CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN MARKETING, EVALUATION & IMPLEMENTATION

From CIA officer to enterprise CISO, Ross Young has spent two decades at the forefront of cybersecurity. He’s the co-host of CISO Tradecraft, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix (TaSM), and a recognized leader who has served as CISO in Residence at Team8, CISO of Caterpillar Financial, instructor at Johns Hopkins University, and divisional CISO at Capital One. Ross also brings over a decade of frontline experience from the CIA, NSA, and the Federal Reserve Board. Ross holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Idaho State University, and Utah State University, and is Boardroom Certified as a Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) as well as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Saryu Nayyar is CEO of Gurucul, a provider of behavioral security analytics technology. She is a recognized expert in cyber security, analytics and machine learning, and security risk management.

Charles Henderson is a seasoned executive who specializes in leading teams that test, monitor, respond to, and secure organizations around the world. Throughout his career, Charles and the teams he has managed have specialized in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, vulnerability management, and vulnerability research. Formerly leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs, his teams' clients range from governments, to the largest on the Fortune lists, to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture or in need of assistance handling a security incident.

As Co-founder and CEO, Derik leads the vision, strategy and growth of Augmentt. Prior to founding Augmentt, Derik was the Global VP of Marketing and Business Development at SolarWinds. Derik joined SolarWinds through the acquisition of N-able Technologies, a company he helped build and sell to SolarWinds in 2013. Derik has over 20 years experience in the channel in a senior leadership role and has worked with thousands of MSPs across the globe.

Eric Mishayev, 37, is the co-founder and CEO of Albarius. As an IDF unit 8200 (IL NSA) alum, Eric has gained extensive knowledge and experience in the most sensitive areas of cybersecurity. For the past 20 years, as an expert network security architect, Eric has set up and managed the most complex network cyber security practices across verticals and geos. In 2022, Eric co-founded Albarius, an AI-driven, automated network threat exposure and management platform to streamline the challenges of modern security architects and engineers. Eric has led the product development & business growth of Albarius to ~$1M revenues in less than 2 years.

Amir Khayat is the CEO and co-founder of Vorlon, bringing almost 20 years of cybersecurity experience across software development and go-to-market roles. Notably, he was the first employee at Demisto (now XSOAR), where he helped build its Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform, later acquired by Palo Alto Networks. Amir served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a commander and combat soldier in the Paratrooper's Elite Operations Unit.