Chris Pittman has worked in enterprise information technology since 1993 and has specialized in cyber security for the last 14 years. He worked in security and controls and incident response for the Ford Motor Company before moving to the security vendor space in 2008. As a sales engineer at BlackBerry Cylance, he provides technical and secur...

Lisa Plaggemier is Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance. She is a recognized thought leader in security awareness and education with a track record of engaging and empowering people to protect themselves, their families, and their organizations. Lisa is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t b...

Lisa Plaggemier is Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance. She is a recognized thought leader in security awareness and education with a track record of engaging and empowering people to protect themselves, their families, and their organizations. Lisa is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t b...

Chris Plesiuk, M.Sc., a Senior Consultant specializing in strategic cybersecurity services at Mandiant, brings over 15 years of comprehensive expertise to the critical infrastructure sector. Chris's experience spans both IT and ICS/OT environments, addressing the unique challenges of diverse critical infrastructure industries. His core specia...

Cybersecurity Fellow to provide architecture guidance across products and programs. BS Computer Engineering. CISSP.

Michael Podemski, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CIPM, CIPT, is a Senior Manager in the Risk Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP. He focuses on managing and delivering high-quality IT assurance and advisory engagements, including financial statement audits/internal controls over financial reporting (SOX 404), pre- and post-implementation syst...

Anatoly oversees global technology, cloud, security, and product operations, and he is dedicated to delivering and managing EDETEK’s innovative suite of clinical platforms. As a technology leader, Anatoly brings more than 25 years of experience which spans multiple industries and business verticals. Prior to joining EDETEK, Anatoly worked in ...

Jeff T. Polczynski is the VP of Solutions Architecture at 11:11 Systems. Previously, he was a key member of the Network Engineering team, where he helped design and build the network infrastructure for the 11:11 Cloud. Jeff has more than 20 years of experience in data center, networking, and security roles across government, financial service...

Daniel is a 25-year veteran within the Security, Mobile Services, and Networking industry. Daniel helps businesses understand the risk and impact of cyberthreats that enterprises face in today’s always changing environment. As security risks continue to evolve from signature-based attacks to behavioral attacks, it is imperative that organizat...

Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management (RIM) framework.

Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leade...

Jon's background is in Computer Science and was a software developer building web and mobile applications before moving into the security industry. He has been working with SIEM technologies for over a decade and has worked with hundreds of customers over that time building out SOC and SOC teams.

Ashish thrives on pragmatism, innovation and building teams that deliver a promise. He started his career over 20 years ago, as a computer scientist in upstate NY, and since then has been learning the 'art of impossible', by wearing multiple hats, including writing code, conducting pen tests, finding and fixing security bugs, building and shi...

Thomas Pore is the Director of Product Marketing at Pentera. He is a network security expert with a 20-year background utilizing NetFlow and packets for network detection & response (NDR), encrypted traffic analysis, ethical hacking, and incident response. His expertise is rooted in diverse experience with product marketing, product managemen...

Matt is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with more than a decade of experience in healthcare and manufacturing. As Cyber Fusion Center Director at Trinity Health, he oversees operational cybersecurity including incident response, threat intelligence and monitoring. Matt specializes in executive-level incident response leadership, cyber resilie...

Born and raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Davitt has over 25 years of experience in the OEM, VAR & MSSP channels realm. From starting as a field services engineer fresh from school at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and eventually defining and managing IT operations and strategy for numerous companies in a CTO capac...

Bruce Potter is the CISO at Expel. Previously, Bruce co-founded Ponte Technologies, a cybersecurity research and engineering company. He also served as the senior technical advisor to the members of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security, and co-founded the Shmoo Group in 1996.

Chris is Director of Technology & Strategy, as well as the Deputy CTO, at BitSight Technologies, guiding enterprises in assessing risk metrics and managing third-party relationships. He's been in cybersecurity for over 35 years, in both technical roles as a developer for the DoD intelligence community, and in executive positions, such as CSO ...

Matthew Pour is a seasoned leader in Information Technology and Information Security, currently leading Island's North America Solutions Engineers. With decades of experience, he has successfully established ITIL practices and InfoSec programs for Fortune 500 companies and engineered solutions for complex business challenges at leading techno...

Steven is a VP at LPL Financial leading the BISO team. Steven has been a part of the BISO department since inception 5 years ago. Steven has 20 years of experience across banking and utilities industries within Governance, Risk, Control, and Audit functions and holds CPA, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, and CCSP certifications.

FBI Agent in the Counter Intelligence and Insider Threat group.

Kevin is the founder and director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Program at Boston College, and an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Boston College Law School and in Boston College’s Carroll School of Management’s Business Law and Society Department. Along with his teaching at Boston College, Kevin is a C...

Kevin is the founder and director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Program at Boston College, and an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Boston College Law School and in Boston College’s Carroll School of Management’s Business Law and Society Department. Along with his teaching at Boston College, Kevin is a C...

Tejas Pravinbhai Patel is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon and Chair of the Irving ACM Chapter. He holds Fellowship designations from SCRS, BCS, and IET, and has delivered 14+ international keynotes at IEEE and ACM conferences. He has 30+ IEEE Xplore publications in AI systems and inference optimization (h-index 4, 77 citation...

Dave has been working in IT since the last millennium. In his current role, he manages the device management system for medical devices. He has worked primarily in healthcare throughout his IT career.

John Prewett is a security technologist with over 20 years’ experience helping private sector, government agencies, and educational institutions identify risk and improve their security postures. John's latest passion is code writing, software engineering best practice, and otherwise improving the overall relationship between security practit...

TJ Preyear is a Cyber Security Analyst that is currently employed by Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers known for hacking IoT devices, web applications, and password managers. TJ got into cybersecurity because of his limitless curiosity and his accidental hacking of an educational website. This opened a new ...

Brett Price is a Lead Cybersecurity Consultant for the Risk Advisory
Services practice at AccessIT Group (AITG). Brett’s Cybersecurity journey
spans over two decades in the mid to large Enterprise space, where he
seamlessly transitioned from systems administrator and network architect
roles into esteemed cybersecurity ...

Jeffrey Pricher has over 17 years of cybersecurity experience working in many different industries, and currently works for Check Point Software. He holds a master’s degree in Network Security, and serves part-time as a lead threat hunter for the Missouri Guard’s Computer Network Defense team, focused on providing security for the state’s cri...

Brandon Pritz is a forward-thinking cybersecurity leader serving as Vice President of Cybersecurity (CISO) and IT Operations at Jet Aviation in West Palm Beach, Florida. In this role, he’s revolutionized the security department, driving efficiency, and transforming it into a streamlined powerhouse that slashes breach risks while aligning with...

Jacob Prosser is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with more than 14 years of experience in the field. As a Director of Cyber Defense at Cox Communications, he and his team play a critical role in keeping the company and its customers safe from cyber threats. His expertise spans various domains within cybersecurity including application s...

Allison Prout is Senior Counsel at Constangy, where she represents clients, including SaaS providers, data aggregators, and healthcare-covered entities, in complex technology transactions with a specialized focus on data privacy and security contractual requirements. She develops and implements contracting procedures for clients, including in...

Dr. Lauren E. Provost is an ethical hacker, author and professor. She directs The Ethical Hackers Cybersecurity organization, a virtual community for educators and industry providing comprehensive planning and risk management updates, network and cloud security knowledge and information on other cybersecurity topics such as general penetratio...

Joe's been in cyber since the internet was a piece of string tied between two soup cans! He's a former Army warrant officer (network warfare), MIT Lincoln Laboratory IAM, IBM (XForce Cyber Range) “The Cave” member, teaches professional ED at MIT with the Geospatial Cyber Security group, and has a Masters in Cyber from Utica College. His forme...

Lee is a Cloud Security Specialist engaging with Check Point customers in the southeast to enable and accelerate their digital transformation and cloud initiatives, by designing secure, compliant solutions to protect their corporate assets and data in the public cloud.

Before joining Check Point, Lee held Sales, Management and Business...

As the City of Chicago’s Chief Risk Officer, Ms. Puckett was responsible for implementing and managing the city’s enterprise risk management governance framework, including the implementation of policies and procedures to identify and manage organizational risks. A career risk manager, Ms. Puckett possesses over 15 years of experience managin...

Nick has spent his entire career helping businesses solve problems pertaining to cybersecurity, technology and compliance while building high performing teams that collaboratively deliver services and solutions. These experiences have manifested themselves over the years in different shapes and forms; internal audit, consulting and customer s...

Kennetra Pulliams has more than 20 years of experience as a broadcast journalist. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin. Her career has taken her from Texas to Virginia to Kansas City. Kennetra spent more than a decade working at Spectrum Sports, a regional broadcast network. There, she had to opportunity to cover the Kansas Ci...

Andy is Chief Security Officer for Huawei Technologies USA, overseeing Huawei USA's cybersecurity assurance program and supporting Huawei’s global assurance program. Andy is the Huawei global lead for the East-West Institute Global Cooperation in Cyberspace Initiative and serves on the Steering Committee of The Open Group Trusted Technology F...

Vinay is an ex-veteran and a leader in cybersecurity with two decades of experience. He possess incisive analytical skills and has innovative ideas to identify gaps in cybersecurity posture and has helped many organizations in architecting complete security frameworks. Vinay holds dual masters in Computer Science and Information Warfare from ...

Robin Purnell currently works as a Senior Security Engineer at Trend Micro. With almost two decades of experience, he has made significant contributions to the global security landscape, partnering with organizations worldwide to tackle their most pressing security challenges. His expertise spans diverse industry sectors, including corporate,...

Stephen Purpura is an American entrepreneur and an applied machine learning researcher. He has co-founded four companies that focus on evolving the future of work, including Context Relevant (renamed Versive and acquired by eSentire) and SkyEye LLC (also acquired). He holds degrees from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and th...