With more years working in the Security, Risk, Privacy and Resiliency professions than she cares to say, Helen Patton advocates using information risk, security and privacy to enable the mission of organizations and to support society at large. Helen is an Advisory CISO at Duo Security (now CISCO), where she shares security strategies with the security community. Previously she was the CISO at The Ohio State University where she was awarded the ISE North American Academic/Public Sector Executive of the Year, and an Executive Director at JPMorganChase. Helen actively encourages collaboration across and within industries, to enable better information security and privacy practices. She believes in improving diversity and inclusion in the workforce, and mentors people interested in pursuing careers in security, privacy and risk management. Helen has a Master’s degree in Public Policy and has earned Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified In Risk and Systems Control certifications from ISACA. She serves on the State of Ohio Cybersecurity Advisory Board and is a founding board member of the National Technology Security Coalition.
Ted has worked with web and network security technologies for more than 20 years. He began his career in technology as a full-stack engineer in web development and design. As Chief Operating Officer, Ted guides the overall operations of Sentinel IPS, the CINS Active Threat Intelligence System, and all other supporting technologies. You may also find him presenting at an information security conference or trade show, spreading the word about shared threat intelligence.
One of Sentinel’s first employees, Ted is not afraid to get his hands dirty supporting Sentinel customers or lending a hand in Sentinel software development. Ted received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa (Go Hawks!) and his Master of Education (Secondary Mathematics) from the University of North Texas.
He resides in the DFW area with his wife and two sons, which keep him busy on seemingly every karate dojo and auditorium in the North Texas area. He can also be found swinging a hammer for Habitat for Humanity or riding his beloved bicycle for Team in Training.
Kevin Sheu leads marketing at Bitglass. He brings 20 years of go-to-market experience, where he has demonstrated a passion for product innovations and how they are adopted by customers. He previously led growth initiatives at Vectra AI, Okta, FireEye and Barracuda Networks. And his perspectives are grounded in foundational work as a strategy and technology consultant; where he worked with G2000 companies, private equity firms and government clients.
Based in San Francisco, Brianna is Director of Analysis at Darktrace. She joined the analyst team in 2016 and has since advised a wide range of enterprise customers on advanced threat hunting and leveraging Self-Learning AI for detecting and response. Brianna works closely with the Darktrace SOC team to proactively alert customers to emerging threats and investigate unusual behavior in enterprise environments. Brianna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Christer Swartz is the Principal Technical Marketing Engineer for Illumio. He has spent many years in the Networking industry, beginning with a small startup called Cisco, where he was an early CCIE. He has worked for both Enterprise and Service Providers as a Network and Security architect, for both Data Center and Cloud network deployments. He worked for Netflix on the design and birth of their Internet video-streaming architecture, and for Palo Alto Networks on designing deep security across the entire Ci/CD pipeline. He currently works for Illumio, focusing on architecting Workload Security in Data Center and Hybrid-Cloud Network fabrics. Network Security has traditionally been an after-thought in the Networking industry, with Scalable Cloud architectures and Security often perceived as a binary choice. Security can, and needs to be, de-coupled from traditional networking priorities.
Mac Grant is Area Vice President of the Central US for Guardicore. Guardicore provides Zero Trust Segmentation, Breach Detection, and incident response capability to enterprises globally through its Centra Security Platform. In his role at Guardicore, Mac has accelerated customer adoption and spearheaded several programs that help customers maximize the value they extract from the platform. He is passionate about helping clients move beyond the “hard crunchy exterior” methodologies that have epitomized the security industry for decades, in favor of full mesh strategies that provide deep visibility and comprehensive coverage. In his 25 years in the industry, Mac has played key roles at several tier 1 security vendors including Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Systems, and Internet Security Systems. Mac is happily married with 2 daughters and a 12 ½ year old German Shorthair Pointer that still acts like a crazed puppy.
James Azar is a CISO that works, leads, and is dedicated to the security and business mission to ensure the continuity and fluidity of cybersecurity within the business. In his experience, James has served as CTO, CIO, and CISO but his passion is the intersection of Security and Business where innovation and out of box thinking are needed to succeed.
James is the host of The CyberHub Podcast, CISO Talk, and a new and noteworthy privacy podcast called Goodbye Privacy.
James is a public speaker and event host that hosts the annual CyberHub Summit in Atlanta and has spoken in events across the globe from CyberTech Israel, RSA, and has been published in Fox, OAN, AJC, ABC, and many more publications
James has served on the Board of Advisors for the NTSC and currently serves as Vice President of Programming for AFCEA Atlanta Chapter, IAC (Israeli American Council) Eitanim Mentor, and works with the Veteran community as well as supports several Non-Profits.
James enjoys multiple espressos a day, chasing down a steak with Whiskey, Bourbon, or scotch.
Experienced IT professional with a demonstrated history of success in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Email Security & Network Security Project Management, with additional focus areas in Communication, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Channel Strategy.
David White is President and co-founder at Axio —a company with an innovative methodology and software that provides companies visibility to their cyber risk and enables them to prioritize investments to protect their business and employees. David leads Axio’s innovation team and federal team and is actively involved with clients deploying the Axio360 solution. He is responsible for Axio’s risk modeling, threat analysis, and insurance analysis activities.
David co-developed Axio’s cyber risk management process and continues to refine the assessment, risk modeling, threat analysis, and insurance analysis activities that comprise that process. He has deployed the Axio360 solution with customers within the energy, utilities, financial, manufacturing, pharma, medical device, professional sports, and entertainment sectors.
Cybersecurity planning and management in Axio360 is based on the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2), the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), The Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense (CIS), Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), and several proprietary models. David has led assessments—the initial planning step—for more than100 companies. He partners closely with Axio’s product development team to guide the evolution of the Axio360 software that supports the companies in cybersecurity program planning and management.
David remains involved in critical infrastructure cybersecurity thought leadership. He served in a leadership role in the development of C2M2 version 2 in support of the US Department of Energy and is actively engaged in the version 2.1 activity. He is a frequent speaker at board meetings, conferences, webinars, and other events.
Axio provides a number of cyber risk services to the commercial insurance industry. David consults on cyber underwriting methods and claims analysis methods, develops and delivers cyber training, and supports cyber underwriting efforts related to energy, manufacturing, and other clients seeking coverage for cyber-predicated property damage and bodily injury.
Prior to Axio, David worked in the CERT Program at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, a cybersecurity research program primarily funded by the US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. He provided technical leadership for a portfolio of cybersecurity maturity models, diagnostic methods, research, and training.
David served as chief architect for the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) version 1.0. David co-authored the CERT Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM)and was the chief architect for the Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM).
Nimmy Reichenberg oversees strategy and marketing for Siemplify, the leading independent provider of Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR). A cybersecurity industry veteran, Nimmy has more than 15 years of experience helping enterprises around the world tackle their security challenges. Nimmy started his career as a security engineer and held leadership positions at eSentire, AlgoSec and NextNine. He is a frequent contributor to leading security publications including SC Magazine, Dark Reading and Security Week, and has spoken at countless security conferences including the RSA conference.
Innovative senior technology and cyber executive with experience as a change agent developing strategic direction and setting corporate vision within various industries including Software as a Service, Consumer Markets, and Pharmaceutical/Life Science. Subject matter expertise in AWS, Azure cloud security and cyber defense controls gap analysis for FedRAMP, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, 21 CFR Part 11, and 23 NYCRR 500 regulations.
Veteran | Speaker | Cybergeek
I have been in the Information Technology field for 30+ years 20+ of those in Information Security and IT Architecture.
I speak regularly on the topic of information security and privacy at conferences around the
world.
For over 4 decades, Wes has been building a successful career in Information Security. He is an award-winning professional and sought-after speaker. Wes was recruited by IBM and based in Atlanta where he spent many years building his corporate career with the Fortune 50 legend. The lessons he learned and shared were significantly valued by everyone who had the privilege of working with him. Wes is known as a gifted leader and trusted mentor.
In 1996, Wes began his entrepreneurial journey providing consulting and training services to Network Security clientele. His agency developed a specialization in Assessments and Forensics. Wes is still a certified instructor in Ethical Hacking, Forensic Investigation, and Certified CISO training. His student reviews speak volumes on the valuable nuggets he offers. Wes always goes above and beyond to deliver the content in a way that is easily digestible to all students. If a student is not grasping concepts, Wes knows and takes extra care to help those students during a break or after the class concludes. He truly cares about helping the CISO community build and develop their careers.
Wes was presented with an outstanding opportunity to work with Georgia’s Department of Revenue (DOR) in 2008. Throughout his tenure, he has fulfilled many roles. Before his retirement in 2020, Wes was the Chief Information Security Officer and managed the DOR Office of Information Security. His group was responsible for maintaining the security of taxpayer and motor vehicle information that is valued at approximately $26 billion in annual revenue. Under his leadership, his team protected annual taxes and ensures that the DOR complies with applicable State and Federal regulations. His team was also responsible for the forensics required in DOR’s criminal investigations.
Following his retirement from the State, Wes accepted a position as the Chief Information Security Officer and the Director for the Government Sector with Needling Worldwide, LLC. There he manages and conducts CMMC and NIST based audits and assessments as well as vCISO services.
Committed to giving back and mentoring as much as possible, Wes has served on several Executive Advisory Committees including the Evanta CISO Governing Body and the GA State University Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group. In 2018, Wes was awarded the Information Security Executive Southeast People’s Choice Award. This prestigious honor was voted and awarded by his peers. This award recognizes the ISE® Executive Nominee who exemplifies the attributes of a leader in the information security industry.
Wes was also awarded the 2019 ISE Luminary Leadership Award winner during the ISE North America Leadership Summit. Presented annually, the award celebrates the achievements of an outstanding leader and industry practitioner for his or her distinguished service, stewardship, and contributions in advancing the information security industry.
Klint Walker is the Cyber Security Advisor for Region IV which covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As the CSA, Klint is the liaison between Federal services and State, Local, territorial and Tribal Governments, Critical Infrastructure and Private Industry. He serves as the focal point for communications to promote Cyber Preparedness, incident response, risk mitigation and situational awareness. He provides direct coordination, outreach, and regional support in order to protect cyber components essential to the sustainability, preparedness, and protection of the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) and State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal (SLTT) governments Mr. Walker has previously held positions as an Information Systems Security Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services where he assisted in establishing the Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC). Mr. Walker was also held the position of Chief Information Security Officer for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). In this role he was responsible for the operational resiliency of classified networks and facilities in adherence with DoD Standards and guidelines.
Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference
December 15, 2021
Virtual | Live
Earn up to 8 CPE credits
Renaissance Waverly
2450 Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30339
About the Event
FutureCon Events brings high-level Cyber Security Training discovering cutting-edge security approaches, managing risk in the ever-changing threat of the cybersecurity workforce.
Join us as we talk with a panel of C-level executives who have effectively mitigated the risk of Cyber Attacks.
Educating C-suite executives and CISOs (chief information security officers) on the global cybercrime epidemic, and how to build Cyber Resilient organizations.
“Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem”
Gain the latest knowledge you need to enable applications while keeping your computing environment secure from advanced Cyber Threats. Demo the newest technology, and interact with the world’s security leaders and gain other pressing topics of interest to the information security community.
The FutureCon community will keep you updated on the future of the Cyberworld and allow you to interact with your peers and the world’s security leaders.
For sponsorship opportunities email sales@futureconevents.com
Keynote Speaker
"The Modern CISO"
James Azar
Chief Information Security Officer | Host of The CyberHub Podcast, CISO Talk
James Azar is a CISO that works, leads, and is dedicated to the security and business mission to ensure the continuity and fluidity of cybersecurity within the business. In his experience, James has served as CTO, CIO, and CISO but his passion is the intersection of Security and Business where innovation and out of box thinking are needed to succeed.
James is the host of The CyberHub Podcast, CISO Talk, and a new and noteworthy privacy podcast called Goodbye Privacy.
James is a public speaker and event host that hosts the annual CyberHub Summit in Atlanta and has spoken in events across the globe from CyberTech Israel, RSA, and has been published in Fox, OAN, AJC, ABC, and many more publications
James has served on the Board of Advisors for the NTSC and currently serves as Vice President of Programming for AFCEA Atlanta Chapter, IAC (Israeli American Council) Eitanim Mentor, and works with the Veteran community as well as supports several Non-Profits.
James enjoys multiple espressos a day, chasing down a steak with Whiskey, Bourbon, or scotch.
CISO/Industry Leader Panel
"Diving into LOG 4J Hack"
James Azar
Chief Information Security Officer |
Host of The CyberHub Podcast, CISO Talk
Derek Johnson
Atlanta Infragard Board Member
Cybersecurity and Technology Transformative Leader | CISO | CIO | Susan G. Komen
Daniel Sergile
CISO | vCISO
Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks
Wes Knight
CISO/Director - Government Sector
Needling Worldwide
Klint Walker
Cyber Security Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Platinum Sponsors
Bitglass’ Total Cloud Security Platform is the only secure access service edge offering that combines a Gartner-MQ-Leading cloud access security broker, the world’s only on-device secure web gateway, and zero-trust network access to secure any interaction. Based in Silicon Valley with offices worldwide, the company is backed by Tier 1 investors and was founded in 2013 by a team of industry veterans with a proven track record of innovation and execution.
Sentinel relieves the burden of network security for lean IT teams through protection, visibility, and stellar support:
- Sentinel Outpost can reduce the firewall’s workload by up to 70% and enhance visibility into malware, exploits, and other malicious traffic.
- Sentinel’s Internal Intelligence locates problem devices quickly, scans your network for vulnerabilities, and monitors unique and interesting internal traffic.
- All of this is managed and monitored 24/7 by our support team, always there to provide insight into critical alerts, troubleshoot network issues, or research security events.
Gold Sponsors
Darktrace is the world’s leading cyber AI company and the creator of Autonomous Response technology. It provides comprehensive, enterprise-wide cyber defense to over 4,000 organizations worldwide, protecting the cloud, email, IoT, traditional networks, endpoints and industrial systems.
A self-learning technology, Darktrace AI autonomously detects, investigates and responds to advanced cyber-threats, including insider threat, remote working risks, ransomware, data loss and supply chain vulnerabilities.
The company has 1,300 employees and 44 office locations, with headquarters in Cambridge, UK and San Francisco. Every 3 seconds, Darktrace AI fights back against a cyber-threat, preventing it from causing damage.
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team.
Siemplify, the leading independent security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider, is redefining security operations for enterprises and MSSPs worldwide. The Siemplify Security Operations Platform is an intuitive, cloud-native workbench that enables security teams to manage their operations from end to end, respond to cyberthreats with speed and precision, and get smarter with every analyst interaction.
Founded in 2015 by Israeli Defense Forces experts with extensive experience running and training numerous security operations centers worldwide, Siemplify has raised $58 million in funding to date and is headquartered in New York, with offices in Tel Aviv. Visit us at siemplify.co or follow us on Twitter at @Siemplify.
We are Duo, and we’re here to democratize security. We were born from a hacker ethos and a desire to make the Internet a secure place. Our mission is to protect the mission of our customers by making security simple for everyone. Our team is our secret weapon. We’re a diverse crew of makers and builders, skaters and coders, filmmakers and DJ’s, teachers and students brought together by a shared belief in adding value to the world. That diversity allows us to bring an empathetic approach to solve some of the most complex global business and security challenges faced today. Our roots and values were forged in the Midwest. We believe in enabling and empowering people to follow their passion, inside and outside of the office. Change is a constant we anticipate and embrace. These are some of the things that make us unique and drive our team to be the most loved company in security. Duo is now a part of Cisco.
Cyber risk is one of the greatest challenges our generation. Despite the need, organizations still struggle to get actionable visibility to their cyber risk; prevention and detection technology has been the dominant focus thus far, but it’s not a silver bullet. Managing risk requires a holistic, continuous evaluation across technology, people, process, and financial controls. Axio believes that every organization can have the means to solve their unique cyber risk challenges. We are a team of cyber risk, cybersecurity, and business leaders who created the Axio360 platform to deliver on that belief. Our innovative approach and insights give companies visibility to their cyber risk, and enable them to prioritize investments to protect their business and employees. Axio360 is the only methodology and software that empowers organizations to continually answer the four most critical questions for cyber risk: 1) What’s my exposure in financial terms? 2) How mature is my cyber program? 3) Do I have the financial ability to recover from an event? 4) Where should I invest?
Pentera is the category leader for Automated Security Validation, allowing every organization to test with ease the integrity of all cybersecurity layers, unfolding true, current security exposures at any moment, at any scale. Thousands of security professionals and service providers around the world use Pentera to guide remediation and close security gaps before they are exploited. For more info visit: pentera.io.
Illumio enables organizations to realize a future without high-profile breaches by preventing the lateral movement of attackers across any organization. Founded on the principle of least privilege in 2013, Illumio provides visibility and segmentation for endpoints, data centers or clouds. The world’s leading organizations, including Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Salesforce, and Oracle NetSuite, trust Illumio to reduce cyber risk. For more information, visit https://www.illumio.com/what-we-do and engage us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Lumu Technologies is a cyber-security company that illuminates threats, attacks, and adversaries affecting enterprises worldwide. Using actionable intelligence, Lumu provides a radical way to secure networks by enhancing and augmenting existing defense capabilities established over the past 25 years.
Silver Sponsors
Arctic Wolf® is the market leader in security operations. Using the cloud-native Arctic Wolf® Platform, we help organizations end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service. Highly-trained Concierge Security® experts work as an extension of internal teams to provide 24×7 monitoring, detection and response, as well as ongoing risk management to proactively protect organizations while continually strengthening their security posture.
Perimeter 81 is a Zero Trust Network as a Service designed to simplify secure network, cloud and application access for the modern and distributed workforce.
Our award-winning, user-centric SaaS solution incorporates the Zero Trust and Software-Defined Perimeter models and offers greater network visibility, seamless onboarding and automatic integration with major cloud providers.
Perimeter 81 ensures unified network security – whether employees are working in or out of the office. We serve a wide range of businesses, from midsize companies to Fortune 500s, and have established partnerships with the world’s foremost integrators, managed service providers and channel resellers.
Built from scratch and based on input from security leaders needing a change from legacy technology, Perimeter 81’s unique API integration and centralized cloud architecture gives companies of all industries and sizes the power to realize the full virtues of the cloud and be truly mobile.
Unlike traditional VPN technology which is costly, hardware-based and both difficult to install and manage, our innovative, Zero Trust Network as a Service platform simply secures access to your local networks, cloud infrastructures, and business applications, with one unified platform.
Founded in 2015, DNSFilter provides security via DNS that protects over 15,000 organizations and 4M end users from online security threats and undesirable content using artificial intelligence—all while running on the fastest and most reliable network within the DNS security industry. DNSFilter catches threats up to 154 hours faster than competitors, and uniquely identifies more than 76% of domain based threats including zero day threats.
Commvault is a worldwide leader in delivering data readiness. We’re committed to ensuring you can protect, manage, move, recover, and use your data. Always. Commvault backup and recovery software helps you easily manage your data in a consistent, compliant way. Our software automates mind-numbing IT tasks and makes your data work harder for you — so you can gain invaluable insights for your business. Commvault solutions work on-prem and in the cloud, and work with the digital tools and procedures you’re already using. Get Commvault direct and through our global ecosystem of trusted partners. Keep your data accessible and actionable with a single solution that ensures your data is available — no matter what. https://www.commvault.com/
Red Canary stops cyber threats no one else does, so organizations can fearlessly pursue their missions. We do it by delivering managed detection and response (MDR) across enterprise endpoints, cloud workloads, network, identities, and SaaS apps. As a security ally, we define MDR in our own terms with unlimited 24×7 support, deep threat expertise, hands-on remediation, and by doing what’s right for customers and partners.
Semperis is the pioneer of identity-driven cyber resilience for cross-cloud and hybrid environments. The company provides cyber preparedness, incident response, and disaster recovery solutions for enterprise directory services—the keys to the kingdom. Semperis’ patented technology for Microsoft Active Directory protects over 40 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors. Semperis solutions are accredited by Microsoft and recognized by Gartner.
AttackIQ, the leading independent vendor of breach and attack simulation solutions, built the industry’s first Security Optimization Platform for continuous security control validation and improving security program effectiveness and efficiency. AttackIQ is trusted by leading organizations worldwide to plan security improvements and verify that cyberdefenses work as expected, aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The Company is committed to giving back to the cybersecurity community through its free AttackIQ Academy, open Preactive Security Exchange, and partnership with MITRE Engenuity Center for Threat-Informed Defense.
RangeForce is building the world’s most comprehensive cybersecurity simulation and skills analysis platform
RangeForce believes in the power of leveling up your SOC and cybersecurity staff by providing advanced cybersecurity defense training along with a capability to accurately and quantitatively assess your team’s actual skills.
Every day hackers invent new creative techniques, and regulators are signing off even more significant fines. We help companies mitigate their cybersecurity risk by increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of their security operations through advanced threat training that covers the very latest attack and defense techniques.
As cyber-threats and regulatory mandates continue to expand, organizations are challenged by the difficulties of implementing effective cybersecurity and compliance programs. With Apptega, organizations of all sizes, including Fortune 500 enterprises and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), are simplifying cybersecurity and compliance management. Apptega is at the intersection of simple user experiences and patent-pending technology, providing an innovative platform paired with industry frameworks to build, manage and report great cybersecurity. For more information, visit https://www.apptega.com/.
Netskope is the leader in cloud security. We help the world’s largest organizations take full advantage of the cloud and web without sacrificing security. Our patented Cloud XD technology eliminates blind spots by going deeper than any other security provider to quickly target and control activities across thousands of cloud services and millions of websites. With full control from one cloud, our customers benefit from 360-degree data protection that guards data everywhere and advanced threat protection that stops elusive attacks. At Netskope, we call this smart cloud security.
Over the past 20 years, we’ve been recognized as a leader with 50 percent market share in core network services, which includes Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP address management (IPAM), collectively known as DDI. Building upon this proven foundation, we’re bringing DDI and core network services to the next level with our Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services. This enables all customers to go to the next level that’s right for them—whether their networks are completely on-premises, full cloud or hybrid cloud.
CRITICALSTART is leading the way in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. Our Trusted Behavior Registry reviews every alert to determine if it was generated by known-good behavior versus unknown behaviors that need to be investigated by our analysts. This allows us to resolve every alert and stop accepting risk – leveraging our transparent platform and native iOS and Android mobile apps. CRITICALSTART’s MDR services support a wide range of leading enterprise security technology partners, including Blackberry Cylance, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, Devo, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, and Splunk, among others. Our mission is simple: detect threats and stop breaches by resolving every alert for our customers. We do this for enterprises through our award-winning portfolio of end-to-end security services, including MDR and Cybersecurity Consulting Services.
Kudelski Security is a premier cybersecurity solutions provider, working with the most security-conscious organizations in Europe and across the United States. Our long-term approach to client partnerships enables us to continuously evaluate their security posture to design and deliver solutions to reduce business risk, maintain compliance and increase overall security effectiveness.
Neosec is re-inventing application security with a powerful platform that unifies security and development teams to protect modern applications from threats. The foundation of the SaaS platform is built on data and analytics to manage security at scale. Neosec prevents threats from abusing the complex network of APIs that connect today’s businesses. The platform helps organizations discover every API and audit risk. Neosec has pioneered the use of behavioral analytics to understand normal versus abnormal API usage and delivers powerful threat hunting capabilities. Neosec prevents threats and stops abuse hiding within APIs and brings new intelligence to application security.
Reciprocity® is pioneering a first-of-its-kind approach to IT risk management that ties an organization’s risk directly to its business strategy. The fully integrated and automated Reciprocity ROAR Platform, which underpins the Reciprocity ZenRisk and ZenComply applications, enables security executives to communicate the direct impact of risk on high-priority business initiatives to key stakeholders, helping them make smarter, more informed decisions. With Reciprocity, InfoSec teams can strategically support their organization and foster company growth by optimizing resources and mitigating expensive data breaches, system failures, lost opportunities and vulnerabilities with their customers’ data.
CyCognito solves one of the most fundamental business problems in cybersecurity: seeing how attackers view your organization, where they are most likely to break in, what systems and assets are at risk and how you can eliminate the exposure. Founded by national intelligence agency veterans, CyCognito has a deep understanding of how attackers exploit blind spots and a path of least resistance. The Palo Alto-based company is funded by leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists, and its mission is to help organizations protect themselves from even the most sophisticated attackers. It does this with a category-defining, transformative platform that automates offensive cybersecurity operations to provide reconnaissance capabilities superior to those of attackers.
Partners
We put our heart and soul into this Cybersecurity Conference directory.
Way back in 2013 we had another website called “Concise Courses” which used to market and sell InfoSec training courses. We published a blog post listing all the upcoming InfoSec Conferences of that year, and Google loved the resource and put us right to the top of the search engines. That ‘accidental’ occurrence spawned this directory which is maintained by a small team comprising of Henry Dalziel and Charles Villaneuva and a bunch of freelance programmers.
What We Do:
We list, literally, every single Information Security conference, event and seminar within every niche in Cybersecurity.
We have a dedicated team that maintains our in-house tech stack, directory, and data curation.
Founded in 2012, the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) is a National 501(c)3 non-profit community, focused on empowering women to succeed in the cybersecurity industry. WSC’s mission is to advance women in cybersecurity careers by providing programs and partnerships that promote hands-on training, networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing and other professional opportunities.
WSC serves thousands of women across the globe by bringing awareness to, and advancing careers in, cybersecurity. The WSC community includes information security professionals, IT professionals, programmers, computer scientists and engineers, as well as women wanting to explore and join the field. Recognizing the importance of encouraging girls to embrace a future in STEM-related professions through its Cyberjutsu Girls Academy, WSC provides a unique hands-on curriculum focused on securing information technology. For more information, visit http://www.womenscyberjutsu.org.
The Pan Asian American Business Council (“PAABC”) is a non-profit organization consisting of Asian American businesses that would like to promote and grow their own and other Asian American businesses.
To enable Asian American owned businesses to develop and grow.
Agenda
Times are subject to change
Opening Introductions | Check In
Presentation
Securing Trust - How The Security Leader Enables Business Outcomes
Presentation
CIS Controls in the Real World
As a vendor, we witness first-hand the tangible effect that best practices like the CIS Controls have on our customers’ network security. From our perspective, it’s easy to see who is on top of their security game … and who could really benefit from the guidance these controls provide. In this discussion, we’ll walk through several of the CIS Controls, review the changes to the new V8, and provide real-world case studies to illustrate how different security tools and services can work together – sometimes in not-so-obvious ways – to reduce risk, and keep your network safe and secure.
Rise of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Secure access service edge has quickly emerged as a hot topic in cybersecurity, but what exactly does it mean and why should organizations care? As cloud migration, BYOD adoption, and remote work have skyrocketed in prevalence, it has become increasingly apparent that organizations need to think differently about security. While legacy tools like firewalls are no longer equipped to handle the modern IT ecosystem, SASE platforms like Bitglass are built for this exact moment. In this presentation, you will learn:
- The core components of a SASE platform like Bitglass.
- The functionality you need to secure cloud, web, and remote access use cases. Architectural considerations you should keep in mind when comparing SASE vendors.
Presentation
Stopping Ransomware with Autonomous Response
New strains of ransomware are leaving organizations vulnerable – too often, security teams lack the ability to respond proportionately to an attack, leading to cyber disruption across the organization. Join this session to unpack some of today’s most advanced ransomware threats. Learn how Self-Learning AI understands the organization to reveal every stage of a ransomware attack – and takes targeted, autonomous action to stop the threat in its tracks.
This presentation will discuss:
- Recent ransomware threat trends, including double extortion and RDP attacks
- How Autonomous Response takes action to contain an emerging attack, even when security teams are out of office
- Real-world examples of ransomware detected by Darktrace AI – including a zero-day and an attack initiated on Christmas Day
Presentation
Crawl, Walk, Run Your Segmentation Approach
Lunch
Presentation
2022 Cybersecurity Predictions: The New Tools, Dynamic Attacks, and Talent Challenges that Await
Presentation
Winning Against Ransomware
Keynote
"The Modern CISO"
Hiding IT security in the basement is so 2018, in 2021 and beyond the role of the CISO has been elevated changing the entire job description of CISO. We are no longer firewall experts…
The modern CISO has to have a lot more skills than security, in this talk we review the skills, knowledge and thinking of the CISO and what is it going to take to be a CISO in 2022 and beyond.
Key Takeaways:
Industry trends for CISO
The board’s view of the CISO
Knowledge gaps for the CISO in 2022.
Presentation
Is your defensive stack ready for a targeted attack?
Presentation
Preventing Cyber Catastrophe: How Security Leaders Can Craft Stronger Roadmaps to Secure Budget, Resources, and Executive Buy-In
The spread of ransomware is an existential threat to public and private sector organizations and security and risk leaders face an often-impossible task of securing limited resources, executive buy-in, and organizational support for cyber programs and initiatives. In this session, we will explore how you can better craft your cybersecurity roadmap, quantify your cyber risk in dollars, and gain a better understanding of what cyber controls – and vendors – you should be prioritizing.
Detecting and Responding to Threats at the Speed of Business
- Reduce MTTD and MTTR with context-driven investigations.
- Proactively hunt for threats while overcoming the security skills shortage.
- Ensure your security tech stack is working for you, not against you.
- Take a “threat-centric” approach to decrease caseload by as much as 80%.
Panel Discussion
"Diving into LOG 4J Hack"
