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.

Marcus is a semi-retired independent consultant and technology advisor to start-ups and large enterprises. He is recognized as an innovator in firewall technology and the implementer of the first commercial firewall product. Marcus’s work has been cited in at least 15 published U.S. patents in addition to computer and network security articles and books.

Jason is the EVP and Chief Information Security Officer at Fidelity Investments. Formerly, he served as the Chief Security Officer at USAA and Global Chief Information Security Officer and CIO of the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls division at JPMorgan Chase. He is an experienced leader with both strong technical skills and wide-ranging risk management experience. Jason served as CISO at US Bancorp where he was responsible for enterprise-wide customer authentication products and provided accountability for all information security controls in the company. Prior to his role at US Bancorp, Jason was the Senior Vice President and Cyber Threat Prevention Services Executive at Bank of America and led a team who provided global information security risk prevention and deterrence services.

Jared enjoys securing code and data in big tech after leading a successful startup. Jared has been passionate about cyber, since the early days of his career with the NSA. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University, and has often spoken on cyber matters at popular conferences. He was a finalist in Microsoft’s BlueHat security architecting contest, and has been on three winning Defcon capture-the-flag teams. Dr. DeMott has authored books, blogs and online courses on application security and malware analysis.

Gal Shpantzer has been a full-time security consultant since the year 2000, providing (mostly good) advice to early-stage tech startups, security vendors, Ivy League universities, non-profits, and Fortune 50 clients. Gal owns and operates a boutique consultancy focused on vCISO and Observability Pipeline services that enable modern, scalable, user-friendly, auditable, and forensically ready security programs. Gal leads security programs and projects that empower business and technical leadership to prevent, detect and respond to security incidents, including threats to confidentiality (sophisticated IP theft) and availability (DDoS, ransomware).

Anand is a seasoned Information Security practitioner with domain expertise of healthcare, retail, ecommerce, and finance. His CISO roles span the spectrum of Fortune 100 to early stage companies. Anand’s personal mission is to drive solutioning of complexities and challenges in the Information Security space such as Cloud security, board oversight of cybersecurity programs, cybersecurity talent grooming and advancement, and emerging threats. Anand also serves as an adjunct faculty at Mitchell Hamline School of Law teaching Incident Management and Response.

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.

Aaron is a three-decade veteran of the cybersecurity community, having worked on projects covering every aspect of the industry, from helping build security technologies while at Microsoft to his work on offensive cyber projects for the U.S. government. He has spent the last 15 years on a series of cybersecurity startups, building technologies and developing companies to help teams solve some of the toughest cybersecurity problems.

John is the Owner of Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) where he leads the Hunt Teaming, Command & Control (C2)/Data Exfiltration and Pivot testing development. He is also a SANS Institute Senior Instructor. In these roles, John has both consulted and taught hundreds of organizations in the areas of security, regulatory compliance, and penetration testing.

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.