2023 BH #1

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1. Understanding the Edge Ecosystem in Healthcare and Beyond – Theresa Lanowitz – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

AT&T Cybersecurity

Guest

Chief Evangelist at LevelBlue

Theresa Lanowitz is the Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist at LevelBlue, a strategic alliance between AT&T and WillJam Ventures, that simplifies cybersecurity for the businesses fueling our global economy.

With a distinguished career in the technology industry, she has held influential roles at companies including Gartner, Borland, Taligent, and Sun Microsystems, significantly impacting application security and emerging technologies.

Theresa is a globally respected leader known for her deep and diverse experience in cybersecurity. Theresa frequently speaks at major industry conferences, sharing her insights on high tech trends, AI integration, and the evolving threat landscape.

Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Host

Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems

2. The Immeasurable Benefits of Securing your Browser – Mike Fey – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Island

Guest

Co-founder & CEO at Island

Michael Fey is Island’s co-founder and CEO. Fey was President and COO at Symantec. Prior to Symantec, he was President and COO of Blue Coat. Prior to that, Mike was EVP & GM for enterprise products at McAfee and CTO of Intel Security playing a pivotal role in Intel’s acquisition of McAfee for $7.7 billion in 2010.
Fey holds a degree in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and was co-author of Security Battleground: An Executive Field Manual, providing a playbook for security obligated executives coping with the new realities of cyber security responsibilities to the board.

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance

3. Successful Active Directory Modernization – Mickey Bresman – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Semperis

Guest

CEO at Semperis

Mickey began his technical career in the Navy. Mickey’s comfort zone is on the front lines, helping organizations thwart and respond to cyberattacks. The long-time cybersecurity expert and entrepreneur has an extensive track record of driving revenue growth and scaling organizations across the globe.

Prior to co-founding Semperis, Mickey held the position of CTO at YouCC Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Partner integration company. As a cybersecurity thought leader, Mickey has been quoted or featured in many major publications, including Forbes, CNBC, and others. He has a B.A. in Technical Management and a Minor in Electronic Engineering.

4. How Tenzir Security Data Pipelines enable the Modern Data Stack for Security – Matthias Vallentin – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Tenzir

Guest

CEO and Founder at Tenzir

Building on his PhD in scalable network forensics from UC Berkeley, Matthias Vallentin founded Tenzir. As CEO, he leads Tenzir’s mission to transform security data operations. Matthias has extensive experience in building large-scale distributed systems, which he now applies to developing a data-centric security analytics platform for threat detection and response.

Host

Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted

5. Creating Order from Chaos – Managing Threats in a High-Performance Environment – Richard Yew – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Edgio

Guest

Sr. Director, Product Management, Security at Edgio

Richard Yew is Senior Director, Product Management for Edgio Security. With more than 10+ years of security technology experience worldwide, Richard is on top of the latest trends and technologies including WAAP, DDoS protection, bot management and enterprise security. Richard comes to Edgio from Yahoo-Edgecast and, prior to this, he was with Verizon Media Platform for a number of years. Richard also spent a brief time at Akamai before moving back to Verizon Digital Media Services as Head of Product for Security. He has led teams involving technical scope and developed strategic solutions for customers and prospects. He was educated at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and later at DePaul University, rising through a technical and engineering background to a managerial role.

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance

6. Think like a Threat Actor to Proactively Reduce your Attack Surface – Antonio Sanchez – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Fortra

Guest

Principal Evangelist at Fortra

Antonio Sanchez is Principal Evangelist at Fortra. As a subject matter expert for Fortra’s security portfolio, Antonio helps drive market recognition for the Fortra brand. He joined Fortra from Alert Logic in 2023, where he developed the messaging, positioning, and technical content for the managed detection and response (MDR) business. Alert Logic was acquired by Fortra in 2022.

Antonio has over 20 years in the IT industry focusing on cybersecurity, information management, and disaster recovery solutions to help organizations of all sizes manage threats and improve their security posture. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Antonio has held various product management, technical sales, and strategic marketing roles with Dell, Forcepoint, and Symantec. At the latter, he was responsible for developing and leading the Competitive Intelligence Program for the core security unit.

Antonio is a life-long learner and skilled at translating complex topics into simple terms. He is also a big supporter of education for underprivileged communities and an active mentor for people from minority groups who are interested in a career in cybersecurity.

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance

7. MDR Evolved – Randy Watkins – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Critical Start

Guest

Chief Technology Officer at Critical Start

Randy Watkins is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Critical Start and an emerging thought-leader in the security industry. As CTO, Randy is responsible for designing and executing the company’s strategic technology initiatives, which includes defining the strategy and direction of Critical Start’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services delivered by the Zero-Trust Analytics Platform (ZTAP).

Previously, Randy served as Critical Start’s Director of Security Architecture, where he set the strategy for emerging vendor technologies, created the Defendable Network reference architecture, and set product direction for the company’s internally-developed Security Orchestration Automation and Response platform. Watkins was employee number five when he joined Critical Start in 2012.

Randy is a respected author and speaker on security trends and is well-versed in applying security technologies, in practical and meaningful ways, to improve risk management and security infrastructure for enterprise customers. He holds numerous security certifications in data analysis, data science, computer science, and leadership. Randy earned a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems Security and an associate degree in Computer Networking Systems, both from ITT Technical Institute.

In his free time, Randy continues to contribute to the security community through his consultancy to security product manufacturers to help them drive value to the customer through their solutions.

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance

8. LastPass & The Journey to Password[less] and Beyond – Karim Toubba – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

LastPass

Guest

CEO at LastPass

Karim Toubba is the Chief Executive Officer of LastPass, having joined the company in 2022. A cybersecurity industry veteran with over 25 years of experience within the sector, Karim brings proven leadership and innovation to the security market with a focus on creating products that solve real-world challenges yet form the foundation for lasting change.

Host

Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems

9. Zscaler ThreatLabz Report Tracks Trends and Impacts of Ransomware Attacks – Deepen Desai – BH23 #1

Sponsored By

Zscaler

Guest

CSO & Head of Security Research at Zscaler

As Chief Security Officer at Zscaler, Deepen Desai is responsible for running the global security research operations as well as working with the product group to ensure that the Zscaler platform and services are secure. Deepen has been actively involved in the field of cybersecurity for the past 19 years. Prior to joining Zscaler, he held security leadership roles at Dell SonicWALL.

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance