SecureWorld Healthcare Virtual Conference 2023

Esmond Kane currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Steward Health Care, an international healthcare delivery organization serving millions of patients annually. In his role at Steward, Esmond helps clinicians and leaders deliver world class care aligned with industry frameworks, regulations and best practices.

Esmond has over 25 years’ experience leading IT and Security programs in multiple industries. Before joining Steward, he served as Deputy CISO at Partners Healthcare/MassGeneralBrigham and in various roles in Harvard University. In his spare time, Esmond likes to fret about spare time and annoy people who read bios.

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.

Rebecca L. Rakoski is the managing partner at XPAN Law Partners, LLC. Rebecca advises her clients on a proactive, multi jurisdictional approach to identify and address data privacy and cybersecurity compliance gaps and potential liabilities. She uses her extensive experience to work with her clients to create and tailor a security and privacy governance program that fits their specific needs in order to limit their regulatory exposure.

Rebecca counsels and aggressively defends public and private corporations, and their boards, during data breaches and responds to state/federal regulatory compliance and enforcement actions. As an experienced litigator, Rebecca has handled hundreds of matters in state and federal courts. Rebecca skillfully manages the intersection of state, federal, and international regulations that affect the transfer, storage, and collection of data to minimize her client's litigation risks.

Rebecca regularly negotiates complex contractual provisions that are impacted by domestic and international data privacy regulations including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. She understands how the nature of the data can affect the role her client plays in the data transaction and uses that knowledge to mitigate corporate liability.
As a thought leader in the area of data privacy and cybersecurity, Rebecca serves on the New Jersey State Bar Association's Cyber Task Force. Rebecca is Vice-Chair Elect for the New Jersey State Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Section.

Rebecca has been appointed and served in multiple highly complex litigation matters by the New Jersey Superior Court as a Special Master in the areas of technology and eDiscovery. She also served on the Complex Business Litigation Committee that drafted and revised the New Jersey Court Rules involving electronic discovery. Rebecca was on the eDiscovery committee of her prior law firm and created its eDiscovery subgroup.

Rebecca is on the Board of Governors for Temple University Health Systems and is also the Acting Dean of Online Learning and an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law.

Stanley Hammond has been in the IT field for the past 20 years and in the information security since 2006. He is currently a Senior Security Engineer in the healthcare field in Massachusetts. Throughout his career he has work for non-profits, non-government organizations, higher education, and both public and private sector organizations. He is currently working in multiple areas including security awareness, incident response and proactive maintenance. He holds several industry recognized certifications including CISSP, CISA, HCISPP and CDPSE.

Jason Kikta is the Chief Information Security Officer at Automox. He previously served for over 20 years in the United States Marine Corps, which included seven years at U.S. Cyber Command designing and managing the national counter-APT and counter-ransomware missions.

Lindsay serves as a vice chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy practice group. Lindsay has extensive experience managing responses to data privacy and security incidents, having managed some of the largest and most complex healthcare-related incidents in the world. Lindsay also has substantial experience assisting clients with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). She is uniquely positioned to gauge third-party liability, having served as a trial attorney in healthcare and financial regulatory matters for more than 15 years before beginning to manage responses to data privacy and security incidents. In helping clients mitigate the risk of that liability, she regularly facilitates training and workshops on data security. Lindsay holds the U.S. Certified Information Privacy Professional for United States law (CIPP/US) credential and regularly serves as a featured speaker on topics related to cyber insurance, cyber risk mitigation, and data privacy regulation. She received her J.D. from Baylor University and is admitted to practice in Texas.

Sarah serves as a vice chair of the Constangy Cyber Team and practices in New York. She leads the provision of compliance advisory services for the Cyber Team, advising clients on strategies to mitigate risk associated with data privacy and security through business-oriented approaches. Sarah has more than 15 years of experience working in the privacy law area. She is a former privacy officer, a former state regulator, and has extensive experience serving as outside counsel for businesses in the fields of health law, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and risk management. She is well-versed in advising clients on the scope and applicability of domestic and international data privacy laws. A former Assistant General Counsel with the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Sarah regularly interfaces with state and federal agencies in response to investigations, enforcement actions and compliance audits. Sarah holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional for European law (CIPP/E) credential. She received her J.D. from the University of Buffalo and is admitted to practice in New York and Vermont.

Brandon has more than nine years of strategic experience in the security risk field. As a Cyber Risk Advisor within EY's Cyber Transformation practice, he works closely with executives, CSOs and CISOs on developing mature cyber risk programs. He has worked with Global Fortune 100 companies to transform tactical security programs into holistic enterprise security risk management practices enabled through data driven insights and technology. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Brian Cayer joined Tufts Medicine as CISO in December 2019. During his tenure at Tufts Medicine, Brian assisted with their transformation to bring multiple hospitals and a home healthcare group into one organization. He also acted as the Interim Chief Technology Officer merging into one electronic medical record system (Epic), which included being the first healthcare system to host Epic in AWS. Prior to joining Tufts Medicine, Brian held vice president roles, in Security/IT, for over 25 years between Stroz Friedberg (an Aon Company) and State Street Bank.

Randy Raw is Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. He has more than 25 years of experience in both public entities and private industry, having built several Information Security programs from the ground up. He is a proponent of risk-based, layered security measures that utilize both preventative and detective approaches to achieve the right solution for the organization. Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. He has spoken at SecureWorld on many technical topics and turns his focus towards helping others move from the technical trenches to a leadership role.

Founder of a strategic risk consultancy after serving 26 years in the US Air Force, Cedric Leighton oversaw numerous critical intelligence missions throughout his career. He served at US Special Operations Command, the Joint Staff and the National Security Agency, where he helped train the nation's cyber warriors. A Middle East combat veteran, he is the recipient of numerous military awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Bronze Star.

Currently, Cedric advises multinational businesses on cyber attacks and the management of complex global strategies to reduce risk and unpredictability.

Deidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN, the largest cybersecurity talent acquisition technology and services firm in the U.S., transforming job searching and hiring for the cybersecurity industry. Standardizing all cybersecurity job functions into a common taxonomy of 45 roles, the CyberSN platform allows professionals to make anonymous, public profiles that match with employer-posted job descriptions using the same taxonomy. This innovation is disruptive and solves a serious national security issue. Deidre’s leadership style combines 25 years of experience working in technology and staffing, her love of the cybersecurity community, and a genuine enthusiasm for people. She has led large-scale sales and operations and built high-performance teams at Rapid7 and Motion Recruitment prior to founding her own organizations. She believes a company-culture established on ‘anything is possible’ attitudes and open communication frameworks, along with positive energy, career advancement, and kindness, enables her teams to have fun at work and reach beyond peak performance. She also encourages the use of EQ (Emotional Intelligence) skills: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social skills, and empathy. Deidre has also founded SecureDiversity.org, a non-profit organization working to raise awareness for, and increase the hiring of, women and underrepresented humans in the cybersecurity workforce. She has also spoken at some of the biggest tech summits, conferences, and podcasts in the world including ISC2 Congress, RSA, ISSA International, and Hacker Halted.