Eric Anderson
10:00 am - 10:50 am
In today’s hyperconnected “open garden,” enterprise networks extend far beyond traditional perimeters—encompassing clouds, data centers, branch offices, remote users, and IoT devices. This borderless reality widens the attack surface and strains CISOs and security teams as they strive to close gaps across siloed systems and outpace fast-evolving threats.
Eric is a 35-year veteran of the technology industry, with the last 25 of that focused on cybersecurity. After having served in just about every technical capacity from coding to customer service, in both pre and post-sales, he currently spends the majority of his time working with clients to solve their security challenges. Combining creative thinking and a sympathetic understanding of customer issues and motivations, he architects solutions to difficult problems while fostering deeper comprehension with those he works with and teaches.
Adam Mitchell
11:00 am - 11:50 am
The modern adversary is faster and more sophisticated than ever—averaging just 48 minutes from initial access to impact. This session unpacks how threat actors like SCATTERED SPIDER exploit identity gaps, abuse cloud environments, and escalate privileges at speed. Learn how CrowdStrike is helping organizations detect and stop these attacks with unified protection, real-time intelligence, and the power of AI.
Adam serves as Principal Platform Advisor at CrowdStrike, where he plays a crucial role in helping organizations strengthen their security posture against modern cyber threats. In his role, Adam briefs customers on the evolving threat landscape, translating complex technical concepts into actionable intelligence. He specializes in advising organizations on implementing effective security strategies that leverage the CrowdStrike platform to stop modern adversaries.
Nicholai Piagentini
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Malspam LLMs, Generative AI on demand phishing sites and prompt injection, oh my! Dive into the dark side of AI as we look at emerging AI attack tools, new AI defensive models and how to secure AI in your enterprise with thought leaders from Varonis.
Nicholai Piagentini is a dedicated cybersecurity expert with a passion for enhancing digital security. From ensuring his teenage children maintain world-class operational security in their online activities to advising global banks, enterprises, and military organizations on strategic security decisions, Nicholai has devoted his career to empowering others to achieve greater security. As a thought leader at some of the world's largest security companies, including Palo Alto Networks, Nicholai has shared his expertise through teaching and presentations across four continents. His unique experience provides him with a holistic and systemic approach to addressing organizational security challenges.
Matt Castiotta and Paul Lenhard
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Identity-based attacks are a CISO's nightmare, with 90% of cyber intrusions leveraging phished or leaked credentials and privilege escalation. Once compromised, attackers can move anywhere across the data estate and are frequently infiltrating your cloud environments. In this session, we'll dive into the unified approach of Rubrik Identity and Cloud Resilience, demonstrating how it goes beyond traditional data protection to secure your entire hybrid identity, including Active Directory and Entra ID, as well as safeguarding your ability to recover data after an incident. We'll explore how to proactively manage identity and data risk, continuously monitor for changes, and—when prevention fails—orchestrate a fast, clean recovery of all your data across your identity & cloud platforms. You will learn how your organization can maintain business continuity, even in the face of a catastrophic event.
Matt Castriotta is the Field CTO, Cloud at Rubrik. His mission is to help educate organizations on Rubrik’s cloud solutions and how Rubrik solutions can help organizations reduce complexity, control cost, and achieve a stronger cyber resilience posture regardless of where they are on their cloud journey. Skilled in data management, he has a long history in all aspects of IT operations and security helping customers design, build, and run resilient and secure mission critical applications.
Paul Lenhard, CISSP, is an experienced and dedicated security leader with a proven track record of building strong teams that provide sound, secure solutions that enable business. He has over 25 years working in the Cyber Security industry for organizations such as ePlus, the US Navy, NATO, and private sector organizations, filling various roles focused on driving successful outcomes.