David Kennedy

David started TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems (BDS) with the vision of helping companies with information security. TrustedSec provides information security consulting services for organizations all around the world. BDS is a global Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) and software security company which detects attackers in the early stages and prevents large-scale attacks.[more]

Kelly Shortridge

Kelly Shortridge is currently the Product Manager for security ratings platform, SecurityScorecard. In her spare time, she conducts research into the applications of behavioral economics and behavioral game theory to information security, on which she has spoken at international conferences including Black Hat, Troopers, and Hacktivity. [more]

Russ McRee

Russ McRee is Group Program Manager of the Blue Team for Microsoft’s Windows & Devices Group (WDG). He writes toolsmith, a monthly column for information security practitioners, and has written for other publications including Information Security, (IN)SECURE, SysAdmin, and Linux Magazine. [more]

Jeremiah Grossman

Founder of WhiteHat Security. World-Renowned Professional Hacker. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. Published Author. Influential Blogger. Off-Road Race Driver.

Jeremiah Grossman’s career spans nearly 20 years and he has lived a literal lifetime in computer security to become one of the industry’s biggest names. And since Jeremiah earned a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, the media has described him as “the embodiment of converged IT and physical security.” Preventing attacks from the scariest cyber-criminals is all in a day’s work for Jeremiah, but staying a keystroke ahead of the bad guys isn’t easy. In 2001, Jeremiah founded WhiteHat Security, which today has one of the largest professional hacking armies on the planet. [more]

Diana Kelley

Diana Kelley is Executive Security Advisor to IBM Security and manages the IBM Security Newsroom. As ESA she leverages her 25+ years of cyber risk and security experience to provide advice and guidance to CISOs and security professionals. She is a regular contributor to SecurityIntelligence, X-Force Research and a co-author of IBM’s “Securing the C-Suite” study. She is a faculty member with IANS Research and serves on the Advisory Board for InfoSec World, Structure Security and the Content Committee for the Executive Women’s Forum. She was an IEEE “Rock Star of Risk” in 2016 and speaks frequently at major conferences including: TED, RSA, CyberTech, CompuTex, and InfoSec World [more]

Johannes Ullrich

CTO SANS Internet Storm CenterAs Dean of Research for the SANS Technology Institute, Johannes is currently responsible for the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) and the GIAC Gold program. He founded DShield.org in 2000, which is now the data collection engine behind the ISC. [more]

Mark Leary

VP & Chief Information Security Officer – XeroxMark Leary is an Information Technology security professional in the government and commercial sectors, and has held successive positions of corporate security oversight in Defense, Aerospace, Manufacturing and Services industry segments. [more]

Caleb Barlow

Vice President – Portfolio Marketing – IBM SecurityCaleb Barlow is an enterprising hi-tech executive with global experience in product management, marketing, software development and services. He has led multiple software product portfolios at IBM Security including Application, Data, Mobile, and Critical Infrastructure Security. [more]

Mark Villinski

Director – Field Marketing – Kaspersky LabMark Villinski brings more than 20 years of technology sales, marketing experience and channel leadership to Kaspersky Lab. As Director, Field Marketing, Mark is responsible for field marketing efforts in the United States and for increasing awareness of Kaspersky Lab as a thought leader in the online security industry. [more]

Paul Henry

Veteran industry expert and SANS Senior Instructor

Paul Henry is a Senior Instructor with the SANS Institute and one of the world’s foremost global information security and computer forensic experts with more than 30 years of experience covering all 10 domains of network security. (more)

Ira Winkler

ISSA President and security luminary

Ira Winkler, CISSP is President of Secure Mentem. He is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals, and has been named a “Modern Day James Bond” by the media.
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Jaime Daley

Ms. Jaime L. Daley is an Assistant Director with the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Office of Counter Terrorism (OCT), where she manages a group of analysts focused on homeland security and cyber threats. (more)

Mike Pinch

Michael Pinch is an experienced healthcare technology executive, currently the Chief Information Security Officer for the University of Rochester Medical Center. (more)

Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and is a Director for the Gates Volunteer Ambulance Service (GVAS). (more)

Dwayne Foley

Dwayne Foley is the Security Manager for Global Information Services at CooperVision. (more)

Eric Caballero

Eric is presently the IT Director/Leader for Byrne Dairy, a Central New York food process manufacturer. (more)