Speaker Directory
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    Adam Karcher
    Cyber Special Agent, FBI

    Special Agent Adam Karcher has been with the FBI for over 16 years running cyber investigations and operations across the full spectrum of criminal and national security programs. SA Karcher's experience spans local field investigations to national and international strategic engagement against the most sophisticated cyber threats. His curren...

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    Yasmin Karimli, Moderator
    Vice President, Strategic Transformation, T-Mobile USA
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    Sowmya Karmali
    Director, Product Management, CrowdStrike

    Sowmya Karmali is a Director of Product Management at CrowdStrike and is responsible for Falcon Horizon (CSPM) and Falcon Discover for Cloud. She has over 20 years of product development and management experience covering cloud, data, and IoT, and has worked in startups and large organizations. Prior to CrowdStrike, Sowmya held product leader...

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    Anil Karmel
    Research Fellow, Cloud Security Alliance

    Anil Karmel is a cybersecurity leader, serial entrepreneur, and startup advisor, founding two companies from 0 to 1 to exit. Formerly, Anil served as the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Karmel began his government career as a Technical Staff Member of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and...

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    Scott Kasper
    CRO, Veriti
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    Beata Kasper, Moderator
    CIO, Harris Central Appraisal District

    Beata is an experienced Chief Information Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & gas, energy, airspace, healthcare, and government industries. She is skilled in Strategic Planning, Healthcare Industry, Business Process Improvement, Team Building, and U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). She is...

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    Roy Katmor
    Co-Founder & CEO, enSilo
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    Special Agent David Katowski
    Charlotte Cyber, FBI
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    Or Katz
    Security Research, Principal Lead, Akamai

    Or Katz is a security veteran, with years of experience at industry leading vendors, currently serves as principal lead security researcher for Akamai. Katz is a frequent Speaker in security conferences such as SecTor, OWASP global events and various BSides events. Katz also published numerous articles, blogs and white papers on threat intell...

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    Supreet Kaur
    Deputy CISO, Octus

    Supreet Kaur is an information security executive with 10+ years of experience across financial services, consulting, and fintech. She serves as Deputy CISO at Octus, where she joined as the company's first security hire and scaled the security program through three acquisitions as the company tripled in size. Her background includes roles at...

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    Mary Kavaney
    Chief Operating Officer, Global Cyber Alliance

    Ms. Kavaney is the Chief Operating Officer for the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), where she manages the daily operations of GCA, including strategy, personnel and legal responsibilities. She also engages in partnership development and outreach. Previously, Ms. Kavaney worked at the Center for Internet Security, where she developed relationships...

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    Alex Kayayian
    Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance

    Alex has professional experience in conducting SSAE-16 audits, attestations, PCI audits, HIPAA audits, policy and procedure writing, IT controls frameworks such as: ISO 27001, SANS critical controls, gap analysis testing, and general controls testing. A combination of academia, private and public sector experience has provided him with unders...

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    Lindsay Kaye
    Vice President, Threat Intelligence, HUMAN Security

    Lindsay Kaye is the Vice President of Threat Intelligence at HUMAN Security. Her technical specialty spans the fields of malware analysis and reverse engineering, with a keen interest in dissecting custom cryptographic systems. Prior to her work at HUMAN, Lindsay served as Senior Director of Advanced Reversing, Malware, Operations and Reconna...

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    Travis Kaylor
    Sr. Special Agent, Boston Field Office, U.S. Secret Service

    Senior Special Agent Travis Kaylor has spent the last 22 years in a variety of roles both domestic and abroad, focused on the dual mission of the United States Secret Service across both protection and investigations. He began his career as a Uniformed Division Officer assigned to the White House Branch and later as a Special Agent in the Was...

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    Sahba Kazerooni
    CISO, Aviva Canada
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    Zubaid Kazmi
    Sr. Manager and IAM Practice Lead, Sila

    Zubaid is a Sr. Manager and Identity and Access Management Practice Lead at Sila. With close to two decades of consulting experience, he has helped Fortune 500 organizations develop Identity and Access Management strategies and solutions. Zubaid has worked with clients across multiple industries, including financial services, telecommunicatio...

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    Michael Kearn, CISSP, NSA-IAM
    Director, Threat Informed Defense, U.S. Bank Information Security Services

    As Managing BISO for Community Banking and Consumer Banking lines of business, he regularly consults with technology, risk and business executives as an information security subject matter expert. Mr. Kearn also manages the relationship between Community and Consumer Banking technical leaders, their teams and ISS. Mr. Kearn brings more than n...

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    David Keating
    Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

    David Keating is one of the co-leaders of the Privacy and Security Practice at Alston & Bird. David’s practice is focused on advising clients on privacy and security issues arising along the entire data lifecycle. He assists clients with compliance strategies, policy development and implementation, data monetization and data use analyses, new...

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    Patrick Keating
    President & CEO, Keysec Advisors
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    Marc Keating
    Security Evangelist, Arctic Wolf
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    JT Keating
    SVP, Strategic Initiatives, Zimperium

    For 30 years, JT Keating has been driven to deliver technology-based solutions that make enterprises more profitable, compliant, and secure. At Zimperium, JT is responsible for leading strategic initiatives/partnerships, tracking/reporting mobile threat data, and guiding product strategies.

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    Patrick Keating, Moderator
    President & CEO, KeySec Advisors
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    Nicole Keaton Hart
    CxO - Deputy CIO , Nicke Consulting Group

    Nicole Keaton-Hart has served as a fractional CxO in Financial Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Oil & Gas and Health IT industries as Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Information Officer and Chief Strategist. As a visionary and pragmatic leader with a keen focus on Business, IT and Information Security operating in harmony ...

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    James Keegan, Moderator
    VP, Information Security, Essent Guaranty, Inc.
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    Tim Keeler
    Founder & CEO, Remediant, Inc.

    Tim Keeler worked at Genentech/Roche from 2000 to 2012 and was a leader on the Security Incident Response Team. After this experience, Tim moved deeper into the Enterprise Security realm, leaving Roche in 2012 to focus on security consulting. His clients included UCSF, Genentech/Roche, Gilead Sciences, and CardioDX. Tim is a GX-certified Secu...

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    Shawn Keeley
    Manager of Information Assurance, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island

    Shawn Keeley oversees the Information Assurance program at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which includes threat intelligence and incident response, third-party risk management, and governance, risk, and compliance. He brings over six years of expertise in Information Security and Privacy.

    Shawn holds multiple academic degre...

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    Patrick Keenan
    Principal Security Engineer, GuidePoint Security

    Splunk Master Flex

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    Dave Keene
    Penetration Tester, Wells Fargo, Charlotte ISSA Board Member

    Dave enjoys the outdoors as much as he can get away from his computer. He is active in the security community in Charlotte as well as international endeavors.

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    Timothy Keese
    Special Agent, FBI
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    Kim Keever
    CISO & SVP, Security & Technology Services, Cox Communications
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    Joe Kehoe, Moderator
    Regional VP – Healthcare East, Rubrik

    Joe Kehoe is Regional Vice President, Healthcare East, at Rubrik, where he partners with healthcare organizations to strengthen cloud resilience and data protection strategies. A trusted advisor to CISOs and senior security leaders, Joe brings deep expertise in navigating complex IT and cloud environments. With a long track record of guiding ...

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    Dominic Keller
    First Vice President & Senior Consultant, Alliant Insurance

    Dominic Keller has global experience across the cybersecurity, law and risk management fields. Dominic has worked as an attorney in Australia and California, a cyber risk consultant, and a cyber insurance broker with domestic and international companies across many industries. He holds the CISSP certification and has studied Corporate Strateg...

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    Myles Kellerman
    Chief Cybersecurity Analyst, Alpine Security

    Myles Kellerman is the Chief Cybersecurity Analyst at Alpine Security. He has over 15 years of IT/Cyber experience in the commercial and DoD sectors. Myles’ extensive background in cybersecurity includes a degree in Information System Security and multiple certifications including CISSP, CEH, CPT, CHFI, and CFR. Myles leads and performs many ...

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    Paul "PK" Kellett
    Sr. Security Architect, Netskope

    PK has worked in the private sector for 15 years leading network and security operations teams before pivoting to a security engineer role for leading cyber vendors over the last decade. Today, he is supporting global GSI companies delivering industry leading SASE solutions from Netskope to Fortune 500 companies.

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    Lonnie Kelley
    Director of Sales Engineering, Island
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    Burton Kelso
    TEDx and Cybersecurity Technology Speaker
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    Kevin Kennedy
    Sr. Sales Engineer, Malwarebytes
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    Corian Kennedy
    Hacker & Founder, SecKC

    Corian Kennedy is a cutting-edge technologist and cybersecurity expert with a deep passion for hacking and the power of AI. As a top researcher in the field, he has pioneered some of the most innovative and futuristic technologies that have revolutionized the world of cybersecurity, leveraging the latest advancements in hacking and AI to stay...

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    Cory Kennedy
    Founder, SecKC
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    Britney Kennedy
    Global BISO & Director of Business Partnership, Cardinal Health

    Britney began the first decade of her security career in the U.S. Army where she managed over 90 teams and traveled to assess the security of international government partners. She oversaw the Information Security Department for AMC Theatres where she was responsible for the development and implementation of the global strategy. She has since...

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    Jeff Kenney
    CIO/CISO, Grasshopper Bank

    30+ years IT and Information Security practice. CIO/CISO at the first digital commercial bank in the US. Previously served as the Global Head of Wealth Technology for Thomson Reuters wealth management business line. Lead a team of over 380 developers and technologists supporting the TR BETA, BETA Online, and Thomson One products. Previously t...

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    Brandi Keough
    Information Security Analyst, Novant Health

    Brandi Keough is a Charlotte, North Carolina, native who started her college career at UNC Charlotte as a Chemistry major and graduated from Utica College in 2016 with her Bachelors of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance with a concentration in Forensics and Investigations. Brandi is currently an information security analyst wi...

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    Laura Kerns
    VP, Sr. Claim Consultant, Conner Strong & Buckelew
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    Eugene Kesselman
    Founder and CEO, TapJets

    Eugene Kesselman is Founder and CEO of TapJets, the on-demand private jet charter company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Since 2015 the company has been using blockchain ledger technology to conduct its business and since 2016 became the first private aviation company to instantly accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for its services....

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    Lori Kevin
    VP, Security & Compliance, IMO Health

    A cybersecurity and compliance executive with a passion for building resilient organizations through strategic risk management, governance, and security leadership. I lead enterprise security and compliance programs that protect critical assets, ensure regulatory alignment, and enable business resilience. With over 20 years of experience in c...

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    Lori Kevin, Moderator
    VP, Security & Compliance, IMO Health

    A cybersecurity and compliance executive with a passion for building resilient organizations through strategic risk management, governance, and security leadership. I lead enterprise security and compliance programs that protect critical assets, ensure regulatory alignment, and enable business resilience. With over 20 years of experience in c...

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    Ayesha Khalid
    Deputy CISO, Vetcor

    Ayesha Khalid serves as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Vetcor, safeguarding veterinary health operations by leading cybersecurity strategy around Data and Network compliance. She holds over 18 years of experience in enterprise identity and access management (IAM), cloud security architecture, and governance frameworks across...

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    Rehman Khan
    Chief Information Security Architect, Netskope

    Rehman is the Head of Security Architecture & Engineering - Chief Information Security Architect at Netskope. Prior to joining Netskope, he led Security Architecture and Infrastructure Engineering teams at Financial Services, Biotechnology and Hospitality organizations.

    Rehman is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including pr...