SecureWorld East Virtual Conference 2025

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 in human-centered design, digital strategy, and product development, and has advised Fortune 500 companies, tech startups, and venture capital initiatives. A recognized speaker and thought leader, she also serves on nonprofit and academic boards, including Carleton University’s Systems and Engineering advisory board and the board of Kemptville District Hospital.

Cameron Malin, JD, CISSP, is the founder of Modus Cyberandi, a bespoke Cyber Behavioral Profiling consultancy specializing in the assessment of cyber threat actor decision making, adversary tradecraft, cyber deception, and cognitive vulnerabilities. As a retired Behavioral Profiler with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he has more than 22 years of experience investigating, analyzing, and profiling cyber adversaries across the spectrum of criminal to national security attacks.

During his tenure in the FBI, he was the founder of both the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center (CBAC), the FBI BAU's methodology and application of science-based behavioral profiling and assessment to national security and criminal cyber offenders—and the BAU’s Deception and Influence Group (DIG), a uniquely trained and experienced cadre of Behavioral Profilers specialized in analyses and countermeasures to adversary cyber deception campaigns and influence operations.

He is a co-author of the authoritative cyber deception book, "Deception in the Digital Age: Exploiting and Defending Human Targets Through Computer-Mediated Communications" (published by Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.), and co-author of the Malware Forensics book series: "Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code," "Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems," and "Malware
Forensics Field Guide for Linux Systems" (all published by Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.).

Myriah Jaworski is a Member, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, at Clark Hill Law. She represents clients in data breach actions, technology disputes, and in the defense of consumer class actions and related regulatory investigations stemming from alleged privacy torts and violations of the TCPA, BIPA, IRPA, and other state and federal privacy laws. Myriah also works with clients to devise and implement privacy and security compliance programs and to evaluate and implement new technologies, including enterprise-wide AI and machine learning tools. She is also been recognized as a Super Lawyer® for her Civil Litigation practice in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

With a tenure spanning 15 years in law enforcement and digital forensics, Jared Lobato's journey led in his current role as a Network Intrusion Forensic Analyst with the United States Secret Service. This position allows him to dig into the intricacies of cyber-crime, encompassing activities such as digital forensic analysis, mobile data recovery, and malware analysis/identification.  Jared supports various local, state, and federal agencies, bringing to the table his expertise in both detailed lab evaluations and on-the-ground analysis of computer systems and networks. Internationally, Jared has volunteered across borders with the State Department, teaching on subjects like cyber exploitation in El Salvador, network investigations in Mongolia and digital evidence for judges in Hungary. A consistent thread in his work has been his focus on financial crimes, to include network intrusions and skimming.

Akhila Nama leads the Enterprise Security organization at Box where she oversees security design, strategy, architecture and risk management, with a focus on securing modern enterprise environments while driving business growth. With more than a decade of experience, Akhila has worked through multiple roles and domains, helping organizations navigate complex threats while building security programs and teams that scale.

Eva Medilek, the CEO & Founder of Optimize You High-Performance Coaching, is a multi-award-winning executive leadership coach, #1 best-selling author, renowned international speaker, and successful real estate investor.

As a Brendon Burchard certified high-performance coach, ICF trained coach, master trainer, and inclusion communications trainer, Eva offers holistic leadership and collaborative communication coaching programs to individuals, groups, and organizations so they can achieve optimal performance in every area of their lives.

To date, she has clocked over 1,200 coaching hours in her career. With her signature Human Relationship Style Assessment™, she helps her clients identify what’s stopping them so they can go from sabotaging habits and behaviors to creating the time and energy for what matters most to them—all while achieving higher levels of personal and professional success.

She has also contributed to the #1 best-selling book, "Possibilities Unlimited," alongside luminaries Les Brown and Dr. Cheryl Wood.

I’m Anthony Martin. I teach ethical persuasion and influence to cybersecurity and privacy leaders. I’m a Cialdini Institute certified practitioner and former Fortune-50 operator: led cybersecurity for Walmart International, served as Chief Privacy Officer at GAP, and taught Information Privacy & Data Security as a law professor. My current research explores influence, trust, negotiation, and influence—practical ways to help technical professionals be heard by boards and executives.

Dr. Eric Cole, DPS is a cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, public figure, and best-selling author. Dr. Cole has built a solid reputation in the cybersecurity industry over the last three decades. His career has advanced from starting as a professional hacker for the CIA to becoming the 44th President's com-missioner on cyber security to currently advising companies and teaching professionals on how to implement security measures that serve as a business enabler. His accomplishments have earned him an in-duction into the Information Security Hall of Fame and have awarded him as a Cyber Wingman from the US Air Force. His recognition has caught the interest of current clients, who include international banking institutions, Fortune 500 organizations, Bill Gates, and Saudi Aramco. His entrepreneurial accomplishments include three successful exits building eight-, nine-, and ten-figure organizations. Se-cure Anchor Consulting is his fourth cyber security business venture. Aside from his seasoned technical expertise, Dr. Cole is a well-known public figure and author of various publications. He recently released his eighth book, Cyber Crisis, which debuted at #1 on the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list. Dr. Cole is currently focusing on fulfilling his purpose of being on this planet to end suffering in cyber-space and his mission to secure cyberspace, by making cyberspace a safe place to live, work and raise a family.

Cedric Leighton is a CNN Military Analyst and a retired United States Air Force Colonel. On CNN, he has provided incisive commentaries on the Israel-Hamas War, the War in Ukraine, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and numerous other conflicts around the world. His analysis has been seen by millions of viewers around the world and provided much needed context to some of the most pressing national security issues of our time. As a U.S. Air Force officer, Colonel Leighton served at U.S. Special Operations Command, the Joint Staff, and the National Security Agency, where he helped train the nation's cyber warriors. A Middle East combat veteran, he is the recipient of numerous military awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Bronze Star. After serving 26 years as a U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer, Col. Leighton founded a strategic risk consultancy and became the co-founder of CYFORIX, where he advises multinational businesses on developing better cyber strategies designed to reduce risk and unpredictability.

With more than 25 years at the forefront of AI, cloud, enterprise technologies, cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management, VJ is a proven leader, trusted advisor, and strategic investor. He has a demonstrated history of building and scaling successful programs for global enterprises and transforming innovative concepts into impactful products.

As a trusted Board advisor and subject matter expert, VJ guides organizations through intricate digital landscapes, fostering both innovation and strategic foresight. He brings particular value to Audit & Risk Management committees, where he rigorously evaluates and audits technology and cybersecurity organizations and programs, ensuring their veracity, efficiency, resilience, and strategic effectiveness.

A sought-after advisor across expert, incubator, and accelerator networks, VJ empowers VC and PE firms with incisive market analysis, competitive intelligence, and opportunity mapping.

VJ currently applies his diverse skills as the Founding Partner of CYFORIX, a strategic defense and technology risk advisory group, and as CEO of TORQE, a specialized firm focused on solution engineering and transformation.

Sanjit Ganguli is VP, CTO-in-Residence at Zscaler, specializing in zero trust strategy, network transformation and digital experience monitoring engagements. For more than 20 years, he has worked in a variety of roles, including as a Gartner analyst and Deputy CTO at Riverbed. Sanjit was among the original analysts that coined and defined the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) and Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) markets. Sanjit also worked on the original SASE research. While at Zscaler, Sanjit has written three books on the topics of zero trust and SASE/SSE.

Sanjit’s current focus is on helping customers along their zero trust transformation journeys, which includes advising on best practices, aligning to industry and analyst frameworks, and adopting zero trust while maintaining user experience.