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.).

Shefali is a seasoned professional with expertise in information security, privacy, higher education, HIPAA, research, healthcare policy and strategy, promoting Interoperability (PI), and compliance. With 20+ years of cybersecurity, privacy, and higher education experience—including 30+ years of healthcare experience. She is acknowledged as a cybersecurity and privacy subject matter expert (SME) and highly sought after for thought leadership opportunities. Shefali also has a keen interest in the adoption of innovative technology and provides leadership, consultation, coordination, and integration of information processes with enterprise-wide information technology and information security and privacy strategies.

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.

Lisa Plaggemier is Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance. She is a recognized thought leader in security awareness and education with a track record of engaging and empowering people to protect themselves, their families, and their organizations. Lisa is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t born in Austin, Texas, she got there as fast as she could.

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.

Jim Coyle is the U.S. public sector CTO at Lookout Security, utilizing his 20+ years of knowledge and expertise to help close the security gap many government agencies and organizations face today. A cybersecurity industry thought leader exploring geo-political cyber related issues, the latest threats and defense strategies, as well as industry trends providing insights through his career. Jim is currently responsible for leading the charge to redesign and revolutionize cybersecurity programs of customers to battle today's threats.

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.

Nick Mullen is a passionate technology leader that views information security as a genuinely noble cause. Over the last decade and change, he has been helping all sorts of teams deliver all sorts of solutions of all shapes and size, mostly in the GRC space. Today his primary focus is building and leading the IT Governance program at Mutual of Omaha.

Stephen Christiansen is a Principal Security Consultant at Stratascale, with an emphasis on Security for Data and AI. Stephen has over 20 years of technical, consulting, and managerial success working with Fortune 100 companies in areas such as hybrid & multi-cloud strategy, zero trust architecture and methodologies, and architectural design, with an exceptional track record of assessing complex IT environments and designing transformational solutions for data center and cloud.

Prior to joining Stratascale in 2022, Stephen spent time as a VP of IT, CTO, Enterprise Architect, and Strategy Advisor for several global corporations and consulting firms, across diverse industries such as real estate, retail, manufacturing, financial services, technology, and healthcare.

He is a successful IT strategist at the forefront of digital security transformation in large enterprise environments.

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.

Heather Mengarelli is a Manager of Solutions Engineering at Snyk, with more than 20 years of experience. Heather is a dedicated and client-focused professional who enjoys helping enterprise clients solve complex use cases in the area of DevSecOps, Web Security, and Web Performance. Her experience includes five years at Accenture as systems specialist and 9 years at Akamai Technologies on the Professional Services team supporting Akamai’s largest enterprise clients in the e-commerce and travel verticals.

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.

Arvin Verma is a highly motivated cybersecurity professional, with over 14 years of experience across a multitude of cyber and IT domains. He has worked in multiple industries spanning over 5 Fortune 500 companies and Big 4 consulting. He is currently a vCISO within the SMB segment.
In addition, Arvin proudly served in the US Navy Reserves as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer. He also serves as a research fellow with the Cybersecurity Forum Initiative where he has co-authored several research papers in new cyber trends and best practices.
Arvin holds several leadership positions with InfraGard Chicago and InfraGard National. He currently serves as the National Sector Chief for the Information Technology Sector, National Sector Security and Resilience Program of InfraGard National.

He also serves as an advisor to several private and public entities, several startup organizations and is a guest lecturer at several universities across the State of Illinois.
Arvin is ISC2 CISSP certified, CompTIA Security+ certified, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certified and a CMMC Registered Practitioner.

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.

Lisa Plaggemier is Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance. She is a recognized thought leader in security awareness and education with a track record of engaging and empowering people to protect themselves, their families, and their organizations. Lisa is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t born in Austin, Texas, she got there as fast as she could.