Ryan Aniol is the Deputy CISO for the State of Minnesota. A cyber threat expert with over 19 years of cyber security experience, Ryan has specialized in cyber threat intelligence, threat actor profiling, incident response, penetration testing, and digital forensics spanning multiple industries. He is a recognized security researcher and thoug...

Bhaskar is an Engineering Manager at Google Cloud, leading high-impact teams focused on building resilient, enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. Prior to joining Google, Bhaskar spent several years at VMware, spearheading critical engineering initiatives across virtualization, software-defined networking, and multi-c...

Mark Annati is an experienced IT and cybersecurity leader, currently CISO for the Executive Office of Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A board member of InfraGard Boston, he previously served as CISO for advansappz.com and Extreme Reach. With over 20 years in IT security and two successful startups, Mark has led security o...

Tony Anscombe is Global Security Evangelist and Industry Partnerships Ambassador for EST, where he serves to increase ESET’s public awareness initiatives and strengthen relationships with new and existing partners.

Anscombe joined ESET from Avast (which acquired his former employer AVG) where he held the title of Senior Security Evange...

Snehal Antani is CEO and Co-founder of Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity company using AI to deliver Red Teaming and Penetration Testing as a Service. He also serves as a Highly Qualified Expert for the U.S. Department of Defense, driving digital transformation and data initiatives in support of Special Operations.

Joan has experience as an in-house global privacy officer for a Fortune 500 company, and also served as a Partner and chair of the data privacy practice for a large international law firm. Since 2010, she has operated her own law firm, Park Legal, LLC, with offices in New Jersey and Indianapolis. Since 2003, Joan has been invited to be a memb...

Brad Antoniewicz works in Cisco Umbrella’s security research group. He is an Adjunct Professor teaching Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation and a Hacker in Residence at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. Antoniewicz is also a Contributing Author to both the Hacking Exposed and Hacking Exposed: Wireless series of books.

Tim Appleby is President of the InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance, and he is a senior leader in the federal team at Mandiant. In his role, he is responsible for the opportunities and programs focused in the Federal, State, Local and Global Government. Prior to joining Mandiant, Tim was the Global Information Assurance Head at Citigroup w...

Rob Aragao is responsible for cybersecurity and driving innovation and growth at Open Text. Rob brings more than 20 years of experience focused on cybersecurity and having previously held leadership roles with HPE, Symantec, CenturyLink, and Siemens. He provides thought leadership and insight regarding the ever-changing global threat landscap...

Joe Arahill is a cybersecurity leader focused on Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and operational excellence within regulated environments, including his current role at Philips. He leads initiatives that strengthen enterprise security through structured risk management, control implementation, and continuous performance monito...

Sonia E. Arista is a seasoned Information Security and Technology specialist with over 20 years' experience. As a management consultant with Dell Services and Perot Systems she has worked internationally in the financial, healthcare, telecommunications and manufacturing verticals. She has also served as a senior information technology directo...

As the City of Seattle’s Foirmer Chief Privacy Officer, Ginger had responsibility for five citywide programs addressing data protection, government transparency, and public trust, including Responsible AI and Privacy. Prior to this role, she worked for Microsoft as part of an international team of privacy specialists. She spent the first 20 y...

Ally Armeson serves as the Program Director for the Military & Veteran Program at Cybercrime Support Network (CSN). Ally is responsible for building and managing CSN’s Military & Veteran Program, which provides service members, veterans, and their families with the education and resources they need to protect themselves from fraud and scams t...

Krista Arndt is the Associate CISO at SLUHN. As the Associate CISO, Krista is responsible for managing the security program's day to day operational effectiveness. Krista has been working in information security in various capacities for more than 15 years. In her previous roles, Krista assisted with developing and leading security programs i...

Mark Arnold brings more than 20 years of technical and leadership experience to his role as a senior
research principal for solutions research and development at Optiv. Arnold develops strategy deliverables
and frameworks to help industry verticals mature and grow efficient security programs.

Prior to joining Optiv, Arnold...

Rob Arnold is Director of Information Security at Children International, where his job is protecting the data and systems we use to fight to end global poverty. Twenty-eight years of working in Information Technology in the public and private sector has given Rob the conviction that successful outcomes happen when you don’t let the technolog...

Chirag Arora, an esteemed Cyber Security Executive Advisor and CISO at Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP in New York, is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the cybersecurity domain. With a distinguished career spanning more than 15 years, Mr. Arora has garnered numerous awards and accolades for his exemplary leadership and experti...

Mike Asaro is an Insider Threat Management and DLP Specialist at Proofpoint. Before joining Proofpoint earlier this year, he spent almost 10 years with an industry leading traditional DLP vendor. Throughout his career in cybersecurity, he’s managed and supported many organizations in the Southwest region across multiple verticals. As a San Di...

Parker Ashley is a Manager at Darktrace, the world’s leading machine learning company for cyber defense. He has worked extensively with clients across numerous industry verticals, from Finance to Aerospace, helping them deploy Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System, the only AI technology capable of detecting and autonomously responding to earl...

Neil Ashworth, originally from Manchester, England, has been working in public-private cybersecurity for 24 years, starting out in Royal Navy Intelligence SIGINT, helping define early guidance around Cyber Intelligence operations, then migrating to the U.S. 10 years ago and working as a Cloud Security Strategist at Nutanix helping customers e...

Marc Ashworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, is a respected professional with over 25 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, business and departmental strategy, budgeting, project management and is a public speaker. He is a board member of St. Louis Chapter ...

For more than 25 years, Grant Asplund has been sharing his insights on how businesses can best protect themselves from sophisticated cyber-attacks in an increasingly complex world. As Check Point’s Evangelist, he travels the world enthralling audiences with his passionate and relational storytelling at conferences like RSA and Next100 CIOs an...

Abe is a Business Information Security Officer for the Global Advisory Services business segment at CBRE, working with technology teams and business leaders to ensure that protection protocols do not impact the trajectory of business strategy. With experience being a BISO in the Financial sector before transitioning into commercial real estat...

Salar Atrizadeh, Esq. is an attorney and IT expert with an extensive background in technology and computer information services. He has conducted seminars before legal and non-legal organizations on similar topics. Salar is licensed to practice in the State of California, District of Columbia, and the United States District and Bankruptcy Cou...

Yosi Attias specializes in cybersecurity, with a background in product management and systems engineering supporting large-scale technology platforms in regulated and security-sensitive environments. His experience includes organizations across fintech, SaaS, manufacturing, and digital identity. He serves as President of ISSA South Florida an...

Kurt is a computer forensics and incident response consultant and an Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at Maryville University. He has been in the IT field for nearly 20 years, with the last 11 focused on information security.

Roger Auinger is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk management executive with extensive international experience in the financial services and aviation industries, currently leading GRC at a major airline. He has built and matured global cybersecurity frameworks, risk, and compliance programs. Previously, he advised financial institutions and ...

As a CTO/CISO, Robin is responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the company including Cyber Security, Risk and Compliance. Using an active and practical approach, Robin oversees all employees in IT, IO and OT departments to attain the company's strategic goals established in the company's digital strategic plan. Robin has also bui...

Eric Avigdor Is the Chief Product Officer for Votiro. He is a seasoned, innovative, and passionate Product Management executive with more than 20 years in the cybersecurity industry in both startups and large enterprise organizations. He leads the product organization at Votiro: defining the roadmap based on customer feedback and market needs...

Amna Awan is Director, Security Development and Engineering, within the Technology Risk Management function of a major financial institution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She has an extensive technology background, including in development, and has held cybersecurity roles in the past with program ownership of multiple domains.

Amna i...

Alejandro Ayala is a rising professional in the field of cybersecurity, pursuing a PhD in 2025 through an NSF Fellowship. Alejandro currently serves as a technical lead, ensuring program integration across multiple universities and industry. Alejandro contributes to the University of Washington’s Certificate in Risk Management in multiple rol...

Daniel Ayala (@buddhake) is the Chief Security & Trust Officer at Dotmatics, providers of technology solutions for scientific R&D. Throughout his nearly 30 year career, he has led security, privacy and compliance groups in banking and financial services, pharmaceutical, information, higher education, research and library organisations around ...

Ravi Ayappa Kandanda is a cybersecurity leader and veteran with over 25 years of global experience in managing IT risk, cybersecurity, and CISO advisory services in the manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, banking, insurance, retail, defense, and energy sectors across APAC, Europe and the Americas. He is also a board member of ISACA (Academi...

Mohsen Azari is a Senior Cyber Security leader. He is an advocate of agile cybersecurity program aligning to business missions. He enjoys public speaking and is well-versed in cybersecurity strategy, GenAI governance, DevSecOps, and business resilience. Mohsen has extensive leadership experience in manufacturing, retail and finance. He is c...

Luke Babarinde is a Principal Solutions Architect at Imperva with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. He is passionate about building effective solutions to assist organizations seeking to holistically address data challenges of which security is critical.

Naeem Babri is a cyber risk and governance professional with extensive experience supporting organizations in risk assessment, compliance, and executive-level decision support. Known for his ability to translate complex risk information into clear, actionable insight, Naeem works closely with leadership teams to strengthen data protection, op...