Patrick Sullivan is VP, CTO of Security Strategy for Akamai and a Contributing Author for Information-Security magazine. Patrick joined Akamai's Security Team in 2005 and has been a leader working with leading enterprises to design security architectures and thwart evolving threats. Patrick is a frequent speaker at Security Conferences includ...

Robert (Bob) Sullivan leads Agero’s Technology Shared Services organization. This includes Cyber Security, Cloud Operations, Data Networking, Site Reliability, L1/L2 Support, End User Services, IT PMO, and Telecommunications teams. Bob is the executive tasked with delivery of highly reliable IT solutions within this life safety organization. ...

As a solutions manager for Rapid7’s Incident Detection & Response offerings, Eric works closely with Metasploit, their penetration testers, and managed SOC to help security teams model their programs after the intruder attack chain. Eric brings a layer of behavior analytics and risk management from his many years in Asia as a professional pok...

Ian Sun is a cybersecurity researcher and conference speaker focused on social engineering defense and human layer security. He previously presented original research at SecureWorld Financial Services in 2025, where he introduced the Dissonance Test, a behavioral method for surfacing deception in hiring and access control, including nation-st...

Connor Surkau-Parkinson is a Product Manager at Cloud Storage Security, where he collaborates with a skilled team to develop innovative security solutions for organizations that store, ingest, and transmit data in the cloud. During his time at CSS, Connor has played a key role in delivering major enhancements across multiple initiatives — inc...

Emmy-winning journalist Bruce Sussman spent more than 20 years on TV screens in Portland, Oregon. During his "second career," he became fascinated by cybersecurity while working with CISOs at Gartner. He joined SecureWorld in 2017 to help grow its media division. Currently, he hosts the Remote Sessions daily web conference series and SecureWo...

Emma Sutcliffe oversees a number of PCI Security Standards, including the PCI DSS and PA-DSS. She chairs the PCI SSC’s Technical Working Group (TWG) and the Tokenization Working Group, where she works closely with the Payment Brands and Affiliate members to develop standards, supporting documentation and guidance papers. Sutcliffe has over 15...

John is a Senior Technology Architect at CenturyLink, a retired US Army intelligence officer, a former Defense Attaché, and SE Asian Foreign Area Officer fluent in Vietnamese with over 26 years of experience in information security and political-military operations. CISM, CISSP.

Practice Lead for Technical Account Management at AttackIQ. Cory has 20+ years' experience in IT focusing on security, seven+ years with the DoD. He has spent the last two years at AttackIQ delivering Security Optimization (BAS).

Aaron works with large financial institutions in North America, Europe, and the UK to ensure they are able to safely and securely use Google Cloud for their critical workloads. Aaron has significant experience in the implementation and configuration of Google Cloud security products, and leads the development of security artifacts to meet str...

Samuel Sutton is an FBI Computer Scientist. Since 1992 he has worked in Headquarters and Field Offices across the country. He is currently assigned to a Cyber Squad of the Houston Office. Specializing in Computer Security, Network Forensics, "Enhanced Network Capabilities", and Information Security Management, his skills have been applied to ...

Brandon has 12 years of experience in legal, counterintelligence, and financial security across worldwide organizations. He has worked with hedge funds, the US Intelligence community, and the International Monetary Fund.

As a digital forensic expert and licensed private investigator in the state of Texas, Ted Swailes has over twenty-four (24) years of investigative and technical security experience working with major corporations and law firms. He has brought expertise and support services to engagements in intellectual property theft investigations, non com...

Aravind Swaminathan is global co-chair of the firm's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy team, which was named Privacy Practice Group of the Year in 2016 by Law360, and is nationally ranked by The Legal 500 in two categories. Aravind earned "particular praise" from Legal 500, as part of a team known for being "extremely responsive and client focused...

Scott Swanson is a former cleared national security intelligence professional who has focused for the past decade on Business Risk Intelligence and Financial Crimes as a thought leader and practitioner. He currently works for PwC’s Financial Crimes Unit, is certified in Fraud Investigations, Mobile Forensics, Anti-Money Laundering, and focuse...

Christer Swartz is Director of Industry Solutions for Illumio. He has spent many years in the Cyber industry, beginning with a small startup called Cisco. He was part of Netflix’s design of internet video-streaming, without breaking the internet, then with Palo Alto Networks. He focuses on the details of cybersecurity to specific industries, ...

Andrew Sweet is a distinguished cybersecurity leader and market strategist who has spent the last decade at the forefront of cloud security evolution. A pioneer in the space, Andrew has been instrumental in defining and bringing to market critical security categories, specifically Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and SaaS Security Pos...

John Swensson is the Customer Success Manager at CloudPassage and is responsible for all customer support initiatives. John’s information security career spans two decades and includes a broad number of business environments. John and the CloudPassage teams have worked together creating groundbreaking security solutions across a range of indu...

Craig Swinteck has a comprehensive background in IT operations and cybersecurity, with a career spanning across entrepreneurship, small businesses to global corporations, serving the public in local and federal government, and providing cybersecurity guidance in challenging industries such as Finance, Healthcare, and Manufacturing. Craig’s pa...

Navy Veteran with a current role as a Dev Sec Ops engineer focusing in infrastructure resiliency. Past careers in banking software, web application, and construction worker while through college. (Construction applies more to security than I ever thought) Also love coffee.

Elizabeth Sylve is Senior Business Consultant for Enterprise Businesses at CSC where she helps and advises Senior IT and Cyber Security Professionals mitigate risk in front of the firewall. She is also a speaker for Global Antifraud and Phishing Solutions, former 8-year VP of IT Technology consultant at FuturTech Consulting, LLC, and has 24 y...

Joseph R. Szmadzinski has served as interim and permanent CIO (over 12 times) or as an advisor to the chief executive teams/ officers to troubleshoot, restructure, and manage client systems during turnaround, growth, and profit improvement efforts. Joe has served clients in a wide variety of industries, including financial services, transport...

Michael (CISSP, CGEIT, CISM) has over 35 years of industry experience delivering security consulting service internationally in security policy, security risk management, network design, and troubleshooting. He has designed global networks and provided security consultation for many corporations, as well as for U.S. Defense contractors and f...

As a Solutions Engineer, Marc Tabago works with enterprises to solidify and strengthen their digital security policies against malicious threat actors. However, he believes that having a concrete digital security posture starts at the use case level, driven and experienced by its users and not simply read off a PowerPoint slide. Once the dust...

Hemanth Tadepalli serves as the Head of Cybersecurity and Compliance at May Mobility, a company revolutionizing transportation through advanced autonomous vehicle technology. His career spans notable roles at prestigious organizations, including management consulting firm AlixPartners, cybersecurity leader Mandiant, tech giant Google, and Mic...

Erez Tadmor holds a two-decade career in the ever-evolving information security field, marked by his diverse background in managing various product portfolios and verticals. His expertise spans cloud and network security, automation & orchestration, IAM, fraud detection and prevention. As Tufin's Field CTO, he bridges the gap between customer...

Aryan is highly unorthodox and has been a key contributor on multiple disruptive efforts at T-Mobile USA, including BI Retail Dashboards, Managing & Security Mobile Point of Sale Tablets, and SLT devices. He's created T-Mobile's Zero Trust Strategy, and more recently has been tapped to join a select tiger team to deliver MFA Everywhere for Re...

Kim Tang is Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management at Blue Yonder, with more than 20 years of experience spanning enterprise risk, cybersecurity governance, data protection, compliance, and technology risk. Prior to this role, Kim held risk and compliance leadership roles at Microsoft and spent 14 years with EY advising global organizat...

Dana Tannatt graduated from Norwich University with a master’s degree in information security and assurance. He is also a member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor society for Computing and Information Disciplines. He has been a Security and Privacy software specialist for more than 18 years. He has extensive experience with Identity Access Gove...

Sule Tatar is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Arctic Wolf, where she does research on security trends and brings groundbreaking cybersecurity products and services to market. She has extensive experience in the B2B cybersecurity space and holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering and an MBA.

Currently CISO at Crocs, Inc., based out of Broomfield, CO – a global brand in the footwear and accessories market. As CISO, she is responsible for securing assets within the enterprise, retail, and distribution business, including global security operations and the governance/risk/compliance functions. Lena currently also serves on the Boa...

Tony Taylor is Chief Information Security Officer at Land O'Lakes, Inc., where he leads the enterprise cybersecurity program responsible for safeguarding the company’s global digital ecosystem, including the technologies that support modern agriculture, food production, and supply chain operations.

Tony brings more than 30 years of lea...

Strategic and people centric information security leader with 20+ years of experience with notable success in designing, planning, analysis, and implementation of large and complex security initiatives across federated organizations. Strength in providing comprehensive and practical security risk reduction plans and roadmaps to the business. ...

Mike Taylor is a learning designer, speaker, and consultant who helps organizations make cybersecurity awareness stick. With 20+ years of experience spanning instructional design, marketing, and technology, Mike specializes in transforming forgettable training into engaging, behavior-changing programs. He has led learning innovation at Fortun...

Scott Taylor is a senior technology leader with over 23 years of experience across end-user, partner, and manufacturer environments within the IT industry. He currently serves as Director, Cyber Resilience, Field Solutions Architect at Everpure, where he leads technical strategy and helps drive customer success through innovative security and...

Simon Taylor is the CEO of HYCU where he creates and executes on the vision and strategy for one of the world's leading multi-cloud backup and recovery SaaS businesses. Prior to HYCU, Simon held senior executive positions at Comtrade Software including President and CEO as well as Chief Strategy Officer of The Comtrade Group where he evaluate...

Monica Taylor Boggan is the Head of the Business Information Security Office (BISO) at WM, where she drives the alignment of cybersecurity with core business priorities across WM’s Digital, Corporate, Customer, Operations & Sustainability, and Healthcare Solutions divisions. Her work centers on building stronger third-party risk capabilities,...