With over six years of experience in privacy and data governance, Ben is a passionate and driven global privacy and infosec attorney at eBay, where he helps the company navigate the complex and evolving regulatory landscape of data protection and cyber security. He has a strong background in computer science, cyber security, network engineeri...

Eva Benn is a Program Manager at Microsoft, responsible for coordinating some of the enterprise’s most critical governance, risk and compliance (GRC) efforts. With over 4 years of consulting experience, Eva brings a strong background GRC and Cyber program development, 3rd party risk management and RSA Archer technology solution enablement. He...

Bob Bennett became the Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, in January 2016 after a 25-year career in the US Army. He leads the Smart City initiatives, a suite of projects including: data analysis, Public Wi-Fi, digital kiosk installation, and smart lighting programs in the city’s downtown core. Kansas City’s initia...

Andy is a native Texan with nearly 20 years of experience in IT, DF, and Cyber Security Issues. He is passionate about security works every day as the Director of the Center of Excellence in Digital Forensics to share that passion with others.

Scott Bennett leads Lear Corporation’s global applications as the Vice President of Applications, Deployment and Development. Prior to joining Lear Corporation, he served as the Global Chief Information Officer to International Automotive Components Group, a $6 billion Tier 1 automotive supplier. Before that, Scott was the North America CIO...

Joe Bennett is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Adient. A security leader known for developing and implementing strategic plans to support business objectives, Joe blends leadership and team building to execute an overall security program. As Chief Information Security Officer, Joe has built a security framework t...

Air Force Officer for 22 years culminating as the Director of Research for a Department of Defense and Dept. of Homeland Security interagency research center delivering capability to the Homeland Security Enterprise and the Air Force. He was the CEO for a small business in Colorado Springs for 14 years and is currently the program manager and...

Patrick was previosuly the Global Head of Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance / Business Information Security Officer for CBRE. He was formerly the Deputy CISO for Cheetah Digital. He has been an Executive Business Partner at Experian; a Customer Delivery Executive and Service Delivery Leader at Dell; and owned a technology consulting comp...

Ryan Benson is a seasoned networking & security engineer, technologist, and industry thought-leader with more than 20 years of experience in the field. He is an Electrical Engineer originally from Louisiana, with experience guiding clients in the energy, defense, government, and mostly large commercial enterprise space in the Southeast U.S. <...

Scott Benson is the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure at Mud Bay, with over 25 years of experience in the field. He holds certifications such as CISSP, CEH, and PCIP. Scott leads a team responsible for cybersecurity, infrastructure, and help desk services, ensuring successful business outcomes and compliance with industry standards...

In 1994, David began his investigative career as a Counterintelligence Special Agent. During his tour, he conducted numerous investigations across multiple continents. After the military, he joined the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and left as a supervisor on their computer evidence recovery team. He worked for a fortune 25 company and late...

Susan Berezny is the Director of Information Security at the Royal Canadian Mint. She is responsible for developing a cybersecurity strategy and managing a risk-based security program aligned with business objectives. Prior to joining the Mint, Susan was with The Ottawa Hospital for 23 years in several roles, including Information Security Of...

A global CIO & CISO, Sue brings broad technology and operational experience to help companies secure and grow through innovation, and optimization in cloud, on-prem environments and acquisition. She’s held strategic positions at Microsoft, ActiveCampaign, Precisely, Episerver, Aramark, and CVS Pharmacy. Sue is the author of "So, You Want to b...

With nearly a decade of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Alex Berger joined Open Systems to lead Product Marketing in 2021. Throughout his career, he has worked on a wide range of solutions spanning identity and access management, network security, cloud workload protection, data access governance and more. In his spare time, he enjo...

Asher is a consultant with a broad set of expertise in SaaS customer success, intelligence analysis and strategy, and stakeholder management. Before his current role, he was an analyst working within this ambiguous, expansive idea of risk: financial risk, security and cyber risks, reputational risks, etc. He's fully embraced this concept in h...

Jack Berkowitz, Chief Data Officer at Securiti AI, plays a strategic role in helping enterprises unleash the power of Data and AI safely with Securiti’s pioneering Data Command Center. Berkowitz spent the previous five years as the CDO for ADP, where he guided AI strategy and led the development of cloud-native Data and ML solutions that leve...

Amanda Berlin is the Director of Incident Detection Engineering at Blumira, bringing nearly two decades of experience to her position. At Blumira she leads a team of incident detection engineers who are responsible for creating new detections based on threat intelligence and research for the Blumira platform.An accomplished author, speaker, a...

Justin is the CISO at Zenefits. Previously he lead security at Flatiron Health, lead security architecture at Bridgewater Associates, and built business at Aspect Security. He focuses on data and adversary driven approaches to security, and on centering security in business value.

Karl Bernard, CISSP, is an IT Security Architect at UTHealth with 30 years of IT experience, with 20 years in Information Security. His experience runs the full gamut of IT Security: he has implemented new technologies, such as network monitoring products and web application firewalls; performed risk assessments; coordinated large DR tests; l...

Jake is a technology leader with significant experience in funding rounds, delivering security transformation and building best in class security functions.

Passionate, innovative & pragmatic with an understanding of what makes businesses tick and how to take them from start up or growth phase to enterprise level security capabilities,...

Jake Bernstein is a practicing attorney and CISSP who counsels clients trying to understand their cybersecurity risks and the legal duties that arise from those risks. In his decade-plus of practice, Jake has acted as both regulator as an Assistant Attorney General with the Washington State Attorney General's Office and as private defense cou...

Jacob Berry has always been drawn to the mechanics of how things work—whether it’s the inner workings of a security system, the precision of a well-tuned motorcycle, or the balance of flavors in a perfectly crafted dish. With over 15 years in cybersecurity, he’s built a career on breaking things down, refining them, and pushing the boundaries...

Alan Berry leads the Cyber Incident Response, Security Strategy, and Threat and Vulnerability Management teams, as well as the Business Resilience and Crisis Management teams. Alan brings 30 years of experience in cyber operations, communications, and command and control. Prior to joining Centene in November of 2017, Alan led the Disaster Rec...

Brandon Berry is Executive Director, Head of Digital Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Amgen, where he is a member of the Cybersecurity & Digital Trust (CDT) Leadership Team. Brandon leads Amgen's Digital Governance, Risk and Compliance team, responsible for the strategy, governance, and oversight of enterprise technology and cybersecurity ...

Paul has a passion for security, education, and bad puns, bringing them together whenever possible. He has spent the last 2 decades protecting people from the usual suspects of hackers, criminals, and bored teenagers and is focused on teaching how to connect with people through storytelling and energizing presentations to change behaviors. He...

Richard Berthao is the Director of Cybersecurity Architecture for Draper Laboratory. He previously served more than 20 years in the federal government. This service began with over 19 years as an IT Director in the Massachusetts National Guard, Department of Defense (DoD). He continued as a Cybersecurity Advisor for Connecticut & Massachusett...

Lonnie Best has spent over 13 years in security, with his introduction to the field working physical security at a commercial nuclear power generating plant, and the last 6+ of those years helping organizations detect and respond to security incidents as part of Rapid7's Managed Detection and Response (MDR) practice. His experience during tha...

Brad Beutlich is an information security professional who has worked with numerous U.S. based companies over the past 20 years, providing security solutions ranging from end-point to data security. The last 13 years, he has worked for Entrust providing security solutions that protect customer data, financial transactions, and IoT device manuf...

Sonali Bhagwat is Senior Director at Adobe, leading global programs in Security Engineering, Privacy and Data Protection. With more than 20 years of experience at Adobe, Twitter, and Microsoft, she has built scalable AI governance frameworks, privacy-by-design initiatives, and enterprise security capabilities. She holds a Bachelor’s in Engine...

Bhaskar Bharat Sawant is a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead at Cornerstone Building Brands with over 15 years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud development, and regulatory compliance. Bhaskar has led initiatives in AI-driven testing, data privacy engineering, and pricing automation across complex .NET and Azure ecosystems....

With more than 15 years of leadership experience, Ravi brings deep technical expertise in IT, security, and cloud transformation, aligning technology initiatives with business strategy, operational resilience, and risk management.

Ravi’s industry experience spans private equity, venture capital, manufacturing, and Fortune 500 organizat...

Gurinder Bhatti is a Principal Global Security Strategist for Okta's pre-sales field teams. In his current role, he works with both customers and prospects in helping them understand the value proposition of Identity as a security strategy. Prior to Okta, Gurinder was an AVP of Cyber Security engineering at Moody’s and implemented numerous se...

Titus Bickel, CISSP, is Information Security's Global head of Cyber Training & Awareness. Titus manages firm-wide messaging of security policies and guidlines and offers annual compliance, virtual, and micro-trainings covering numerous security topics. Prior to his position with BlackRock, Titus produced intelligence and risk assessments for ...

Tom has been in the network and security field for over 20 yrs. During this time he worked for large enterprises as a Network Engineer and for multiple network management and security vendors where he has had roles in Sales Engineering /Management, Technical Field Marketing and Product Management. Currently at Arbor Networks he’s a Director o...

Brent is a seasoned Cybersecurity Leader with 36+ years of IT and Information Security experience and a passion for enhancing Cybersecurity through awareness training, architecture design, thought leadership, policy, people, process, and technology. He has worked in many industries including healthcare, aviation, financial, government, automo...

Wally Bitaut has worked in the content and collaboration industry for over 30 years, starting with FileNet Corporation (now an IBM Company) in Executive Leadership roles across Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Professional Services, and as a Board member. Today, Wally is the Global VP of Business Development at Seclore. His focus is to c...

Jay Bivens started his technology career working in IT stationed aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) back in 1993. With a background expertise in email security and Advanced Threat Protection, his career spans several areas including Cloud Access Security Brokers, Web Application Firewalls, and Application Delivery Controllers. Jay has earned GIAC Ce...