SecureWorld Mid-Atlantic Virtual Conference 2021

Michael Meyer, MPSTM, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, CISM, CRVPM II, CRISC, CISA, is the Chief Risk and Innovation Officer of MRS BPO. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s enterprise innovation, risk management and security initiatives for its Fortune clients. Michael has been with MRS for over 20 years and previously served in the Chief Security and Chief Information Officer roles. He has a Master’s degree in Technology Management from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University. Prior to MRS, he owned a consulting company, taught secure government systems globally and was in Military Intelligence.

Bob Rudis has over 20 years of experience using data to help defend global Fortune 100 companies and is currently [Master] Chief Data Scientist at Rapid7, where he specializes in research on internet-scale exposure. He was formerly a Security Data Scientist & Managing Principal at Verizon, overseeing the team that produces the annual Data Breach Investigations Report. Bob is a serial tweeter (@hrbrmstr), avid blogger (rud.is), R (#rstats) avunculur, author (Data-Driven Security), speaker, and regular contributor to the open source community.

Stephen Gates brings more than 15 years of information security experience to his role as Principal Security SME at Horizon3.ai. He is a subject matter expert with an extensive hands-on background in security and is a well-known writer, blogger, presenter, and published author who is dedicated to conveying facts, figures, and information that brings awareness to the security issues all organizations face.

Mark Eggleston is the chief information security officer (CISO) for CSC, responsible for the global security and privacy program design, operations and continual maturation. As a senior executive specializing in security and privacy program development and management, Mark’s unique background and expertise in information technology, program, and people management have positioned him as a thought leader and frequent industry speaker.

Mark started his career as a program manager and psychotherapist at a hospital serving children and adolescents. Later, Mr. Eggleston helped develop an internal compliance approach—complete with policies and tools—ensuring a geographically dispersed health care provider organization (across 19 states) complied with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Mr. Eggleston then transitioned to applying his HIPAA expertise at an HMO where he has implemented many successful security controls and technologies, including single sign-on (SSO), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Access security broker (CASB), and a vulnerability assessment program.

Mark received his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Radford University. Later, Mark received both his Master of social work and his post-baccalaureate certificate in management information systems from Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition, Mark holds CHPS, CHPS, and CISSP certifications.

Anahi Santiago is the Chief Information Security Officer at ChristianaCare Health System, the largest healthcare provider in the state of Delaware. Prior to CCHS, she spent over 10 years as the Information Security and Privacy Officer at Einstein Healthcare Network. In her role as CISO, Anahi has overall responsibility for the organization's cybersecurity and assurance program. She leads a team of information security professionals in supporting CCHS's strategic initiatives by collaborating with clinical and business leaders, managing cybersecurity risks, implementing policies and controls, generating overall awareness, and fostering a culture of security and safety.

Joshua Cloud is currently serving as the director of information security for NFI. He has over 20 years of infrastructure and security leadership experience spanning professional services, manufacturing, retail, and logistics industries in countries all over the world. Cloud is a transformational security leader with a business focus who evangelizes the value of pragmatic cyber risk management and executive alignment. He currently leads a team of security professionals at the new NFI headquarters on the Camden, NJ, waterfront.

Todd Bearman is the Chief Information Security Officer for TE Connectivity with responsibility for Information Security globally across nearly 150 countries with 75,000 employees.

Todd is responsible for ensuring collaboration and risk management across the corporate functions and business units where he leverages his leadership, technical, and business expertise to manage information and business risks. He manages the global Information Security Program defining strategy and executing on security initiatives.
Todd has over 25 years of information systems experience and has been involved with various aspects of Information Security for over 18 years.

Prior to working at TE Connectivity, Todd was CISO at Towers Watson, as well as Director of Information Security at Commerce Bank (now TD Bank). Previously, Todd has spent much of his career as a consultant, helping global companies implement and improve their security programs.

Sajed Naseem ("Saj") is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of New Jersey Courts. He has over 20 years of experience with information security and IT across many industries. As the CISO of the New Jersey Courts, he has focused on Cybersecurity Readiness & Performance, Information Governance, and Network Security. Sajed holds Masters degrees from St. John's University and Columbia University. He routinely speaks at cybersecurity conferences nationally, in Europe, and with the New Jersey Bar Association. Sajed is also an Adjunct Professor at St. John's University in Information Security since 2010 and a native of New York City.

Rebecca L. Rakoski is the managing partner at XPAN Law Partners, LLC. Rebecca advises her clients on a proactive, multi jurisdictional approach to identify and address data privacy and cybersecurity compliance gaps and potential liabilities. She uses her extensive experience to work with her clients to create and tailor a security and privacy governance program that fits their specific needs in order to limit their regulatory exposure.

Rebecca counsels and aggressively defends public and private corporations, and their boards, during data breaches and responds to state/federal regulatory compliance and enforcement actions. As an experienced litigator, Rebecca has handled hundreds of matters in state and federal courts. Rebecca skillfully manages the intersection of state, federal, and international regulations that affect the transfer, storage, and collection of data to minimize her client's litigation risks.

Rebecca regularly negotiates complex contractual provisions that are impacted by domestic and international data privacy regulations including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. She understands how the nature of the data can affect the role her client plays in the data transaction and uses that knowledge to mitigate corporate liability.
As a thought leader in the area of data privacy and cybersecurity, Rebecca serves on the New Jersey State Bar Association's Cyber Task Force. Rebecca is Vice-Chair Elect for the New Jersey State Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Section.

Rebecca has been appointed and served in multiple highly complex litigation matters by the New Jersey Superior Court as a Special Master in the areas of technology and eDiscovery. She also served on the Complex Business Litigation Committee that drafted and revised the New Jersey Court Rules involving electronic discovery. Rebecca was on the eDiscovery committee of her prior law firm and created its eDiscovery subgroup.

Rebecca is on the Board of Governors for Temple University Health Systems and is also the Acting Dean of Online Learning and an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law.

Mariana is the Director of Email Security Products at Darktrace, with a primary focus on the capabilities of AI cyber defenses against email-borne attacks. Mariana works closely with the development, analyst, and marketing teams to advise technical and non-technical audiences on how best to augment cyber resilience within the email domain, and how to implement AI technology as a means of defense. She speaks regularly at international events, with a specialty in presenting on sophisticated, AI-powered email attacks. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and speaks several languages including French, Italian, and Portuguese.

For more than 20 years, Grant Asplund has been sharing his insights on how businesses can best protect themselves from sophisticated cyber-attacks in an increasingly complex world. As Check Point’s chief evangelist, he travels the world enthralling audiences with his passionate and relational storytelling at conferences like RSA and Next100 CIOs and numerous media interviews. Grant’s wide range of cyber security experience informs his talks, having served in diverse roles ranging from sales, marketing, business development, and senior management for Dome 9, Blue Coat Systems, Neustar, and Altor Networks. As CEO of MetaInfo, he led its acquisition by Neustar. Grant is the host of the CISO Secrets podcast (cp.buzzsprout.com) and the Talking Cloud Podcast (www.talkingcloudpodcast.com) on Cloud security.

Mike works with customers and oversees technical strategy for areas which include cloud security, advanced email defense, SOAR, browsing security, and SDP. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Mike held numerous technical leadership and product strategy roles across a variety of solutions.

Michael Meyer, MPSTM, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, CISM, CRVPM II, CRISC, CISA, is the Chief Risk and Innovation Officer of MRS BPO. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s enterprise innovation, risk management and security initiatives for its Fortune clients. Michael has been with MRS for over 20 years and previously served in the Chief Security and Chief Information Officer roles. He has a Master’s degree in Technology Management from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University. Prior to MRS, he owned a consulting company, taught secure government systems globally and was in Military Intelligence.

Roger Grimes is a 30-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications and an award-winning author of 10 books and over 1,000 magazine articles on computer security. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including Foundstone, McAfee and Microsoft. Grimes holds a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University. He has been the weekly security columnist for InfoWorld and CSO magazines since 2005.

Terry Ray is the SVP and Imperva Fellow for Imperva Inc. As a technology fellow, Terry supports all of Imperva’s business functions with his years of industry experience and expertise. Previously he served as Chief Technology Officer where he was responsible for developing and articulating the company’s technical vision and strategy, as well as, maintaining a deep knowledge of the Application and Data Security Solution and Threats Landscape.

Earlier in his tenure at Imperva, he held the role of Chief Product Strategist where he consulted directly with Imperva’s strategic global customers on industry best practices, threat landscape, application and data security implementation and industry regulations. He continues to operate as an executive sponsor to strategic customers who benefit from having a bridge between both company’s executive teams. He was the first U.S.-based employee, and during his 15 years at Imperva, he has worked hundreds of data security projects to meet the security requirements of customers and regulators from every industry.

Terry is a frequent speaker for RSA, ISSA, OWASP, ISACA, IANS, CDM, NLIT, The American Petroleum Institute, and other professional security and audit organizations in the Americas and abroad. Terry also provides expert commentary to the media and has been quoted in Security Week, SC Magazine, CBS News, the BBC, and others.

Dave has more than 15 years experience in enterprise information security and brings a strong track record of innovation and customer focus to SentinelOne. Prior to SentinelOne, he was the VP of Product and VP of Solutions Architecture at ProtectWise and helped launch and build the company from stealth to a successful exit to Verizon. Dave helped define the network detection and response market and has helped many organizations develop detection and response strategies and to embrace cloud delivered technologies. He has also led Firewall Product Management at McAfee and has held various roles in sales engineering, product management and support at Websense, Intel, McAfee and Secure Computing.

Salar Atrizadeh, Esq. is an attorney and IT expert with an extensive background in technology and computer information services. He has conducted seminars before legal and non-legal organizations on similar topics. Salar is licensed to practice in the State of California, District of Columbia, and the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts and holds a bachelor's of science degree in computer information systems with a minor in database management systems.

Former software engineer and penetration tester, nowadays Sr. Security Automation Engineer at GitLab.

James Christiansen is Netskope’s vice president of cloud security transformation and leader of the Global Chief Strategy Office. He is focused on enhancing Netskope’s global clients understand the challenges and solutions of cloud deployments by helping drive thought leadership in cloud security transformation.

James brings extensive expertise as a global leader in information security. Prior to joining Netskope, he was vice president CISO at Teradata where he led the global security, physical, and information security teams. Previously, James was vice president of information risk management at Optiv, chief information risk officer for Evantix, and CISO at Experian Americas, General Motors, and Visa International.

As a sought-after expert speaker on security, James has been featured at numerous prestigious events, including the Business Roundtable, Research Board, American Bar Association, American Banker, the RSA Conference, BankInfoSecurity, ISSA, ISACA, HIMSS, and MIS Training Institute. He has also been featured in The New York Times and quoted as an expert in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, United States Cybersecurity Magazine, Bloomberg, and Healthcare IT News.

James is a patent inventor and has received three innovation awards in cyber security, GRC, and cloud computing. He is the author of the Internet Survival Series and contributing author of CISO Essentials, as well as numerous industry papers.

Brian Robison is the Senior Director, Product Marketing and Chief Evangelist at BlackBerry (formerly Cylance), where he educates the world that preventing cybersecurity threats is actually possible and a much better approach than detecting and responding after an attack. With over 20 years' of cybersecurity experience, Robison is a regular speaker at industry events such as RSA, Black Hat, and thought leadership forums. Prior to joining BlackBerry, Robison worked to defend organizations from mobile security threats—three years as a director at Citrix XenMobile and two years driving enterprise strategy at Good Technology. Robison also spent over six years at McAfee with a special focus on end-point security leading efforts. During this time, he also managed vulnerability and policy compliance solutions.

Mike Lopez, Director of Cloud Services at AccessIT Group, has a history of designing cloud architecture with a security focused approach for government and fortune 500 clients. He has worked with private and public cloud environments including AWS, Azure, Oracle, and Google Cloud. Mike leads AccessIT Group’s Cloud practice by helping its customers create strategies for their cloud adoption through a vendor agnostic holistic approach to cloud security. Because of his mixed background, he bridges the traditional gap between security and development teams, helping them work together in the cloud journey. Prior to his role at AccessIT Group, Mike was the Lead Consultant of Professional Services at Check Point Software Technologies and served as the subject matter expert for their cloud security products. As a cloud specialist, Mike is AWS and Azure certified and maintains Check Point CCSE and CCVSE certifications.

For more than 20 years, Grant Asplund has been sharing his insights on how businesses can best protect themselves from sophisticated cyber-attacks in an increasingly complex world. As Check Point’s chief evangelist, he travels the world enthralling audiences with his passionate and relational storytelling at conferences like RSA and Next100 CIOs and numerous media interviews. Grant’s wide range of cyber security experience informs his talks, having served in diverse roles ranging from sales, marketing, business development, and senior management for Dome 9, Blue Coat Systems, Neustar, and Altor Networks. As CEO of MetaInfo, he led its acquisition by Neustar. Grant is the host of the CISO Secrets podcast (cp.buzzsprout.com) and the Talking Cloud Podcast (www.talkingcloudpodcast.com) on Cloud security.

Piyali Das has a proven 16-year track record of leading Information Security and Information Technology enterprise-wide initiatives. This includes success in risk-based prioritization of security initiatives and the resolution of complex issues cost effectively. She has also directed complex cross-functional projects across the enterprise resulting in exceptional operational outcomes. Her core competencies include Information Security Risk Management, Risk and Compliance Frameworks (NIST, ISO, PCI, SOC, SOX, COBIT, OWASP, SIG), Third-party Risk Management, Risk Metrics and Dashboards, Risk-based Prioritization, Collaboration and Communication, Process Improvements, Customer-Focus, Vendors and Personnel Management, Security Awareness Training and Phishing Simulation, and AWS Cloud Security Controls.

Jose Barajas is Technical Director, NA Sales Engineering AttackIQ. He has over a decade of experience as a security researcher reverse-engineering malware and developing security controls and analytics. At AttackIQ, he now focuses on improving security control efficacy through attacker behavior emulation and establishing continuous security validation programs. Jose has presented at Black Hat, Globaltek Security Conference, and ISACA Security Conference.

Crane Hassold is the Director of Threat Intelligence at Abnormal Security, where he leads a team responsible for researching enterprise-focused cyber threats. Prior to joining the private sector in 2015, Crane served as an Analyst at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for more than 11 years, providing strategic and tactical analytical support to cyber, financial crime, and violent crime cases. For most of his career with the FBI, Crane worked in the Behavioral Analysis Units in Quantico, Virginia, where he provided analytical and behavioral support (“profiling”) to intelligence community and law enforcement partners against national security adversaries and serial criminals. Crane has also been recognized as a subject matter expert in open source intelligence collection and has presented at numerous conferences about using successful analytical techniques.

Ms. Meera Rao is a Senior Director of Product Management, focusing on DevOps solutions at Synopsys, Inc. Ms. Meera has over 20 years of experience in software development organizations in a variety of roles including Architect, Lead Developer, and Project Manager, and Security Architect. Ms. Meera has been working as a trusted adviser to Fortune 500 companies, helping them achieve realistic goals for practical CI/CD & DevSecOps. She advises organizations in defining, implementing, maturing, scaling and measuring DevSecOps. Ms. Meera is very passionate about getting more women working in the technology industry. Ms. Meera participates, presents, and speaks at several conferences, spreading her knowledge of security and the importance of women in the technology workforce. Meera was awarded the SecDevOps Trailblazer award from SecuritySerious in London in 2018. Meera was a finalist in the Computing Women in IT Excellence Awards 2019 for Role Model of the Year.

Joe Walsh teaches digital forensics and computer security at DeSales University. He previously worked as a senior security consultant where he performed security assessments, conducted penetration testing, and responded to computer security incidents. He has been a police officer for 13 years and is a former member of the ICAC Task Force and the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, where he was responsible for conducting online undercover investigations and digital forensic examinations. Joe has a bachelor's degree in Information Systems, a master's degree in Criminal Justice/Digital Forensics, a master's degree in Information Systems/Cybersecurity, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Systems with a concentration in Cybersecurity.

Harrison holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Harvard University.

Jordan L. Fischer, founding partner and owner of Fischer Law, LLC, is a self-proclaimed privacy and technology legal nerd and entrepreneur. With her background in owning and operating businesses, and her experience working across the globe, Jordan brings extensive experience and practical knowledge to the global intersection of law and technology. Jordan understands the many demands on businesses, and works to create a balanced approach to privacy and data security compliance.

Jordan works with businesses to continually evaluate and assess legal and business opportunities and risks to provide public and private sector clients with practical data privacy and cybersecurity counsel and business strategic advice. Jordan’s goal is to understand your business, your approach, your risks, and then work with you to create effective, long-lasting solutions to your data privacy and technology legal challenges.

With more than ten years of experience in data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology law, Jordan advises clients on a variety of regulations, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA). Additionally, she provides counsel on biometric data laws, global data breach standards, and federal and state unfair business practices acts and privacy frameworks such as International Standards Organization (ISO) 27001 and 27701, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Payment Credit Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Jordan regularly represents clients in contractual negotiations pertaining to technology, data management, security, and privacy, and she assists in the development of customized, right-sized compliance programs to address numerous regulatory requirements and industry best practices. She also advises clients on cross-border data management and information governance, developing business-oriented and cost-effective strategies for information security, data privacy, and technology compliance.

Jordan’s experience provides her the opportunity to represent clients in a wide range of industries, gaining valuable insight into sectors including agriculture, adtech, emerging technologies (blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), gaming, healthcare, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical. She advises clients on third-party management, addressing the privacy and security of their supply chain. She also collaborates with clients to develop business solutions that incorporate privacy-by-design and security-by-design principles, fusing regulatory requirements with practical, real-world solutions.

In addition to her private practice, Jordan is a Cybersecurity Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. Her academic research investigates the convergence of law and technology, as well as the practical implications of regional data protection regulations in the context of the global economy.

Jordan is a globally recognized speaker on a wide range of technology and privacy law topics. In addition, she hosts the podcast Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: The New Frontier for the American Bar Association, which concentrates on data security, privacy, and related legal topics. On the podcast, Jordan discusses a variety of topics focused on law, technology, privacy, and cybersecurity from the perspective of various industries.

Jordan is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe (CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US), as well as a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She is a certified trainer for the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
Lawyer on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer (2023)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Star honoree (2019-2022)
Main Line Today – Top Lawyers – Cybersecurity (2021, 2022)
ABA ‘On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers’, 2022 Honoree
SC Media – 2022 Women In IT Security, Honoree in the Advocate Category
Exeleon Magazine – 30 Most Transformational Leaders to Follow in 2022
Host, American Bar Association’s ‘Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: The New Frontier’ Podcast
European Union ERASMUS Grant Recipient, 2020

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association, Business Law Fellow, 2020-2022
American Bar Association, Vice Chair of the Big Data Committee, 2022-2023
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee
California Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Forbes Business Council Member, 2022
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Member
University of California, Berkeley, Cybersecurity Lecturer
former Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University, Law Professor
former Chestnut Hill College, Adjunct Professor
West Chester Friends School, Board Member
Appointed Fulbright Specialist in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) for United States law (US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) for European law (E) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Larry Chinski has over 20 years in the Identity and Access Management industry and travels globally to help complex organizations understand emerging trends, the current threat landscape, and how to leverage technology platforms to resolve issues related to cybersecurity as well as operational efficiency.

Deidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN, the largest cybersecurity talent acquisition technology and services firm in the U.S., transforming job searching and hiring for the cybersecurity industry. Standardizing all cybersecurity job functions into a common taxonomy of 45 roles, the CyberSN platform allows professionals to make anonymous, public profiles that match with employer-posted job descriptions using the same taxonomy. This innovation is disruptive and solves a serious national security issue. Deidre’s leadership style combines 25 years of experience working in technology and staffing, her love of the cybersecurity community, and a genuine enthusiasm for people. She has led large-scale sales and operations and built high-performance teams at Rapid7 and Motion Recruitment prior to founding her own organizations. She believes a company-culture established on ‘anything is possible’ attitudes and open communication frameworks, along with positive energy, career advancement, and kindness, enables her teams to have fun at work and reach beyond peak performance. She also encourages the use of EQ (Emotional Intelligence) skills: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social skills, and empathy. Deidre has also founded SecureDiversity.org, a non-profit organization working to raise awareness for, and increase the hiring of, women and underrepresented humans in the cybersecurity workforce. She has also spoken at some of the biggest tech summits, conferences, and podcasts in the world including ISC2 Congress, RSA, ISSA International, and Hacker Halted.

Tommy Todd is Vice President of Security at Code42 with over 20 years of cybersecurity experience, primarily focused on data privacy and data protection strategies. Prior to Code42, Tommy served in security roles at Symantec, Ionic Security, and Optiv, as well as many other firms. Throughout his career, he has acted as a leader, mentor, engineer, architect, and consultant to solve difficult data protection challenges. Tommy is passionate about data—both consumer and commercial—and strives to improve the security posture in organizations he works with.

Alex Kirk is an open source security veteran, with a combined 17 years at Sourcefire, Cisco, Tenable, and now Corelight, where he serves as Global Principal for Suricata. Formerly a malware zookeeper and IDS signature writer, today he spends his time helping SOC analysts and advising on security policy for government agencies, universities, and large corporations around the world.

Ryan Aleman is a Director of Solutions Architect at Armis. In this role, Ryan is at the forefront of the developing landscape of unagentable devices. With an extensive background in security and technical environment management, Ryan has worked extensively to find passive, agentless security solutions in the medical, industrial, and IoT spaces, along with traditional enterprise environments.

Bruno Almeida is a Sales Engineer at Gigamon, where he partners with customers to help them ensure continuous security and monitoring of cloud and data center services during their digital transformation journeys. He has over a decade of experience in the IT infrastructure space. Before joining Gigamon, Bruno worked for several firms in the managed service provider space, including Regra SA and Alphaserve Technologies. Bruno holds several industry certifications including AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Fundamentals, and VMware Certified Professional. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrotechnical and Computers Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal.

Nathan Wenzler is the Chief Security Strategist at Tenable, the Cyber Exposure company. Nathan has over two decades of experience designing, implementing, and managing both technical and non-technical security solutions for IT and information security organizations. He has helped government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies alike build new information security programs from scratch, as well as improve and broaden existing programs with a focus on process, workflow, risk management, and the personnel side of a successful security program.

Nathan brings his expertise in vulnerability management and Cyber Exposure to executives and security professionals around the globe in order to help them mature their security strategy, understand their cyber risk, and measurably improve their overall security posture.

Vana Khurana is CISSP, AWS Certified Architect (A), CCSP, CCSK, GSEC, and TOGAF certified. Vana serves as Director of Training and a Board Member of Cloud Security Alliance Delaware Valley Chapter. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Temple University, Philadelphia. Vana has authored the book "IT Process Management," available on Amazon.

John has over 17 years of experience investigating, and leading teams investigating, data breaches and cybersecurity incidents within the government and civilian security sectors. Currently, John heads the Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center (VTRAC) research, development, and innovation effort. In this role, he focuses on researching cybersecurity incidents, performing digital forensic examinations, advising on data breach containment and eradication efforts, and creating data breach response preparedness training and breach simulation exercises for customers worldwide. Prior to joining Verizon, John served 12 years with the U.S. Army investigating security-related incidents with eight years specifically focused on network intrusion investigations and forensic examinations.

Chris Pin serves as PKWARE’s VP, Security and Privacy. In this role, Chris drives value and awareness for all PKWARE customers regarding the various challenges that both privacy and security regulations bring to the data-driven world. He works closely with all customers and potential customers to help them better understand how PKWARE solutions best fit into their environments and processes. He also works very closely with many other departments such as Sales, Marketing, Partners, and Product to help build brand awareness and product insights.

With over 15 years of experience, Chris’s career began at the Pentagon where he supported the Army Headquarters as a Systems Engineer. Following his tenure at the Pentagon, he transitioned into global architecture and engineering for SOCOM, focusing on global networks and security. This is where he developed a deep understanding of what it takes to operate global networks at scale while ensuring the best security and privacy without jeopardizing the end-user experience.

Prior to joining PKWARE as part of the Dataguise acquisition, Chris spent four years at Costco leading the data center migration of the e-commerce domain before transitioning into Privacy and Compliance where he was a PCI-ISA and assisted through yearly PCI assessments. Most notably, Chris also led Costco’s GDPR and CCPA efforts on a global scale, working with teams across the company, Infosec, development, policy, legal, employee education, change review, marketing, HR, buyers, and more.

Chris has a CIPM certification and studied Aviation Management at Dowling College. When not working, he enjoys spending time with family, flying drones, kayaking, and adventuring the Pacific Northwest.

John Weiler is currently the CEO and CIO of a congressionally charted IT "do tank" called IT-AAC. He has forged partnerships with two dozen leading non-profits and federal agencies committed to the Digital Transformation of the federal IT sector.

He has 40 years of IT Management, Solution Engineering, and Architecture experiences, covering both private and public sectors. His expertise has taken him from senior leadership roles in Fortune 1000 companies (May Dept Stores, Giant Food, Boeing) to non-profit (Object Management Group, Interop. Clearinghouse), to high technology companies (Oracle, Excalibur, ParcPlace, Kodak, BAH, CACI).

Adam is the Chief Information Security Officer for Paycor, one of the largest independently held Human Capital Management companies in America. He oversees Information Security for Paycor’s 1,400 associates, as well as Paycor’s 30,000 clients of their award-winning SaaS product. In past positions, he has served in leadership roles including Technical Services and Operations, Enterprise Architecture, and Software Engineering. Adam holds CISSP and CISM certifications, as well as a Master’s Certificate in Corporate Information Security. Adam is a volunteer in ISC(2)'s Safe and Secure Online program, which spreads security awareness to children at local schools. He also plays jazz trumpet in non-profit “Jump and Jive” big band in Cincinnati, donating proceeds to area schools for music education.