SecureWorld Atlanta 2024

Glen Sorensen is a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) with Cyber Risk Opportunities. He has worn numerous hats in his career, in areas such as security engineering and architecture, security operations, GRC, and leadership. He has held a variety of roles as an analyst, engineer, consultant, auditor, regulator, and information security officer for a financial institution.

Glen approaches problems with practical solutions that bring good business value and has worked across many sectors, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and others. He has served as a consulting expert in a large legal case involving healthcare and cyber attack detection technology. He has been in IT and security for 15+ years, longer if you count years of misspent youth bending technology and countless hours of roleplaying games. He is a sucker for a good tabletop exercise and serves as an Incident Master for HackBack Gaming, the fun kind of TTX.

Krista Arndt is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at United Musculoskeletal Partners. As the CISO, Krista is responsible for the safety and security of all UMP and its practices' patients and employees. Krista accomplishes this by ensuring continued maturation and providing strategic direction for UMP's information security program in alignment with the business objectives. Additionally, Krista provides oversight of the security program's day to day operational effectiveness.

Prior to joining UMP, Krista served as the Director of Security Governance, Risk and Compliance for Voyager Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading platform, where she was responsible for the development, maturation, and maintenance of Voyager's security program. Krista has served in various leadership and operational roles within the information security profession for 14 years within the financial and defense sectors, bringing a deep understanding of how strong security and privacy practices can help enable best in class care and peace of mind for UMP and its practices' patients.

Krista has a Bachelors Degree in Biology from Felician College and currently holds her Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certifications.

Krista is an active member of ISACA, Infragard's Philadelphia Chapter, as a member of both Neumann University's Business Advisory Council and Women in Cybersecurity-Delaware Valley Affiliate's Membership and Education Committees. Through this service, Krista's mission is to give back to her community by providing mentorship and support for aspiring cybersecurity professionals, especially for women who wish to enter the field.

Tamika Bass is an Information Security professional with more than 17 years’ experience in information security, including information security governance and risk management. Tamika is passionate about improving communication and understanding of information security in the industry. Tamika is an active speaker, college professor and enjoys spending her time educating technical staff on the importance of communicating effectively in the Information Technology space. Tamika holds the following certifications: CISA,CRISC, HCISPP, CBCP.

Stuart Smith is the Enterprise Security Architect for Delta Air Lines reporting to the CISO. He is one of the senior security advisors to the security organization and is responsible for providing security input into various business and technology initiatives across the company. Stuart has over 23 years of professional experience in the cybersecurity field for both the Department of Defense and the private sector. He is a U.S. Army combat veteran, has a Masters in cybersecurity, and holds CISSP and CISM certifications.

Howard Goodman, with a distinguished career spanning two decades, has emerged as a pivotal figure in cybersecurity, seamlessly integrating strategic planning with hands-on cybersecurity applications across numerous sectors. His significant contributions to organizations like Skybox Security highlight his prowess in navigating through the intricate realms of cybersecurity. A U.S. Navy veteran and holder of a Ph.D. in Cyber Operations, specializing in meticulously formulating and implementing security strategies.

Throughout his journey, he has consistently demonstrated a steadfast ability to deliver tangible results, adeptly crafting strategies while precisely evaluating the risks, issues, and benefits of long-term initiatives. His unique talent lies in skillfully communicating complex technical concepts to both senior executives and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring a thorough understanding of the projects and strategies under his leadership. Dr. Goodman's trajectory in the field reveals a leader who not only navigates through the complexities of the digital and cybersecurity domain but also stands as a reliable guide, ensuring strategic and secure operations in all his endeavors.

Michael Gregg is the state of North Dakota’s Chief Information Security Officer. The state CISO is responsible for establishing and leading the strategic direction of cyber security for the state and advising the governor and legislators on key cyber issues.

With Michael’s cyber experience span being over a period of two decades, he has been a pioneer of helping people interested in becoming IT professionals as well as seasoned IT professionals achieve by sharing knowledge by means of authoring over 25 IT cyber security books. He enjoys contributing his time and talents where there is a need to help others learn and grow by holding board, committee, and advisory positions for non-profit organizations. He holds a Bachelors degree, Masters degree, and many security certifications.

Carlos Bacquet is a Principal Solutions Architect at Lacework where he solves Cloud Security problems for enterprise customers in the Toronto region. Before joining Lacework Carlos spent the last 15 years working on network management and security applications in the Telecommunications, Cable and Streaming Media industries. Carlos holds a Bachelor of Computer Science and a Master in Computer Science with focus on machine Learning applied to Security applications. His areas of expertise include Kubernetes security and machine learning security applications applied to cloud infrastructure.

Daniel is a 25-year veteran within the Security, Mobile Services, and Networking industry. Daniel helps businesses understand the risk and impact of cyberthreats that enterprises face in today’s always changing environment. As security risks continue to evolve from signature-based attacks to behavioral attacks, it is imperative that organizations have layers of security to detect these anomalies. It is just as important to have organizational processes and expertise in place to assess data from multiple sources and the ability to take action.

Dana Tannatt graduated from Norwich University with a master’s degree in information security and assurance. He is also a member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor society for Computing and Information Disciplines. He has been a Security and Privacy software specialist for more than 18 years. He has extensive experience with Identity Access Governance and Data Security. He is now at Thales as one of their premiere Data and Application Security Specialists.

Jacob Prosser is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with more than 14 years of experience in the field. As a Director of Cyber Defense at Cox Communications, he and his team play a critical role in keeping the company and its customers safe from cyber threats. His expertise spans various domains within cybersecurity including application security, identity and access management, security architecture, detection engineering, and incident response.

Jacob graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Management Information Systems, and he holds a CISSP certification.

Steve Hodges serves as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Georgia, where he leads the charge in safeguarding critical digital assets and infrastructure against cyber threats. With a career spanning more than three decades in information technology and cybersecurity, Steve brings a great deal of experience and expertise to his role.

Before assuming his current position, Steve held various leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, honing his skills in risk management, compliance, and incident response. Prior to becoming the State Chief Information Security Officer, Steve served as the Disclosure Officer and senior IT Security Manager for the Department of Revenue.

During his nearly 22-year tenure at the Department Revenue, he served in a variety of roles: Server Platform Manager, Network Support and Security Manager, IT Operations Manager, Database Support Manager, and Disclosure. In addition to cybersecurity, he also was responsible for business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. Prior to joining the Department of Revenue. Steve worked at the Department of Administrative Services, beginning as a contractor and later becoming a state employee.

Throughout his career, Steve has been involved in information security. Early in his career, he worked with a talented group of people to develop one of the first commercially marketed disk encryption and access control system for early IBM-compatible computers. He has experience with a wide variety of information technology systems and configurations.

Steve lives in the North Georgia mountains with his wife and children.

Tamika Bass is an Information Security professional with more than 17 years’ experience in information security, including information security governance and risk management. Tamika is passionate about improving communication and understanding of information security in the industry. Tamika is an active speaker, college professor and enjoys spending her time educating technical staff on the importance of communicating effectively in the Information Technology space. Tamika holds the following certifications: CISA,CRISC, HCISPP, CBCP.

David Sledge is the Director of Cybersecurity for Avelo Airlines, where he collaborates with the CISA and FBI. He holds +20 IT and cybersecurity-focused professional certifications, including CISSP, CISM, and CIPM. He brings 16 years of experience in IT and security leadership, working with global Fortune 500 companies. Previous speaking engagements include keynote speaker and panelist. He is a current ISACA – Greater Houston Chapter Board Member and active member of SIM Houston, ISSA South Texas, OWASP Austin, and ISC2 Austin. A cybersecurity advisory board member at multiple universities and is recognized as an ambassador, mentor, and advocate in the cybersecurity industry.

Bid is a seasoned intelligence analyst with years of experience and industry certifications in security operations, threat intelligence, cybercrime investigations, inter-agency collaboration, and lots more. He's currently a Senior Intelligence Analyst at Expedia.

Steve Hodges serves as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Georgia, where he leads the charge in safeguarding critical digital assets and infrastructure against cyber threats. With a career spanning more than three decades in information technology and cybersecurity, Steve brings a great deal of experience and expertise to his role.

Before assuming his current position, Steve held various leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, honing his skills in risk management, compliance, and incident response. Prior to becoming the State Chief Information Security Officer, Steve served as the Disclosure Officer and senior IT Security Manager for the Department of Revenue.

During his nearly 22-year tenure at the Department Revenue, he served in a variety of roles: Server Platform Manager, Network Support and Security Manager, IT Operations Manager, Database Support Manager, and Disclosure. In addition to cybersecurity, he also was responsible for business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. Prior to joining the Department of Revenue. Steve worked at the Department of Administrative Services, beginning as a contractor and later becoming a state employee.

Throughout his career, Steve has been involved in information security. Early in his career, he worked with a talented group of people to develop one of the first commercially marketed disk encryption and access control system for early IBM-compatible computers. He has experience with a wide variety of information technology systems and configurations.

Steve lives in the North Georgia mountains with his wife and children.

Dr. Joye Purser is Field CISO at Veritas Technologies, the number-one maker of data backup systems. She is the 2023 ISC2 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in Cybersecurity.

In 2022, Dr Purser was the first-ever senior executive Regional Director in CISA Region 4, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Before CISA, Dr. Purser worked at a big-4 management consulting firm, leading enterprise risk as well as recovery operations, enabling a county of 4.7 million people to prioritize and expend $426 million in pandemic aid.

Dr. Purser served in the White House at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she guided development of the $95 billion Department of Defense technology budget and led an effort that galvanized global focus on the semiconductor supply chain.

For nearly a decade, Dr. Purser led audit activities at the Pentagon, overseeing the design and deployment of multi-billion dollar IT programs for its two-million-person workforce. She worked for seven years as a congressional staffer and also had stints in the nonprofit and lobbying arenas, always focused on promoting technology development.

A graduate of Georgia Tech, Dr. Purser has a technical background as an accomplished researcher. She resides in Atlanta with her spouse and children.

Angela M. Hinton was the first Chief Counsel to the City of Atlanta’s Department of Information Technology. Over 13 years, Ms. Hinton served the City’s CISO and the Information Security Governance Board. She tailored Information Security policies, and related compliance and education strategies for all levels of City Government. As Senior Corporate Counsel at VMware, Ms. Hinton leveraged her cybersecurity and privacy experience in a unique role supporting the U.S. Government Relations Team with analysis of twenty-two States’ legislative initiatives regarding data privacy, cybersecurity and algorithmic regulation. She also advised the Information Security Team in negotiating customer security requirements and drafted publicly facing privacy datasheets for a portfolio of cloud and SaaS offerings. Currently, Ms. Hinton is the Education Lead on Project Cerebellum, an AI Think Tank to establish best practices, standards, and frameworks for AI and related technologies.

Ms. Hinton held several positions in the American Bar Association and was the only State/Local attorney on the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, where she is a member of the Sub-Committee for Cybersecurity. She is also on the AI Committee of the ABA Section of Science and Technology. She earned her J.D. from Duke University School of Law and received her B.A., with distinction, from State University of New York in Albany.

Taiye Lambo is a Serial Entrepreneur, Cybersecurity, and Risk Management Pioneer. He co-founded HISPI, eFortresses, CloudeAssurance, and recently LamboPublishing.com. He is a Self-Published Author of Attribution: Social and Cyber Spaces, a fictional novella available on Amazon.

He has 33 years of experience in the area of Information Technology across 4 continents – including 26 years of experience assisting organizations to build robust, comprehensive, effective, and sustainable information security programs through the integration of internationally accepted best practices.

Taiye has held executive leadership roles (Deputy CIO, CISO, Director) for the City of Atlanta, John H. Harland (now Harland Clarke), as well as the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank.

Taiye received his Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and Masters in Business Information Systems from the University of East London, United Kingdom.

A standard biography for Phillip would mention his years of experience in Privacy, Security, Governance, and Audit. It would tell of the business sectors he has worked with, and perhaps even the companies and professional organizations he’s been affiliated with for the last 25+ years. This is not the standard bio.

Telling stories and pulling connections together from places unexpected.

Using Poetry, Literature, and Fairy Tales to make points understood by those not in the tech field. When speaking at conferences, he aims to take the listeners on a journey leading them somewhere they weren’t expecting when the story began.

Phillip prefers people thinking of him more as someone who looks at the world differently but will help to get you where you need to be.

Michael Marsilio is the Information Security and Compliance Officer for Paradies Lagardère, where he is responsible for information security, risk management, privacy and compliance. Michael plays a strategic role in protecting Paradies Lagardère IT resources, infrastructure and information assets, and helps drives global security initiatives. He has more than 25 years of experience in building and managing security and compliance programs for both public and private companies and has a substantial track record in PCI, PII, PHI, IT General Controls and developing cybersecurity policy for financial, retail and legal organizations.

Prior to joining Paradies Lagardère, Michael was the Global Director and CISO at DTI (now Epiq), the industry leader in the legal e-discovery space. Taking the organization’s security program from a green field to ISO 27001 certified data centers globally.