Moti Shkolnik is the Co-founder and CEO of Firedome where he helps reshape the landscape of Smart Home security. Firedome enables home IoT vendors to keep pace with cybersecurity threats. Under Moti’s leadership, Firedome gives vendors and IoT manufactures the peace of mind to design and deliver best in class IoT products.
Prior to founding Firedome, Moti served in management positions at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for 15 years. In his last role at the PMO, Moti was the head of the Cyber Division, which put him at the forefront of Israel’s national cybersecurity industry. Additionally, Moti was a cybersecurity advisor at one of the largest VCs in Israel.
Vivin Sathyan is a senior technology consultant at ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corp. He presents POCs, and takes care of implementation as well as product training in the domains of ADSolutions and IT security. He is also a regular speaker on the latest trends and best practices in Windows infrastructure management, in international seminars and user conferences conducted by ManageEngine.
As a seasoned sales professional with a passion for delivering results, I have dedicated the last 28 years of my career to helping organizations achieve their goals through innovative strategies, data-driven insights, and exceptional customer service. At Vectra, my role as Regional Sales Manager requires that I collaborate with clients across several industries to understand their unique needs and objectives and develop tailored Cyber Security solutions to drive their business forward. My experience in sales leadership began at Sprint Canada and led me to ClearOne, where I launched a new web-conferencing product and helped my sales team consistently exceed growth quotas year over year. With a deep understanding of the complexities of enterprise sales, I have a proven track record of successfully positioning products and services in highly competitive markets. Additionally, my extensive experience as a sales trainer and coach has enabled me to build high-performance sales teams that deliver exceptional results. At Vectra, my mission is to help clients navigate the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity through our best-in-class solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning. By collaborating with my clients, understanding their business objectives, and providing ongoing support and guidance, I have been able to build a reputation as a trusted advisor and valuable partner.
Martin Zugec is working as Technical Solutions Director at Bitdefender, helping to protect the world from cybercrime. Having worked as an architect for the majority of his career, he has more than 20 years of expertise in the IT industry. He worked on global projects for numerous Fortune 500 firms, specializing in large-scale initiatives that frequently entail automation and security. He is now writing, explaining technology, giving talks at conferences, and interacting with technical communities.
Experienced leader, manager, coach and developer of talent with a proven ability to lead through influence. Mentoring the team members to help them grow by innovating new ideas solving problems by negotiating the roadblock. Work as a seasoned technical leader to grow the team from the start up level to a competitive state by taking proactive actions such as, supervising the projects through the agility, being the subject matter expert to provide high quality cyber security and intelligence through prioritizing the business need while keeping an eye on the analytic details. Develop relationships across the company with security leads/leaders in a cross-functional and collaborative environment to advance the classified work, develop transparency and trust, and make recommendations to advance the company’s cyber security posture. Identifies new opportunities that can showcase the capabilities of the team to the audience and make the team champion organization wide as well as to the clients.
Olivier joined Flare as a research partner while completing his masters in software engineering with a concentration in artificial intelligence at the École de technologie supérieure (ETS). He was a proud representative of Quebec at the Canadian Competition of Engineering in 2020. Olivier distinguished himself by winning the excellence scholarship from the École de technologie supérieure in order to continue his studies at the graduate level. His interest in artificial intelligence has led him to work with Flare, now as a full-time Data Software Developer.
After close to a decade in Asia Pacific, Anand has moved to Canada to help build the Cloudflare brand on the Canadian shores.
Experienced Solutions Engineering leader in the Internet industry with a focus on performance and cybersecurity. Managed a diverse, international team of Solution Engineers across multiple geographies. Anand is also skilled in Technical Account Management, technical consulting and technical Go to market strategy.
Also has a keen interest in the intersection of technology and public policy.
Dan has over 15 years of experience in national security and risk management. As the Principal for Cyber Security Risk Consulting of Zurich Resilience Solutions Canada (ZRS), Dan is responsible for supporting ZRS’s clients in making risk-based cybersecurity decisions to improve their overall organizational resilience. He brings a unique perspective to cyber risk, having spent six years as an Intelligence Officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) with a view on international threat actors and the potential impact they pose to Canadian businesses and critical infrastructure. Prior to that, Dan spent nearly a decade in law enforcement and intelligence, investigating multinational criminal organization both online and in-person. Dan is trained in multiple cyber risk management frameworks and holds specialized expertise in the fields of stakeholder management and the strategic program design. Dan works with clients at all levels to build strategic roadmaps to improve an organization’s cyber security maturity and overall risk posture.
Dan is an Associate Member of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), holding the designation of Risk Fellow (RF) and is a Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP and CRM). Dan is a contributing member to ISACA and holds accreditation as Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC). Dan holds multiple certifications with the Project Management Institute (PMP and PMI-RMP) and is a contributing member of the International Cyber Leadership Institute.
Montreal Cybersecurity Conference
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Live in Person @ Plaza Centre-Ville
In Person | Virtual | Hybrid
Earn up to 10 CPE credits
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 New Frontline: Geopolitically Driven Cyber Threats and Risk in Financial Industry"
Mohammad Rupom
Vice President & Head of Americas, Technology Risk Intelligence BNP Paribas Canada
Experienced leader, manager, coach and developer of talent with a proven ability to lead through influence. Mentoring the team members to help them grow by innovating new ideas solving problems by negotiating the roadblock. Work as a seasoned technical leader to grow the team from the start up level to a competitive state by taking proactive actions such as, supervising the projects through the agility, being the subject matter expert to provide high quality cyber security and intelligence through prioritizing the business need while keeping an eye on the analytic details. Develop relationships across the company with security leads/leaders in a cross-functional and collaborative environment to advance the classified work, develop transparency and trust, and make recommendations to advance the company’s cyber security posture. Identifies new opportunities that can showcase the capabilities of the team to the audience and make the team champion organization wide as well as to the clients.
CISO/Industry Leader Panel
“Cybersecurity Leaders and Experts on Current Cyberthreats and Practices”
Premier Platinum Sponsors
Firedome is a cybersecurity pioneer specializing in endpoint protection for IoT devices deployed in enterprise networks, which account for 30% of all endpoints on corporate networks and are the easiest penetration point to the enterprise network . The Firedome EPP™ allows organizations to prevent advanced attack types such as supply chain and insider threat attacks on IoT endpoints that would otherwise be undetectable by existing security controls. Firedome is democratizing EPP for IoT and enables enterprise security teams to protect IoT endpoints the same way they protect IT endpoints, with pre-installed, agent-based EPP for IoT. Providing Defense in Depth protection along the attack chain, Firedome combines prevention, detection, response, and forensic data into a unified solution which integrates into existing SIEM platforms. Firedome works with enterprise IoT device vendors to enable Firedome EPP™ to be deployed on IoT devices in all the stages of their lifecycle: pre-installed, deployed and end of support. The company was founded by top security veterans, with a global team of cyber, embedded, research and analysis experts.
Platinum Sponsors
Vectra® is the leader in Security AI-driven cyber threat detection and response for hybrid cloud. Vectra’s patented Attack Signal Intelligence™ detects and prioritizes threats across public cloud, SaaS, identity, and networks in a single platform. Organizations worldwide rely on the Vectra platform and MDR services to stay ahead of modern cyberattacks.
ManageEngine crafts the industry’s broadest suite of IT management software. We have everything you need—more than 90 products and free tools—to manage all of your IT operations, from networks and servers to applications, service desk, Active Directory, security, desktops, and mobile devices. Since 2002, IT teams like yours have turned to us for affordable, feature-rich software that’s easy to use. You can find our on-premises and cloud solutions powering the IT of over 180,000 companies around the world, including nine of every ten Fortune 100 companies. As you prepare for the IT management challenges ahead, we’ll lead the way with new solutions, contextual integrations, and other advances that can only come from a company singularly dedicated to its customers. And as a division of Zoho Corporation, we’ll continue pushing for the tight business-IT alignment you’ll need to seize opportunities in the future.
We are led by a vision to be the most trusted cybersecurity technology provider in the world, which means we constantly anticipate, innovate, and go the extra mile. Bitdefender delivers robust security you can rely on. With a global security delivery infrastructure protecting half a billion endpoints, visionary solutions, and a wealth of awards, we have been a trusted security provider since 2001. Bitdefender works with government organizations, large enterprises, SMEs, and private individuals in over 150 countries. With 1,700 employees and a team of 500+ engineers and researchers, Bitdefender is one of the most innovative IT security software vendors in the world. At the head of endpoint protection: the 500 million endpoints protected by Bitdefender form a security network that provides us with real-time feedback from around the globe. Securing the hybrid Infrastructure: we offer unique enterprise-grade solutions built from the ground up to secure virtual and physical hybrid distributed environments from a single console. Pioneering the IoT and Smart home security: Bitdefender BOX, a ground breaking hardware based solution, offers in one package the ability to protect all the connected devices present in the household, even those which cannot be protected by traditional security software.
Gold Sponsors
Radware is a global leader of application delivery and cyber security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. Our award-winning solutions portfolio delivers service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down. Radware’s corporate headquarters are located in the U.S. (Mahwah, NJ) and international headquarters are located in Tel Aviv. Global presence includes offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.
Cloudflare, Inc (www.cloudflare.com / @cloudflare) is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with each new site added. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, named the Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company for two years running by the Wall Street Journal, and ranked among the world’s 50 most innovative companies by Fast Company. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Cloudflare has offices in Austin, TX, Champaign, IL, Boston, MA, Washington, DC, London, and Singapore.
Exabeam is a global cybersecurity leader that created New-Scale SIEMTM for advancing security operations. Built for security people by security people, we reduce business risk and elevate human performance. The powerful combination of our cloud-scale security log management, behavioral analytics, and automated investigation experience gives security operations an unprecedented advantage over adversaries including insider threats, nation states, and other cyber criminals. We Detect the UndetectableTM by understanding normal behavior, even as normal keeps changing – giving security operations teams a holistic view of incidents for faster, more complete response. Learn more at www.exabeam.com.
Silver Sponsors
Critical Start Managed Cyber Risk Reduction solutions deliver continuous security cyber risk monitoring and mitigation enabling strong protection against threats. Combined with a team of expert risk mitigators, our platform provides maturity assessments, posture and event analytics, response capabilities, comprehensive threat intelligence, and security workload management capabilities. We help you achieve the highest level of cyber risk reduction for every dollar invested, leading to increased confidence in reaching your desired level of security posture.
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.
The future of network operations is network modeling. Forward Networks’ flagship platform Forward Enterprise gives users a mathematically accurate network digital twin. Forward enables perfect network visibility, full path analysis, security policy verification, and change prediction, freeing up time and saving you money.
Layer 8 Solutions helps organizations solve complex IT challenges related to their network, and security. We provide solutions, rather than just products. In combination, our expertise and partner community relationships, will fill the gap within Vulnerability Management, Data Loss Prevention, Zero Trust, NDR, Testing, Tap and Aggregation and much more. We can help you combine network and security operations to optimize your security posture. Layer 8 Solutions is helping clients embrace digital innovation by driving actionable insights gained from their information-in-motion across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures. We can provide and implement solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and accelerate their ability to become data driven within their business decisions.
Synopsys helps development teams build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Synopsys, a recognized leader in application security, provides static analysis, software composition analysis, and dynamic analysis solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Synopsys helps organizations optimize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
For more information, go to synopsys.com/software
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.
Fastly is upgrading the internet experience to give people and organizations more control, faster content, and more dynamic applications. By combining the world’s fastest global edge cloud network with powerful software, Fastly helps customers develop, deliver, and secure modern distributed applications and compelling digital experiences. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub. For more information on our mission and products, visit https://www.fastly.com.
D3 Security has been at the forefront of security orchestration, automation, and response since before the term SOAR was even invented. As a global leader among independent SOAR vendors, we’ve helped many of the largest companies in the world transform their security operations with automation. In our 10-year history, we have been a global leader in case management, incident response, and now cutting-edge SOAR that is an invaluable tool in fighting today’s cyber threats. D3 is always innovating, with new features, integrations, and technological breakthroughs. We were the first SOAR platform to fully embed the MITRE ATT&CK matrix for TTP-based analysis and correlation. Our Event Pipeline is also the first of its kind: a powerful asset for enterprises, MSSPs, and MDR providers that streamlines alert triage so that only genuine threats get escalated to human analysts—resulting in a 90% or greater reduction in alert volume.
Qohash finds, tracks, and safeguards the world’s most sensitive data. The Qostodian platform deploys in minutes to discover risks, pinpoint insider threats, and track how data propagates between people in real-time. Security teams can understand their sensitive data clearly and quickly, and prioritize threats at the pace of business.
Partners
(ISC)² is an international nonprofit membership association focused on inspiring a safe and secure cyber world. Best known for the acclaimed Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) certification, (ISC)² offers a portfolio of credentials that are part of a holistic, pragmatic approach to security. Our membership, more than 168,000 strong, is made up of certified cyber, information, software and infrastructure security professionals who are making a difference and helping to advance the industry.
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.
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.
Agenda
Times are subject to change
Opening Introductions | Check In | Networking
Overlooked Entry Point: Preventing Supply Chain and Insider Threat Attacks
In this session, Moti Shkolnik, Firedome’s CEO will share insight into the most commonly overlooked entry point to supply chain and insider threat attacks.
Based on his unique background as an attacker in the field for 15 years, the session will address unique challenges and means of securing IoT enterprise devices to prevent organizational attacks.
Presentation
Role of IAM and Log forensics in thwarting insider threats
Networking
Presentation
We don’t know where we are compromised right now
When 7 out of 10 security leaders admit – “WE DON’T KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMPROMISED RIGHT NOW” – we have a problem – specifically a signal problem.
Top 5 Ransomware Myths
The world’s largest taxi company doesn’t own any cars. The world’s largest accommodation company doesn’t own any property. And some of the largest ransomware groups are not deploying ransomware. Ransomware is no longer a problem discussed only in the cybersecurity and tech communities – it is now a regular topic in mainstream media headlines and executive board meetings. And the idea that we understand how ransomware works is one of the reasons why it is continuously on the rise. Join this session to learn about the latest innovations and business ideas that are shaping the world of cybercrime, and some of the ways how we can turn the modern ransomware ecosystem against itself.
Networking
Lunch
Keynote
"The New Frontline: Geopolitically Driven Cyber Threats and Risk in Financial Industry"
In today’s world, geopolitical tensions have become a significant driver of cyber threats and risks, particularly in the financial industry. The increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, coupled with geopolitical instability, has created a new frontline for cybersecurity professionals. In this keynote, we will explore the evolving landscape of geopolitically driven cyber threats and risks facing the financial industry. We will examine the unique challenges that financial institutions face in this environment. We will also discuss the role of international cooperation in mitigating these threats and the need for a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. Ultimately, this keynote will provide insights into how financial institutions can proactively protect themselves against the ever-changing and increasingly complex geopolitical cyber risks and threats.
Mohammad Rupom
Vice President & Head of Americas, Technology Risk Intelligence BNP Paribas Canada
Networking
Presentation
Tokenizing the Dark Web : Applying NLP in the context of Cyber Threat Intelligence
To overcome the challenge of the distinct vocabulary used by malicious actors, we’ve created and made public the first open-source tokenizer trained on a corpus containing years of content from interactions on the Dark Web. The tokenizer and lexical are in the format of Byte-Pair-Encoding and will be available on GitHub.
We will demonstrate two applications of this model, applied to real world challenges and highlight some insights found by them. First, we will demonstrate how the ML auto-extractor is able to extract contents from a wide variety of illicit forums, without human configuration. Then, we will show how we were able to regroup multiple actors’ monikers based on their writing style.
What you would learn during this talk:
How to avoid the pitfalls when training NLP on slang/jargon.
How to continuously adapt the lexical to follow new trends in illicit communities.
With the release of this open-source model, malware researchers and threat hunters will be able to automate interactions with cybercriminals, support infiltration engagements, and analyze communications and data leaks. Additionally, by constantly updating the lexical based on cybercriminals’ interactions, the model allows researchers to discover and track rising trends.
Presentation
The (hard) key to stop phishing: How Cloudflare stopped a targeted attack and you can too
In July 2022, Cloudflare was targeted in a sophisticated SMS phishing scheme in such a way that we believe most organizations would be likely to be breached. In this session we’ll detail the recent targeted phishing attack we saw at Cloudflare and more importantly, how we stopped it and steps you can take to protect your organization as well. We’ll cover topics like: why not all MFA is created equally, the role of Zero trust network access in rolling out strong authentication, and the importance of a blame-free culture around security.
Networking
Presentation
How to Build an Insider Threat Program
Sometimes just having a SOC isn’t enough to address insider threat issues. Security operations teams are managing massive amounts of data across billions of events from on premises to the cloud. Looking for specific needles like insider threats in this complex haystack has special requirements that encompass both searching historic data and seeing evolving credential behavior changes as they happen.
Whether from downsizing or expanding the business, employees, vendors, contractors, and more are moving in and out of your environment. And often, it is during turbulent times that insider threats go unobserved as everything changes so quickly. Insider threat initiatives require a new, more focused approach.
This presentation will explore:
- The common scenarios that indicate you need an insider threat team, how to build a mission statement, and tools
- Four attributes of a successful insider threat program
- How behavioral analytics baseline “normal” behavior of users and devices – showing risk faster
- An automated investigation experience that replaces manual routines and effectively guides new insider threat teams
Networking
Networking
Panel Discussion
“Cybersecurity Leaders and Experts on Current Cyberthreats and Practices”
