Acknowledgements

Abbie Barbir
Senior Adviser at Aetna
Executive leader with a proven record of building and delivering efficient solutions by realising close partnerships between business and technology. Combines technical knowledge, leadership skills with deep understanding of security to maximise competitive edge, infrastructure utilisation and simplicity. Act as a trusted advisor to senior management to assist them in navigating through complex technology options and business decisions.

Ajitha Narayanan
Director Quality, Security and Change Management
at Brother International Corporation
Ajitha is an IT Leader with depth and breadth of experience, spanning IT Security, Software Engineering, Shared Services, and Digital Experience. With a background in Computer Science and Mathematics, Ajitha is passionate about improving processes and enabling flawless execution. She has deep and varied experience in providing leadership & oversight for strategic assessment, planning & execution of enterprise-wide programs for improving software engineering, security, quality, performance & ecommerce.

Aloysius Cheang
Chief Security Officer at Huawei UAE
Aloysius has two decades of experience in cybersecurity. He is the Chief Security Officer of Huawei UAE, responsible for driving the company’s cybersecurity vision of building a safe and secure intelligent, connected, digital world in the UAE and the region. He is also a Board Director for US-based (ISC)2 and UK-based cyber leadership think tank, the Centre for Strategic Cyberspace + International Studies (CSCIS).

Anmol Misra
Director - Infrastructure Security at Autodesk
Anmol is an accomplished leader, author, and security researcher with over 15 years of experience in transforming the security posture of global companies. At Autodesk, he is responsible for cloud and information security. Previously, he held positions at Cisco, EY, and VMware. He is the co-author of two books by leading universities worldwide for application and mobile security and teaches security to students and professionals.

Antoine Bour
CSO at Huawei
Antoine holds CISSP-ISSAP, a high level certification in IT security from ISC2. He is number 66884, a number which is capable of completely managing all aspects of the security of an information system, designing and deploying a security policy for information systems at the most reasonable cost. A number that can train, guide or simply explain “Safety” to everyone: from senior managers to simple employees.

Anuj Puri
Head, Security & Compliance, HCL GSS Sweden
at HCL Technologies
Anuj is a Cyber Security Expert with 2 decades of experience and expertise in implementing cyber security measures. His respectable record includes recommending security improvements, evaluating and identifying vulnerabilities and improving overall system efficiencies. Anuj has an impressive capacity to thrive in fast-paced environments while delivering quality results. He is recognised for commitment to customers, motivational team leadership and ability to consistently achieve results.

Chiraag Juvekar
Hardware Security Architect at Analog Devices
Hardware Secure Architect with the Security Center of Excellence (CTO Office) at Analog Devices, Inc. with expertise in hardware security, secure computation, and homomorphic encryption.

Christopher Mayo
Assistant Vice President, Security Engineering
at PNC Financial Services Group
Fascinated with the possibilities and dangers of an always-connected world, Christopher turned his sights on security, privacy, and data protection in 2010. He has since helped define the security posture of several enterprises and spearheaded development of data protection programs. Christopher works primarily in the financial services field.

Dave Whitelegg
Head of Security Audit and Compliance at Capita
Dave is Head of Security Audit and Compliance at Capita plc, a UK leading provider of digital services, delivering innovative solutions and simplifying the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. Dave has over 20 years of commercial experience in Cyber and Information Security, holding a number of security accreditations including CISSP, Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator, PCI Internal Security Assessor, and ISO27001 lead auditor.

David Kosorok
Senior Director, Application and Product Security at DocuSign
David is responsible for DocuSign’s application and product security testing program. He has over 25 years experience in software and security testing, and 12 years working specifically in security. Prior to joining DocuSign, David has pioneered application security programs for Align Technologies, SAP Concur, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and several start-up companies. David holds a number of professional security certifications

Debraj Chakraborty
Business Development Manager - Network & Security Services
at Rockwell Automation
Debraj is a Business Development Professional with 17 years of experience in the networking and Cyber Security domain, helping customers architect the roadmap for a Digital Transformation Journey. He works with industry experts to enable strategic business decisions that are backed by real time data from IACS. With strategic business ideas and a customer-first attitude, he has achieved unprecedented growth in the region.

Dmitriy Sokolovskiy
CSO/CISO at Avid
Dmitriy is currently a CISO and CSO at Avid Technology. Previously, he consulted for contractors, public and private companies, and non-profits. He also built and managed a cybersecurity PS team, participating in IR for the largest breaches in US history, later serving as a Cloud Security Architect. Dmitriy advises infosec start-ups, VC & PE firms. He is a SANS Mentor and member of the GIAC Advisory Board.

Eric Veum
Director - Product Security at Zynga
Eric is an engineering-focused security professional specialising in product security, cloud security engineering, security architecture, and all aspects of corporate information security. He has demonstrated extensive hands-on and management experience to execute and deliver product security and security engineering programs in Cloud services for high-tech industries.

Hank Orofino
Director Cyber Security at Fiserv
Hank has been an IT professional since resigning from the United States Army as Chief Warrant Officer. His IT career of 25 years includes working for technical manufacturing firms, servers, and storage, migrating to the mortgage and banking industry, then technical financial services for global firms. Hank also holds a Bachelor Arts degree and a Masters of Business Administration degree.

Javier Godinez
Director of Application Security at Teradata
Javier Godinez leads the Product Security team at Teradata. He has been working in the Cloud security space for the last eight years, and has developed a number of applications and patterns for operating in the Cloud securely and at scale. He has previously worked for Intuit, SAIC, and SPAWAR as security architect, red team lead, and software developer.

Jiang He
Manager, Information Security Risk Management at Sun Life
Jiang is an IT security expert with 12+ years’ industry experience across IT risk & controls, security operations, IT governance, telecommunications networks, quantitative modelling, and data mining. Jiang has diverse global experience, and has published a number of research articles in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings in the field of Technology Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and a M.S. in Telecommunications.

Jon Winbow
Information Security Director, OnePharma and Consumer Healthcare at GSK
Jon is a Business Information Security Officer with over 18 years of cyber security experience. Jon heads a team of cyber security, risk and compliance experts that interface into two of GSK’s largest business areas - pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare. Previous to this, Jon had global responsibility for operating and evolving GSK’s operational security processes, services and technologies for 15 years.

Joshua Sorenson
Senior Director, Global Security at Equifax
Joshua C. Sorenson, CISM CISA, is a Security Consultant with Rausch Advisory Services and a thought leader, with over 15 years experience at Fortune 100s including John Deere, Coca-Cola, and Delta Air Lines, in roles ranging from Incident Response to Governance to Security Infrastructure -- most recently he was a Senior Director of Global Security at Equifax helping with post-breach recovery efforts.

Karl Mozurkewich
Principal Architect / Program Director, Global Enterprise Architecture at Utropicmedia / OpenText
Karl is a technology leader and computer scientist with track records of innovating and scaling enterprise solutions. He ensures customers get commercial value and competitive advantage using the best technology in the Security, Internet-of-Things(IoT), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Integration and DLT space.

Laura Lees
Country BISO - Australia/New Zealand at Citi Group
Laura has over 20 years of experience in the technology, security and risk management industries with a focus on financial services. She is the Country Business Information Security Officer for a global Financial Services organisation and is responsible for all Information Security related matters in country. Laura is also the current Vice President for the ISACA Sydney Chapter and the Sydney Co-Chapter lead at AWSN.

Mathieu Ahlstrom
Digital Workplace Solution Manager at Inter IKEA Systems
Mathieu Ahlstrom has a track record of applying business insight to enterprise technology topics, with a focus on digital workplace questions. Most recently he has been working in the identity and access management practice, balancing the ever-growing challenge of global data privacy compliance and rising expectations from users.

Mekonnen Kassa
Director of Cloud Security Engineering at Microsoft
Mekonnen has extensive experience in the technology industry leading software and service engineers teams in the design, development, and implementation of many business transforming technology products and services. Currently, he works for Microsoft, leading a global team of customer experience engineers focused on security products. His team engages with enterprises, governments, and institutions to help use Microsoft Cloud security products and services.

Michal Zdunowski
Information Protection Manager at Japan Tobacco International
For over 10 years Michal has been working in the areas of information security, cloud technologies and identity management. He has gained my experience working with many organisations from the public and private sectors, implementing both technological solutions for data protection and compliance programs related to information protection. Michal has successfully obtained the certification of Certified Information Protection Manager and Certified Cloud Security Professional.

Niamh Muldoon
Senior Director of Trust & Security, EMEA at OneLogin
Niamh Vianney Muldoon is an award-winning information security thought leader with extensive expertise in creating and leading global security initiatives across multiple industries. Niamh is OneLogin’s DPO and Trust & Security Leader for EMEA. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Niamh heads-up all things trust, security, and privacy for OneLogins EMEA operations. This includes driving sales, engineering and customer service activities across the region.

Nipun Jaswal
Director - Cyber Security Practice at BDO India
Nipun is the author of 11 cybersecurity Books on Penetration Testing and Forensics. With more than a decade of experience in VAPT, Red Teaming and Vulnerability Research, Nipun is presently the director, cyber security at BDO India. He has authored multiple exploits and tools that can be found on popular security databases and has helped many fortune companies curbing cyberattacks.

Ophir Zilbiger
Partner, Global Cybersecurity Leader at BDO Israel
Ophir heads BDO’s Global Cybersecurity Practice for BDO International, working with BDO firms and the cybersecurity leadership group to develop and grow BDO’s cybersecurity practice around the world. Ophir also heads BDO Israel Cybersecurity Center, helping organisations to manage their cybersecurity risk and build their risk based cyber defense. His IT and cybersecurity experience spans over 25 years, across organisations of various industries.

Peter Kalmar
Service Manager Security Services at Allianz Technology
Peter is a team-oriented professional with a diverse background in Windows (involving project and customer services) and IT operations (as a technical consultant and engineer). He has strong experience in business continuity management, crisis and change security, service delivery, technology transformation, cloud infrastructure, network planning, virtualisation and compliance. Peter enjoys traveling, fitness, movies, music and cooking.

Robert Behny
Senior Director, Cyber Strategy and Data at Verisk Analytics
Robert Behny is Senior Director Cyber Data & Partnerships at Verisk Cyber Solutions, Boston, Massachusetts. Robert has led cyber technical risk organisations responsible for security engineering, operations, and compliance activities over his 17 years in the industry. He holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and multiple certifications from SANS, CompTIA, and cloud service providers.

Rodion Varynskyi
Director, Network Operations at J2 Global
Inspired by the rapidly growing and evolving Information Technologies since he was 10, Rodion achieved his masters degree in Technical Information Security and Classified Data Processing automation in 2012. Rodion made his career journey from Technical Support Rep, continuing as an independent security contractor, before joining SMTP.com. Rodion is now inspired and focused on getting internet business technologies to be a privacy-safe and transparently-secured place.

Selva Mahimaidas
CISO at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Selva is a top-performing and competent Chief Information Security Officer with more than 21 years of experience in all phases of Information Security. Selva has a proven track record of handling strategic projects and global engagement management, with an ability to recognise business objectives, foresee the solutions, develop approaches, estimate resources, complete tasks, and assignments on time within a budget and maintain the highest quality.

Shafiek Johnson
Information Security Manager at Capita SA
Shafiek is an experienced and highly analytical professional with 8 years of experience performing I.T Risk Assessments, I.T SOX Audits, PCI-DSS and Information/Cyber Security assessments. Throughout his career, Shafiek has amassed comprehensive experience in I.T security and Governance over various industries, such as: Finance, Telecommunications, Travel & BPO (Business Process Outsourcing).

Shitij Bhatia
Regional Cyber Security Manager at Sanofi
Shitij is a Risk, Compliance, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Information Security professional with expertise in risk management, privacy and governance of information security. With an overall experience of 12+ years, he has worked on several information security assignments covering consulting and solution-driven approach including - Information Security Incident Management, Information Security Risk Management, Training and Awareness, Information Security Measurement Program implementation.

Stuart Leach
Technical Director - Cyber Consultancy at Grant Thornton
Stuart is a security leader with over 23 years of experience working in Technology and Information Security, holding positions of technical delivery management in Networks, IT Security, and then further into disciplined information security roles. His breadth of knowledge is supported by key information security certifications.

Thomas Zuliani
Information Security & Data Privacy Director at Pandora
Thomas is an IT Manager whose vision is a world where AI & humans will coexist in perfect harmony, creating a better world, more secure, healthier, eco-friendlier and definitely, more energy efficient. His mission in over 20 years of IT experience has always been to deliver IT in a secure & efficient way, to obtain satisfied customers. Thomas sees IT completely embedded into the business processes, adding value to the end product.

Torben Olsen
CISO at H. Lundbeck A/S
Torben started his career in Information Security in 2003, at Danish Institute for Network Security (DINS), where he split his time between penetration testing and preaching about the new Danish security standard DS-484. In 2004, DINS was acquired, and Torben spread his interests to Risk Management and IT Security Governance. In 2011 he left the role of external consultant and joined the pharmaceutical company Lundbeck.

Vitaly Obyazov, CISSP
System Security Manager / Technical Security Center / IT Security Architecture at JTI
Vitaly is an IT security professional with more than 10 years’ experience of working in various roles in diverse industries, like Gas & Oil, GameDev, Aviation and Tobacco. Vitaly’s expertise covers fields such as IT Security Architecture, IT Security Risk Management, Endpoint Protection, Data Center Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security and DevSecOps. Vitaly has a Master degree focused on Information Security of Telecommunication Systems.