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  • Wednesday, March 1, 2023
    9:00 am
    [PLUS Course] Real-World Cyber Risk Management and Resilience Planning
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    Co-Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, Spencer Fane LLP
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    9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Location / Room: 215 A/B

    Key components covered include:

    1) Lifecycle for investigating and responding to a cyberattack (such as a ransomware attack)
    2) The legal, compliance, and regulatory issues that arise from such attacks
    3) Legal and regulatory requirements for cyber risk management programs
    4) Assessing and understanding the real-world business impact cyber risk has on the company
    5) Prioritizing risks and developing a strategic action plan to execute
    6) Implementing simple and cost-effective strategies that take into account legal, compliance, and regulatory requirements
    7) The role of cyber insurance in overall resilience and incident response preparation

  • Thursday, March 2, 2023
    7:30 am
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    7:30 am - 4:30 pm
    Location / Room: Registration Desk

    Come to the Registration desk in the lobby to check-in and get your badge. SecureWorld staff will be available throughout the day if you have any questions.

    8:00 am
    Exhibitor Hall open
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    8:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Location / Room: Exhibitor Hall

    Your opportunity to visit our solution vendor partners, whose sponsorship makes SecureWorld possible! Booths have staff ready to answer your questions. Look for participating Dash For Prizes sponsors to be entered to win prizes.

    8:00 am
    Coffee and Doughnuts with Lake Norman & Charlotte IT Professionals
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    VP, Information Security, Centene Corporation
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    8:00 am - 8:50 am
    Location / Room: 218

    Rick Doten will speak to the group about the importance of culture in cybersecurity, and the unique challenges we all face when managing technical staff.

    8:00 am
    Cloud Security Alliance Charlotte Chapter Meeting
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    8:00 am - 8:50 am
    Location / Room: 212 A/B

    Get involved with CSA research to help define best practices, guidance, and frameworks to help industry secure the cloud.

    8:00 am
    Charlotte Metro ISSA Chapter and Phish Club Meet-and-Greet
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    8:00 am - 8:50 am
    Location / Room: 214
    Come join the local ISSA chapter and Phish Club members to network, learn about both organizations, and meet your local leadership for the groups.
    8:00 am
    Advisory Council Roundtable Breakfast - (VIP / Invite Only)
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    The Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent and Tools
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    BISO, Bank of America
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    8:00 am - 8:50 am
    Location / Room: 215 A/B
    The CISO is a fairly new designation in the grand scheme of executive leadership, with IT and security professionals stepping into the head information securing role in the past decade or so. First-generation CISOs put their years of experience in security and other IT-related roles to fill a much-needed role in the C-suite, with the all-important goal of protecting organizations from inside and outside cybersecurity threats. With the help of vendors and a myriad of tools, CISOs are fighting the good fight. CISOs should come ready to discuss who is “next up” and what succession plans are in place (or should be) for developing and nurturing next-gen cybersecurity talent. In addition, come ready to discuss what tools you as a cybersecurity professional are deploying to secure your organization, and to hear from supporting vendors what they have to offer and how they are at the ready to assist in the effort.
    9:00 am
    [Opening Keynote] Threats to National Security in Cyberspace
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    JIOC Commander, United States Cyber Command
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    9:00 am - 9:45 am
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater
    As 2022 was a record-breaking year with the volume of cyberattacks, data breaches, and phishing scams on the rise, there was also an increase in state-sponsored hacktivism cases. In her keynote, Col. Candice Frost covers known hacking groups, their methods, motivations, and relationship to greater geopolitical developments. Col. Frost covers state-affiliated threats, while also touching other adjacent realms of the cyberthreat ecosystem, such as ransomware, DDoS attacks, and stolen information. In addition, she covers critical infrastructure, election security, and the security of local and state governments.
    9:45 am
    Networking Break
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    9:45 am - 10:15 am
    Location / Room: Exhibitor Hall

    Visit the Exhibitor Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    10:15 am
    Risk Management: Understanding How to Assess and Communicate Cybersecurity Risks
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    Cybersecurity Director, Gannett Fleming
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    10:15 am - 11:00 am
    Location / Room: 212 C/D

    This interactive session will present a simple model for assessing and managing cybersecurity risks in an organization. This five-step approach is a practical method that anyone can follow. We will also discuss how to communicate risks to executive leadership.

    10:15 am
    Understanding the Threat Surface with API Security
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    Cyber Director, Elliott Davis
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    10:15 am - 11:00 am
    Location / Room: 212 A/B

    APIs are found in many places within modern IT architectures. APIs are used in modern web applications and provide rich interactive experiences for users. Mobile applications leverage APIs to interact with backend systems. Businesses interact with one another in real time using these connections. With all these interconnections, APIs have become a target for attackers to exploit as they are often overlocked. This session will dive into the areas to focus on for API security, including how advisories abuse APIs, and what can be done to protect the API.

    10:15 am
    How to Build an Insider Threat Program
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    Regional Director, Exabeam
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    10:15 am - 11:00 am
    Location / Room: 214

    Sometimes just having a SOC isn’t enough to address insider threat issues. Security operations teams are managing massive amounts of data across billions of events from on premises to the cloud. Looking for specific needles like insider threats in this complex haystack has special requirements that encompass both searching historic data and seeing evolving credential behavior changes as they happen.

    Whether from downsizing or expanding the business, employees, vendors, contractors, and more are moving in and out of your environment. And often, it is during turbulent times that insider threats go unobserved as everything  changes so quickly. Insider threat initiatives require a new, more focused approach.

    This presentation explores:

    • The common scenarios that indicate you need an insider threat team, how to build a mission statement, and tools
    • Four attributes of a successful insider threat program
    • How behavioral analytics baseline “normal” behavior of users and devices – showing risk faster
    • An automated investigation experience that replaces manual routines and effectively guides new insider threat teams
    11:00 am
    Networking Break
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    11:00 am - 11:10 am

    Visit the Exhibitor Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    11:10 am
    Economic Uncertainty: What Lies Ahead for Cybersecurity Professionals?
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    EVP, Strategy and Professional Development, (ISC)²
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    11:10 am - 11:55 am
    Location / Room: 212 A/B

    As massive layoffs continue in the tech industry, the economic situation is appearing grim for 2023, but is there good news for cybersecurity professionals? Clar Rosso, CEO of (ISC)², presents new research that reveals where cybersecurity roles fit in among the economic uncertainty. While layoffs appear imminent, she will discuss how cybersecurity professionals will be affected by the slowing economy. She will also speak to the broader consequences of staff shortages and how this may affect the global cybersecurity workforce gap.

    11:10 am
    Moving to an Endpoint-Centric Zero Trust Security Model
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    Global Field CISO, SentinelOne
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    11:10 am - 11:55 am
    Location / Room: 214

    Many organizations are leaving behind their legacy perimeter-based security model in favor of a Zero Trust security model. While corporate identities and endpoints are trusted by default with a legacy perimeter-based security model, this is not the case with a Zero Trust security model. In a Zero Trust environment, everything is assumed to be breached, and user identities and endpoints must prove otherwise. In this presentation we will discuss the fundamentals of Zero Trust and how an organization can successfully navigate towards a Zero Trust security model.

    11:10 am
    [Panel] There's a Bad Moon on the Rise – Are You Ready?
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    Identifying the Current Threat Landscape
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    Sr. Security Consultant, Critical Start
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    Sr. Product Manager – Email Threat Protection, OpenText Cybersecurity
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    Chief Marketing Officer, Phosphorus Cybersecurity
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    Cybersecurity Manager, Fayetteville Public Works Commission
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    11:10 am - 11:55 am
    Location / Room: 218

    Like the main character in the 1981 horror movie, An American Werewolf in London, cybercriminals continue to morph into something evil, lurking in the night (and day) to cause harm to people, organizations, and governments. Cue the Creedence Clearwater Revival song, Bad Moon Rising.

    The cybersecurity community is smart and more than capable of thwarting bad actors, fangs and all. They have tools, technologies, partnerships across private and public entities, and solution vendors to help them along the way. Don’t forget about the consultants working hard to stay ahead of those wanting to do harm, as well.

    Hear our panelists’ views on the current threat landscape, solutions they have to offer, and ideas they have for turning a bad moon into a harvest moon.

    12:00 pm
    [Lunch Keynote] CISA Services for Cybersecurity Resilience
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    Chief of Cybersecurity, Region 4, DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

    Resilience is more than a buzzword; it’s the backbone of any cybersecurity program—from strategy to planning to tools put in place to keep organizations secure. And don’t forget the people, trusted cybersecurity professionals who are the most resilient of all and put plans into action. This session covers resilience concepts and CISA services that help assess, develop, and maintain operational cybersecurity resilience.

    12:00 pm
    Advisory Council Lunch Roundtable – (VIP / Invite Only)
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    What’s Missing in Security, and What’s Next?
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    SVP, Cyber Security Engineering, Truist
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    Location / Room: 215 A/B
    Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field, and there are several trends that are likely to shape its future. SecureWorld Charlotte Advisory Council members will discuss a few areas that are worth paying attention to, including artificial intelligence, Zero Trust, cloud security, the Internet of Things, quantum computing, and more.
    12:45 pm
    Networking Break
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    12:45 pm - 1:15 pm
    Location / Room: Exhibitor Hall

    Visit the Exhibitor Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    1:15 pm
    Increasing Attack Vectors from Overlayed IoT Devices
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    VP & Global CISO, Hanesbrands Inc.
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    1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
    Location / Room: 212 A/B

    Session description to come.

    1:15 pm
    Cybersecurity Really Is a Team Sport
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    Co-Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, Spencer Fane LLP
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    1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
    Location / Room: 214

    Why strategic leadership and an understanding of roles, personalities, and psychology is important for building and managing effective cybersecurity teams.

    1:15 pm
    [Panel] I Can See Clearly Now, the Threats Are Gone
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    Threat Intelligence: The State of InfoSec Today
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    Chief Strategist, Veza
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    Lead Cybersecurity Consultant, vCISO, AccessIT Group
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    Security Architect, US Public Sector, Office of the CTO, Check Point Software Technologies
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    Fellow and Director of Cybersecurity, Fluor
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    1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
    Location / Room: 218

    Zero Trust is considered by many to be a marketing buzzword, but what it really alludes to is having good, basic cybersecurity hygiene. It’s what any cybersecurity professional worth their salt has been doing, and does, daily. Ransomware, phishing, and BEC grab the headlines, but your run-of-the-mill cyberattacks can’t be ignored because of the shiny new thing garnering all the attention.

    The CISO is like a musical conductor that must pay attention to all the resources at his or her disposal—be it people, tools, technologies, systems, and more. How is the organization handling security awareness training? What about staffing shortages affecting the organization, or even the vendors with which CISOs and their teams work?

    Join our expert panel as they provide insights and takeaways on the state of the information security profession today, including tips for seeing clearly and staying ahead of threats.

    2:15 pm
    Networking Break
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    2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
    Location / Room: Exhibitor Hall

    Visit the Exhibitor Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    2:30 pm
    [Fireside Chat] Your Career in Cybersecurity
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    BISO, Bank of America
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    Author, "Break In Cyber," vCISO
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    2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
    Location / Room: 212 A/B

    Whether you are aspiring to break into cybersecurity or you are on your journey to becoming a CISO, this session is designed to help you “level up” in your career. This fireside chat discusses:

    • Best ways to achieve career growth
    • Education (certifications or on-the-job experience?)
    • Short-term career planning
    • Long-term career planning
    • Different paths in cybersecurity (Red Team, Blue Team, GRC, and more)

    Even if you are satisfied in your current role, learn how to make yourself “recession proof.”

    2:30 pm
    Navigating the Insider Threatscape
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    Sr. Director, Cyber Security, Acumatica, Inc.
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    2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
    Location / Room: 212 C/D

    Threat methods and controls utilized for the corporate workforce that now expands beyond the office building and into remote locations is not as comprehensive and effective for those who are typically in the office. The intent of employees may not be malicious but rather inherent to poor practices; however, there are those who happen to begin unintentional but gradually become the intentional insider threat.

    This presentation is designed to help individuals identify how  seemingly “innocent” activity can make them an insider threat and help organizations. Identify existing critical controls needed to develop an Insider Threat Program using a white hat hacking methodology.

    Through live demonstrations, learn simple techniques used to bypass various controls.

    Objectives:

    • Learn the methodologies utilized by individuals within the organization that would be considered insider threat activity.
    • How to identify system based behavioral indicators.
    • Learn which existing or enhanced security layer can provide insider threat profile data.

    Take-Aways:

    • How to identify business processes which can contribute to intentional or unintentional insider threats.
    • Enhance procedures required to identify insider threat exposures.
    • Enhance awareness training to include additional methods of insider threat.
    • Enhance existing physical and digital security layers to better identify specific insider threat activity.
    2:30 pm
    Rise of the Machines…
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    Advisor, Akeyless
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    2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
    Location / Room: 214

    It seems like the market has finally agreed that we need to manage user identities, and that’s a good thing. But what are we doing about “the machines”? In this session, Chase Cunningham, Dr. Zero Trust, discusses recent research on the proliferation and risks that are now present for any enterprise as machines become the dominant area of risk via their growth and proliferation across systems. Topics discussed are related to the need for management of these critical assets and emphasize why machine identity management must be part of your Zero Trust plan.

    3:15 pm
    Networking Break and Dash for Prizes
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    3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
    Location / Room: Exhibitor Hall

    Visit the solution sponsor booths in the Exhibitor Hall and connect with other attendees.

    Participating sponsors will announce their Dash for Prizes winners. Must be present to win.

    3:45 pm
    [Closing Keynote] Transforming Information Security for Businesses of All Sizes
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    CTO, Center for Internet Security
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    3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

    In order to combat cyber threats for organizations of all sizes and the supply chain, how information security is delivered and managed requires transformation. The burden of securing systems and networks has long been placed on the end organization, resulting in a distributed management requirement that does not scale. Requirements placed on the end organization exacerbate the burden, whereas “shift left,” setting requirements on the vendor, can alleviate it. Industry has a unique opportunity to aid a positive transformation to better scale security for solutions, with an aim towards improving the overall security posture and reducing the security professional deficit. Innovation to deploy security following scalable architectural patterns for security management is paramount.

Exhibitors
  • AccessIT Group
    Booth: 200

    AccessIT Group is your partner in cybersecurity. Our talented team of security experts deliver customized solutions designed to protect your systems and information from increasing security threats. From design and implementation to cybersecurity compliance and training, we provide a single point of contact for all your security needs.

    AccessIT Group seeks to differentiate itself by offering a higher level of expertise from engineers and sales staff, all of whose knowledge was derived from real life enterprise deployments. These values have helped AccessIT Group grow to become the first-choice cyber security provider in our region. Today, AccessIT Group maintains sales and service offices in King of Prussia, PA, Mountain Lakes, NJ, New York, NY, Columbia, MD, and Boston, MA.

  • Akeyless
    Booth: 600

    Akeyless Security is the company behind Akeyless Platform, the leading Vaultless Secrets Management platform designed to protect credentials, certificates and keys across multi-cloud and DevOps Environments.

  • Arctic Wolf & Varonis
    Booth: 120

    Arctic Wolf® is the market leader in security operations. Using the cloud native Arctic Wolf® Platform, we provide security operations as a concierge service. For more information about Arctic Wolf, visit arcticwolf.com.

    Varonis is a pioneer in data security and analytics, specializing in software for data security, governance, compliance, classification and analytics. Varonis detects insider threats and cyberattacks by analyzing file activity and user behavior; prevents disaster by locking down sensitive data; and efficiently sustains a secure state with automation. For more information about Varonis, visit varonis.com.

  • Atlantic Data Security
    Booth: 230

    Since 1993, Atlantic has been representing industry leading security products to help get customers to an acceptable level of IT security risk. Atlantic works extensively with both large enterprises and SMB markets, understanding their business goals before any solution is recommended. Atlantic’s strict focus ensures that customers receive the highest level of both service and support.

  • Axonius
    Booth: 340

    Axonius is the cybersecurity asset management platform that gives organizations a comprehensive asset inventory, uncovers security solution coverage gaps, and automatically validates and enforces security policies. By seamlessly integrating with over 200 security and management solutions, Axonius is deployed in minutes, improving cyber hygiene immediately.

  • BeyondTrust
    Booth: 420

    BeyondTrust is the worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), empowering organizations to secure and manage their entire universe of privileges. Our integrated products and platform offer the industry’s most advanced PAM solution, enabling organizations to quickly shrink their attack surface across traditional, cloud and hybrid environments.

    The BeyondTrust Universal Privilege Management approach secures and protects privileges across passwords, endpoints, and access, giving organizations the visibility and control they need to reduce risk, achieve compliance, and boost operational performance. We are trusted by 20,000 customers, including 78 of the Fortune 100, and a global partner network.

  • Brite
    Booth: 400

    People and technology are at the core of everything we do. The Brite team is committed to proactively protecting communities and organizations through innovative technology solutions delivered by our talented team. We recommend thoroughly evaluated industry-leading technologies and pair them with proven processes to assist our clients in effectively achieving their goals and objectives.

  • Charlotte Metro ISSA
    Booth: 650

    The Charlotte ISSA chapter is committed to providing the Information Security professionals of Charlotte opportunities to grow both technically and professionally through training, meetings and summits.

  • Check Point Software Technologies
    Booth: 200

    Check Point Software Technologies is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions to governments and corporate enterprises globally. Its solutions protect customers from 5th generation cyber-attacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware, ransomware, and other types of attacks. Our solutions offer multilevel security architecture, “Infinity” Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention.

  • Cloudflare
    Booth: 320

    Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.

    Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations—from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.

    Learn more about Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud at cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud. Learn more about the latest internet trends and insights at radar.cloudflare.com.

  • Corelight
    Booth: 245

    Corelight makes powerful network security monitoring solutions that transform network traffic into rich logs, extracted files, and security insights for incident responders and threat hunters. Corelight Sensors run on open-source Zeek (formerly called “Bro”) and simplify Zeek deployment and management while expanding its performance and capabilities. https://www.corelight.com

  • CrashPlan, Inc
    Booth: 310

    CrashPlan provides peace of mind through secure, scalable, and straightforward endpoint data backup. We help organizations recover from any worst-case scenario, whether it is a disaster, simple human error, a stolen laptop, ransomware or an as-of-yet undiscovered calamity. We continue to innovate as the landscape of work evolves, which makes CrashPlan foundational to organizations’ data security. What starts as endpoint backup and recovery becomes a solution for ransomware recovery, breaches, migrations, and legal holds. Our data security solution is a product of Code42, an industry leader protecting the critical data of more than 50,000 world-class organizations, including the largest global brands. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and backed by Accel Partners, JMI Equity, NEA and Split Rock Partners.

  • Critical Start
    Booth: 620

    Critical Start Managed Cyber Risk Reduction solutions deliver continuous security cyber risk monitoring and mitigation enabling strong protection against threats. Combined with a team of expert risk mitigators, our platform provides maturity assessments, posture and event analytics, response capabilities, comprehensive threat intelligence, and security workload management capabilities. We help you achieve the highest level of cyber risk reduction for every dollar invested, leading to increased confidence in reaching your desired level of security posture.

  • Envision Technology Advisors
    Booth: 100

    Envision Technology Advisors is a business and technology consultancy specializing in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, Business Continuity, Infrastructure Consulting, Web Design and Development, and much more. With offices in Rhode Island and the Boston area, Envision serves clients throughout New England and beyond.

  • Exabeam
    Booth: 500

    Exabeam is a global cybersecurity leader that adds intelligence to every IT and security stack. The leader in Next-gen SIEM and XDR, Exabeam is reinventing the way security teams use analytics and automation to solve Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR), from common security threats to the most critical that are difficult to identify. Exabeam offers a comprehensive cloud-delivered solution that leverages machine learning and automation using a prescriptive, outcomes-based approach to TDIR. We design and build products to help security teams detect external threats, compromised users and malicious adversaries, minimize false positives and best protect their organizations.

  • CREST
    Booth: 110

    CREST is an international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that represents and supports the technical information security market. CREST provides internationally recognised accreditations for organisations and professional level certifications for individuals providing penetration testing, cyber incident response, threat intelligence, and Security Operations Centre (SOC) services.

  • CSA Charlotte Chapter
    Booth: 105

    CSA chapter membership allows opportunities for continued learning, security awareness, networking, and career growth.

    • Network with peers and subject matter experts
    • Gain valuable insight from industry professionals and peers
    • Build cloud security awareness at the community level
    • Participate in cloud security education and training locally
    • Participate in CSA research and development
    • Discuss cloud vulnerabilities and brainstorm solutions
    • Be a leader in the cloud security field
    • Member discounts on training and exams
  • Charlotte IT Professionals
    Booth: 650

    We are a growing organization, with a goal to help shape the Charlotte area’s IT groups to better deliver value to our respective companies. As our profession in technology becomes more immersive and the speed of change increases, our lives both personally and professionally require a commitment to lifelong education and networking. We offer numerous ways to connect, from our peer leadership breakfast meetings, to yearly outings, and other evening networking and educational events. Our Purpose is to facilitate various opportunities to Meet Learn and Share.

  • Gigamon
    Booth: 200

    Gigamon offers a deep observability pipeline that harnesses actionable network-level intelligence to amplify the power of observability tools. This powerful combination enables IT organizations to assure security and compliance governance, speed root-cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, and lower operational overhead associated with managing hybrid and multi-cloud IT infrastructures. The result: modern enterprises realize the full transformational promise of the cloud. Gigamon serves more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, nine of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations worldwide. To learn more, please visit gigamon.com. 

  • Horizon3.ai
    Booth: 300

    Horizon3.ai’s mission is to help you find and fix attack vectors before attackers can exploit them. NodeZero, our autonomous penetration testing solution, enables organizations to continuously assess the security posture of their enterprise, including external, identity, on-prem, IoT, and cloud attack surfaces.

    Like APTs, ransomware, and other threat actors, our algorithms discover and fingerprint your attack surface, identifying the ways exploitable vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, harvested credentials, and dangerous product defaults can be chained together to facilitate a compromise.

    NodeZero is a true self-service SaaS offering that is safe to run in production and requires no persistent or credentialed agents. You will see your enterprise through the eyes of the attacker, identify your ineffective security controls, and ensure your limited resources are spent fixing problems that can actually be exploited.

  • ISACA Charlotte
    Booth: 240

    Our aim is to sponsor local educational seminars and workshops, conduct regular chapter meetings, and help to further promote and elevate the visibility of the IS audit, control and security profession throughout the region.

  • Charlotte Metro ISC2
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    The Charlotte Metro ISC2 chapter is a 501c3 non-profit organization, whose mission is to advance information security in the local communities throughout the Charlotte Metro area. We provide our members and other security professionals with the opportunity to share knowledge, grow professionally, educate others, and collaborate. We are committed to engaging in public service activities and outreach to advance cybersecurity awareness in the broader community.

  • Keysight + Vectra
    Booth: 630

    Keysight’s portfolio of network security solutions simulate threats, eliminate blind spots, taking control of a rapidly-changing attack surface. Be a hero, not a headline by proving your network is secure simulating attacks, exposing gaps early, and course correct with step-by-step fixes.; protecting users and applications with increased the efficiency, performance, and reliability of your security systems.;  patrolling every packet eliminating vulnerable blind spots and decrypt threats hiding in SSL traffic.; and practice your cyber skills enhancing your security and attack response skills against real-world threats.

    Vectra® is the leader in hybrid cloud threat detection and response. Vectra’s patented Attack Signal Intelligence detects and prioritizes threats across public cloud, SaaS, identity, and networks in a single platform. Vectra’s Attack Signal Intelligence goes beyond simple anomaly detection to analyze and understand attacker behavior. The resulting high-fidelity signal and deep context enables security operations teams to prioritize, investigate and respond to cyber-attacks in progress sooner and faster. Organizations worldwide rely on the Vectra platform and MDR services to stay ahead of modern cyber-attacks. Visit www.vectra.ai.

  • Lake Norman IT Professionals
    Booth: 650

    Our vision is to meet IT professionals within our Local IT community for learning, sharing, community outreach, leadership and professional growth. We are a 501c4 Non-Profit entity, and donate a significant portion of our sponsorship dollars to the E2D organization, who is helping to eliminating the digital divide!

  • Netskope
    Booth: 530

    The Netskope security cloud provides unrivaled visibility and real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps from anywhere, on any device. Only Netskope understands the cloud and takes a data-centric approach that empowers security teams with the right balance of protection and speed they need to secure their digital transformation journey.

  • North Carolina InfraGard
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    North Carolina InfraGard membership is comprised of professionals from various size companies of all industries. We hold regular meetings to discuss issues, threats and other matters that impact their companies. Speakers from public and private agencies and the law enforcement communities are invited. It is our goal to improve and extend information sharing between private industry and the government. InfraGard members gain access to information that enables them to protect their assets and in turn give information to government that facilitates its responsibilities to prevent and address terrorism and other crimes. Attend a local chapter meeting, meet FBI officials from your area and help protect your nation’s infrastructure.

  • Okta
    Booth: 430

    Okta is the World’s Identity Company. As the leading independent Identity partner, we free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. The most trusted brands trust Okta to enable secure access, authentication, and automation. With flexibility and neutrality at the core of our Okta Workforce Identity and Customer Identity Clouds, business leaders and developers can focus on innovation and accelerate digital transformation, thanks to customizable solutions and more than 7,000 pre-built integrations. We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you. Learn more at okta.com.

  • OpenText Cybersecurity
    Booth: 610

    OpenText Cybersecurity provides comprehensive security solutions for companies and partners of all sizes. From prevention to detection and response, to recovery, investigation and compliance, our unified end-to-end platform helps customers build cyber resilience via a holistic security portfolio. Powered by actionable insights from our real-time contextual threat intelligence, OpenText Cybersecurity customers benefit from high efficacy products, a compliant experience, and simplified security to help manage business risk.

  • Optiv
    Booth: 130

    Optiv is a security solutions integrator delivering end-to-end cybersecurity solutions that help clients maximize and communicate the effectiveness of their cybersecurity programs. Optiv starts with core requirement of every enterprise—risk mitigation—and builds out from there with strategy, infrastructure rationalization, operations optimization, and ongoing measurement. Learn more at https://www.optiv.com.

  • Phosphorus Cybersecurity
    Booth: 510

    Phosphorus Cybersecurity® is the leading xTended Security of Things™ platform designed to secure the rapidly growing and often unmonitored Things across the enterprise xIoT landscape. Our Extended Enterprise xIoT Security Platform delivers Attack Surface Management, Hardening & Remediation, and Detection & Response to bring enterprise xIoT security to every cyber-physical Thing in your enterprise environment. With unrivaled xIoT discovery and posture assessment, Phosphorus automates the remediation of the biggest IoT, OT, and Network device vulnerabilities—including unknown and inaccurate asset inventory, out-of-date firmware, default credentials, risky configurations, and out-of-date certificates.

  • Red Canary
    Booth: 450

    Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber attacks. As a security operations ally, we arm businesses of all sizes with outcome-focused solutions to quickly identify and shut down attacks from adversaries. Security teams can make a measurable improvement to security operations within minutes.

  • SecurEnds, Inc
    Booth: 550

    SecurEnds provides companies with a tool to automate user access reviews (UAR) across cloud and on-prem applications to meet SOX, ISO27001, PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST, FFEIC, GDPR, and CCPA audit requirements. Utilizing fuzzy logic to pull data from systems of record (SOR), complimentary identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions, and SaaS-based, custom, and legacy downstream applications, SecurEnds provides a complete, end-to-end process for UAR, then automates it out of the box.

  • SentinelOne
    Booth: 540

    SentinelOne delivers real-time cloud workload protection, to stop runtime threats targeting VMs, containers and Kubernetes clusters. From endpoints to workloads, to data center and public cloud, innovate quickly knowing SentinelOne has you protected. To learn more, visit www.sentinelone.com or follow us at @SentinelOne, or on LinkedIn and Facebook.

  • Synopsys
    Booth: 330

    Synopsys helps development teams build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Synopsys, a recognized leader in static analysis, software composition analysis, and application security testing, is uniquely positioned to apply best practices across proprietary code, open source, and the runtime environment. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Synopsys helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

  • TechTarget
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    TechTarget (NASDAQ: TTGT) is the online intersection of serious technology buyers, targeted technical content and technology providers worldwide. Our media, powered by TechTarget’s Activity Intelligence platform, redefines how technology buyers are viewed and engaged based on their active projects, specific technical priorities and business needs. With more than 100 technology specific websites, we provide technology marketers innovative media that delivers unmatched reach via custom advertising, branding and lead generation solutions all built on our extensive network of online and social media. TechTarget is based in Boston and has locations in Atlanta, Beijing, Cincinnati, London, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, and Sydney.

  • Tego + Rubrik
    Booth: 150

    Tego is an engineering-led, forward thinking technology team that creates competitive advantage by solving problems and delivering results with remarkable efficiency. Collectively, we’ve spent decades solving IT challenges while supporting the full spectrum of commercial and government entities of all sizes. We have an expert understanding of the strategies, tools and methodologies that support mission-critical data center and cloud services. Based in North Carolina, Tego has a strong commitment to fostering long term relationships and delivering unparalleled support.

    Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company, delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises. Rubrik’s big idea is to provide data security and data protection on a single platform, including Zero Trust Data Protection, ransomware investigation, incident containment, sensitive data discovery and orchestrated application recovery. This means data is ready at all times so you can recover the data you need and avoid paying a ransom. Because when you secure your data, you secure your applications, and you secure your business. For more information, visit: https://www.rubrik.com

  • Tevora
    Booth: 350

    Tevora is an enterprise consulting firm specializing in information assurance, governance and compliance services and solutions. We work with some of the world’s leading companies, institutions and governments to ensure the safety of their information and their compliance with applicable regulations. With a distinctive combination of proven products and services, Tevora aids enterprises in protecting their most important assets from external and internal threats. For more information visit https://www.tevora.com.com/.

  • The Teneo Group
    Booth: 220

    The Teneo Group’s sole focus is IT security engineering. Without that critical security perspective, any project, big or small, can open an organization to at best more risk, and at worst catastrophic.

    Teneo is uniquely qualified to support all areas of the information technology life cycle. We have the technical engineering skills needed to successfully complete the projects at hand and we always consider security first.

    Teneo also designs and maintains systems of several large government and private organizations. Teneo is a certified partner with many security vendors including Check Point, RSA, Blue Coat, Solarwinds, Guidance Software, and Solutionary.

  • ThreatLocker
    Booth: 520

    ThreatLocker® is a global cybersecurity leader, providing enterprise-level cybersecurity tools to improve the security of servers and endpoints. ThreatLocker’s combined Application Whitelisting, Ringfencing™, Storage Control, and Privileged Access Management solutions are leading the cybersecurity market towards a more secure approach of blocking unknown application vulnerabilities. To learn more about ThreatLocker visit: www.threatlocker.com

  • Cyber Fraud Task Force – U.S. Secret Service
    Booth: 99

    Cyber Fraud Task Forces (CFTFs), the focal point of our cyber investigative efforts, are a partnership between the Secret Service, other law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, private industry, and academia. The strategically located CFTFs combat cybercrime through prevention, detection, mitigation, and investigation.

  • Upstate ISSA / Greenville, SC
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    Promoting Information Security throughout Upstate South Carolina and beyond.

  • Veza
    Booth: 635

    Veza is the authorization platform for data. Designed for hybrid, multi-cloud environments, Veza enables organizations to easily understand, manage and control who can and should take what action on what data. We empower customers to leverage the power of authorization for an identity-first approach to security, addressing critical business needs tied to managing access governance, data lake security, cloud entitlements, privileged access, and more. Global enterprises like Blackstone, ASAPP, Barracuda Networks, Choice Hotels, and a number of Fortune 500 and emerging organizations trust Veza to secure their enterprise data. Founded in 2020, Veza is headquartered in Los Gatos, California and is funded by Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, GV, Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures.

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Keynote Speakers
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    Shawn E. Tuma, Instructor
    Co-Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, Spencer Fane LLP

    Shawn Tuma is an internationally recognized cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law attorney, areas in which he has practiced for two decades. He is Co-Chair of Spencer Fane’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice where he regularly serves as cybersecurity and privacy counsel advising a wide variety of businesses ranging from small and mid-sized companies to Fortune 100 enterprises. Shawn has been named a Cybersecurity Law Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, SuperLawyers Top 100 Lawyers in DFW, and Best Lawyers in Dallas. He serves as the Practitioner Editor for Bloomberg Law’s Texas Privacy & Data Security Law, among many other activities.

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    Rick Doten
    VP, Information Security, Centene Corporation

    Rick is CISO of Carolina Complete Health, a state healthcare plan, for Centene Corporate. Rick has run ethical hacking, application security, incident response & forensics, and risk management teams throughout his 25 years in IT Security. Rick has been the first CISO for two companies. He has also consulted as a virtual CISO for many industries and companies around the world. Other notable roles over last 20 years have been as a Risk Management consultant at Gartner, Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin’s Center for Cyber Security Innovation, and Managing Principal in the Professional Security Services practice at Verizon.

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    Rob Dalzell, Moderator
    BISO, Bank of America

    Rob Dalzell is a cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of Information Technology and Cybersecurity experience. He has thrived in the following cybersecurity based arenas: BISO, Third Party Defense, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access management, Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure, email encryption and general security awareness. He is a member of the ISACA, serves on the Advisory Board for SecureWorld Charlotte and is in the final stages of completing a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity. Rob is an active supporter and advocate for those impacted by disabilities and is an advocate in the Women in Technology and Operations (WIT&O) organization. He is an ardent believer in life-long learning. In his spare time, he can be found playing or officiating soccer, generating sawdust or digging in the dirt around his house and trying to keep a British sports car running.

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    Col. Candice E. Frost
    JIOC Commander, United States Cyber Command

    Candice E. Frost is the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Commander at the United States Cyber Command. As the commander, Colonel Frost leads over 200 employees from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency, and Department of Defense, to provide and produce intelligence required to direct, operate, and secure Department of Defense networks, systems, and data; deter or defeat strategic threats to U.S. interests and infrastructure; and support achievement of Joint Force Commanders objectives.

    Before serving in her current role, Colonel Frost was the Director of Foreign Intelligence with the Headquarters of the Army Staff, G-2. She was responsible for daily briefings of the future strategic environment to the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and the Army G2.

    Colonel Frost’s commitment to national security includes three decades of public service. Her career in intelligence and cyber, includes operational tours of duty in the Balkans, multiple deployments to Afghanistan, and currently, her work at Fort Meade. Candice was instrumental in the integration of women into combat arms and served close to half of her career in infantry divisions. Colonel Frost is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching masters students in the Security Studies Program. She has spoken and instructed at colleges and universities to include Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Universities of Arizona, Florida, and Illinois. She also briefed the National Intelligence Council and spoke at conferences like RSA and the Billington Summit about technology and national security.

    A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Colonel Frost holds masters degrees from Central Michigan University and the United States Army School of Advance Military Studies. Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and Combat Action Badge. She is also the recipient of the Billington Cybersecurity Workforce Development Award, Business Council for Peace Lifetime Mentorship Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Muscatine, Iowa.

    She is a member of the Executive Advisory Council for AFCEA DC. COL Frost is the past recipient of numerous fellowships, including Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Army War College Fellowship with the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Fellowship. Colonel Frost pivots in 2023 from the United States Army after more than twenty-five years of service.

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    Tamika Bass
    Cybersecurity Director, Gannett Fleming

    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.

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    George Jouldjian
    Cyber Director, Elliott Davis

    George has 21 years of experience as an IT Security Professional who works with clients in a variety of industries to analyze and improve their overall security posture through penetration testing and threat assessments. He also advises organizations on cyber incident response and provides comprehensive cybersecurity consulting services. George has conducted network and application penetration tests for clients worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, and conducted Internet of Things (IoT) security reviews for commercial devices.

    Certifications: CISSP, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, GMOB, QSA, CISM, CISA, OSCP, OSWP, OSEP, eCPTX, eWPTX, CCSP

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    Scott Gillis
    Regional Director, Exabeam

    Accomplished cybersecurity industry leader with 20+ years of experience in the IT industry specializing in creating and leading hyper performing teams to achieve key company metrics and KPI’s. He is widely known across the industry as a successful product and operational leader specializing in creating, rebuilding, and realigning business segmentation models that focus on unique value against client’s business outcomes. Scott has worked with a plethora of Fortune 500 companies in the transformation of their IT and business initiatives with an emphasis on increasing revenue, reducing costs, reducing complexity, and increasing operational efficiency.

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    Amy Eubanks
    EVP, Strategy and Professional Development, (ISC)²

    Amy is responsible for driving organization-wide strategy and global product innovation for education and professional development experiences for (ISC)² members and other cybersecurity professionals at all career stages. She leads a diverse team of strategists, educators, course developers, subject matter experts and instructors, as well as online and in-person event production teams.

    Eubanks previously served as the vice president of professional development at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (Association), where she led professional development strategy and educational product development. At the Association, Eubanks led the strategy that drove the professional development portfolios, supporting the continuing education of more than 650,000 members worldwide.

    Prior to joining the Association, Amy served as an internal auditor at Duke University. She began her career in global consultancy and advisory services at Deloitte. Amy is a registered CPA and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and earned both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Accounting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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    Chris Boehm
    Global Field CISO, SentinelOne

    Chris Boehm currently works as the Global Field CISO at SentinelOne. As a cybersecurity thought leader, he drives strategy and works closely with some of the largest organizations in the world. Prior to SentinelOne, he was a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft in the Azure Security engineering division. In his 5 years at Microsoft, he focused on driving product strategy and delivering strategic customer enablement. Chris worked closely with the Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC) and Microsoft Threat Intelligence team (MSTIC) to work side by side on research and enablement to create a more intuitive investigation experience for Security Operations Centers.

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    Cary Spearman
    Sr. Security Consultant, Critical Start

    Cary Spearman is a strong advocate for implementing real security and avoiding “security theater. As a graduate of Charleston Southern, Cary started his career in the IT world as a network administrator for a healthcare provider. His initial foray into the world as security was as a firewall admin with a large MSSP. Currently he is Security Consultant for Critical Start.

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    Roger Brassard
    Sr. Product Manager – Email Threat Protection, OpenText Cybersecurity

    Roger is a 22-year veteran product manager who specializes in capturing customer and partner concerns, staying abreast of industry trends including regulatory changes, and translating that information into cross-functional development teams to solve the cybersecurity business problems of today and tomorrow. At OpenText Security Solutions, he and his team are focused on quality and efficacy to continuously evolve our Advanced Email Threat Protection and Email Continuity Service solutions, equipping customers and partners with security solutions that are needed in today's continuously evolving threat landscape.

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    John Vecchi
    Chief Marketing Officer, Phosphorus Cybersecurity

    As CMO at Phosphorus Cybersecurity, John has achieved more than 25 years of experience in high-tech security marketing, strategy, product marketing, product management, and consulting. A serial CMO and security visionary, he has helped build and lead some of the biggest brands in enterprise security, including Solera Networks, Blue Coat Systems, Check Point Software, McAfee, Zscaler, Anitian, ColorTokens, and Anonyome Labs. Throughout his career, John's been featured at events and conferences worldwide, built an award-winning security podcast titled "Security on Cloud," and wrote as a featured columnist at SECURITYWEEK, writing about advanced threats and big data security.

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    David Ruiz, Moderator
    Cybersecurity Manager, Fayetteville Public Works Commission
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    Sean McCloskey
    Chief of Cybersecurity, Region 4, DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    Sean McCloskey is the Chief of Cybersecurity, Region 4, within the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). As the Chief of Cybersecurity, Sean leads the Cyber Security Advisors in Region 4 that assist critical infrastructure owners and operators in improving their cybersecurity capabilities and posture. Sean is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

    Prior to joining DHS, Mr. McCloskey served as an information security consultant with over 18 years of experience supporting government clients. Mr. McCloskey has also served for over 26 years in the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR).

    Mr. McCloskey holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a M.S. in Information Security and Assurance.

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    Benjamin Agner, Moderator
    SVP, Cyber Security Engineering, Truist
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    John Opala, PhD
    VP & Global CISO, Hanesbrands Inc.

    Cybersecurity thought leader with over 19 years of technical and leadership experience in multiple disciplines.

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    Shawn E. Tuma
    Co-Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, Spencer Fane LLP

    Shawn Tuma is an internationally recognized cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law attorney, areas in which he has practiced for two decades. He is Co-Chair of Spencer Fane’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice where he regularly serves as cybersecurity and privacy counsel advising a wide variety of businesses ranging from small and mid-sized companies to Fortune 100 enterprises. Shawn has been named a Cybersecurity Law Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, SuperLawyers Top 100 Lawyers in DFW, and Best Lawyers in Dallas. He serves as the Practitioner Editor for Bloomberg Law’s Texas Privacy & Data Security Law, among many other activities.

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    Rich Dandliker
    Chief Strategist, Veza

    Rich is Chief Strategist at Veza, where his responsibilities span high-level messaging and positioning, competitive market analysis, product strategy, go-to-market strategy, and evangelism. Prior to Veza, Rich led product management across the entire portfolio at Okta for over 4 years through their IPO, with overall responsibility for product strategy and roadmap. Previously, he led the product management team for Data Loss Prevention at Symantec, and managed products at security startups Vontu and IronPort Systems. He began his career in management consulting at Mitchell Madison Group, earned his Ph.D. in materials science at Caltech, and his undergraduate degree in physics from Stanford. Outside of work, Rich enjoys long walks on his treadmill desk and formulating creative strategies to pry his teenage boys away from YouTube.

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    Brett Price, CISSP, CISM
    Lead Cybersecurity Consultant, vCISO, AccessIT Group

    Brett Price is a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant for the Risk Advisory Services practice at AccessIT Group (AITG). Brett is a knowledgeable cybersecurity consultant with over twenty years of experience and an extensive background in security consulting, network engineering/administration and cybersecurity best practices. Brett’s skills range from analyzing network packet behavior to securing enterprise critical infrastructure with expertise in assessing and consulting on risk management frameworks and standards such as NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, CIS and ISO/IEC 2700X. Brett has experience working with enterprise and mid-market customers across various industry sectors such as healthcare, banking, industrial, retail, pharmaceutical and insurance.

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    Aaron Rose
    Security Architect, US Public Sector, Office of the CTO, Check Point Software Technologies

    Aaron Rose is a Cyber Security Evangelist, Security Architect & Member of the Office of the CTO at Check Point Software Technologies. A subject matter expert in Cloud, Internet of Things, and Application security; Aaron has focused his career on securing organizations & their resources beyond the perimeter of the traditional network firewall.

    An avid international traveler, Aaron welcomed the opportunity to spend three months in Tel Aviv’, Israel training with Check Point’s research & development teams at the company’s global headquarters.

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    Michael Holcomb, Moderator
    Fellow and Director of Cybersecurity, Fluor

    Michael Holcomb is the Fellow and Director of Information Security for Fluor, one of the world's largest construction, engineering, and project services companies with 60,000 employees around the world. In his role at Fluor, Michael is responsible for vulnerability management, incident detection/response, penetration testing and industrial controls for the global organization. He also teaches cybersecurity as an adjunct instructor at Greenville Technical College and helps students, career transitioners, and others that are new to cybersecurity.

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    Rob Dalzell
    BISO, Bank of America

    Rob Dalzell is a cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of Information Technology and Cybersecurity experience. He has worked in the following cybersecurity areas: BISO, Third Party Defense, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access management, Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure, email encryption and general security awareness. He is a member of the ISACA, serves on the Advisory Board for SecureWorld Charlotte and recently completed a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity. He is an ardent believer in life-long learning. In his spare time, Rob can be found playing or officiating soccer, generating sawdust or digging in the dirt around his house and trying to keep a British sports car running.

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    Mike Miller
    Author, "Break In Cyber," vCISO

    Mike Miller is a Chief Information Security Officer for Appalachia Technologies. For more than 25 years, Mike has specialized in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance). He has served as an effective liaison between technology and stakeholders, for organizations of all sizes. Mike continues to follow his passion by helping organizations understand business risk and strategically aligning a company’s security posture to protect it.

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    Mike Muscatell
    Sr. Director, Cyber Security, Acumatica, Inc.

    Mike Muscatell is a seasoned IT veteran with more than 21 years in the Information Security field. He is a certified ethical hacker (CEH). Was honored as top 100 professionals in the Information Security field by Strathmore's for 2014. Member of a number of security organizations, including InfraGard and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Cyber Committee.

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    Chase Cunningham
    Advisor, Akeyless
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    Kathleen Moriarty
    CTO, Center for Internet Security

    Kathleen Moriarty, Chief Technology Officer, Center for Internet Security, has over two decades of experience. Formerly as the Security Innovations Principal in Dell Technologies Office of the CTO, Kathleen worked on ecosystems, standards, and strategy. During her tenure in the Dell EMC Office of the CTO, Kathleen had the honor of being appointed and serving two terms as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Security Area Director and as a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group from March 2014-2018. Named in CyberSecurity Ventures, Top 100 Women Fighting Cybercrime. She is a 2020 Tropaia Award Winner, Outstanding Faculty, Georgetown SCS.

    Kathleen achieved over 20 years of experience driving positive outcomes across Information Technology Leadership, IT Strategy and Vision, Information Security, Risk Management, Incident Handling, Project Management, Large Teams, Process Improvement, and Operations Management in multiple roles with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Hudson Williams, FactSet Research Systems, and PSINet.

    Kathleen holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as well as, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Siena College. Published work: "Transforming Information Security: Optimizing Five Concurrent Trends to Reduce Resource Drain," July 2020.

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