the Unified Information Security Framework for the federal government and its contractors. In addition to his responsibilities at NIST, Ross supports the U.S. State Department in the international outreach program for information security and critical infrastructure protection. Ross has lectured at many universities across the country and has received numerous private sector cybersecurity awards.

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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 Sanders

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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Tony Howlett

CISO, SecureLink

Howlett is a published author and speaker on various security, compliance, and technology topics. He serves as President of (ISC)2 Austin Chapter and is an Advisory Board Member of GIAC/SANS. He is a certified AWS Solutions Architect and holds the CISSP, GNSA certifications, and a B.B.A in Management Information Systems. He is currently the CISO of SecureLink, a vendor privilege access management company based in Austin.

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Justin Strackany

Chief Customer Officer, SecureLink

Strackany is the Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink, the leader in vendor privileged access. He has been with SecureLink since it was founded in 2003 and has served in many customer-focused capacities, including sales engineering, implementation, customer success, account management, and onboarding new clients. Over the years he has developed deep partnerships with some of the largest, most complex enterprise organizations and technology vendors across the country and internationally in industries such as healthcare, gaming, legal, finance, and retail.

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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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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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Juergen Loeb

IBM Services - Europe Offering Manager

As an Europe Offering Manager Juergen is responsible to enable and support IBM teams for IBM Service offerings related to Container Platforms, Data Lake management and shared mainframe services.

In his role he is responsible for the enablement of IBM sales and solution teams, provide initial deal support and work closely with centralized development and Offering leaders.

With Juergen's more than 30 years of experience in the IT infrastructure business and multiple roles from project management, sales and business planning is seen as a trusted advisor in these areas.

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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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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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Chris Calvert

Co-founder, VP of Product Strategy, Respond Software

Chris Calvert currently serves as Co-Founder and VP of Product Strategy at Respond Software. He led the build for eight Fortune-50 SOCs and created the blueprint deployed by the ArcSight solutions team at over 45 security operations centers. He has served as HP's WW Director of Solutions Innovation, CEO of Laconic Security, Director of Services for Cybertrust, and Manager of Security Intelligence and Operations for IBM's MSS. Prior to the above roles, Chris spent 14 years in the National Defense and Intelligence community in Information Operations and supported agencies such as the DoD Joint Staff, Land Information Warfare Activity, and Space Warfare Center. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Army in Military Intelligence and Special Forces.

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