Speaker Directory
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    Andrei Ionescu
    Sr. Solutions Architect, US, Bitdefender

    Andrei has been in cybersecurity for 20 years; the last 13 he has been working for Bitdefender. In his day to day role, he helps enterprises to adopt Bitdefender inside their security stack while ensuring a smooth transition to our tools and services.

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    Josh Iroko
    Managing Security Consultant, Mandiant, part of Google Cloud

    Josh Iroko is a Managing Consultant in Strategic Consulting Services with Mandiant. Josh works closely with organizations of many sizes and in different industries to help identify gaps within their security posture or ability to respond to incidents in a highly efficient and effective manner. Using a combination of experience and Mandiant’s ...

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    John T. Irwin
    Solutions Leader for North America, Cloudflare

    For 16 years of his career, John has worked in IT operations running infrastructure, network and cyber security teams for Fortune 100 companies and U.S. government agencies. The next 15 years, he transitioned to leading vendor solutions engineering teams across the Americas, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. In this time he focused on S...

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    Moderator: Derek Isaacs
    Sr. Cybersecurity Scientist, L3 Harris

    Author, speaker, and SME. Specialties and certifications include: CISSP, CRISC, CGEIT, Security+, C|EH, C|NDA, ITILv.3, C|CISO

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    Ann Marie Isleib
    VP, Enterprise Sales, Okta, Inc.
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    Richard Israelite
    Sr. Director, Information Security, Addepar

    Richard Israelite is Sr. Director of Information Security at Addepar. He is an information security leader with over 15 years experience building and leading global teams in some of the world’s largest Financial Services firms as well as smaller, cloud native FinTech companies. Christopher Jennings is the head of Cyber Analytics and Data Oper...

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    Orin Israely
    Director of Product Management, Rubrik
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    Karthik Ivaturi
    Independent Security Consultant

    Karthik Ivaturi is a seasoned Information and Cybersecurity professional with over twelve years of experience leading security initiatives and driving transformational cybersecurity programs across a range of global organizations. With a strong foundation in enterprise security strategy, risk management, and governance, Karthik has built a re...

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    Trenton Ivey
    Counter Threat Unit Researcher, Secureworks

    Trenton has had the privilege of working with teams of skilled hackers to legally compromise some of the largest organizations in the world. Trenton has also worked on several high-profile incident-response engagements to help provide the adversarial mindset as organizations respond and recover. While his focus is currently offensive research...

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    Krishnan Iyer
    Analyst, IT Audit, Nasdaq
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    Amir Jabri
    VP, IT & Cybersecurity, Exactuals LLC, City National Bank
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    Randall Jackson
    CISO / Head of Infrastructure, Income Research + Management

    Seasoned IT and Cybersecurity Executive with a track record of leading enterprise-wide technology, security, and support operations. Proven ability to align IT strategy with business goals, drive process improvements, and lead complex implementations. Deep expertise in cybersecurity, technology transformation, managed services, and team leade...

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    Kim Jackson
    Director, Business Resiliency, Automatic Data Processing

    Kim Jackson is a certified business resiliency professional with over 20 years of experience in incident management, disaster recovery, and business continuity, with a specialization in program development. Kim has successfully created programs for several major banking entity's, as well as large insurance and financial firms to ensure the v...

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    Craig Jackson
    Chief Policy Analyst, NSWC Crane Division

    Craig Jackson is Chief Policy Analyst at the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research and works with NSWC Crane Division and the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.

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    Quincy Jackson
    Red Team Lead, Oil & Gas Company

    Quincy Jackson (CISSP, C|EH, GCIA, GWAPT, GREM) currently works as a Red Team Lead with over 20 years experience. His primary responsibilities include programs to evaluate and measure the actual effectiveness of the Security Operations Center. His Cyber Readiness and Defense Capability Testing Programs were created to reduce uncertainty and ...

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    Brian Jackson
    Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
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    Jay Jacobs
    Chief Data Scientist & Co-Founder, Cyentia Institute

    Jay is a Co-founder and Chief Data Scientist at Cyentia Institute, a research firm dedicated to advancing the state of information security knowledge and practice through data-driven research. Prior to Cyentia, Jay served as the Lead Data Analyst on the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report and is the co-founder of the Society for Informa...

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    Eric Jacobsen
    CISO & Assistant Vice President, Boston University
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    Virginia Jacome
    Director, Cyber Security Risk Management, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute
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    Celestine Jahren
    Director of International Sales, Censys

    Celestine Jahren is the Director of International Sales at Censys—the internet intelligence platform. Censys empowers governments, enterprises, and researchers with the most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the internet to defend attack surfaces and hunt for threats. With a background in identify and access management and attack...

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    Prashant Jain
    VP, Product, Cyberhaven
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    Shevani Jaisingh
    Senior Counsel, TittmannWeix
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    Dr. Geethamani Jakka
    Sr. Data Security Analyst, Capital One

    Geethamanikanta Jakka (Mani Jakka) is an experienced Data Engineer with a strong focus on Cyber Data Delivery, Threat Analysis, and Machine Learning. With a proven track record of building secure, scalable data infrastructure, he combines deep technical knowledge with a passion for cybersecurity innovation. Mani has led critical data initiati...

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    Douglas Jambor
    Sr. Cybersecurity Manager - IT Advisory, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

    Douglas has 13 years of penetration testing experience in the information technology field, focusing on information systems security and information security risk management. He is DHG’s cybersecurity subject leader and manager over all of the firm’s technical cybersecurity services, which includes internal, external, wireless and web applica...

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    Anthony James
    Vice President - Security Strategy, Infoblox

    Anthony James is a seasoned technology executive with 20+ years of product and marketing experience in the cybersecurity industry. Anthony leads as Infoblox’s VP of Product Marketing and has also held executive leadership roles across a variety of security startups and well-known organizations, including FireEye, Fortinet, Cyphort and TrapX. ...

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    Maverick James, Esq., CIPP/US, CIPM
    Founder & Managing Attorney, Avant-Garde Legal, P.C.
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    Hudson Jameson
    Co-Founder, Oaken Innovations

    Hudson Jameson is a blockchain enthusiast and smart contract developer exploring the intersection of decentralized technologies and security. He is the co-founder at Oaken Innovations, an IoT blockchain start-up that builds identity and security solutions to smart cities and IoT devices.

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    Annie Jamshed
    VP & Lead Cybersecurity Architect, JPMorgan Chase; President, WiCyS Houston Affiliate

    Annie Jamshed is a cybersecurity professional with Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and Master's in Cybersecurity. She has more than four years' experience working in Security Operations Center performing incident response, forensics, and threat intelligence. She is currently working at JP Morgan Chase as a Security Architect and threat m...

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    Tanya Janca
    Head of Community and Education, Semgrep

    Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of "Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding," "Alice and Bob Learn Application Security," and the "AppSec Antics" card game. Over her 28-year IT career, she has won countless awards (including OWASP Lifetime Distinguished Member and Hacker of the Year), spoken all over the planet, and is a...

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    Dan Janiczek
    Solutions Director, Deepwatch

    Dan Janiczek is a seasoned Solutions Architect who takes a unique approach to engaging with customers on complex security problems. Coming from a background in Psychology he brings a fresh perspective to the unique challenges faced by organizations today, understanding the people and technology components of a successful security program. As ...

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    Andrew Jarrett
    Program Manager, Cyber Readiness Center, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

    Andrew Jarrett of the TEEX Cyber Readiness Center is a former firefighter, current member of a Type II/Type III Incident Management Team (IMT) and has recently been deployed as a member of Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Incident Support Teams (ISTs) for COVID response. As the Cyber Enterprise Program Manager at the TEEX CRC, he...

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    Myriah V. Jaworski, Esq., CIPP/US, CIPP/E
    Member, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Clark Hill Law

    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 l...

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    Rohbair Jean
    CISO, American Financing
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    Rohbair Jean, Moderator
    CISO, American Financing
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    Tyrone Jeffress
    Director of IT Risk Management, Meditology Services

    Tyrone is an experienced consultant who has over 12 years’ experience advising covered entity and business associate clients on cybersecurity, privacy and compliance matters. His expertise includes HIPAA security risk assessments, HITRUST certification, SOC 2 certification, security governance and strategic planning, vendor risk management an...

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    Aleta Jeffress
    Chief Information & Digital Officer, City of Aurora

    Aleta Jeffress is the Chief Information and Digital Officer for the City of Aurora. She has over 20 years as a successful executive business leader and technologist building relationships between business and technology to enable digital transformation and market growth. She drives innovative strategies for business and IT leadership, and ...

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    Velu Jeganathan
    VP, Security Engineering Solutions Team, State Street Corporation

    Velu Jeganathan has more than 20 years of IT experience, most of which is around Information Security. He has been extensivly involved in various roles in penetration testing, vulnerability management, security project consulting, and developing security processes, with an emphasis on integrating security into the project lifecycle.

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    Geoff Jenista
    Chief of Cybersecurity, Region 7, DHS CISA

    Mr. Jenista serves as the Regional Cyber Security Advisor for Region VII (IA, KS, MO and NE) for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Integrated Operations Division. Based in Kansas City, KS, he supports the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission of strengthening the security and resilience of the nation's criti...

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    Danny Jenkins
    CEO & Co-Founder, ThreatLocker

    Danny Jenkins is the CEO and Co-Founder of ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity firm providing Zero Trust endpoint security. Danny is a leading expert in cybersecurity with over two decades of experience in building and securing corporate networks, including many roles on red teams and blue teams. He is dedicated to educating industry professionals ...

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    Preston Jennings
    VP, Information Security & CISO, Trinity Health

    Preston is a well-rounded security executive with over 30 years of experience dealing with information risk and security related issues impacting Fortune 500 companies. He has in depth experience addressing the complex business and compliance related problems faced by businesses today.

    Preston is responsible for a wide range of activit...

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    Chris Jennings
    VP, Cyber Analytics, BlackRock
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    Lan Jenson
    CEO, Adaptable Security, Communications Director for (ISC)2
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    Bill Jessen
    Federal Government Director of Sales, Prophecy Americas, Inc.

    As an accomplished technology and public sector sales leader, Bill Jessen has worked with large Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Motorola as well as small to medium business throughout the US. Throughout his career, he has worked with notable municipalities and enterprise organizations including the Executive Office of the Presid...

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    Henry Jiang
    CISO, Therapy Brands

    Henry is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity. With a strong vision for disruptive technologies, he has extensive hands-on experience and is a champion for businesses that prioritize risk management. He is able to define and develop KPIs and KRIs to communicate the effectiveness of the cybersecurity pr...

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    Matthew Jochym
    VP, Cyber Observability, BlackRock
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    Erin Joe
    Senior Executive Cybersecurity, Office of the CISO, Google

    Erin Joe, Office of the CISO at Google Cloud, SVP at Mandiant, was Director of the U.S. government's Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. Erin helps top customers defend against today’s threats, modernize cyber security, and effectively transform cloud operations. Reaching Senior Executive Service leadership levels over cyber operati...

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    Michael Johns
    Assistant Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service

    Michael brings over 24 years of experience with the Secret Service that includes leadership roles both in the protective arena and investigative front. Currently, he leads the Secret Service's Outreach Program, focusing on private and public sector partner growth. He is also the Executive Director for the Secret Service's Cyber Investigative ...

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    Jim Johnson
    Director of Systems Engineering, Arctic Wolf

    Jim Johnson has been working to end cybercrime for the past two decades. His career started at Blue Coat, where he helped customers with their struggles to mitigate risk in the early days of web filtering. Since then, he has worked with customers of all sizes and verticals providing solutions from F5, Forescout, and now Arctic Wolf. As the Di...