

Sean BaggettVP & CISO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsSean Baggett is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Sean has been an IT and Security leader in the healthcare industry for over 20 years. He has a BS from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and is a former U.S Navy Surface Warfare Officer. He currently holds CISSP and CISM cert...
Kenrick BagnallToronto Police Service, Cybercrime Unit (Ret.); Founder, KONCYBER & RB-Cyber Assurance; RCMP Contractor/InstructorKenrick Bagnall has 17 years of law enforcement experience, the last eight of which were in the Coordinated Cyber Centre (C3) as a Cybercrime Investigator. Prior to law enforcement, he spent two decades working in the Information Technology industry primarily in the financial services sector. During this time, he spent twelve years in Bermuda...

Jack BaileyVP, Channel & Sales Enablement, 11:11 SystemsJack Bailey is the Vice President of Sales & Channel Enablement at 11:11 Systems. He is a driven IT sales and learning professional with demonstrated success in management, solving customer challenges and sales enablement. He oversees the alignment of advanced networking protocols, virtualization architecture, and multi-vendor/protocol suppor...
Weston BainbridgeSr. Solution Engineer, TaniumWeston started his career at Newrez where he focused on Desktop Administration, as well as Identity and Access Management. Weston has been at Tanium going on four years where he is now a Sr. Solutions Engineer, focusing on technical pre-sales engagements.

James BairdFounder and Manager, Cybersecurity Management Consultants, LLCAs a CISO, James has seen his role oversee all the programs and processes involved with Information Security, Operational Security, Technology Risk Management, and IT Compliance, . He has designed and implemented security programs using the ISO 27001, NIST RMF, NIST ICTSCRM, NIST CSF, and ITIL. James holds a Master of Science degree in Inform...

Andy BakerRegional Director, OptivAndrew Baker built a base of skills starting with the earliest implementations of 4th Generation Languages, originator of operator company wide voice mail systems, to seeing the product development and deployment of the first off switch Home Location Register and Authentication Center (HLR/AC) which dramatically improved AT&T’s call handling ...

Amy BakerVP of Marketing, Wombat Security TechnologiesAmy Baker, Vice President of Marketing at Wombat Security Technologies, has been in the information technology and security industry for almost 20 years and has been specifically focused on info security awareness and training for the last several years. Amy led the development of Wombat’s Best Practices Methodology for Security Education pro...
Natalia Bakhtina, MBA, CRISCDirector of Cybersecurity and IT Risk Management, BFL CANADANatalia Bakhtina is a strategic CISO-level leader and is globally recognized as the Women in IT Canada Finalist 2022. Natalia holds a Master’s of Business Administration Degree from Dalhousie University and is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).
Experienced results-oriented strategic professional in cybersecurit...


Vasanth BalakrishnanSr. Enterprise Solution Engineer, CloudflareVasanth Balakrishnan is a Senior Enterprise Solution Engineer for Cloudflare based in Houston, TX. His career started with 10 years in the telecommunications provider industry in engineering/planning roles moving towards customer-facing architect roles. His cybersecurity solution engineer career started in 2010 with RSA Security and subsequen...
Jamal BalametovDirector, IT & Security, MasterWordJamal Balametov is Director of IT and Security at MasterWord Services, a language services company providing interpretation and translation in 250+ languages to Fortune 500 clients, government agencies, and global institutions. With over 25 years of experience in IT leadership, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity compliance, Jamal has dir...
Ofir BalassianoCo-Founder & CPO, Bloom SecurityOfir is Co-Founder and CPO of Bloom Security, where he leads product strategy for the endpoint security platform built to govern AI tools, coding agents, and the modern software supply chain across enterprise endpoints. Ofir led the Cortex Cloud Security research group at Palo Alto Networks, with a track record of uncovering critical vulnerab...
Baseer BalazadehSr. Technical Marketing Engineer, GigamonBaseer Balazadeh has worked in IT management and implementation for more than 15 years. His experiences range from hands-on work on application architectures to development with DevOps best practices to network security and application migration into the public cloud IaaS. He has a bachelor's degree in computer system networking engineering f...
David BalcarSecurity Strategist, VMware Carbon BlackBalcar has over 18 years of experience in security and extensive knowledge of security research, network penetration testing, incident response and computer forensics. At VMware, he is responsible for the activities of the VMware Carbon Black portfolio, including EDR, App Control, Cloud Endpoint, Cloud Enterprise EDR, Cloud Audit and Remediat...
Ward BalcerzakField CISO, SentraWard Balcerzak is the Field Chief Information Security Officer at Sentra, where he helps global enterprises strengthen their data-security strategies across cloud, SaaS, and AI-driven environments. He brings nearly two decades of experience leading data-protection, insider-risk, and cybersecurity programs in highly regulated industries, with ...
Corey BallChief Hacking Officer, APIsec UniversityCorey Ball is an offensive security consultant who breaks APIs, agentic systems, cloud, and the networks that connect them, and builds application security tests at scale. He authored "Hacking APIs" (No Starch Press) and founded APIsec University, a free educational platform that has trained more than 150,000 students in application security....

Martin BallyVP & CSO, Diebold NixdorfMartin Bally is currently the Vice President and Chief Security Officer for Diebold Nixdorf with more than 20 years of experience. Prior he spent four years in the legal and financial industry and 12 years at Chrysler. He holds a Master’s of Science in Information Assurance and the CISSP, CISM, CISO, and CRISC security certification.
Tim BandosField CISO, Critical StartWith close to 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, I am a passionate and visionary leader who strives to protect organizations from cyber threats and enhance their resilience. I have a strong background in security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and digital forensics, as well as product management, marketing, and public sp...
Areejit BanerjeeSr. Manager, Data Protection, CARFAXAreejit Banerjee is an AI Policy Researcher at Purdue University and a Senior Data Protection Leader with more than years of experience at global institutions including Carfax (S&P Global), Broadridge and the World Bank. He specializes in bridging technical defense with executive governance. A named contributor to the "OWASP Automated Threat ...

Arvin BansalCISO, C&S Wholesale GrocersArvin Bansal is Chief Information Security Officer for Nissan Americas. Arvin is a Cyber Security subject matter expert with proven ability to design, build, and successfully implement global cyber security and risk programs for Fortune 30 firms, including Citigroup, Experian and Verizon.
Arvin’s work has gained recognition across the...
Brandon M. BapstCyber Risk Advisor, EYBrandon has more than nine years of strategic experience in the security risk field. As a Cyber Risk Advisor within EY's Cyber Transformation practice, he works closely with executives, CSOs and CISOs on developing mature cyber risk programs. He has worked with Global Fortune 100 companies to transform tactical security programs into holistic...
Jose BarajasTechnical Director of NA, Sales Engineering, AttackIQJose Barajas is Technical Director, NA Sales Engineering AttackIQ. He has over a decade of experience as a security researcher reverse-engineering malware and developing security controls and analytics. At AttackIQ, he now focuses on improving security control efficacy through attacker behavior emulation and establishing continuous security v...
Israel BarakCISO, CybereasonIsrael Barak, Chief Information Security Officer at Cybereason, is a cyber defense and warfare expert with a background developing cyber warfare infrastructure and proprietary technologies, including that of proprietary cryptographic solutions, research and analysis of security vulnerabilities. Israel has spent years training new personnel, p...

Rob BarberiDirector, Chief Client Officer, FINEX NA Cyber Security & Professional Risk, WTW
Curtis BarkerField CTO; VP, Product and Solution Architecture, RezilionCurtis has spent the past 10 years in technical sales and product management. Prior to Rezilion, Curtis spent 6 years at Symantec to manage their emerging mobile security products and went on to lead the Symantec product portfolio in their Asia Pacific region based in Singapore. Curtis transferred to Symantec HQ in Mountain View, California i...
David BarkerDirector of Application Security, GoodLeap LLCDavid Barker is Director of Application Security for GoodLeap LLC, a Fintech company providing a point-of-sale platform for sustainable home solutions. GoodLeap marks David’s fourth creation of a Code-to-Cloud Application Security program. His pedigree includes companies like Dell EMC, Stanley Black & Decker, and PTC. David has both an MBA an...
Ike BarnesAssistant to the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret ServiceAssistant to the Special Agent in Charge (ATSAIC) Ike Barnes is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. After serving in the US Army, ATSAIC Barnes became a Special Agent with the Secret Service in 2000 and was assigned to the New York Field Office. While there, ATSAIC Barnes was a member of the New York Electronic Cri...
Scott BarnesSr. Director of Enterprise Cyber Security (CISO), Fortune Brands InnovationsScott Barnes has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and 30 years overall in IT. He has built and led enterprise security programs across global Fortune 500 manufacturers. He has previously held leadership roles at Cummins and Tenneco, bringing together resilience, strategy, and innovation.


Jeremy BarnettSVP, Marketing and Business Development, NAS InsuranceJeremy Barnett is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for NAS Insurance, based in Los Angeles. Jeremy works across all NAS lines of business including Cyber, Specialty Products and Reinsurance solutions to provide brand strategy, product marketing, sales training, and producer support. Barnett is responsible for all co...
Matt BarnettCEO, SEVN-XMatt is the Chief Executive Officer at SEVN-X. As a certified forensic analyst, former Law Enforcement Officer, and expert field operator, Matt lead's SEVN-X's Incident Response, Forensics, and Physical Security practices.
Chris BaroneSecurity Architecture Lead, Convenience RetailCurrently the Lead Security Architect at Wawa, Chris has had multiple roles developing process and evangelizing security functions to the rest of the organization. Chris' undergraduate degree is from Drexel University, and he holds a Master's in Cybersecurity Strategy from George Washington University.
Jason BarrCIO & CISO, FirstupJason has been in the technology sector for over 20 years and has a passion for taking things apart and making them better.
Chad BarrDirector of Governance & Compliance, Risk Advisory Services, AccessIT GroupChad Barr is a seasoned leader in the field of information security, currently serving as the Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) within the Risk Advisory Service practice at AccessIT Group (AITG). With a proven track record of success, Chad brings a wealth of experience to AccessIT Group.
As a visionary leader in the re...


Janette BarrettoHead of Cybersecurity, Yazaki North & Central America | EMEAAs a cybersecurity leader, Janette drives global cybersecurity and information security programs, ensuring enterprise-wide protection and compliance with evolving regulations. Her curiosity fuels her passion for learning and staying ahead in the field.
Collaboration is key to success, whether working with C-suite executives, peers, or ...
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