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Pete Chestna

CISO, Checkmarx North America

Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent position as the Global Head of AppSec for the Bank of Montreal.

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Eitan Worcel

Co-founder and CEO, Mobb

Eitan Worcel is the co-founder and CEO of Mobb, the recent Black Hat StartUp Spotlight winner. He is an application security expert with more than 15 years of experience as a developer, product management leader, and now business leader. Throughout his career, Eitan has worked with numerous companies to help them detect security issues and is now on a mission to help make those findings actionable with trusted automated vulnerability remediation. In the past, in his spare time, Eitan used to be a long-distance runner and participated in a few marathons, including the Red Rock Canyon Marathon, and even did an ultra marathon. Now, since starting Mobb, he simply doesn't have spare time...

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Omer Yoachimik

Senior Product Manager, Cloudflare

Omer Yoachimik has over 13 years of experience in Cyber Security from enterprise, start-up, and military backgrounds. He started his career in the Israeli Military Intelligence reaching Lieutenant rank and focusing on tactical cybertech for special forces. Omer is based out of London, where he has been leading Cloudflare’s industry-leading DDoS protection service for almost 4 years.

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Darrin Kimes

Senior Special Agent, US Secret Service

Darrin Kimes is a Special Agent/Technical Staff Assistant with the Secret Service's Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force. Most of his 21 years have been dedicated to digital forensics and cyber investigations. Kimes currently serves as the Digital Forensics Lab Director for the CECTF. There he manages the day-to-day work of the lab while also assisting the CECTF in cybercrime investigations. His Secret Service career has also given him the opportunity to protect former-President Jimmy Carter in some of the more challenging locations around the world to include Darfur, Sudan; the Gaza Strip; Ramallah, West Bank; and Pyong Yang, North Korea.

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Sadia Mirza

Attorney, Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy Practice Group, Troutman Pepper

Sadia Mirza is part of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy practice group at Troutman Sanders, and is also part of the Financial Services Litigation practice group. She provides strategic privacy compliance counseling, and defends, counsels and represents companies on matters relating to data privacy, data use, and incident response and investigation, with an eye towards helping clients avoid litigation. Additionally, she has experience with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), as well as various other laws concerning privacy and cybersecurity. Mirza's in-house background allows her to understand the issues and concerns clients have and guide them toward resolution in a clear and efficient way. She has worked with clients from a variety of industries, including financial institutions, consumer reporting agencies, insurance companies, healthcare providers, and data and analytics providers. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mirza worked for JPMorgan Chase and Washington Mutual Bank. Her ongoing interest in the financial services industry led her to pursue an LL.M. in banking and finance after graduating from law school.

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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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Thomas Hill

CIO, Live Oak Bank

With more than 20 years of IT and security experience, Thomas has spent the majority of his career working in senior IT, Risk, and Security positions in technology and financial service institutions. As CISO, Thomas leads Live Oak's technology risk management and security operations. He provides leadership for developing and implementing technology and security initiatives that support the mission, vision, and long-term objectives of Live Oak Bank. Thomas holds a BS in Business Administration and an MBA with a specialty focus in Management of Information Systems and Security from Saint Leo University. He also holds several industry IT and security certifications, including CISSP, CIPT, and CISM.

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Avi Shau

CEO and Co-Founder, Orca Security

Avi has more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity. Prior to co-founding Orca Security, Avi was the chief technologist at Check Point Software Technologies and held key positions within Unit 8200, the Israeli NSA. While at Check Point, he built and scaled cybersecurity solutions that continue to protect tens of thousands of organizations to this day. Avi believes that cybersecurity products should always support the organization and not the other way around.

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Thomas Malta

Former Head of Identity and Access Management, Navy Federal Credit Union, CEO and Principal IAM Experts, LLC

Tom Malta's extensive career in Financial Services Technology and Cyber Security started 25+ years ago as a hands-on developer building and supporting front office trading systems for many of the top Wall St. Brokerages and Investment Banks. Shortly after moving to Goldman Sachs in 2000, he landed in Cyber Security and has been there ever since focused on building and executing Global Cyber Security Solutions. Over the past 20+ years he's led many successful IAM Programs utilizing custom build as well as off the shelf technology supporting internal, external, customer, and 3rd party/cloud identities alike.

Tom is currently the Head of IAM at Navy Federal Credit Union where he is responsible for design, development, and execution of cyber technology solutions to support the overall IAM Strategy. The team is currently focused on the firm's transformation of both workforce and member (aka customer IAM) to drive more automation, agile development, and improve the effectiveness of existing IAM and Cyber Security Controls.

As a recognized Subject Matter Expert in IAM, Tom spends a lot of his time giving back to the industry through board representations, speaking engagements, and contributing to research papers. His passion for the space is unparalleled, and enjoys staying current with emerging technologies such as biometrics, AI, ML, and next generation customer authentication solutions such as blockchain.

Prior to Navy Federal, Tom held similar Managing Director / Executive IT roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNYMellon, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Synchrony Financial, and Brown Brothers Harriman. Mr. Malta is also a Board Member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance,  an active participant of various IAM Customer Advisory Board's, and a distinguished Ponemon Fellow

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Justice B.N. Srikrishna

Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and Chairman of the Data Protection Committee

Justice B.N. Srikrishna is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed by the Government of India as Chairperson of the Committee of Experts of Data Protection Framework for India to identify key data protection issues in India and recommend methods of addressing them. He has been appointed as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Individual Insolvency & Bankruptcy on 15th September 2017.

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Patrick Vowles

Team Lead - North America Marketing, IBM Security

Patrick has over 25 years of hands-on IT, product management and marketing experience, gained from developing and deploying innovative networking, security and compliance solutions. After several years in support and technical sales in the UK for key LAN/WAN vendors, he moved to the US to support network infrastructure sales in New York City. Later at a global ISP, he product managed V1.0 of an entire managed security and remote access service, much of which is still in service today. While at RSA he developed continuous monitoring and GRC for cloud offerings, while contributing to such projects as the Cloud Security Alliance Consensus Assessment Initiative. Patrick is now Team Lead for North America Marketing at IBM Security, helping to shape messaging on hybrid multi cloud and OT security.

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Rob Roj

Senior Solutions Architect, Shape Security

Rob Roj, Senior Solutions Architect at Shape Security, has over 20 years of early stage start up experience with over 7 years within the Cybersecurity and Identity space. He has been with Shape when there were only three customers and has consulted with F500 companies

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Sunil Chand

Canada Security Leader, CGI

Sunil Chand is a security management professional with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Grant Thornton LLP, he held the role of Director, Information Security Consulting Services for TELUS Security and Chief Information Security Officer for a number of other organizations. Furthermore, he has developed and executed go-to market strategies for Governance, Risk and Compliance and Threat and Vulnerability Assessment services, corporate information security strategies aligned to organizations' business goals, among other recognized accomplishments.

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Olivera Zatezalo

GM - Cybersecurity & Privacy, Suncor & former CSO, Huawei Canada

Olivera Zatezalo is the Chief Security Officer at Huawei Canada, and her responsibility is to ensure Huawei Canada's operations is compliant with Canadian cyber security laws and regulations. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, Zatezalo is best known for creating value through collaborative leadership style, agile execution, and for her global cyber security expertise. Up until joining Huawei Canada, she was responsible for cyber security governance, management and operations within an international communication provider operating in Canada, US, UK and France, and was a member of Canadian Security Telecommunication Advisory Committee.

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Imran Ahmad

Partner - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Imran Ahmad is a Partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a specialization in technology, cybersecurity and privacy law. As part of his cybersecurity practice, he works closely with clients to develop and implement practical strategies related to cyber threats and data breaches. He advises on legal risk assessments, compliance, due diligence and risk allocation advice, security, and data breach incident preparedness and response. In addition, Ahmad acts as "breach counsel" in the event of a cybersecurity incident, such as a data or privacy breach. He also provides representation in the event of an investigation, an enforcement action or a litigation. He is the author of Canada's first legal incident preparation and response handbook titled Cybersecurity in Canada: A Guide to Best Practices, Planning, and Management (LexisNexis, August 2017). He advises on licensing, outsourcing and service-provider arrangements, as well as on other commercial matters with respect to carrying on business over the internet, the cloud and the digital environment. In his privacy law practice, he advises clients on compliance with all Canadian federal and provincial privacy and data management laws. He has a particular focus on cross-border data transfer issues and enterprise-wide governance programs related to privacy and information governance

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Robin Gould-Soil

Former Head of Conduct and Chief Privacy Officer, HSBC

Robin Gould-Soil is the former Head of Conduct and Chief Privacy Officer for HSBC Canada. She is a recognized authority on privacy, conduct, data ethics, risk and compliance management with extensive experience consulting on policy and operational guidance to a wide variety of stakeholders group. While at HSBC she was responsible for leading HSBC's Conduct and Privacy function with a focus on delivering fair outcomes to customers without disrupting the integrity of financial markets. Prior to joining HSBC, Robin was the Director of Privacy and Access and Chief Privacy Officer at UHN, as well as the lead for the building Connecting GTA's Privacy and Security program for Ontario's Shared Electronic Health Record. Under her leadership, Connecting GTA received the Privacy Innovation Award presented by the international Association of Privacy Professionals. Gould-Soil also had the privilege to work for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada through a government Executive Interchange Program where she was responsible for opening of the first Toronto Office, leading the privacy investigations unit and being a key spokesperson.

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Ruth Promislow

Partner, Commercial Litigation, Fraud and Cybersecurity Practice, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto

Promislow practices commercial litigation with a strong focus on commercial crime, including cybersecurity, Ponzi schemes, investment fraud, employee fraud and anti-money laundering. She has extensive experience with recovery issues relating to commercial crime, including receiverships, tracing, freezing and recovering proceeds of crime. Promislow oversees and conducts internal investigations for clients, working with internal and external auditors, and works with clients to develop and implement comprehensive and effective action plans following a cybersecurity or other fraudulent attack. She also advises on steps to prevent against such attacks.

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Yaz Alattia

Managing Director, Accenture Security Canada

Yaz Alattia leads Accenture Security's Canadian practice, overseeing the full spectrum of Accenture's end-to-end cybersecurity offerings, including cyber strategy and risk, cyber defense, digital identity, cloud security and managed security services. Yaz has nearly two decades of experience in building, assessing, transforming and executing enterprise security programs and solutions that balance protection with agility. Prior to joining Accenture, Yaz held various cyber security leadership positions including most recently as Chief Information Security Officer at Canada's largest payment provider. Prior to that, Yaz delivered cybersecurity and technology risk consulting services to security and technology teams in over 11 countries and across various industries. Based in Toronto, Yaz holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University holds a number of security, technology and management certifications including CISSP, CCSP, PMP, CISM, CISA, SABSA SCF and ISO27001 LA.

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Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant

National Cyber Security Coordinator, Prime Minister’s Office Government of India

Pant is national cybersecurity coordinator in the national security council of India at the prime minister's office. He is responsible for coordinating all cybersecurity activities across multiple sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in information security metrics. Previously, he was the head of the Army's cyber training establishment for three years. He served in the Army Signals Corps for 41 years and was honored three times by the president of India for distinguished service of the highest order.

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Ahmad Mubarak

Sr Solutions Engineer, Shape Security (now part of F5)

Mubarak is a senior solutions engineer at Shape Security (now part of F5) covering Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Mubarak has been a specialist in the field of cybersecurity for more than 16 years now and has a strong background in threat intelligence. Prior to joining Shape, he has held various roles in leading companies that are specialized in Networks and Applications Security.

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Dr. Reem AIShammari

CISO, Kuwait Oil Company and Co-founder, Women in Cyber Security Middle East (WiCSME)

Dr AlShammari is the CISO at Kuwait Oil Company and has lead significant changes to the maturity of cybersecurity in Energy sector which is closely linked to Kuwait’s National CyberSecurity posture. She is a passionate leader whose valuable contribution to cybersecurity is recognized at national, regional and international levels. She is one of the Cofounders and Board member of Women in CyberSecurity MiddleEast (WiCSME), which has approximately 900 members across the region.

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