Russell Okoth is a Business & Technology Executive. He is the Founder and Consultant at Cyberdiligent, a Dallas-based Information Security Governance and Risk Advisory firm, where he provides strategic guidance to Boards, C-suites, and Executives. Russell has over twenty years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, risk management, and regulatory compliance across technology, retail, telecommunications, finance, insurance, and fintech industries. Russell has held notable leadership roles, including Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Privacy Officer at Pacific Premier Bank and CISO at Apex Fintech Solutions.

Kevin is the founder and principal consultant of Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC, an independent information security company that focuses on vulnerability and penetration testing, security operations reviews, and virtual CISO consulting services. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Board for Computer Engineering at Kennesaw State University – Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Kevin has served in many information technology and security roles for healthcare, e-commerce, finance, education, and consulting organizations. Kevin is also a prominent writer having written 1,300 plus articles and 12 books on information security.

Caleb is the VP of Security at Databricks, a Unified Data Analytics Platform. Previously, he served as the Managing Vice President of Cyber Security at CapitalOne. Caleb has held many executive-level positions at information technology and security companies in addition to starting and running his own companies. Currently, he also serves as an Investor & Advisor to Pindrop Security.

David is the founder and principal consultant of HazarDSec LLC and co-founder of Next Level3. He also provides cybersecurity consulting services and training as an author and instructor for the SANS Institute. With more than 20 years of technical experience, David has spent over 15 years helping organizations establish and implement security controls and practices.

Jamie is currently a threat researcher at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, where he helps lead tailored, tactical and strategic intelligence deliveries. Prior to Unit 42, Jamie was a cyber operations engineer for the MITRE Corporation where he led development of MITRE ATT&CK® for Enterprise and worked with amazing people on various other exciting efforts involving security operations and research, mostly focused on adversary emulation and behavior-based detections. 

Eric is a co-founder and Principal Security Engineer at Puma Security focusing on cloud, DevSecOps automation, and static code analysis. His responsibilities include performing cloud security reviews, infrastructure as code automation, application security automation, web and mobile application penetration testing, secure development lifecycle consulting, and secure code review assessments. Prior to Puma Security, Eric spent 5 years as a Principal Security Consultant at an information security consulting firm helping companies deliver secure products to their customers, and another 10 years as an Information Security Engineer at a large US financial institution performing source code audits.

Shamla is a CXO Advisor at Netskope and a former Managing Partner and Global CISO at IBM.  She is a public company Board Director at QBE and WisdomTree.  Her experience spans 40+ years in a variety of sectors and 6 continents, making her an expert in cross-cultural collaboration and working across industries. She is recognized as a leader that enables priorities of the business using technology innovation and cybersecurity.  Her background includes authoring and teaching several courses at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in technology, security, and privacy law.  Shamla coaches professionals on leadership, board communication and how to align security with strategic business initiatives.

Jake Williams (aka MalwareJake) is a seasoned security researcher with decades of experience in technology and security. Jake is a former startup founder, former senior SANS instructor and course author, and an intelligence community and military veteran. He loves forensics, incident response, cyber threat intelligence and offensive methodologies. Today, Jake is an IANS faculty member, an independent security consultant, and is performing security-focused research to benefit the broader community. He has had the honor of twice winning the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3) annual digital forensics challenge. You may also know Jake from one of his many conference talks, webcasts, media appearances or his postings about cybersecurity.

Dr. Thomas Graham, Ph.D., serves as the VP and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Redspin, a top cybersecurity, and privacy consulting firm, the first authorized C3PAO, and one of the first organizations to conduct a DIBCAC High assessment under the Joint Surveillance Program. Dr. Graham is the architect of Redspin becoming the first authorized C3PAO, performing numerous Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program (JSVAP) assessments, speaking on CMMC and NIST requirements, and Chairing the MIS Advisory Board at East Carolina University.


He is responsible for all internal security items for Redspin and its affiliates. Before Redspin, he served as the CISO for CynergisTek, a publicly traded company, supporting numerous Hospitals and Medical Facilities. He also as supported varous branches of the DoD to include being an ISSO for DISA.