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David Bauer

David Bauer

David Bauer

David is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Holding Ground Decision Intelligence LLC. Holding Ground is a boutique firm that provides technology assessment and advisory services to C-level executives and Boards. David was a pioneer in the information security field, was CISO for two large financial services and several smaller companies. David also has had executive technology positions outside of security including CTO, COO, and Chief Architect for global companies. David regularly advises senior corporate leaders on the business issues of security and technology.

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Jay Beale

Jay Beale

Jay Beale is CEO and CTO of InGuardians, where he leads the cloud and Kubernetes penetration testing and advisory services. He is a creator and maintainer of multiple successful open source projects, including the Peirates attack tool for Kubernetes, the Bustakube CTF Kubernetes cluster, and Bastille Linux. He also authors and teaches the highly rated Black Hat class, “Attacking and Defending Kubernetes, Linux, and Containers,” both publicly and privately.
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Kevin Beaver- IANS Faculty

Kevin Beaver

Kevin Beaver

Kevin is the founder and principal consultant of Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC, an independent information security company that focuses on vulnerability and penetration testing, security operations reviews, and virtual CISO consulting services. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Board for Computer Engineering at Kennesaw State University – Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Kevin has served in many information technology and security roles for healthcare, e-commerce, finance, education, and consulting organizations. Kevin is also a prominent writer having written 1,300 plus articles and 12 books on information security.

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Rachel Bierner

Rachel Bierner

Rachel Bierner is the Co-founder and CEO of Qubric Security, a cybersecurity consulting firm that enables secure organizational growth and resilience for its clients. She has held leadership roles in cloud security, cybersecurity strategic planning, technology delivery, and operations at two of the top three U.S. financial institutions. She also served as a management consultant at a "big 4" global consulting firm, where she led software configuration and development teams for clients that ranged from technology start-ups to multinational enterprises.

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Jared Bird- IANS Faculty

Jared Bird

Jared Bird

With over 25 years of experience in IT, Jared has spent most of that time specializing in information security across a variety of industries. Currently, Jared serves as the Senior Manager of Vulnerability Management at Penn Medicine, a large multi-hospital health system. Previously, Jared conducted vulnerability research for HPE Aruba Networking, and prior to that, he established and led the enterprise-wide Attack and Vulnerability Research Group at 3M Company. Throughout his career, Jared has held roles ranging from first-level support to various levels of leadership. 

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Justine Bone

Justine Bone

Justine Bone

Justine is the CEO of MedSec, a company focused on medical device security management and the delivery of security solutions to healthcare delivery organizations and medical device manufacturing companies. She also serves as a member of HP’s Security Advisory Board, a member of BlackHat’s USA Guest Review Board, and as an advisor to technology startups.

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bruce-bonsall

Bruce Bonsall

Bruce Bonsall

Bruce is the Owner and Principal Consultant at Bruce Bonsall, LLC, an independent information security consultancy. A trusted security advisor across many industries, he has extensive experience designing and implementing progressive, cost effective countermeasures to protect assets and reduce costs. He has assessed the information security regulatory compliance and operational readiness of organizations of all sizes and industries, and is adept at tailoring security programs to fit each organization. At IANS, Bruce has performed 100+ CISO Impact reviews. Additionally, he serves as a mentor for the Air Force Association’s Cyber Patriot, a national cyber education program for youth.

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Bryson Bort

Bryson Bort

Bryson Bort

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a Senior Fellow at the National Security Institute. As a U.S. Army Officer, he served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. In 2023, Bryson earned Innovator of the Year at the SANS Difference Makers Awards. He has also been recognized as one of the Top 50 in Cyber by Business Insider, Security Executive Finalist of the Year by SC Media, and a Tech Titan in Washington DC.
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Mollie Breen

Mollie Breen

Mollie is the Founder and CEO of Perygee, a no-code IT & security automation platform purpose-built to address the cyber security challenges of the digital-first world. Previously she was a mathematician at the National Security Agency focused on intelligence-related missions. Mollie was also the technical project manager for the AI/ML portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit, where she led the adoption of AI/ML at the highest levels at the Pentagon. Molly holds dual Computer Science and Mathematics degrees from Duke University and both an MBA and MS in Engineering from Harvard University.

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Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown

Jeff is a recognized information security and IT risk expert, author and public speaker with a strong track record of implementing cost-effective controls for global Fortune 500 financial institutions including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, BNY Mellon and AIG. He was the first CISO for the State of Connecticut, and currently works at Microsoft as a cyber advisor for state and local government. 

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jeffrey brown

Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown

Jeff is the President and CEO of Front Range Security, an information Security Consulting Company. Jeff was the Chief Information Security Officer of Raytheon Company for 15 years where he built an industry leading cyber security capability and worked closely with the Department of Defense on policy and regulatory issues. Prior to his time with Raytheon, Jeff served in the U.S. Air Force for 28 years in software development, telecommunications and cybersecurity positions.
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Kyle Bubp

Kyle Bubp

Kyle currently serves as Executive Director of Global Attack Surface Management at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), a Fortune 200 organization with over 100,000 employees operating in 80 countries. His deep technical knowledge, grounded in over 20 years of IT and security experience, aides him in leading a team that continuously drives down the attack surface across security architecture, application security, and vulnerability management. Kyle has also served as a cloud security expert at AWS, lead a security practice at a VAR, and has successfully co-founded and sold a consulting services startup.
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