Speaker Directory
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    Chul Choi
    Sr. Solutions Architect, Okta

    For more than 25 years, Mr. Choi has been involved in more than 100 security and identity management projects. His experience spans multiple industries and public segment entities. He has served diverse roles in these IAM programs and holds a patent for entitlement management. Since 2019, he has been working as a Senior Solutions Architect fo...

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    Tim Choi
    Group VP of Product GTM & Strategy, AI Security, Proofpoint

    Tim Choi is Group Vice President of AI Security Product Strategy and Go-to-Market. Prior to this role, he led product marketing across Proofpoint’s portfolio of products and solutions. Before joining Proofpoint, Tim served as Vice President of Product Management at BlackBerry, where he was responsible for software and security products. He al...

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    Aaron Chow
    Principal Cryptographer, Director of Cloud Security Patterns and Policy-as-Code, Scotiabank

    Aaron Chow is currently Principal Cryptographer and Director of Cloud Security Patterns and Policy-as-Code at Scotiabank, leading a diverse team to accelerate and secure the bank’s cloud transformation. As the Principal Cryptographer, he is responsible for the Cryptography domain at Scotiabank, providing cryptographic expertise and heads up t...

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    Jim Chrisos
    Principal Engineer, Exabeam

    Jim officially started working in security as an analyst at a large MSSP. This experience enabled him to gain employment at large global organizations as an analyst before becoming an incident handler. It was in his capacity as an incident handler where he witnessed, first hand, nation state attacks. This left such a profound impact on Jim th...

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    Chris Christensen
    Sr. Business Consultant, Cybersecurity, Honeywell Building Solutions

    Chris Christensen is the Cybersecurity Business Consultant for Honeywell Building Solutions (Americas) and specializes in securing Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Chris passionately believes that cybersecurity is everyone's shared responsibility and through awareness, education, accountability and positive rei...

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    Rosemary Christian
    DevSecOps Engineering Coach, Comcast

    Rosemary Christian is Co-President for WiCyS Critical Infrastructure and a Board Member for WiCyS Delaware Valley. She has demonstrated passion, knowledge and proven ability to engage others in the emerging market needs for cybersecurity initiatives. She leverages her experience, communications skills and interpersonal savvy across all levels...

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    Stephen Christiansen
    Principal Security Consultant - Hybrid Cloud, Stratascale

    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,...

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    James Christiansen
    VP, CSO - Cloud Security Transformation, Netskope

    James Christiansen is Netskope’s vice president of cloud security transformation and leader of the Global Chief Strategy Office. He is focused on enhancing Netskope’s global clients understand the challenges and solutions of cloud deployments by helping drive thought leadership in cloud security transformation.

    James brings extensive e...

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    Neil Christie
    Incident Response/Channel Sales Engineer, Cybereason

    Neil is a 25+ year veteran of the information technology and cybersecurity field. Forging technology environments that support security to protect business is Neil’s passion. Currently Neil is working with Cybereason to enable customers and partners to use industry leading tooling in incident response engagements and ongoing production enviro...

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    Caleb Christopher
    Director of Technical Operations - Cino Ltd | Director of IT, Challenger Sports

    Caleb Christopher is the Director of Technical Operations at Cino Ltd - a national cybersecurity and risk
    management firm; and the Director of IT at Challenger Sports - a global soccer camp organization. He has 9+ years experience in security.

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    Charles Chu
    General Manager, IT and Developer Solutions, CyberArk
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    Nathan Chu
    Cyber Security Systems Engineer, Cisco

    Nathan Chu is a Systems Engineer who stands at the forefront of the Cyber Security Realm to help organizations prepare for inevitable intrusions. Prior to joining Cisco’s Cyber Security team, Nathan spent 4 years as a Generalist Systems Engineer, consulting design strategies with clients to construct best practice networks.

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    Amy Chu
    Sr. Director, Automotive Product Security, Harman

    Amy Chu is Senior Director, Automotive Cybersecurity at HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, cyber security solutions, audio and visual products, enterprise automati...

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    Damian Chung
    VP, Cyber Defense, Netskope

    Damian Chung is a cybersecurity leader with over ten years of security experience focused in healthcare. As the Business Information Security Officer at Netskope, Damian is responsible for overseeing corporate security tools and processes and acts as the subject matter expert in the healthcare vertical. He also serves as an adjunct professor ...

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    Dr. Anton Chuvakin
    Security Advisor, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Dr. Anton Chuvakin is now involved with security solution strategy at Google Cloud, where he arrived via the Chronicle Security (an Alphabet company) acquisition in July 2019. He is also a co-host of Cloud Security Podcast (http://www.twitter.com/CloudSecPodcast).

    Until June 2019, Dr. Chuvakin was a Research VP and Distinguished Analys...

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    Jonathan Ciaramella
    Sr. Threat Intel Analyst, Fortune 500 Convenience Retail

    Accomplished Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst and expert threat hunter with a robust background in cybersecurity, holding certifications in Penetration Testing and Bug Bounty. Proficient in Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Intelligence, Computer Forensics, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment, and Audits. Skilled in ...

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    Barbara L. Ciaramitaro
    Chair, Undergraduate Information Technology, Capella University

    Dr. Barbara L. Ciaramitaro is the Chair of the Undergraduate Information Technology program at Capella University. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on a variety of topics including cybersecurity, emerging technology, complex systems dynamics, software engineering and project management. Dr. Ciaramitaro is a frequent speaker a...

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    Rick Cicerrella, Moderator
    Special Agent, Fraud Investigations, FBI
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    Moderator: Phread Cichowski
    Sr. Security Architect, SecureWorks

    Phread Cichowski has over 35 years of experience ranging from software development to data center management. Having worked for some of the leading technology companies in the world, his broad range of experience allows him to provide a well-balanced perspective leveraging bleeding-edge technology in critical high-availability IT environments...

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    Henryk Ciejek
    VP, Information Security, PayScale, Inc.

    Henryk has actively been part of the technology space for over 25 years. He has worked at various companies ranging from start-ups to established global Fortune organizations. Throughout his career, he's worn many hats and titles, focusing on his passion for cybersecurity, business goals, and program building. Having been the first security l...

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    Katie Cipkala, Moderator
    Cybersecurity Training & Communications, LPL Financial

    Katie Cipkala is a Virginia Tech graduate with 20 years as a utility player in S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Katie’s IT career has ranged from directing global cybersecurity and infrastructure communications, managing board of directors & executi...

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    Mark Clancy
    Sr. Vice President, Cyber Transformation, T-Mobile USA
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    Matthew Clapham
    Director of Cybersecurity, GE Healthcare

    Matt Clapham is a Directory of Cybersecurity at GE Healthcare. He and his team make products more secure.

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    Peter Clark
    Director, Solutions Engineering, Authomize
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    Dan Clark
    Sales Engineer, Abnormal Security
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    Laura Clark
    CIO, State of Michigan

    Laura Clark serves as the chief information officer (CIO) for the State of Michigan, directing the state’s technology and security efforts. As deputy director for the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB), she also oversees operations for the department, which provides information technology, business, and administrati...

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    Stephen Clark
    Director of Cloud Security Sales, Fortinet

    Stephen Clark has over 25 years experience in the information security space having spent time at Check Point, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks. Stephen also spent time working in the security consulting field working primarily with the Fortune 1000.

    He is presently the Director of Cloud Security Sales for Fortinet. Today he helps manag...

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    Jenifer Clark
    Sr. Information Security & Compliance Engineer, Costco Wholesale

    Jenifer Clark is a Senior Security Engineer at Costco Wholesale. As part of the enterprise Data Security team, her focus is on Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and liaison work with internal business teams. Jenifer is a long-time member of the SecureWorld Advisory Council and actively supports public/private partnership efforts. She is a member of ...

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    Jenifer Clark, Moderator
    Sr. Information Security & Compliance Engineer, Costco Wholesale

    Jenifer Clark is a Senior Security Engineer at Costco Wholesale. As part of the enterprise Data Security team, her focus is on Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and liaison work with internal business teams. Jenifer is a long-time member of the SecureWorld Advisory Council and actively supports public/private partnership efforts. She is a member of ...

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    Itir Clarke
    Staff Product Marketing Manager, Proofpoint

    Itir Clarke is a Staff Product Marketing Manager for Proofpoint’s Data Security solutions, bringing over 20 years of IT experience from roles at Cisco, Brocade, and Sun Microsystems. She is responsible for evangelizing DLP, DSPM, and AI Data Governance solutions. Her work focuses on advancing Proofpoint’s human- and AI-centric approach to dat...

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    Neil Clauson
    Regional CISO, Mimecast

    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.

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    Chas Clawson
    VP, Security Strategy, Sumo Logic

    As a technologist interested in disruptive cloud technologies, Chas joined Sumo Logic's Cyber Security team with more than 20 years in the field, consulting with many federal agencies on how to secure modern workloads. In the federal space, he spent time as an architect designing the Department of Commerce ESOC SIEM solution. He also worked a...

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    Jon Clay
    Director, Global Threat Communications, Trend Micro

    Jon Clay has worked in the cybersecurity space for over 21 years. He is responsible for managing marketing messages and external publication of all the threat research and intelligence within Trend Micro as well as different core technologies. As an accomplished public speaker with hundreds of speaking sessions around the globe, Jon focuses o...

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    Patricia Clay, Moderator
    AVP & CIO, Hudson County Community College

    Trisha is a strategic Information Technology focusing on the why of Higher Education. She is particularly interested in innovation in teaching and learning, collaboration, business resilience, and information security in the space. She leads information technology as the Associate Vice President and CIO at Hudson County Community College. Pat...

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    Ted Claypoole
    Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

    Lawyer, business adviser, lawfirm team lead for cybersecurity/privacy, licensing and FinTech, chair of American Bar Association, Business Cyberspace Law Committee, former in-house counsel for Bank of America and Compuserve, co-author of books Privacy in the Age of Big Data, and Protecting Your Internet Identity.

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    Fred Clayton
    CISO, Akumin

    As a seasoned Chief Information Security Officer, Fred specializes in driving cybersecurity strategies that protect enterprise ecosystems while enabling business growth. With expertise in financial tech, healthcare, and government verticals, he has built and led robust security frameworks tailored to the unique challenges of these industries....

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    Dr. Bryan S. Cline
    VP Standards & Analytics, HITRUST

    As the VP of Standards and Analytics at HITRUST, Dr. Bryan S. Cline provides thought leadership for the continuing development of the HITRUST CSF and related methodologies—healthcare’s de facto information protection standard and basis for NIST Cybersecurity Framework implementation in the industry—and the ‘Father’ of (ISC)2’s HCISPP credenti...

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    Tom Cline
    VP, Cyber Risk, Skybox Security

    15+ years of experience in technology consulting in cybersecurity domain and is an evangelist. His core competencies include - designing enterprise security solution framework to proactively protect organization sensitive data, mapping technology to business, and increasing operational IT efficiency. Tom is a trusted advisor to the CxO's.

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    Tom Cline, Moderator
    VP of Cyber Risk, Skybox Security

    15+ years of experience in technology consulting in cybersecurity domain and is an evangelist. His core competencies include - designing enterprise security solution framework to proactively protect organization sensitive data, mapping technology to business, and increasing operational IT efficiency. Tom is a trusted advisor to the CxO's.

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    Michael Clinton
    Detective, St. Louis County Police Department, Intelligence Operations Bureau
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    Joshua Cloud
    Director of Information Security, NFI

    Joshua Cloud is currently serving as the director of information security for NFI. He has over 20 years of infrastructure and security leadership experience spanning professional services, manufacturing, retail, and logistics industries in countries all over the world. Cloud is a transformational security leader with a business focus who evan...

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    Michaela Clouston
    Sr. Manager, Enterprise Security Education, Bank of Montreal

    Michaela Clouston is a cybersecurity leader specializing in workforce development, security education, and risk management. As the Senior Manager of Enterprise Security Education at Bank of Montreal, she designs and leads training programs, exercises, and cybersecurity behavioral remediation initiatives to strengthen awareness across the ente...

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    Ryan Cluff
    Director, Integral Partners

    Ryan is a multifaceted technical leader with 20+ years of information security and governance experience. Throughout his career, Ryan has led and created dozens of strategic initiatives from the ground up, built successful teams and delivered quality results with consistency. His. extensive experience delivering complex regulatory and techn...

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    Sybrand Cnossen
    ITAS Sr. Associate, Weaver

    Sybrand has more than three years of experience in information technology and IT risk advisory services. He has consulted with a wide range of clients, including Fortune 50 companies and government agencies. He is well versed in controls testing performed in UNIX / LINUX, and Microsoft (Windows Server and Active Directory) environments, utili...

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    Steve Cobb
    CISO, SecurityScorecard

    Affectionately known in the industry as Cyber Santa, Steve Cobb brings more than 30 years of leadership and consulting involving IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence. Prior to becoming the CISO for SecurityScorecard, Steve led Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure teams at organizations like One Sou...

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    Marlowe Cochran, Moderator
    CISO, New York State Department of Education

    Marlowe Cochran has been working in the IT field for over 30 years, with 20 plus years in information security roles. He has worked in a multitude of sectors from government to health care. In his current role at the New York State Department of Education, he is the Chief Information Security Officer. Marlowe currently collaborates with inter...

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    Brian Cockrill
    Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service - St. Louis Field Office

    I have been with the Secret Service for 20 years and am currently assigned to the St. Louis Field Office where I manage our cyber-enabled financial crime investigations and Gateway Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTF). CFTFs are the focal point of Secret Service cyber-investigative efforts and were developed to increase the resources, skills, and v...

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    Bruce Coffing
    CISO, City of Chicago, Department of Technology & Innovation

    Bruce Coffing is an information security professional with over twenty-five years industry experience in information technology and cybersecurity. He is currently the Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Chicago. Prior to joining the City of Chicago, Mr. Coffing held Senior Vice President information security positions at Bank o...