SecureWorld Chicago 2024

Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

Mr. McDermott has more than 35 years of management and consulting experience in the IT field, with broad background in government, banking, and financial services, as well as experience in healthcare, higher education, the convention and trade show industry, and the not-for-profit world. Mr. McDermott holds an MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA from Northwestern University.

Cameron Malin, JD, CISSP, is the founder of Modus Cyberandi, a bespoke Cyber Behavioral Profiling consultancy specializing in the assessment of cyber threat actor decision making, adversary tradecraft, cyber deception, and cognitive vulnerabilities. As a retired Behavioral Profiler with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he has more than 22 years of experience investigating, analyzing, and profiling cyber adversaries across the spectrum of criminal to national security attacks.

During his tenure in the FBI, he was the founder of both the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center (CBAC), the FBI BAU's methodology and application of science-based behavioral profiling and assessment to national security and criminal cyber offenders—and the BAU’s Deception and Influence Group (DIG), a uniquely trained and experienced cadre of Behavioral Profilers specialized in analyses and countermeasures to adversary cyber deception campaigns and influence operations.

He is a co-author of the authoritative cyber deception book, "Deception in the Digital Age: Exploiting and Defending Human Targets Through Computer-Mediated Communications" (published by Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.), and co-author of the Malware Forensics book series: "Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code," "Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems," and "Malware
Forensics Field Guide for Linux Systems" (all published by Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.).

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.

Reanna Schultz is from Kansas City, MO, and attended the University of Central Missouri (UCM). She graduated in 2018 with her Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity: Secure Software Development and in 2020 for Master of Science in Cybersecurity: Information Assurance. While being in the industry, Reanna has been exposed to numerous SANS hosted classes. Reanna volunteers as a National Cyber League coach and provides her industry expertise by doing guest speaker talks for numerous colleges and high schools across the Midwest to STEM students. Reanna currently works as a Team Lead at Garmin and directly reports out of their SOC.

Dr. Fred Kwong has been in the information security and technology field for the past 20 years in working in education, financial, telecommunication, healthcare, and insurance sectors. He is an award-winning thought leader in security and currently works at DeVry University where he currently serves as the VP and Chief Information Security Officer. He is a member of several advisory boards and is a frequent speaker at national security forums on cyber security and information technology and is often asked to consult on matters of security and leadership

Fred also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Roosevelt and Benedictine Universities. He received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology and professional communications, Master of Business Administration in management information systems from Roosevelt University, and holds his Doctorate in organization development from Benedictine University. Fred has earned several certifications including the CISSP, CISA, CISM, CDPE, PCIP, PMP and ITILv3f.

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.

Blaise is currently a Solutions Architect at Syxsense and has been working in the IT field for the last 12 years as part of retail, MSP contracted to educational systems, and systems administrator for a spectral imaging startup company. He currently holds A+, Network+, Server+, and Security+ Certifications.

David Lindner is an experienced application security professional with over 20 years in cybersecurity. In addition to serving as the chief information security officer, David leads the Contrast Labs team that is focused on analyzing threat intelligence to help enterprise clients develop more proactive approaches to their application security programs. Throughout his career, David has worked within multiple disciplines in the security field—from application development, to network architecture design and support, to IT security and consulting, to security training, and application security. Over the past decade, David has specialized in all things related to mobile applications and securing them. He has worked with many clients across industry sectors, including financial, government, automobile, healthcare, and retail. David is an active participant in numerous bug bounty programs.

Kenneth Townsend is a proven results-oriented CISO with a successful track record of delivering business value by leveraging technology and leading transformational cybersecurity strategies. Kenneth’s understanding of the digital technology stack across the enterprise and cyber risk management has allowed him to successfully operate in a variety of industries and become a highly respected leader in Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, and Manufacturing.

As the Global CISO for Ingredion, Kenneth is responsible for establishing and executing a cyber strategy to manage risk across the corporate and manufacturing environments. He brings a deep understanding of cybersecurity threats, regulations, and best practices to the role to build a strong security culture. Beyond his core responsibilities, Kenneth is a dedicated thought leader in the cybersecurity community. He is a cyber product advisor, active speaker at various industry events, and volunteers time to support and mentor youth in STEM fields.

Dominic Keller has global experience across the cybersecurity, law and risk management fields. Dominic has worked as an attorney in Australia and California, a cyber risk consultant, and a cyber insurance broker with domestic and international companies across many industries. He holds the CISSP certification and has studied Corporate Strategy at the Chicago Booth School of Business.

Dominic has worked extensively with organizations in developing cyber risk management strategies incorporating cybersecurity, legal, insurance, and business goals. He has advised Boards, C-suites, and organizational leaders in implementing effective cyber risk governance approaches, and is a regular speaker at conferences and industry events.

Lisa Jones Huff is a seasoned cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience in the field. As the Senior Director of Global Security Specialists, SA Team at Elastic, she brings a wealth of knowledge and a consultative approach to the table.

Lisa's passion lies in helping organizations identify and tackle their ongoing security challenges by leveraging their existing technology investments. She takes the time to engage with customers, working closely to provide them with invaluable insights into their security landscape.

Her primary focus is on providing Enterprise Visibility, by shedding light on threats that may be targeting entities within organizations. By doing so, Lisa empowers her clients with the critical information they need to make informed decisions regarding potential cyber threats that may be lurking within their environment.

Over her illustrious career, Lisa has collaborated with some of the largest and most prominent organizations in the world, aiding them in staying one step ahead of targeted cyber threats. Her dedication to the cybersecurity field has solidified her reputation as a trusted expert in safeguarding digital assets and mitigating security risks.

Lisa is a trailblazer in the cybersecurity realm, committed to fortifying organizations against the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. With her deep expertise and consultative approach, she continues to make invaluable contributions to the realm of digital security.

Oren Koren is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Veriti. Oren brings 19 years of experience in cybersecurity, advanced threat analysis, and product management,. Prior to founding Veriti, Oren was a Senior Product Manager at Check Point Software Technologies, where he led AI-based innovations and advanced data analytics projects redefining threat hunting and SIEM applications. Before Check Point, Oren served for 14 years at the prestigious 8200 unit and was responsible for different cybersecurity activities and research. Oren won the Israeli Security Award and 3 MOD awards for cutting-edge innovations in cyber security.

Building security programs and devising simple solutions to complex problems is what I do. I didn't travel the traditional path into cyber, and I don't plan to conform now.

A behavioral psychologist at heart who is always watching and actively listening when everyone else is waiting to respond, paired with an M.S. in Criminology, makes me the ideal social engineer.

My first success was merging Yahoo and AOL security programs into a thriving, single-security culture through global psychological and behavioral change management techniques, specializing in human risk and designing programs to address it. Understanding what motivates developers and building solid relationships one conversation at a time, focusing on people, programs and processes lended to 98% global security adoption at Yahoo. Bridging the gap between developers and non-technical colleagues made me invaluable.

Rick Halm guides clients in preparing for, responding to, recovering, and learning from cybersecurity and privacy incidents. Rick's breadth of experience within the incident response landscape—from leading incident response at the cyber insurance level, to experience at one of the nation’s largest health insurers, to his time in private practice—all blend together to allow him to approach cybersecurity and privacy incidents from a unique vantage point. As a U.S. Army veteran, he blends this vantage point with an ability to bring order and calm to complex and high-stress incidents.

Ricardo Lafosse is responsible for IT risk governance, software and product security, incident management, technical disaster recovery, and determining enterprise-wide security policies and procedures. Lafosse regularly presents on security topics at global conferences, including Defcon, MirCon, and ISACA CACS. Lafosse has more than 15 years of experience in information security for the government, finance, legal, and healthcare. Lafosse holds a Master’s in Information Assurance from the Iowa State University. He also holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designations.