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Ron Ross

Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ross is a Fellow at NIST. His focus areas include cybersecurity, systems security engineering, cyber resiliency, security architecture, privacy, and risk management. Ross leads the FISMA Implementation Project and the Systems Security Engineering Initiative, which includes the development of cybersecurity and privacy standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and the U.S. critical infrastructure.

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Dave Martin

Senior Director, Product Management - Threat Response, Open Systems

Dave Martin brings to Open Systems more than 20 years of experience with IT security and networking technologies in a variety of engineering, product marketing, product management and business development roles. He currently serves as the Senior Director, Product Management - Threat Response responsible for market positioning, product strategy and feature definition for Open Systems' global extended detection and response services.

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Dante A. Disparte

Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy, Circle

Disparte works closely with the executive team of Risk Cooperative to ensure the organization meets its strategic objectives and continues to be regarded as an industry leader. He is also the chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle and previously served as a founding executive of the Diem Association. He recently completed a three-year term on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council, serving on the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Subcommittee. He also serves on the board of the American Security Project, where he founded and chairs the Business Council, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium. Disparte is a frequent speaker and commentator on business and political issues shaping the world, and his views on risk, economic competitiveness and security issues are regularly featured in leading media and publications, such as Harvard Business Review, BBC, Forbes, and Diplomatic Courier, where he serves on the editorial advisory board. He is the co-author of the book "Global Risk Agility and Decision Making" and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list.

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Ari Redbord

Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs

Ari Redbord is the head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence company. Prior to joining TRM, he was the senior adviser to the deputy secretary and the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, working with teams from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and other Treasury components to use sanctions and other regulatory tools effectively to safeguard the financial system from illicit use by terrorist financiers, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, drug kingpins and other rogue actors, including Iran, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela. Redbord also worked closely with regulators, Capitol Hill and the interagency on issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act, cryptocurrency, and anti-money laundering strategies. Prior to Treasury, he was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia for 11 years, investigating and prosecuting terrorism, espionage, threat finance, cryptocurrency, export control, child exploitation and human trafficking cases.

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Ian Farquhar

Distinguished Sales Engineer, Gigamon

Ian Farquhar has worked in IT Security for over 25 years and has built his career with large organizations such RSA/EMC, Cisco, Sun MicroSystems, Silicon Graphics/ Cray Research and Macquarie University. Ian is the worldwide security subject matter expert at Gigamon and leads the worldwide security team of specialist sales engineers. He and his team work closely to evaluate and engage with customers whose security needs require a deep level of expertise. He is a key contributor to guiding the development of next-generation security solutions and capabilities, working closely with the teams from product management and engineering. Ian has had experience designing, deploying and evaluating network security architectures in government agencies, enterprises and service providers worldwide. Ian is based in Sydney, Australia and has a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Macquarie University.

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Astrid Gobardhan

Global Data Privacy and Protection Counsel, VFS Global

Gobardhan is the global data privacy and protection counsel at VFS Global. She is responsible for advising on data privacy and protection laws, regulations and best practices. She handles data subject requests. She is also responsible for structuring of data controller and processor arrangements especially with new business opportunities, and for training the legal and business teams.

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Raina Verma

Executive Board Member & Member of ACFE Advisory Council, Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialist & Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Verma is head of Fraud and Forensics at Majid Al Futtaim, Retail. She has extensive experience in Financial Crimes, AML, Internal audits, fraud risk management, complex investigations, regulatory compliance and reporting. She established an anti-fraud function at National Bank Fujairah in her role managing financial crimes. She is a member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) Advisory Council and an Executive Board Member with Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialist (ACFCS).

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Ashish Khanna

Advisor to CISO & Cybersecurity Specialist, Healthcare Entity

Khanna is advisor to CISO and cybersecurity specialist at a prominent Dubai government entity. He has more than 14 years of experience and has research interests in the technology and AI aspects of cybersecurity – particularly in finding ways of ‘monetizing unforeseen risk’ as well as 'Data Science for Cybersecurity’.

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Nisreen Al Khatib

Info Sec and Resilience Expert, At a large organisation

Al Khatib is an expert in business continuity management, cybersecurity management, IS risk management and compliance. She helps institutions manage their cyber risk to a level acceptable to business management and achieve compliance with applicable regulatory requirements along with industry standards and best practices.

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Paul Prokop

Enterprise Security Engineer, LogRhythm

Prokop is the enterprise security engineer for LogRhythm ANZ. He has more than 25 years of experience in IT Security. In LogRhythm, he is a trusted advisor to customers and works with them to translate their business requirements into an integrated security solution.

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Daniel Pludek

Global CTO Kip McGrath

Daniel Pludek is a technology professional who has a solid history of partnering with businesses and using technology as an enabler to support optimisation, innovation and growth. Having spent over 20 years within large multi-million-dollar organisations and start-ups; including a stint in Silicon Valley, Daniel has developed a broad range of skills within the Cyber Domain in addition to broader technology areas including architecture, data, governance, risk and engineering.

Not only has Daniel delivered global IT strategies and high-profile projects for organisations such as ANZ, Optus and HP/EDS; but he has helped grow start-ups to successful acquisition in Australia and Canada. Daniel continues to invest in start-ups and identifying the best in breed solutions in the market.

Daniel holds a BSc from Flinders University in addition to a number of formal certifications and industry qualifications.

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Jo Stewart Rattray

Vice President-Communities and CISO, 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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Tom Daniewski

Advisory Committee Member, CISO, Federal Court of Australia

Daniewski is CISO for Federal Court of Australia. He has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and digital transformation gained from global engagements within defence, media, financial services, airline and government industry sectors.

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Ram Vaidyanathan

Cybersecurity Expert, ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation Pty Ltd

Ram Vaidyanathan is the Product Marketing Manager and industry expert in IT security and cyber risk at ManageEngine, the IT management division of Zoho Corporation. He keeps himself updated about the latest techniques attackers use to compromise organizations, and the ways in which we can defend ourselves. His responsibility includes informing product roadmap decisions and helps customers deploy and get the most value from ManageEngine Log360, a comprehensive SIEM solution.

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Ax Sharma

Senior Security Researcher, Sonatype

Endorsed an Exceptional Talent ('a recognized leader') in technology by the British Government, Ax is a Security Researcher at Sonatype and Engineer who holds a passion for perpetual learning. His works and expert analyses have frequently been featured by leading media outlets like Fortune, The Register, TechRepublic, CSO Online, BleepingComputer, etc. Ax's expertise lies in security vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and software development. In his spare time, he loves exploiting vulnerabilities ethically and educating a wide range of audiences.

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Karen Boyer

SVP Financial Crimes, Fraud Intelligence, M&T Bank

Boyer has over 20 years of diverse banking experience with over 15 years in the realm of fraud. She is currently vice president of financial crimes and fraud intelligence at People’s United Bank, a regional bank in the Northeast with a network of nearly 400 retail locations in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. She is responsible for running teams of analysts and investigators, developing fraud detection and prevention strategies related to financial channels in and out of the organization, and managing the risk of the evolving real-time payment methods in the financial industry. Her peers and organization consider her an expert in cybercrimes, sweetheart scams, phishing techniques, card cracking, ATO, and credential harvesting related to recruitment of money mules and cyberthreat actors around the country.

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Jeremy Grant

Managing Director, Technology Business Strategy, Venable, LLP & Coordinator, Better Identity Coalition

Jeremy Grant was the founding leader of the National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and senior executive adviser for identity management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He led the White House’s initiative to catalyze a marketplace of secure, easy-to-use, privacy-enhancing identity solutions for online services through government and private sector partnerships. Grant is now managing director of technology business strategy for Venable.

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Chuck McAllister

Senior Solutions Engineer, Yubico

Chuck McCallister is a senior solutions engineer at Yubico, primarily working with financial services and cryptocurrency customers. He is a technology industry veteran with a strong focus on frictionless user experiences that lead to better adoption of strong authentication. Prior to Yubico, he was the global SME for CyberArk's least-privilege product, Endpoint Privilege Manager.

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George Finney

CISO, Southern Methodist University

George Finney is a chief information security officer who believes that people are the key to solving our cybersecurity challenges. He is the bestselling author of several cybersecurity books, including the award-winning "Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future." He was recognized in 2021 as one of the top 100 CISOs in the world by CISOs Connect. Finney has worked in cybersecurity for over 20 years and has helped startups, global telecommunications firms and nonprofits improve their security posture.

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