About the Speaker
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    Tim Bandos
    Field CISO, Critical Start

    With 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 speaking. As the CISO and Executive VP of SOC Services at Xcitium, I am responsible for building and delivering world-class managed detection and response (MDR) services to clients across various industries and regions.

    In my current role, I have successfully built a 24/7/365 security operation center (SOC) that provides endpoint detection and response, ransomware investigations, advanced digital forensics, and proactive threat hunting services. I also host the CISO Blend webinar series and speak at cybersecurity conferences to share my insights and best practices with the community.