Faculty Directory

Rebecca is Founder, Owner, and CEO of Rebecca Herold, LLC aka The Privacy Professor®, an information security, privacy, IT, and compliance services firm. She also co-founded Privacy Security Brainiacs, a SaaS platform, early 2020 with her oldest son, Noah. Rebecca also serves as a Distinguished Ponemon Institute Fellow and as an Advisory Board Member for multiple technology businesses and startups. Additionally, Rebecca serves as an expert witness for diverse cases, is an advisor on multiple high school and college/university curriculum and program boards, and hosts a VoiceAmerica radio show called “Data Security & Privacy with the Privacy Professor.”

Chris Hetner is a Senior Executive, Board Director, and leader in Cybersecurity recognized for raising cyber risk to the Corporate Board level in order to protect industries, infrastructures, and economies. He creates operational resilience by aligning robust Cybersecurity strategies with business objectives. Mr. Hetner’s professional judgment combined with a public company perspective and SEC regulatory and investor oversight experience has led to his success in corporate and government roles. Currently, he is an Expert Advisor to the Institute for Defense Analyses (US Dept. of the Treasury), the Special Advisor for Cyber Risk for the NACD, and a National Board Member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Identifying potential risks and initiating solutions that can be replicated across industries is a hallmark of his career.

Chad Holmes is a cybersecurity strategist with over 20 years of experience helping organizations protect critical systems, enable secure development, and build resilient teams. With deep expertise in healthcare security, application security, and hands-on training, he combines technical insight with business acumen to drive meaningful outcomes. Whether guiding CISOs through strategic decisions or mentoring the next generation of security professionals, Chad is passionate about developing talent and making security a catalyst for innovation.

With 20 years of IT and cybersecurity experience in the U.S. Department of Defense as well as federal and commercial industries, Chris has held roles in security architecture, engineering and GRC, as well as security leadership, including CISO. He has deep expertise in cloud-native security, compliance innovation, vulnerability management, application security, DevSecOps and software supply chain security. Chris is currently the president and co-founder of Aquia and a cyber innovation fellow with CISA.

Nick has over 25 years in the security industry as a consultant and IT security officer. He is the Co-founder and CEO of StackBob.ai, the first Agentic IGA solution that enables identity governance across any application without traditional integrations. He also provides executive strategic guidance on IAM and security program development through authoring articles and speaking at industry conferences. Nick specializes in large enterprise security implementations, IAM, security program development and application hosting implementations for numerous public and private organizations.

Lee is a Security Go-To-Market Strategist for Splunk, a Cisco Company, where he helps businesses build resilient cybersecurity functions, and realize the greatest value from their investment in their security program. He has worked in security and IT for four decades, starting as a programmer and working security roles from admin to CISO. He has been responsible for information security at the Department of Justice, managed cybersecurity programs in the healthcare sector impacting 99% of US citizens, and served as CISO for a financial services company with global operations. Lee has also taught thousands of cybersecurity professionals as a mentor.

Todd Inskeep is CEO of Incovate Solutions and hands-on advisor to CISOs, CIOs, and business leaders. He brings 25+ years of cybersecurity & innovation at NSA, Bank of America, Booz Allen, & more. Todd built one of the first consumer banking MFA programs, managed major ransomware recovery efforts in healthcare, and routinely advises clients on building programs to meet NIST CSF, HIPAA, and cyber insurance needs. He's led projects on identity & access management, risk quantification, incident response, plus program assessment and maturity. He serves as a fractional CISO across industries, currently building out AI governance programs.

Steven is an accomplished Global Senior Executive and Board Member with more than 30 years of success, and a diverse background spanning healthcare, software, agriculture, retail, wholesale, distribution, chemical manufacturing, and ecommerce companies ranging from startup to well-established to turnaround. Steven is an invaluable asset to a company employing new technologies to transform and grow, engaging data assets to build competitive advantage, mitigating future-looking risks like disruptive business models and cyber-attacks, working with private equity and activist investors to refresh and retool, developing emerging technologies and services that increase value for the customer and elevates the company’s market position.

Throughout his Executive career, Steven has held business or IT positions with Workday, Agriliance, HB Fuller, First Health, CIGNA, and Transora, and Aramark. He also teaches an IT leadership forum in NYC for Fortune 500 companies. A seasoned Board Member, Steven has held positions with RAPID, Gemini Ventures, and DEMO CIO Council. Additionally, he is a Founding Member of the Agricultural CIO Forum and the CIO Executive Council. Proving his thought leadership, he was selected by Computerworld Magazine as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders; CIO Executive Council as Leader of the Year; InformationWeek as a Relentless Innovator; Hewlett-Packard as a Member of their Big Data Customer Advisory Council; and inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame in 2018.

Dave is the Founder and Owner of TrustedSec, an information security consulting firm, and Binary Defense, a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that detects attackers early to prevent large-scale invasions. In addition to creating several widely popular open-source tools, including 'The Social-Engineer Toolkit' (SET), PenTesters Framework (PTF), and Artillery. David has also released security advisories, including zero-days, with a focus on security research.

Prior to his work in the private sector, Dave served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC), focusing on cyber warfare and forensics analysis activities, including two tours to Iraq. He also served on the board of directors for (ISC)2, which is one of the largest security collectives and offers certifications such as the CISSP.

Lee Kim specializes in cybersecurity, data privacy, governance, compliance, and generative artificial intelligence. Her insights are informed by her scientific training, creative pursuits, and diverse professional background. She presents before a wide range of domestic and international audiences. She has significant experience with the media and has been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (live and pre-recorded interviews), radio shows, and podcasts. She also has significant experience working in the public policy realm, including with Congressional staffers and various governmental agencies around the world.

By way of background, Lee is an AV preeminent peer review rated attorney (a distinction that only 10% of all attorneys have earned according to Martindale-Hubbell). (Note, however, that while Lee is an attorney, she does not provide legal services through IANS.) Additionally, prior to law school, Lee worked as a database, system, and web administrator at a major university, software company, and a major academic medical center.

Lee served as an analyst with the US Department of Homeland Security Analytic Exchange Program for seven years. Her teams’ research topics have included phishing, healthcare cybersecurity, patient safety, and maritime and port cybersecurity.

Lee serves as a Director of InfraGard Northern Capital Region and Vice Chair of the Policy Committee and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Taskforce of the American Bar Association Health Law Section. Previously, Lee served with the ISC2 Government Advisory Council Executive Writers Bureau.

Please note: The advice that Lee Kim provides through IANS is not legal advice and is not intended to be relied on as such. There is no attorney-client relationship.

AJ is the CISO for Hunter Strategy where he leads their Cyber Security consulting practice advising clients in public, private, and government spaces. His core skills include cyber security leadership, security architecture, third-party vendor risk management, program management, and general governance practices.

Prior to his current role, AJ has developed information security programs from the ground up leading extensive cybersecurity teams in support of globally distributed companies. AJ actively seeks opportunities to add value to organizations and measurably increase their overall security posture. As an active member in the information security community AJ is a member of ISSA, Infragard, and a regular at local events such as SecDSM and SecKC.

Scott is the Vice President of Global Cybersecurity for an international firm in the aviation sector. His background spans 25 years, beginning with operations and engineering work at companies like Raytheon and Symantec. Scott has since held senior leadership positions, including Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), across three diverse industries: utilities, financial services, and technology. In addition to his current role, Scott serves as a board member at US VALOR. 

Dr. Ondrej Krehel is the Founder, CEO, and Digital Forensics Lead of LIFARS LLC, an international cybersecurity and digital forensics firm. He is also the Co-Founder and an Advisory Board Member of QuBit Conference, an events and training company dedicated to connecting the information security community. Ondrej is an accomplished speaker having lectured for FBI Training Academy and the National Executive Institute. He also serves as a member of New York Metro Infragard, as the Chapter Leader of OWASP NYC, and as a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute.

Eric is a Senior Security Consultant at Secure Ideas, an information security consulting company that focuses on security testing, assessments, and training. He has spent close to 20 years working with Microsoft infrastructures for large Fortune 100 companies. Since its release, his core focus has been Active Directory. He was the technical leader and responsible for the engineering and architecture of one of the most complex and largest AD infrastructures used by one of the world’s largest banks. This included ongoing maintenance and major enhancements of not only a highly secure authentication environment, but also of all the supporting tool sets required to monitor its health and integrity.

Barry is a Principal Cybersecurity and Compliance Consultant and former Senior Leader at FERC. With nearly 30 years of cybersecurity experience, Barry has led national efforts in securing industrial control systems and manufacturing environments across government, military, and private sectors. He spearheaded the AURORA project, contributed to CIP Reliability Standards, and advised top U.S. officials on cyber threats. He played a pivotal role in shaping national cybersecurity strategy and regulatory oversight for energy infrastructure. His work focused on securing operational technology (OT) systems, ensuring compliance with critical infrastructure.