SecureWorld West Coast Virtual Conference 2022

Stephen is an accomplished U.S. Secret Service investigator with 9-plus years of experience leading complex cybercrime, financial fraud, and international cybercrime investigations. He is recognized for pioneering the U.S. Secret Service’s Business Email Compromise Mission Desk, resulting in the recovery of nearly $500 million in victim funds. He was awarded two U.S. Secret Service Director’s Impact Awards, 2021 U.S. Secret Service Employee of the Year Award, and two DHS Secretary’s Gold Medals of Excellence for outstanding leadership, innovation, and impact. Stephen is an experienced public speaker and instructor, having delivered more than 50 global keynotes to executives, policymakers, and law enforcement on topics including cyber-enabled financial crime, digital forensics, and public-private collaboration. He is dedicated to bridging the gap between law enforcement, government, and the private sector to combat the world’s most sophisticated digital threats through intelligence-driven investigations, rapid response, and cross-border partnerships.

Myriah Jaworski is a Member, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, at Clark Hill Law. She represents clients in data breach actions, technology disputes, and in the defense of consumer class actions and related regulatory investigations stemming from alleged privacy torts and violations of the TCPA, BIPA, IRPA, and other state and federal privacy laws. Myriah also works with clients to devise and implement privacy and security compliance programs and to evaluate and implement new technologies, including enterprise-wide AI and machine learning tools. She is also been recognized as a Super Lawyer® for her Civil Litigation practice in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Jeffrey R. Wells is the Co-chair of the Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy team, and is a cybersecurity professional responsible for keeping organizations safe and protecting the privacy of employees around the world.

With over 25 years of global experience leading cybersecurity engagement, Jeffrey engages clients by leveraging existing infrastructure and talent, establishing effective cyber resilience strategies and responding to immediate incidents and emerging cyber threats.

Recently, Jeffrey led a Joint Inter-Agency Task Force countering transregional organized cyber-crime and violent extremism while addressing current and emerging risks impacting national security, commerce and critical infrastructure. Jeffrey has advised and consulted with cyber startups as well as venture, private equity and angel investment organizations on cybersecurity-related strategies including cyber-due diligence and the commercialization of cybersecurity technologies and ideas.

Appointed “Cyber Czar” by two Maryland governors, he was responsible for aligning commercial, federal and military cybersecurity initiatives with NIST, NSA, U.S. Cyber Command and other military and government entities. Jeffrey also served as vice-president of the Maryland Cybersecurity Roundtable, was a founding partner of the NIST – National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and the BENS Cyber & Tech Council.

Prior to joining Clark Hill, Jeffrey founded a White Hat cyber advisory firm, Innovation Intelligence. Jeffrey began his cyber career in the military intelligence community for the United States Department of Defense and intelligence agencies and is a member of Military Cyber Professionals Association. Jeffrey has been a participant in numerous U.S. government-sponsored security advisory and trade missions and has attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the Forbes Global CEO Conference.

He is a graduate of Colorado State University and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and has Certificates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard University, London School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Oxford University, George Washington University School of Business; and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Known for his ability to communicate both technically and conceptually in an authoritative yet entertaining style, Dale “Dr. Z” Zabriskie has consulted with IT professionals across the globe, advising on implementing effective cyber security strategies. He is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and certified in Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK).

In his 20-year cybersecurity career, Dr. Z has advised major healthcare, public sector, finance, retail, entertainment, and manufacturing organizations in over fifty countries. He has also been a popular moderator and participant in numerous industry panels. His expertise is supported by career experience in information technology, regulatory compliance, research and development, marketing, and sales.

Before joining Cohesity, Dr. Z was an Evangelist with Symantec for over 16 years. Prior companies include Proofpoint, Veritas, SunGard, and IBM.

Kevin has more than 25 years of experience in threat intelligence and information security. He was the VP of cybersecurity operations and governance at IOActive.com, a retired NSA intelligence officer, the former director of Windows security architecture at Microsoft, and shipped Windows 10 (not by myself). He holds the CISM, CISSP, CGEIT security certifications.

Severin worked at Siemplify for nearly 3 years, 2.5 years of which were spent at TIP where he was team led for a team that was responsible for all integrations that Siemplify had. Nowadays he is focusing his work on Sales Engineering at Google Cloud Security and has been doing so for nearly half a year. Prior to that, Severin was working for a company in the Czech Republic where he designed, implemented and maintained SOCs mostly for customers from central Europe - banks and insurance companies.

Roger A. Grimes is a Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. He is a 35-year plus computer security professional, author of 14 books and over 1,400 national magazine articles. He frequently consults with the world’s largest and smallest companies, and militaries, and he has seen what does and doesn’t work. He is the author of the Ransomware Protection Playbook (Wiley) .

Grimes was previously a weekly security columnist for InfoWorld and CSO magazines from 2005–2019. He regularly presents at national computer security conferences, and has been interviewed by national magazines and radio shows, including Newsweek magazine and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Roger is known for his often contrarian, fact-filled viewpoints.

Kathleen is a seasoned technology strategist and board advisor with over twenty-five years of experience driving positive outcomes across Information Technology Leadership, Strategy, and Information Security. As the founder of SecurityBiaS, her vision is to enable organizations, particularly those with limited resources, to achieve robust security through built-in and scalable solutions. Kathleen’s innovative approach is further evidenced by her four pending and nine issued patents.

Formerly the Chief Technology Officer at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), Kathleen defined and led technology strategy, focusing on integrating emerging technologies to benefit under-resourced organizations. Prior to CIS, she held key roles at Dell Technologies for over 13 years, including Security Innovations Principal in the Office of the CTO and Global Lead Security Architect for EMC’s Office of the CTO.

Earlier in her career with RSA/EMC, Kathleen led consulting engagements, working with hundreds of organizations on security and risk management, providing her with invaluable insights into diverse security needs. She also served two terms as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Security Area Director and as a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (2014–2018).

Kathleen is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown SCS, teaching Security Architecture and Design and Cyber Threat Intelligence. She is a published author of “Transforming Information Security: Optimizing Five Concurrent Trends to Reduce Resource Drain” (July 2020) and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women Fighting Cybercrime by CyberSecurity Ventures. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Siena College.

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.

Neil has 25+ years of experience building and securing complex IT and Security solutions. He's led Security Operations teams at Mimecast and other enterprises which face a variety of threats and challenges, and has built and enhanced cybersecurity programs to support and achieve business outcomes.

Adam Pike is a solutions architect at 1Password (and former 1Password account administrator in a previous life) with two decades of IT experience focused on privacy and security, working at the intersection of people and technology. He spends most of his workdays helping customers integrate 1Password into their tech stack. When he’s not at his desk, you can usually find him enjoying the beauty of Newfoundland on a hiking trail.

Experienced Data Privacy and Compliance Attorney, with a focus on Incident Response, and data analysis and classification standards. Background in criminal law, European Union law, and international law.

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.

Richard is the VP of Information Security at AuditBoard, where he leads product, infrastructure, and corporate IT security functions as well as AuditBoard’s own internal risk and compliance initiatives. In this capacity, he has become an AuditBoard product power user, leveraging the platform’s robust feature set to help achieve SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001 certification, and many other GRC initiatives. In his spare time, he enjoys exchanging insights with his information security leader peers in the AuditBoard Community and participating in the AuditBoard product development process. Prior to joining AuditBoard, Richard led global GRC at Verizon Media and Security Operations at EdgeCast Networks.

Cedric Leighton is a CNN Military Analyst and a retired United States Air Force Colonel. On CNN, he has provided incisive commentaries on the Israel-Hamas War, the War in Ukraine, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and numerous other conflicts around the world. His analysis has been seen by millions of viewers around the world and provided much needed context to some of the most pressing national security issues of our time. As a U.S. Air Force officer, Colonel Leighton served at U.S. 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. After serving 26 years as a U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer, Col. Leighton founded a strategic risk consultancy and became the co-founder of CYFORIX, where he advises multinational businesses on developing better cyber strategies designed to reduce risk and unpredictability.