Training

Ibrahim Yusuf

Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco SecOps Group

Ibrahim is currently a cyber security solutions architect with the Cisco SecOps Group. He has been in security for almost two decades, his expertise lies in network wide defensive and offensive security and forensics. Ibrahim is a Certified SANS forensics Analyst (GCFA) and Information Security System Professional (CISSP).

In his current role at Cisco, he guides and assist organisations mitigate and reduce their exposure to breaches and incidences. He helps security teams adopt an attacker’s mindset through threat hunting workshops and cyber threat response exercises. Ibrahim is a motivator of technical teams to appreciate the level of threat complexity organisations are up against.

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Nick Hogg

Director of Technical Training, Helpsystems

Nick is an experienced training manager, instructional designer and product manager with more than 24 years of commercial experience. Currently, he is responsible for the design and production of multimedia Computer Based Training (CBT)/eLearning packages and Instructor Led Training (ILT) courses for both commercial and military customers.

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Dinesh Kamble

SVP & Head – Security Provision, IDFC First Bank

Kamble is an Information security professional with nearly 22 years of experience in Information Technology and Cyber security. He has handled various responsibilities including leadership roles in Information Risk Management, Developing security strategy, Project Management, IT & Cyber Security Audits, Security Architecture and Solution designing, Business Analysis & Consultancy.

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Mahesh Shanmugasundaram

Regional Director, South Asia, Helpsystems

Maheswaran is an Information Security industry veteran with over two decades of experience across a range of security technologies and processes. A technologist at heart, Maheswaran has a real ability to understand the commercial and operational requirements of businesses across a wide range of vertical markets. He has a wealth of experience supporting the deployment of key data protection projects in a number of leading enterprises across APAC.

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Shaun Cooney

Strategic Advisor, Splunk

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Alan Hill

Public Sector Strategic Solutions, Splunk

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Yassir Abousselham

CISO, Splunk

Yassir Abousselham is the Chief Information Security Officer at Splunk. In this capacity, he oversees the delivery of the cyber security mandate across the organization and supports Splunk customers in deploying data-driven security programs. Prior to Splunk, Yassir served as Chief Information Security Officer at Okta where he managed the Information Security function and chaired investments to position Okta as a leading security company. Before Okta, Yassir acted as the Chief Information Security Officer for SoFi, in addition to holding various security leadership roles at Google and EY. Yassir is also an active member in the cybersecurity industry, from co-chairing the San Francisco Evanta CISO Summit, to acting as an advisor to cybersecurity startups. Yassir also holds two U.S. patents in trusted network communication.

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Jon Oltsik

Senior Principal Analyst and Fellow, ESG

Jon Oltsik is an ESG senior principal analyst, an ESG fellow, and the founder of the firm’s cybersecurity service. With over 30 years of technology industry experience, Jon is widely recognized as an expert in all aspects of cybersecurity and is often called upon to help customers understand a CISO's perspective and strategies. Jon focuses on areas such as cyber-risk management, security operations, and managed security services.

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Demi Ben-Ari

CTO and Co-founder, Panorays

Demi Ben-Ari is co-founder and CTO at Panorays, which automates, accelerates and scales third-party security management. At Panorays, he is deeply committed to making third-party security management as seamless and as effective as possible. He is also an expert at building communities and networks, both online and offline, and is a recognized Google Developers Expert, is the co-founder of "Big Things"

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Trevor Foskett

Director, Data Protection Solution Engineering, Virtru

Trevor is the Director of Solutions Engineering at Virtru and for the last 6 years has been helping Enterprise organizations improve their security posture within the email security and data protection space.

Trevor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Duke University, with a BioChem concentration and minors in Biology and French.

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Rob McDonald

EVP & Data Protection Expert, Virtru

Rob is the EVP of Platform and an advocate of safeguarding data across new applications and data-sharing workflows. Prior to Virtru, Rob was the CIO for several Acute Care facilities and Denovo Healthcare development teams. His significant expertise in the healthcare industry earned him a spot in Becker’s Review as a 2013 and 2014 Top 100 Healthcare CIOs. Rob has also consulted with corporations to help them assess their current information security position and develop a plan to not only mitigate the discovered technical shortcomings but more critically to raise security awareness amongst their employees.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a perpetual student of technology, information security, and privacy practices.

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Ben King

Regional Chief Security Officer APAC, Okta

Ben King is the Regional Chief Security Officer at Okta for APAC. As Regional CSO, he leads security for the region, interfacing regularly with regional customers and suppliers, and provides the operational interface to the global security function.

With over 20 years of experience in technology, strategy and cyber security roles, Ben has worked in consulting services, spent 11 years at a major multinational bank based in Sydney and London, and was previously the regional security leader in EMEA for Symantec before joining Okta.Recently he relocated to the APAC region. Ben has built a reputation for creating and leading high performing teams, having lived and worked in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney.

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Jo Stewart-Rattray

CSO, Silver Chain Group

Jo has over 25 years’ experience in the IT field some of which were spent as CIO in the Utilities and as Group CIO in the Tourism space, and with significant experience in the Information Security arena including as CISO in the healthcare sector. She underpins her information technology and security background with her qualifications in education and management.

She specialises in consulting in risk and technology issues with a particular emphasis on governance and security in both the commercial and operational areas of businesses. Jo provides strategic advice to organisations across a number of industry sectors including banking and finance, utilities, manufacturing, tertiary education, retail, healthcare and government.

Jo has extensive board and committee experience. She has chaired a number of ISACA’s international committees including the Board Audit & Risk Committee, Leadership Development and Professional Influence & Advocacy. She served as an Elected Director on ISACA’s international Board of Directors for seven years and was the founder of its global women’s leadership initiative, SheLeadsTech.

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Fleming Shi

Chief Technology Officer, Barracuda

Fleming Shi serves as Chief Technology Officer at Barracuda Networks. Fleming joined Barracuda in 2004 as the founding engineer for the company's web security product offerings, helping to create the first version of Barracuda's message archiving product and paving the way for expansion into new content security product areas. As CTO, Fleming leads the company's threat research and innovation engineering teams in building future technology platforms to deliver continued success in our security and data protection products. He has more than 20 patents granted or pending in network and content security.

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Charlie Smith

Consultant Solutions Engineer, Barracuda

Charlie Smith is a consultant solutions engineer for Barracuda Networks in the EMEA region. In this role he helps customers to design strong data protection and management solutions for their data and how to minimise the risk from Ransomware and Malware attacks. Charlie has years of experience working with both on-prem and cloud-based data protection solutions and advising partners and customers on the best way to meet customer requirements in a cost-effective way.

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Chris Patteson

Executive Director, Risk Transformation Office, Archer

Chris Patteson has more than two decades experience as a practitioner, leader, and innovator within Governance Risk and Compliance and Integrated Risk Management in the manufacturing, technology, and logistics sectors. Prior to joining RSA, he managed a team of data scientists and application developers to build new methods, models, and architectures for managing fraud and cargo security for a global logistics organization. Chris continues to drive innovation in advanced data modeling techniques and creating actionable intelligence for managing risk.

Chris is an Industrial Engineer and holds an MBA in Strategic Management. His current research lies in security architectures related to risk systems and risk data science. His work in the domain led to a patent for Methods, Systems, and Devices for Detecting and Isolating Device Posing Security Threats.

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David Vose

VP, Risk Management, Archer

David Vose is Vice President for Risk Management at Archer. He is responsible for bringing quantitative risk management capabilities to Archer in order to create a fully integrated risk management system. David also advises on the training and deliverables of Archer’s professional services team for risk management.

Prior to joining Archer in 2021, David was an independent risk analysis consultant for over thirty years, specialising in the quantification of risk. He has consulted in a very wide range of fields and problems using risk analysis techniques to help organisations make more informed decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty.

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Brian Chappell

Deputy CTO, BeyondTrust

Chappell has more than 30 years of IT and cybersecurity experience in a career that has spanned system integrators, PC and Software vendors, and high-tech multi-nationals. He has held senior roles in both the vendor and the enterprise space in companies such as Amstrad plc, BBC Television, GlaxoSmithKline, and BeyondTrust. At BeyondTrust, Chappell has led Sales Engineering across EMEA and APAC, Product Management globally for Privileged Password Management and now focuses on security strategy and new technologies within the Office of the CTO. Chappell can also be found speaking at conferences, authoring articles and blog posts, as well as providing expert commentary for the world press.

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Janer Gorohhov

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO), Veriff

Janer is in charge of Veriff’s product and innovation to make sure that our verification engine is a trend-setter and outperforms every other solution on the market. He is a tech-savvy innovation enthusiast who started his career as a full-stack developer. Before joining Veriff, he gained experience in project management, and worked with fundraising and finance.

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María García Iñañez

Cybersecurity Specialist, Cisco

María García Iñañez is part of Cisco's Cloud Cybersecurity team, leading the largest projects in the Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing and Education environment for Southern Europe. Maria is an expert in addressing the security and privacy needs to which organizations face. María is a Senior Telecommunications Engineer from UPC and has more than 15 years of experience in the security market.

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Marco Eggerling

Security Advisor, Splunk

Marco Eggerling is Security Advisor at Splunk and advises companies in the EMEA region. He has been working in information security for over 20 years and has held various roles at large management consultancies and leading technology manufacturers. His motto: “We are fighting the same demons as we were 20 years ago, only the weapons have become more modern”. For many years, his focus has been on advising CISOs and SOC leaders on the development of holistic and sustainable information security concepts.

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Matthias Maier

Product Marketing Director, Splunk

Matthias Maier is Product Marketing Director at Splunk, as well as a technical evangelist in EMEA, responsible for communicating Splunk's go-to market strategy in the region. He works closely with customers to help them understand how machine data reveals new insights across application delivery, business analytics, IT operations, Internet of Things, and security and compliance. He holds the certification of the Certified Ethical Hacker, the CISSP as well as the Certified Information Security Manager.

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Martin Cook

Sr. Engineer, ReliaQuest

Cook has been working in IT Security in a professional capacity since 2001. Over this time, he's operated within multiple disciplines from IT analyst, through operations, delivery management, strategy and sales engineering. Currently, he's at ReliaQuest as the Senior Sales Engineer demonstrating how you can enhance the value of security across the customer enterprise utilising GreyMatter. Cook’ career to date has seen him be highly effective, delivering to time, cost and quality in both an inspiring and motivational way.

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