Paul Yates currently serves as the Assistant Director for Information Security at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He is responsible for building and executing the strategy for the Security Operations and Risk Management teams within UCM’s Information Security Office. Mr. Yates has worked in the Healthcare, Consulting and DoD industr...

Amy E. Yee is a Fractional Chief Digital and Transformation Officer and the founder of Wired for Change, a podcast exploring digital impact and innovation. With more than eight years in senior executive roles, she has led enterprise-wide digital and cybersecurity transformations across sectors, including healthcare. Amy brings deep expertise ...

Shanee has Big 4 accounting firm and private sector (financial services) experience working as an IT Auditor. She holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems Management and is currently pursuing a MBA.

Yepes is the Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology. Before his current role, Ray served as the CISO for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the third largest agency in the Lone Star State. Ray holds a Master of Science in criminal justice and a Bachelor of ...

Arlene Yetnikoff is the Director of Information Security for DePaul University, which offers numerous degrees in Computer Science, including Masters and Bachelor's in Information Security fields. Arlene has worked in Information Security for many years as a consultant, educator and hands-on practitioner. Today, Arlene leads DePaul's Informati...

Greg enjoys inspiring, innovating, and collaborating to drive business value; time with family; backpacking adventures; and craft beer.

Greg enjoys inspiring, innovating, and collaborating to drive business value; time with family; backpacking adventures; and craft beer.

Brian Yoshino serves as a Cybersecurity Advisor with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) where he supports CISA’s mission of strengthening the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure. As a CSA, Mr. Yoshino is the liaison between federal services and state, local, tribal, and territorial governme...

Josh is an experienced cybersecurity leader with over 20 years in security and networking. He has spent the last decade at Palo Alto Networks where he has held multiple roles, beginning with Next Generation Firewalls and Network Security, and now leading the Cortex Systems Engineering and Solutions Architecture teams for North America. Josh a...

Robert Young is a Regional Sales Engineer for CrowdStrike in the northeast U.S. territory, with an extensive background in security and IT operations. Over his career, Robert has worked both in the private and public sectors, as the customer and in sales, giving him a deep understanding of the people, processes, and technologies involved in s...

James Young, a Senior Strategic Security Consultant based in Toronto, Ontario, offers over 25 years of extensive cybersecurity expertise. His career spans critical areas such as architecture, incident response, operations, and risk management, demonstrating a well-rounded understanding of the field. James's experience extends across diverse a...

Beth Young has 20 years of cyber security experience. She is currently a Senior Security Incident Response Consultant with Aflac. Beth has previously worked for a financial services company and for one of the Information Sharing and Analysis centers. She just completed her Masters in Applied Data Science from Syracuse University. She has prev...

Susan Young is part of Marsh’s North American Cyber Practice based in the Seattle office. She specializes cyber risk, media liability, and technology errors and omissions. Susan is also responsible for the growth strategy of the US & Canada Cyber Practice. Susan acts as a holistic cyber/E&O risk advisor for her clients – advising on cyber ri...

Timothy Youngblood is the former SVP, Chief Security Officer and Product Security Officer for T-Mobile, where he led the company’s cybersecurity organization. Prior to T-Mobile, Youngblood served as the Chief Information Security Officer for McDonald’s. He also established the CISO roles for two major industry brands, becoming the first Globa...

Ed is the Business Information Security Officer for Gallagher Bassett and Global Head of Third Party Risk Management for Gallagher. He is an accomplished leader with over 20 years of experience in information security and IT GRC. He has built cybersecurity programs with emphasis on IT risk management, vulnerability management, third party ris...

Marwan Youssef is an accomplished cybersecurity and risk management expert with over 25 years of experience leading information security and technology programs at large organizations. Marwan is currently serving as the Third Party Cybersecurity Program leader at General Motors.

Prior to GM, Marwan was the Client Management Executive f...

Known for his ability to communicate both technically and conceptually in an authoritative yet entertaining style, Dale “Dr. Z” Zabriskie has consulted with IT professionals across the globe, advising on implementing effective cyber security strategies. He is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and certified in Clou...

I am a high-performing, globally-experienced executive with extensive information security, product security, enterprise risk management and information technology leadership experiences. I believe my unique blend of leadership positions across these disciplines has given me a well-rounded and results-oriented approach.

I have demonstr...

I am a high-performing, globally-experienced executive with extensive information security, product security, enterprise risk management and information technology leadership experiences. I believe my unique blend of leadership positions across these disciplines has given me a well-rounded and results-oriented approach.

I have demonstr...

Jamie Zajac has over 10 years of experience in security and data protection roles and is currently the Vice President of Product Management for Recorded Future, an advanced security intelligence company. Jamie holds a B.S. in Meteorology and Computer Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a MBA from UMass.

Olivera Zatezalo is the Chief Security Officer at Huawei Canada, and her responsibility is to ensure Huawei Canada’s operations is compliant with Canadian cyber security laws and regulations. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, Olivera is best known for creating value through collaborative leadership style, agi...

Nader Zaveri has over 15 years of experience in IT security, infrastructure, and risk management. Nader has led hundreds of incident response investigations related to on-prem or cloud-based environments. He has helped investigate and understand the storyline of the attack for the most allusive threat actors such as nation-states. He also lea...

As Washington State’s Enterprise IT Policy Manager, Samantha Zee shepherds the IT policy updates and waiver requests. She previously managed a 24/7 answering service, leveraging the latest technology to encourage human connections serving government, private, and non-profit clients. She earned her MBA while serving as Western Washington Unive...

Chris is currently Vice President, Cyber Operations and Analysis, for Dell Technologies. In this role, Chris leads the strategy and optimization of Dell's Cyber Security Operations (CSIRT, eFI, Security Assurance and Vulnerability Management) globally. Prior to joining Dell, Chris served at the first CISO for the Wendy's company, where he spe...

I am a global CIO and technology executive with 25 years of experience leading digital transformation across multinational organizations. I have worked in both family-owned and public companies with worldwide presence, building and leading multicultural, geographically distributed teams. Throughout my career, I have focused on creating opport...

Al Zieba is a customer-oriented and security focus IT leader with over 20+ years of experience in IT leadership across multiple verticals. He has worked in Financial Services, Software Development, Manufacturing and most recently the Retail Food sector. He grew up in Chicago, and is a DePaul "Double Demon" holding both a Bachelors of Science...

Terry has over 25 years' experience in the information security field with work ranging from hands on security penetration testing to the build out of complex, state of the art cyber protections. Additionally, he has spent over a decade in the role of Chief Information Security Officer for very large organizations (including Atrium Health her...

Amit Zimerman, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Oasis, is a seasoned leader with a diverse technical and product background. Before co-founding Oasis, he played pivotal roles at CyberMDX, and Microsoft, bringing a wealth of product and security expertise. Amit also had significant contributions during his seven-year tenure in Israeli M...

Toby Zimmerer is a Senior Demand and Delivery Director in Optiv’s Data Governance, Privacy, and Protection practice, where he assists organizations with building programs and implementing solutions focused on protecting high value information and assets. He has more than 24 years of professional experience developing information security stra...

Tanya Zlateva is the Dean of Boston University’s Metropolitan College and founding director of the Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security. She spearheaded the development of cybersecurity programs both face-to-face and online. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science and pursues research in cybersecurity, educational technolo...

Adam Zoller is the Chief Information Security Officer for Providence, a system of passionate providers focused on partnering with people to simplify health care. With 50+ hospitals, 1000+ clinics, and hundreds of locally driven programs administered by over 120,000+ caregivers, Providence is improving the health of communities, especially the...

Shafia is a Manager of Information Security at Morningstar, where she is responsible for the Information Security program management and governance. This requires working across security operations, threat intel, application security, compliance, and with the product teams to ensure secure, resilient, and recoverable applications. Prior to Mo...

Margie Zuk is in the Cybersecurity Solutions and Information Technology Technical Centers at The MITRE Corporation. She leads MITRE’s support to FDA on medical device cybersecurity and preparedness and response and is developing a Common Vulnerability Scoring System rubric tailored to medical devices. Margie has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathemat...

Roy Zur is a cyber intelligence expert, an attorney, and the founder and CEO of Cybint Solutions, a cyber education company. Roy has over a decade of experience in cyber and intelligence operations from the Israeli security forces (Retired Major), and has developed cyber education programs and technological solutions for companies, educationa...

In his role as the leader of Information Security at Harvard Medical School, Joe Zurba has been responsible for defining and building capabilities to meet the requirements of an extraordinarily diverse community of clinical and research faculty, students, and staff. Joe develops strategy, improves capabilities, and manages risk for all inform...

Zurkus is an influential cybersecurity writer, covering a variety of topics on security and risk for Cybersecurity Ventures and CyberDB. She’s contributed to a variety of publications including K12 Tech Decisions, CSO Online, CIO, and The Parallax. She authored a regular blog, Security Newb, for CSO Online. In addition, Zurkus has created con...

Joshua Zweig is the Co-Founder of Zip Security, a platform built to make best-in-class cybersecurity accessible to all organizations. Before founding Zip, Josh served as a Civil Liberties Engineer at Palantir and as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Human Capital.

At Zip, Josh has reimagined how security is delivered to fast-growing comp...